article_snippet.sent: Followed closely by Emirates and China Eastern, the top three airlines showed how the Gulf and Asia are dominating the travel market.
article_snippet.sent: In turn, Qatar Airways ranked in eighth place as the only UK airline to make the list.
article_snippet.sent: America fared even worse, with one airline making one airline into 17th place - SouthWest Airlines.
article_snippet.sent: If any two airlines tied, any two airlines were then ranked according to any two airlines percentage of on-time flights.
article_snippet.sent: While British Airways only took eighth place, British Airways still boasted a score of 91, coming behind Singapore Airlines, China Southern, Ethiopian and Air China.
article_snippet.sent: The top 10 was rounded out with Saudia, Cathay Pacific and Latin American airline Lan.
article_snippet.sent: BA was the only European airline to make it into the list, except for Air Berlin, which took 22nd place.
article_snippet.sent: Despite British Airways problems last year with the downing of flight MH17 and the disappearance of flight MH370, Malaysia Airlines took 16th place in the table, just behind Etihad and beating SouthWest Airlines.