Budget carrier Scoot, owned by Singapore Airlines, was named the world’s best long-haul low-cost airline in 2024 at Skytrax’s World Airline Awards on Monday (Jun 24). This is the fourth consecutive year that the budget airline has taken top spot. Malaysian carrier AirAsia, meanwhile, was named best low-cost carrier for the 15th time.
Elsewhere, Singapore Airlines (SIA), which was last year’s best airline in the world, was bumped down a spot by its chief competitor Qatar Airways. Both carriers have been in a tight race for world’s best airline, with Qatar taking first place in 2022 before it was overtaken by SIA in 2023.
SIA did, however, clinch several awards this year, including world’s best cabin crew, world’s best first class airline, and best airline in Asia.
Qatar’s win this year marks the eighth time that the Middle Eastern airline has been named world’s best airline since the awards began 25 years ago.
Its base, Hamad International Airport in Doha, was also named the world’s best airport in 2024 earlier this year – nudging former world first Singapore Changi Airport down to second place.
