Qatar Airways announced that it was named 'World's Best Business Class', 'Best Business Class: Middle East' and 'World's Top 10 Airline' by the highly-respected 2018 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards, complementing a growing number of accolades that the airline has received in 2018.
The airline was also praised from TripAdvisor as it was recognised as a Travelers' Choice Winner for 'Airline: Middle East' and 'Economy Class: Middle East'.
Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, Akbar Al Baker, said: "We are delighted to be recognised for our world-class hospitality and outstanding quality of product by the valued TripAdvisor travel community, a significant testament of our passengers' satisfaction in their travel experience with us.
TripAdvisor is the world's leading travel website comprising over 600 million traveller reviews of airlines, hotels, restaurants and attractions worldwide. The Travelers' Choice Awards are the highest honours presented by TripAdvisor, and are the only travel industry awards based on millions of reviews from travellers around the world, reflecting "the best of the best" for service, quality, and customer satisfaction.
Earlier, Qatar Airways was awarded the Apex Passenger Choice award for 'Best Overall Airline: Middle East', 'Best Food and Beverage: Middle East', 'Best Cabin Service: Middle East', and 'Best Seat Comfort: Middle East' by the Airline Passenger Experience Association (Apex) during a ceremony at Apex Asia held in Shanghai, where the airline also received a 2018 Five-Star Apex Official Airline rating.
The airline was also in March named 'Best Regional Middle East/Africa Airline' by Money magazine's 2018 'Best in Travel' awards for the second consecutive year.