The World’s Best Airlines of 2025: Asian Airlines Secured Most of the Places

Last updated on February 10th, 2025 at 12:48 am

AirlineRatings.com has released its annual rankings for the best airlines of 2025, recognizing excellence across three categories: Full-Service Airlines, Low-Cost Airlines and Hybrid Airlines. Korean Air topped the full service list following its historic merger with Asiana Airlines. AirAsia secured the number one spot among low cost carriers while JetBlue led the newly introduced Hybrid Airlines category. The rankings reflect comprehensive evaluations based on safety, service quality and innovation.

Top 25 Full-Service Airlines (2025)

RankAirlineCountry
1Korean AirSouth Korea
2Qatar AirwaysQatar
3Air New ZealandNew Zealand
4Cathay PacificHong Kong
5Singapore AirlinesSingapore
6EmiratesUAE
7Japan AirlinesJapan
8QantasAustralia
9Etihad AirwaysUAE
10Turkish AirlinesTurkey
11EVA AirTaiwan
12Fiji AirwaysFiji
13Virgin AtlanticUK
14ANAJapan
15AeromexicoMexico
16Air CaraïbesFrance
17Thai AirwaysThailand
18StarluxTaiwan
19Vietnam AirlinesVietnam
20SriLankan AirlinesSri Lanka
21Air FranceFrance
22KLMNetherlands
23Air CalinNew Caledonia
24Air MauritiusMauritius
25Garuda IndonesiaIndonesia

Top 20 Low-Cost Airlines (2025)

RankAirlineCountry
1AirAsiaMalaysia
2JetstarAustralia
3AirBalticLatvia
4HK ExpressHong Kong
5EasyJetUK
6FlyDubaiUAE
7RyanairIreland
8ScootSingapore
9Breeze AirwaysUSA
10Southwest AirlinesUSA
11SKY AirlineChile
12FlyNasSaudi Arabia
13TUI AirwaysGermany
14NorwegianNorway
15IndiGoIndia
16Air ArabiaUAE
17VolarisMexico
18Jet2UK
19Wizz AirHungary
20VuelingSpain

Top 20 Hybrid Airlines (2025)

RankAirlineCountry
1JetBlueUSA
2WestJetCanada
3Virgin AustraliaAustralia
4Delta AirlinesUSA
5United AirlinesUSA
6American AirlinesUSA
7LufthansaGermany
8Air CanadaCanada
9LOT Polish AirlinesPoland
10TAP PortugalPortugal
11Alaska AirlinesUSA
12SWISSSwitzerland
13AviancaColombia
14IberiaSpain
15British AirwaysUK
16FinnairFinland
17Austrian AirlinesAustria
18Hawaiian AirlinesUSA
19ITA AirwaysItaly
20SASSweden/Norway/Denmark

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