Qatar Airways, Emirates Airlines, and Etihad Airways all won awards at the Skytrax World Airline Awards last week in Hamburg. Qatar won the award for best Airline in the Middle East and best economy class. Emirates won the award for best in-flight entertainment. Etihad, for the first time, won the award for best business class.
Skytrax is a UK based consultancy and based its results on an eight month survey of more than 16 million air travelers. In the 1990’s and early 2000’s the three Gulf airlines drew inspiration from Asian airlines and have been building their brands. Now they are beginning to receive international recognition for their efforts.