Ποια είναι η εταιρεία που βρίσκεται στην πρώτη θέση και κέρδισε τον τίτλο «Αεροπορική εταιρεία της χρονιάς»;
Τη λίστα με τις «κορυφαίες αεροπορικές εταιρείες στον κόσμο» δημοσίευσε η σελίδα που ασχολείται με την ασφάλεια των αερομεταφορέων, airlineratings.com.
Η λίστα της σελίδας κατατάσσει τους αερομεταφορείς με «κλασικά» κριτήρια, ως προς την ασφάλεια, την υπηρεσία πτήσης, την άνεση των επιβατών και τα δρομολόγια των πτήσεων.
Φέτος, ωστόσο, προστέθηκαν νέα κριτήρια και για πρώτη φορά, οι αεροπορικές εταιρείες αξιολογήθηκαν εν μέρει από τον τρόπο με τον οποίο ανταποκρίθηκαν στην πανδημία του νέου κορωνοϊού. «Ο Covid επηρέασε τις βαθμολογίες με δύο τρόπους», δήλωσε ο επικεφαλής της airlineratings.com, Τζέφρι Τόμας. «Οι αεροπορικές εταιρείες έπρεπε να συμμορφώνονται με τα πρότυπα του κορωνοϊού. Παράλληλα, διαγράψαμε την κερδοφορία ως κριτήριο για φέτος», εξήγησε.
Οι νικητές
Η Qatar Airways κατέκτησε την πρώτη θέση φέτος, με τον τίτλο «Αεροπορική εταιρεία της χρονιάς». Ο αερομεταφορέας που εδρεύει στη Ντόχα κατέκτησε το κορυφαίο βραβείο λόγω της καινοτομίας στην καμπίνα, της υπηρεσίας πτήσης και της «αφοσίωσης και της δέσμευσής του να συνεχίσει να λειτουργεί σε όλη τη διάρκεια της πανδημίας», αναφέρεται στην ανακοίνωση της σελίδας.
Η Qatar Airways κατέχει επίσης πρωτιές στη βιομηχανία, ανέφερε η AirlineRatings.com, καθώς είναι η πρώτη που ολοκλήρωσε τον έλεγχο ασφαλείας της Διεθνούς Ένωσης Αερομεταφορών και μεταξύ των πρώτων που δοκιμάστηκαν το Covid Safe Travel Pass. Διαθέτει επίσης έναν από τους νεότερους στόλους στον κόσμο.
Ας δούμε τις υπόλοιπες αεροπρικές εταιρείες παρακάτω.
1. Qatar Airways
epa06014224 A Saudi Arabian Airlines prepares to land at the Manila International Airport in Pasay City, south of Manila, Philippines, 07 June 2017. According to media reports, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has announced a temporary suspension of the deployment of Filipino workers to Qatar, where an estimated of more than 200,000 Filipinos work. Saudi Arabia announced on 06 June the cancellation of all operating licenses granted to Qatar Airways and ordered the closure within 48 hours of all its offices in the country, one day after Riyadh resolved to cut diplomatic relations with Doha. Also, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain decided to close their airspace to Qatari airlines after these countries also broke off relations with Doha on 05 June. EPA/MARK R. CRISTINO
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2. Air New Zealand
An Air New Zealand airplanes wait for passengers at Wellington International airport on February 20, 2020. - The New Zealand government announced a bail out package to help the national carrier Air New Zealand survive the Corvid 19 virus down turn. (Photo by Marty MELVILLE / AFP)
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3. Singapore Airlines
epa08661317 A visitor is silhouetted against a Singapore Airlines B777 parked at the Changi Airport in Singapore, 11 September 2020. Singapore Airlines (SIA) has announced that it will cut 2400 staff members affecting pilots, cabin crew, and ground staff, in the wake of the economic fallout from the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic which saw the flag carrier report losses of over 1 billion SGD in the first quarter of 2020. EPA/WALLACE WOON
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4. Qantas
epa03096249 (FILE) A supplied photo released on 21 August 2008 of a Qantas A380 VH-OQA (MSN014) making its first flight in new Qantas livery. An A380 superjumbo jet was grounded after minor cracks were found on its wings, Australia‘s Qantas Airways Ltd said 08 February 2012. It expected the Airbus plane to be back in service within a week and said the 36 hairline cracks to the wing rib feet - there are 2,000 on each wing - did not compromise air safety. EPA/CHRISTIAN BRINKMANN EDITORIAL USE ONLY *** Local Caption *** 00000402428912
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5. Emirates
epa07671259 An Emirates Airline Airbus A380 is pulled back from the jet bridges to take off from Dubai International Airport, United Arab Emirates, 24 June 2019. As a result of the downing of the US unmanned Global Hawk aircraft by Iran in Hormuz Strait region many of the world's leading carriers in UAE such Emirates Airlines, Etihad and others in additional to the International flying operators such as US carries, British Airways, Qantas and Singapore Airlines rerouted some of their flights beginning on 21 June 2019 to avoid from flying over some paths from Hormuz Strait and Oman Gulf as a precautionary procedure to secure the civilian flights from the mounting of crisis in the Gulf region, this step came after a decision by US Federal Aviation Administration banning the US carriers from flying over the regions which are under Iran's control. EPA/ALI HAIDER
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6. Cathay Pacific
epa08551455 (FILE) - A file picture dated 10 March 2009 shows Cathay Pacific planes at Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, China (reissued 17 July 2020). Cathay Pacific Airways on 17 July 2020 said their business outlook looks gloomy as it suffers from the the coronavirus pandemic, and said it expects to see for the first six months of 2020 a record net loss 1.28 billion USD. EPA/YM YIK
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7. Virgin Atlantic
epa08328903 (FILE) A Virgin Atlantic aircraft is seen at Glasgow Airport, Glasgow, Britain, 19 March 2020. The Airline of British businessman Sir Richard Branson is applying for hundreds of millions of pounds in state aid in Britain, as media reports, as the effects of the Corona crisis hit the company. EPA/ROBERT PERRY
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8. United Airlines
epa05905869 (FILE) - A United Airlines jet arrives at the O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, USA, 19 September 2014 (reissued 13 April 2017). A passenger was forcibly removed from an overbooked plane by airport security on 09 April 2017, sparking criticism about the airline's handling of the situation. EPA/KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI
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9. EVA Air
epa08488647 An EVA AIR passenger jet prepares to take off from the Taipei Songshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan, 16 June 2020. Songshan Airport, to ease people's nostalgia for flying abroad, which has been curtailed by Covid-19, the airport will offer fake travel abroad in July by allowing people to check in, go through immigration control, sit inside a plane for half an hour to listen to a lecture on Covid-19 prevention, disembark, have cake and coffee in an airport restaurant, before passing immigration to re-enter the country. A total of 180 people can join the 'fake travel abroad' which will take place on three different days with the trip lasting three and a half hour. EPA/DAVID CHANG
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10. British Airways
epa07829184 (FILE) - Ground personnel closes a cargo door of a British Airways aircraft standing on a parking position at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain, 29 May 2017 (reissued 09 September 2019). According to media reports on 09 September 2019, pilots belonging to the British Airline Pilots Association and employed by carrier British Airways declared a 48-hour strike due to a pay dispute. The strike will ground most of the airline’s flights and complicate the travel plans of thousands of potential passengers. EPA/ANDY RAIN
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