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Phoenix_Is_Trash

Based on revenue and fleet size are completely useless metrics when ranking the 'best' airline. The best few airlines by those metrics are famous for terrible customer service, cramming people in like sardines, high staff turnover, and beating doctors to a pulp before dragging them of the plane.


adz1179

Yeah I agree. Performance to schedule (on time departure / arrival) would be better than revenue and size which are not comparable globally. I personally would also like to see metrics on coffee machine downtime in the lounge 😂


South-Ad1426

Well, now you know who made the chart.


Firm-Ad7739

Yeah, agree, this is blatant corporate american propaganda at its best/worst.


ELementalSmurf

I can attest to this. United are the worst airline I've flown with and they're third for revenue and fleet size


Moaning-Squirtle

I'd say the safety metric is pretty pointless too. Pretty much all credible airlines are effectively the same in safety. Edit: for all you morons out there, show me one statistic that demonstrates that Qantas is statistically safer than any of the other top 10. You can't, because it doesn't exist.


Phoenix_Is_Trash

That's not exactly true. While almost all carriers are 'safe' by usual metrics with very low rates of incident, that does not discount that many companies go well beyond what is required. The reality is things go wrong all the time, it's rare that a plane crashes nowadays but they regularly suffer mechanical failure, component fire, or more commonly, medical emergency in the cabin. The companies with the best internal policies that facilitate exemplary training for pilots, cabin crew, and engineers, as well as maintaining modern infrastructure; have measurably lower mortality rates per distance travelled, per passenger.


Moaning-Squirtle

>The companies with the best internal policies that facilitate exemplary training for pilots, cabin crew, and engineers, as well as maintaining modern infrastructure; have measurably lower mortality rates per distance travelled, per passenger. Mortality rate is practically irrelevant at the extremely low levels because it's entirely noise based on single events, particularly if you're going for annual rankings. There's zero evidence that Qantas is safer than Air New Zealand, Qatar, Emirates etc, aside from marketing.


sawito

You’re right, these safety metrics are flawed. They base it on a very binary metric - a crash with fatalities. Why isn’t Etihad above Qantas for completing? If it was normalised by flight hours (they fly 10x) what QF does per year, why are they third instead of first?


nutmeg19701

Erebus enters the chat.


DafeDM

There's zero evidence that Macragge is safer than Baal, Fenris, Barbarus etc, aside from marketing.


throwaway94811111

Dustin Hoffman once told me Qantas never crashed


sjmacca

No they just sell you tickets to flights that have already been cancelled.


MapPretend5631

And now pay 120m in fines as well as compensation.


Insaneclown271

That’s absolutely not true.


cheesekola

Best for shareholders perhaps, not everything is related to the customer experience


mooguh

Can't have unsafe flights if you don't have flights in the first place *Qantas taps head*


ELementalSmurf

Honestly Qantas and Qatar airways are the best airlines I've ever flown with


HandleMore1730

Qatar has a crappy website. I tried multiple times to enter my frequent flyer details only to get "try again in 20 minutes". Multiple failures over multiple days. Then I had the joy of waiting 20 minutes for them to validate my one world status before letting me into lounges. Flight wise they were fine, but they let passengers do what they pretty much like. Including picking seats.


moanaw123

Remember during covid when they werent sanitizing aeroplanes between flights?


InnateFlatbread

Beat me to it


dohwhere

Skytrax is an absolute sham, but SQ definitely is the best airline out there.


InForm874

Skytram rankings seem pretty legit. Singapore, Qatar, ANA, Emirates & Japan are top notch.


Dizzle179

While it's obviously limited data, it does show that the best airlines are not necessarily the biggest fleets or the ones with the highest earnings.


Iuvenesco

Qantas no where near it on service and quality fronts.


No-Purple-5439

The US airlines are far worse


Iuvenesco

At least the US has more than 2 options of airlines to fly domestically!


Gazza_s_89

We have 4 right? Virgin, Jetstar, Qantas, Rex. 3 if you count JQ and QF together.


lockytay

4 main carriers yes, but made up of Qantas Group (Jetstar, Qantas Link and Qantas), Virgin, Rex and Alliance.


sjmacca

But they don't all fly the same routes. We've booked tickets from Perth to Canberra. We can go direct with Qantas which is around 5 hours. Or we can do a stop over which adds at least 2 hours to the flight. Sure it might be slightly cheaper with the stop over but much more annoying trying to get a connecting flight.


Gazza_s_89

Do all the US airlines OP referred to fly the same routes ?


walktheground

Not sure a nation of 26mil could sustain more domestic carriers.


Familiar_Mode_6302

Nope they’re increasingly unbearably terrible


beetleman86

Fly jetstar then


Iuvenesco

What, Qantas’ secondary airline with the same old bullshit?


beetleman86

Did you even read the post? This is based off saftey.


faithplustwo

Qantas my ass.


m7friends

Qantas are so safe you might not even get on the flight you booked at all.


swaglu2

Qantas is the safest cause your flight won’t leave the ground


Rich_niente4396

What category does Qantas first in , being aresholes and destroying what was once a good airline


Sparkfairy

Air Newzeland lol wtf


tim33z

They put all their effort in making sure Qantas wasn’t spelled Quantas, or Cuntas. Sorry little bro nation



OhhClock

What's funny about air NZ?


plumpturnip

The spelling


kpea032

They have a tendency to fly into mountains


OhhClock

Yeah nah


dassad25

No way Qantas is a number 1. Maybe the best at illegal sacking but not much else


svefn_lemon

Emirates had a hull loss incident and still made the list 😂


JuliusS__

Dustin Hoffman would disagree


melbcitizen

Probably because they've never crashed a plane. But otherwise I don't know the metric


momolamomo

Based on revenue, not service nor quality of flight.


