Qatar Airways has taken out AirlineRatings.com’s Best Catering Award for 2024 in its annual Airline Excellence Awards.
Airlineratings.com Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Thomas said that “no matter what class you fly Qatar Airways’ food offering is superb”.
The presentation and delivery of meals is outstanding and the airline has no less than 18 special meal options.
For First and Business Class passengers, you can also pre-select your meal and when on board have the meal when you wish.
The catering in Qatar premium classes is easily restaurant standard, and this also sets a higher bar for the service and food in economy,’’ Mr. Thomas said. “Judges were impressed with the taste, freshness, and presentation of the food.’’
In Economy Class passengers are offered three choices for the main course.
Mr. Thomas added that the website continually gets positive feedback about catering on Qatar Airways.
“We received so many positive comments about the catering on Qatar Airways, particularly from Economy Class passengers, where typically airlines have cut back offering substandard boxed meals,” Mr. Thomas said.
In a radical move from past Airline Excellence Awards announcements, we will tease our millions of readers and airlines by announcing different winning categories each week over eight weeks culminating with Airline of The Year 2024 and our Top Twenty 2024 airlines on April 30.
Emirates wins Best Inflight Entertainment Award 2024
Meanwhile, AirlineRatings has named Emirates as the winner of the Best Inflight Entertainment Award 2024 with its multi-award winning ICE system.
Emirates was one of the first airlines to introduce seat-back videos for economy-class passengers almost 30 years ago and has led the field ever since and today the system has 6,500 channels making it a clear winner for Best Inflight Entertainment.
Passengers enjoying an Emirates flight can access a world-class entertainment library with more than 45 Academy Award® winning films, 5,000 channels of on-demand entertainment, over 1,500 movies and 1,500 hours of TV, as well as music, podcasts and audiobooks across 40 languages, 5 channels of live TV including news from BBC, CNN and Sky News Arabia, and two channels with live sports coverage- Sport 24 and Sport 24 Extra.
Passengers can also curate their own ice experience before their flight, simply by browsing and pre-selecting movies or TV shows on the Emirates app, which can then be synced to ice the moment they board, maximising the seamless travel experience.
Airlineratings.com Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Thomas commenting on the award said “Our editors were unanimous in their praise for Emirates ICE system as a step above.”
“That early investment in inflight entertainment has paid off for Emirates and just when you think it can’t do it better – it lifts the bar once again.
The most-viewed genres on ice are documentaries, action, thrillers, and comedies.
Emirates continually updates its inflight content, adding hundreds of movies, TV shows, podcasts, and music channels each month to its extensive entertainment library.
In a radical move from past Airline Excellence Awards announcements, we will tease our millions of readers and airlines by announcing different winning categories each week over eight weeks culminating with Airline Of The Year 2024 and our Top Twenty 2024 airlines on April 30.
Last week AirlineRatings.com also announced Virgin Australia Regional Airlines as our 2024 Regional Airline of The Year and next week on March 26 AirlineRatings.com will announce the Best Cabin Crew.
Likewise, the Best Cabin Classes (First, Business, Premium Economy and Economy) on April 2; Best Geographical Winners – Long Haul & Regional Airlines on April 9; Best Environmental Airline on April 16; Best Low-Cost Airlines & Top Twenty LCCs on April 23; Airline of The Year & Top Twenty on April 30.
(Source: AirlineRatings.com)
