Cathay Pacific has been awarded the World’s Best Economy Class Airline award by Skytrax World Airline Awards. The airline was also named the World’s Cleanest Airline and placed fifth in the World’s Best Airline category, up three places from last year.
Cathay Group CEO Ronald Lam said: “We feel extremely encouraged to have moved from last year’s top 10 to this year’s top five according to Skytrax and AirlineRatings, both major airline industry rankings.
“These achievements highlight the huge strides we have made over the past year, both on the ground and in the air, and are a vote of confidence from our customers. We are very grateful for the immense support our customers, our people and the public have shown us throughout the past year.
“But we won’t stop there. These achievements will motivate us to continue to go above and beyond for our customers every step of the way as we strive to become the world’s best premium airline.”