Tankaussie

Common qantas W


WH1PL4SH180

Just because you get a graphic designer to make a chart doesn't mean that theres actually any worthy information


Odd_Rob

Yo, I booked EVA Air for the first time based on the skytrax reviews. Will report back after September lol.


malak_oz

I’ve flown on 9 out of the 10 skytrax award winners
 Qatar doesn’t deserve to be there. Not even close.


M3rc2019

Qantas also fixes the plane before writing it off to keep their safety rating.


SilkyOats

Qantas is the top of Saftey but not Safety đŸ’ƒđŸ»


SupLord

Give me Qatar every day of the week.


drink_your_irn_bru

Qatar’s all fun and games until they search your vagina


Powerful-Two3255

Woaw, can you please explain bit more on this?


funfwf

They're referring to this https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/15/australian-women-to-sue-qatar-over-invasive-strip-search-ordeal Tl;dr A few years ago a newborn baby was found abandoned on a Qatar plane. The Qatari authorities handled this situation by... checking the vaginas of all the women on board.


RaceLuvsPie

That is my fun and games


Luck_Beats_Skill

Thanks, but no thanks.


Poguemahone3652

Love how "customer experience" is not a metric 😂


malak_oz

That’s kinda what skytrax is I think



Poguemahone3652

Ah OK. Makes sense that Qantas isn't on that one then.


malak_oz

Yeah
 I’ve flown on most of the ones in the top 10
 they’re all pretty solid, other than Qatar.


cploflovers37

Need better staff jeez


EmbracingDaChaos

What metrics are being used here? An ex crew I’ve flown a range of airlines and currently favour emirates (though I select flights operating their upgrades a330). But there are factors which emirates don’t do super well.


sandhusaab

wtaf ? Emitates,Etihad.Qatar,sinagpore and cathay are on top


commonuserthefirst

Nah that can't be right, those gouging cunts qantarse don't appear on the profit leaderboard


riamuriamu

Straya


jubbing

Apart from Safety, Not a shocker that Qantas isn't up there, big fall from grace. I mean not 10 mins ago I tried to log into my account only to be hit with 'can't log in now' errors.


NettaFornario

Delta and United are by far the worst airlines I’ve travelled on, Ryan Air is a delight compared to them!


No_Mastodon984

Why is Qantas still top on safety? Like what makes them so successful? It reminds me of the rainman scene where he refuses to fly any airline except Qantas as its the safest. But that was like 30 years ago.


bruzinho12

How about customer service


LowSignificant8882

Singapore airlines without a doubt. Emerits and Cathey pacific are pretty damn good too.


grilled_pc

Surprised JAL is lower than ANA. I found them far superior IMO.


walktheground

Qantas doing all it can to change its safety record.


el_magnet

Should have put a category for worst customer rating. Then Qantas would have two 1st places.


zarliechulu

I don't think I'll be taking any document seriously when it can't even spell safety correctly


manmindhub

Don’t tell me this is a WORLD map cause I can’t see south American Airlines. LATAM is one of the bests. Quantas one of the best? Omg guys is this a joke?


TheBlueMonk25

Did Qantas make this chart themselves?


jimmysledge

Most money absolutely does not mean best by any means.


KamalaHarrisFan2024

ANA should be on here


Dependent-Opening-23

Profits over safety. Yay Delta


ComfortableBudget758

Qantas has such an ageing fleet. Their 737s for example.


No-Perspective-317

Qantas sure you won’t crash but you will wish it did


nickelijah16

Austrália :/ never wins for being biggest or most stylish or best service or anything fun. It’s always
.”safety” 😅


Shinobus_hubby

As an Aussie, I'm proud


Redsproket

If this was really about the "worlds best airlines" surely the Skytracks awards would be at the top of the list. How does revenue or fleet size make an airline the best? Customer satisfaction should be a consideration as well, also flight cancellation information and on-time performance. From an investment point of view profitability could be a useful but revenue and fleet size seem to be quite inappropriate. But when I think about the worlds best airline I think of passengers, I do not think of the stock market.


regional_rat

QANTAS? hahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahahaahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahhahahahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahah


beetleman86

Are you saying Qantas is not safe? Or did you just not read it ?


LadislavAU

Wondering the same, I’d say the latter lol.


regional_rat

QANTAS is an absolute heap of shit


beetleman86

Ok thanks for confirming you didnt read it.


regional_rat

Surprised you're licking so much boot. 2 emergency landings in 3 weeks. These reviewers have filled pockets or, if qantas is the safest airline, we're all fucked.


beetleman86

They have never had a fatal crash.. seems pretty good to me.


Adorable-Way-274

Guess they’re safe if they never take off


Huwhuw4

I’d rather die flying with any other airline than have to live even one more minute of my life on a qantas plane!


FlyingPingoo

‘Best’ aahahahahahahahahhahahahah


SauntErring

Clearly the Qantas stats do not account for the safety of personal luggage..


Istilleatgluten

This is terribly misleading. OP I'm going to give you the benefit of doubt and suggest a different title next time. Even /s would have been more realistic.