Indian airline breaks into world’s top 3 low-cost carriers at aviation’s Oscars 2025

IndiGo secured a spot among the world’s top low-cost airlines in the 2025 Skytrax World Airline Awards announced on Tuesday. Malaysia-based AirAsia topped the global rankings, followed by Singapore’s Scoot, with IndiGo taking third place.

Notably, no Indian airline featured on the list of the world’s best full-service carriers, which was topped by Qatar Airways. This marks the ninth time the airline has claimed the top spot in the 26-year history of the Skytrax Awards, often referred to as the Oscars of the aviation industry.

Qatar was also named Best Airline in the Middle East, World’s Best Business Class, and Best Business Class Airline Lounge.


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The awards come after the airline, established in 1993, announced that it was purchasing up to 210 widebody jets, including 130 Dreamliners, and 30 777-9s from Boeing in a historic order last month.

Singapore Airlines, which has previously won the title of World’s Best Airline five times, ranked second this year. It also picked up honours for World’s Best Cabin Crew, Best First Class, and Best Airline in Asia.

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Cathay Pacific of Hong Kong secured third place, followed by Emirates from Dubai in fourth, and Japan’s ANA All Nippon Airways in fifth.

Turkish Airlines came in sixth, while South Korea’s Korean Air and France’s Air France took the seventh and eighth spots respectively. Japan Airlines ranked ninth, and China’s Hainan Airlines completed the top 10.

“We welcomed back a large number of previous winners and were also delighted to see new faces and airlines represented here today,” said Edward Plaisted, CEO of Skytrax.

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“As is indicated by so many former winning airlines being awarded again, quality consistency is clearly well recognized by customers when they vote for these airlines.”

The “wholly independent and impartial” awards, which began in 1999, saw votes gathered from surveys of around 22.3 million customers, with more than 325 airlines featured this year.

Around 500 representatives from airlines around the world attended the gala event in the restored Art Deco terminal of the original Le Bourget Airport, based at the heart of the Paris Air Show, including presidents, CEOs and airline crew.

World's Top 20 Airlines In 2025

1. Qatar Airways
2. Singapore Airlines
3. Cathay Pacific
4. Emirates
5. ANA All Nippon Airways
6. Turkish Airlines
7. Korean Air
8. Air France
9. Japan Airlines
10. Hainan Airlines

World’s Best Low-Cost Airlines 2025

1. AirAsia
2. Scoot
3. Indigo
4. Eurowings
5. Vueling Airlines
6. Volotea
7. Transavia
8. Iberia Express
9. Flynas
10. easyJet