June 22, 2019
Nairobi, Kenya
National carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) has fallen five places in the latest global ranking of airlines to position 90, trailing its regional rival Ethiopian Airlines that ranked among the top 50 carriers, a report shows.
Skytrax World Airline Awards had placed KQ in the 85th position in its previous report that ranks the world’s best airlines.
Ethiopian Airlines (position 44) and South African Airways (46) were the best African national carriers in the top 100 list despite both registering slight drops from last year’s ranking.
KQ posted a Sh7.55 billion loss in the year to December 2018 with Parliament pushing for the nationalisation of the debt-ridden airline.
Air Maroc of Morocco was separately named the best regional airline in the continent followed by Rwanda Air and Air Namibia.
In the low-cost category, local airlines Jambojet and Fly540 were in Africa’s top five behind the United Kingdom-owned Fastjet at number one and South Africa’s Mango Airlines at number two.
Overall, Qatar Airways was named the best airline in the world followed by Singapore Airlines. Japan’s All Nippon Airways came third.
Cathay Pacific Airways of Hong Kong was fourth followed by Emirates while Germany’s biggest carrier Lufthansa was sixth.
Source: www.nation.co.ke
Nairobi, Kenya
National carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) has fallen five places in the latest global ranking of airlines to position 90, trailing its regional rival Ethiopian Airlines that ranked among the top 50 carriers, a report shows.
Skytrax World Airline Awards had placed KQ in the 85th position in its previous report that ranks the world’s best airlines.
Ethiopian Airlines (position 44) and South African Airways (46) were the best African national carriers in the top 100 list despite both registering slight drops from last year’s ranking.
KQ posted a Sh7.55 billion loss in the year to December 2018 with Parliament pushing for the nationalisation of the debt-ridden airline.
Air Maroc of Morocco was separately named the best regional airline in the continent followed by Rwanda Air and Air Namibia.
In the low-cost category, local airlines Jambojet and Fly540 were in Africa’s top five behind the United Kingdom-owned Fastjet at number one and South Africa’s Mango Airlines at number two.
Overall, Qatar Airways was named the best airline in the world followed by Singapore Airlines. Japan’s All Nippon Airways came third.
Cathay Pacific Airways of Hong Kong was fourth followed by Emirates while Germany’s biggest carrier Lufthansa was sixth.
Source: www.nation.co.ke