Tag: ranking
Trenitalia best airline in Europe, Eurostar last and off-the-ground proposals to improve things
The European Federation for Transport and Environment, better known as T&E, has just published a ranking of the best rail companies in Europe, which we feel is a welcome first. While some elements of this ranking come as no...
Orly-Pointe-à-pitre: the 4th busiest air route in the world!
The impact of the health crisis on air transport has been dramatic, but for want of a better word, we can also poke fun at some of the unrealistic situations it has caused, shuffling the cards as borders open...
What about the “COVID” rankings of airlines?
Until now, airlines have been ranked according to customer experience or punctuality. This year it will be very difficult to produce reliable rankings on these subjects given the very special context that we had. On the other hand, new...
What are the largest airlines in 2020 by capacity?
There are many ways to rank airlines: number of aircrafts, number of countries or destinations served, revenue or number of seats marketed.
This last criterion was used by OAG on the basis of the 2020 flight programs, and we...
Which are the friendliest airports in Europe?
The Consumer Choice Center has just published its European Airport Index, which ranks the top 10 airports in Europe in terms of passenger friendliness.
What is the Consumer Choice Center?
Every time a ranking comes out, no matter how exciting it...
An airline is never better than its worst product
Ranking airlines, saying that one is better than the other is a complicated, if not impossible, exercise. The proof is the often passionate conversations between passengers, fans and other "haters" on specialized forums. The proof is in the misunderstanding...
Turkish Airlines downgraded to 3 stars by Skytrax
The news came down this Sunday: the Turkish airline Turkish Airlines has been downgraded from 4 to 3 stars in the Skytrax ranking. A decision that is much talked about and that the vast majority of observers find deeply...
Singapore once again best airport in the world
Singapore Changi Airport just received the Skytrax award for the world's best airport in 2019.
This is the seventh consecutive time that the Singaporean airport has received this distinction from the airline industry's leading ranking. So as much as the...
Is Egencia faking its rankings?
Egencia, Expedia's online travel agency (OTA) dedicated to businesses, has just published its ranking of the favorite hotels for business travelers.
Hotel rankings are like airline rankings: the important thing about a ranking is not so much its result as...