The World’s Best Airlines For Business Travel In 2017

And the world’s new No.1 airline for business travel in 2017 is … Singapore Airlines.

It’s no surprise that Singapore Airlines has been named the world’s best airline for business travel by the CEOWORLD magazine. The Doha-based airline Qatar Airways was named the second best airline for 2017, while Lufthansa and Emirates took our third and fourth places respectively.

All Nippon Airways (ANA) came fifth ahead of EVA Air in sixth, while Cathay Pacific, Garuda Indonesia, Hainan Airlines, and Etihad Airways completed the top 10.

The CEOWORLD magazine rankings are based on the impressions of 137,000 business travellers from 63 different countries. The survey, which covered more than 200 airlines, measured 10 major indicators of quality and influence:

Global reputation, passenger reviews, quality of service, cleanliness, staff management, food quality, product offerings, fleet age, passenger comfort, and boarding procedures.

CEOWORLD magazine is a business publication written expressly and strictly for CEOs, CFOs, other senior management executives, business leaders, and high net worth individuals worldwide.

To establish our list, we collected information and statistics from publicly available sources, Airline’s website, our research, and survey. It measures the quality and influence of airlines, without relying on company data submissions. Business travellers were asked to rate airlines on a scale of 1 “marginal” to 100 “outstanding” or “don’t know.”

The overall score are numerical scores given to the airline based on business travellers feedback. Overall scores are out of 100.

Australia’s Qantas Airways took the No. 11 spot in 2017, followed by the Swiss International Air Lines (No.12) and Air France (No.13). Meanwhile, Thai Airways ranked No. 14 in the CEOWORLD magazine’s ranking of the world’s best airlines for business travel in 2017.

Virgin Australia came in 15th place, followed by Turkish Airlines (16th), Asiana Airlines (17th), Japan Airlines (18th), and Air New Zealand, ranked 19th. Out of 61 best airlines for business travel in the world, Austrian Airlines ranked No. 20th.

The World’s Best Airlines For Business Travel In 2017

Rank	Airline	Country	Score
1	Singapore Airlines	Singapore	92.7
2	Qatar Airways	Qatar	92.6
3	Lufthansa	Germany	92.4
4	Emirates	UAE	92.2
5	All Nippon Airways (ANA)	Japan	91.7
6	EVA Air	Taiwan	91.6
7	Cathay Pacific Airways	Hong Kong	91.4
8	Garuda Indonesia	Indonesia	91.1
9	Hainan Airlines	China	90.9
10	Etihad Airways	UAE	90.8
11	Qantas Airways	Australia	90.7
12	Swiss International Air Lines	Switzerland	90.5
13	Air France	France	90.2
14	Thai Airways	Thailand	90.1
15	Virgin Australia	Australia	89.9
16	Turkish Airlines	Turkey	89.7
17	Asiana Airlines	South Korea	89.6
18	Japan Airlines	Japan	89.5
19	Air New Zealand	New Zealand	89.4
20	Austrian Airlines	Austria	89.1
21	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines	Netherlands	88.9
22	AirAsia	Malaysia	88.8
23	Aeroflot – Russian Airlines	Russia	88.7
24	Norwegian Air Shuttle	Norway	88.6
25	Air Canada	Canada	88.5
26	Finnair	Finland	88.4
27	Cathay Dragon	Hong Kong	88.3
28	China Southern Airlines	China	88.2
29	Hong Kong Airlines	Hong Kong	88.1
30	Bangkok Airways	Thailand	87.9
31	British Airways	UK	87.8
32	Virgin Atlantic	UK	87.6
33	JetBlue Airways	US	87.4
34	Delta Air Lines	US	87.3
35	Malaysia Airlines	Malaysia	87.1
36	Aer Lingus	Ireland	86.9
37	Korean Air	South Korea	86.8
38	Air India	India	86.7
39	China Airlines	Taiwan	86.5
40	Aegean Airlines	Greece	86.3
41	Alaska Airlines	US	86.1
42	Virgin America	US	85.9
43	AirAsia X	Malaysia	85.8
44	Jetstar Airways	Australia	85.7
45	EasyJet	UK	85.6
46	South African Airways	South Africa	85.4
47	Vietnam Airlines	Vietnam	85.2
48	Avianca	Colombia	84.8
49	Ethiopian Airlines	Ethiopia	84.7
50	Air Astana	Kazakhstan	84.5
51	Iberia	Spain	84.3
52	Indigo	India	84.1
53	Southwest Airlines	US	83.9
54	Saudi Arabian Airlines	Saudi Arabia	83.8
55	Azul Brazilian Airlines	Brazil	83.5
56	LATAM Airlines	Chile	83.2
57	WestJet	Canada	83.1
58	Scoot	Singapore	82.9
59	Oman Air	Oman	82.8
60	SilkAir	Singapore	82.4
61	Porter Airlines	Canada	82.1

However, this is by no means a comprehensive list, while the airlines above are the “CEOWORLD magazine’s Best Airlines For Business Travel In 2017,” there may be many other airlines that offer excellent quality of service to it’s passengers.

This rankings should not be viewed as the most important aspect when choosing an airline, and are simply one element to consider.

The margin of sampling error for the full sample of 137,000 business travellers is plus or minus 1.2 percentage points. In addition to sampling error, one should bear in mind that as in all survey research, there are possible sources of error—such as coverage, nonresponse and measurement error——that could affect the results.

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