ANA and Korean Air Share First Place in the Airline League
Our first Airline League compares passengers’ ratings of boarding, comfort and crew across 59 airline brands. Two airlines lead the table on 85 points.
2026 edition · Source ratings recorded on 23 October 2026.
Two airlines at the top
ANA All Nippon Airways and Korean Air share first place with 85 points out of 100. Airlink and Japan Airlines follow in joint third on 84, while Singapore Airlines is fifth on 83. Ties are part of the table: the published points, rounded to whole numbers, determine both ranks and divisions.
Airlink carries a small-review flag because its KAYAK profile displayed 92 ratings in the snapshot. The same flag appears for flyadeal and South African Airways. It signals limited review evidence without changing the points.
What passengers are rating
The league combines three published KAYAK ratings: boarding, comfort and crew. Each counts for one third of the score. The average is multiplied by ten and rounded to a whole point. All 59 airlines use the same calculation.
The result describes passengers’ reported experiences within this selected field. It is not a comprehensive assessment of airline quality. Safety, punctuality, fares and baggage handling are outside the score. Reviewers are not a random sample of passengers, and differences in routes, cabins and review dates remain unadjusted.
Three divisions, with ties kept together
| Division | Airlines | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Premier League | 13 | 81–85 |
| League One | 28 | 75–80 |
| League Two | 18 | 59–74 |
Premier League targets the first 20% of places, and League One extends through the first 60%, with both boundary positions rounded up. Everyone tied at a boundary enters the higher division. That is why the final groups contain 13, 28 and 18 airlines.
Seven airlines share 75 points, at the lower edge of League One. They stay together. These score bands follow from this edition’s results; they are not permanent standards for airline quality.
A starting point for comparison
Search for an airline, explore its division and read the method alongside the points. A narrow score gap should not be treated as proof of a meaningful difference in service. League Two describes the lower-scoring part of this field, not the world’s worst airlines.
The edition uses a fixed snapshot recorded on 23 October 2026. It brings rolling passenger ratings together at that date, rather than surveying only journeys made in 2026. Live source pages may now show different values.