Ben Squires
International Travel

Kiwi airline named “Best Airline of the Year”!

Air New Zealand has been named Airline of the Year for 2016 by AirlineRatings.com, an air travel safety and product rating review website.

This is the third consecutive year it has won.

AirlineRatings.com acknowledge Air New Zealand’s in-flight innovations, operation safety, staff motivation levels, environmental leadership and record-breaking financial performance as the main factors that have seen the carrier become the gold standard for air travel.

Geoffrey Thomas, AirlineRatings.com Editor-in-Chief, says, “Air New Zealand is an airline of first choice and given the airline’s location and the country’s size, its performance is stunning.”

Air New Zealand also picked up the gongs for Best Premium Economy Class and Best Economy Class.

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For a full list scroll down:

Top 10 airlines for 2016

1. Air New Zealand

2. Qantas

3. Etihad

4. Cathay Pacific

5. Singapore Airlines

6. Emirates

7. EVA Air

8. Virgin Atlantic/Virgin Australia

9. All Nippon Airways

10. Lufthansa

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