Star Alliance Named Best Airline Alliance at Skytrax World Airline Awards for 4th Consecutive Year

June 19, 2019

For the fourth year running, Star Alliance has claimed the Best Airline Alliance title at the Skytrax World Airline Awards, with the Alliance’s prestigious Los Angeles Lounge retaining the Best Airline Alliance Lounge Award for the fifth year in a row.

Upon accepting the honor at the 53rd Paris Air Show, Star Alliance CEO Jeffrey Goh, said: “This award would not have been possible without the trust and loyalty of the many hundreds of millions of customers that fly the Star Alliance network each year. To them, I take this opportunity to express our thanks. It is their confidence in what we have to offer that has made us the World’s Best Airline Alliance for the fourth consecutive year and an affirmation of our efforts and innovation to further improve their journey.”

Goh also paid tribute to the “vigor and dedication of the Star Alliance workforce, who consistently go to great lengths to make the customer journey more efficient, seamless and enjoyable every day. We benefit from the diverse strengths of over 430,000 proud employees across our 28 member airlines, which affords us the capacity to offer a holistically unrivaled passenger experience.”

The World Airline Awards were introduced in 1999 to provide a customer satisfaction study that was truly global. Travelers across the world vote in the largest airline passenger satisfaction survey to decide the award winners.

Star Alliance was the first airline alliance to receive the Best Alliance Award from Skytrax when the category was first introduced in 2005.

Over 100 customer nationalities participated in the latest survey with 21.65 million eligible entries counted in the results. More than 300 airlines are featured in the survey results.

Edward Plaisted of Skytrax said: "We congratulate Star Alliance for their remarkable achievement in winning the world's Best Airline Alliance title for the fourth consecutive year, and this underlines the fact that they are delivering a range of products and services to customers which are popular. Star Alliance have now won this coveted award ten times since 2005 and remain at the forefront of the global airline alliances. The other success for Star Alliance was receiving the award for the Best Airline Alliance Lounge, which was won by the Star Alliance Lounge in Los Angeles again this year.”

Complementing the Alliance awards, 15 Star Alliance member carriers received distinctions in 46 categories:

Aegean AirlinesBest Regional Airline in Europe
Air CanadaBest Airline in North America
World’s Best Business Class Lounge Dining
Best Business Class in North America
Best Airline Staff in Canada
Best Airline Cabin Cleanliness in North America

Air New ZealandBest Premium Economy in Australia / Pacific
Best Airline Cabin Cleanliness in Australia / Pacific

ANA World's Best Airport Services
World’s Best Business Class Onboard Catering
Best Business Class in Asia
Best Airline Staff in Japan
Best Cabin Crew in Japan

Asiana AirlinesBest Cabin Crew in South Korea
Austrian AirlinesWorld’s Best Premium Economy Class Onboard Catering
Best Business Class Catering in Europe
Best Cabin Crew in Europe

COPA AirlinesBest Airline in Central America / Caribbean
Best Airline Staff in Central America /Carribean

Ethiopian Airlines Best Airline in Africa

EVA AirWorld’s Best Airline Cabin Cleanliness
World’s Best Economy Class Catering
LufthansaBest Airline in Europe
Best First Class in Europe
Best Business Class in Europe
Best Economy Class in Europe
Best Airline in Western Europe
Best Cabin Crew in Germany


Singapore AirlinesWorld’s Best Cabin Crew
Best Airline in Asia
World’s Best First Class
World’s Best First Class Seat
Best First Class Lounge in Asia
Best Business Class Seat in Asia
Best Premium Economy Class in Asia

South African AirwaysBest Airline Staff in Africa
Best Airline Cabin Cleanliness in Africa
Best Cabin Crew in Africa

Swiss International Air LinesWorld’s Best First Class Lounge
Best Airline Cleanliness in Europe

THAI AirwaysBest Airline Staff in Asia
World’s Best Airline Spa Facility
Best Cabin Crew Thailand

United AirlinesWorld’s Best Business Class Lounge
Best Business Class Seat in North America
Most Improved Airline in North America