The Skytrax World Prime 100 Airways chart has been launched and issues go from unhealthy to worse for SAA.
SAA’s troublesome few years have lastly caught up with them. From fierce monetary losses, which pressured it into enterprise rescue, to the pandemic that crippled your entire international aviation sector, SAA’s street to renewal has been very turbulent to say the least.
And though the airline has re-emerged as a a lot leaner provider, its future, seemingly dependant on a strategic fairness partnership cope with Takatso Consortium, stays unsure.
The SAA’s monetary and operational challenges have been mirrored within the airline’s dramatic slide down the Skytrax World Prime 100 Airways chart. Revealed on the 2022 World Airline Awards, held in London on Friday, the most recent survey outcomes present SAA sliding to 79 on the checklist of prime 100 airways, dropping an astounding 12 factors.
Amongst the highest winners have been Qatar Airways which went dwelling with the Greatest Airline Award, adopted by Singapore Airways and the Emirates within the prime 3.
Singapore Airways received the Greatest Cabin Workers adopted by ANA All Nippon Airways and Garuda Indonesia for the highest 3 spots.
Over the previous decade of the Skytrax awards, SAA’s place peaked at 21 in 2013. On the time South Africa’s nationwide provider was rated higher than British Airways, KLM, Virgin Atlantic, and Air France. The drop to 79th is the worst place SAA has ever acquired because the award’s inception over 20 years in the past.
Ethiopian Airways nevertheless has emerged because the rankings darkish horse. A decade in the past they weren’t even listed amongst the world’s prime carriers, coming in at 114. However the place SAA’s place has slipped over the past 4 years, Ethiopian Airways have climbed. Within the newest Skytrax scores, Ethiopian Airways improved to twenty sixth place within the international standings.
SAA held the highest spot for 14 consecutive years, up till 2017, when it was overtaken by the continent’s largest and most worthwhile provider, Ethiopian. South Africa’s flag provider got here second to Ethiopian Airways for 3 consecutive years and, in 2022, for the primary time on report, fell to 3rd place on the continent, overtaken by Morocco’s nationwide provider Royal Air Maroc.
Ethiopian Airways have been holding onto the highest spot for “Greatest Airline in Africa” for a fifth consecutive yr. The provider was voted because the continent’s greatest enterprise class and financial system class for the fourth yr in a row whereas additionally choosing up the highest spot for “Greatest Enterprise Class Onboard Catering in Africa”.
‘It offers me nice pleasure to witness such a rewarding occasion to the onerous work Ethiopian Airways staff and administration workforce put as a way to present our valued passengers the very best quality service,’ stated the CEO Mesfin Tasew in an announcement on Friday.
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