Skytrax ranks the Top 10 airlines in Africa

Ethiopian Airways was ranked the best airline in Africa. Photo: Maxime Camou-Juncas / flickr

Skytrax recently held their annual World Airline Awards, ranking the best airlines in the industry. Check out the top 10 in Africa here.

Ethiopian Airways was ranked the best airline in Africa. Photo: Maxime Camou-Juncas / flickr

London review and rating company, Skytrax, has released a list of the top 10 African airlines for 2022. So, who exactly is the best in Africa? Well, according to the ratings, Ethiopian Airlines took the top spot in Africa for the second time in two years, as well as landed the 37th spot among the world’s top 100 airlines.

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Two South African airlines also took spots in the top 10. These were South African Airways at a respectable number three and FlySafair at number eight. FlySafair was also named the Best Low-Cost Airline in Africa for the second year running, according to Travel News.

Check the top 10 list below:

1. Ethiopian Airlines
2. Royal Air Maroc
3. South African Airways
4. Kenya Airways
5. Air Mauritius
6. EgyptAir
7. RwandAir
8. FlySafair
9. Fastjet
10. Air Seychelles

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The Skytrax World Airline Awards 2022

Skytrax also rated the top 20 airlines in the world at the World Airline Awards 2022. And according to Bloomberg, Qatar Airways was named the world’s best airline, while Singapore Airlines and Emirates landed in the second and third spots, respectively.

The awards also broke down the best airline for each cabin class. Best first-class cabin went to Singapore Airlines, while Qatar picked up best business class.

Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. won for premium economy and Emirates for best economy cabin.

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“Qatar Airways was the largest airline to have flown consistently throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, with their network never falling below 30 destinations,” Skytrax chief executive officer Edward Plaisted said in a press release.

“That determination has clearly been well recognised by customers.”

The World Airline Awards were determined by an online customer survey that ran from September 2021 to August 2022 in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Japanese and Chinese.

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Sundeeka Mungroo

Sundeeka Mungroo is a content writer, foodie and all-round adventure-seeker. She's a graduate of the University of South Africa with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature, and has worked as a copywriter and editor in the digital marketing industry. Sundeeka currently writes for I Love South Africa and The South African. She lives in the beautiful Mother City and loves exploring all that South Africa has to offer.