National carrier, Fiji Airways has been ranked 15th among the best airlines in the world.
The airline was ranked number one in the Australia Pacific region beating Australia and New Zealand.
The award was handed to a delegation from Fiji Airways that attended the 2023 World Airline Awards last night at the Paris Air Show.
Acknowledging their achievements over the last 12 months, Fiji Airways managing director and CEO Andre Viljoen said these were big wins for a small airline in a highly competitive region for commercial aviation.
“Our unwavering commitment to quality service delivery is reason that Fiji Airways is today the Best in Australia and the Pacific. We may not have as much resources as larger airlines, but we have the Fijian spirit of hospitality and care. As the National Airline, we embrace and champion these values in everything we do, and this sets us apart as an airline,” he said.
Previous winners for Best Airline Australia and the Pacific were:
- 2022 – Qantas
- 2021 – Qantas
- 2019 – Qantas
- 2018 – Qantas
Fiji Airways Global Top 100 rankings:
- 2023 – 15th
- 2022 – 36th
- 2021 – 54th
- 2020 – No awards due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- 2019 – 45th
