Turkish Airlines (THY) has been named Europe’s best airline in 2025 for the 10th consecutive year at the prestigious Skytrax World Airline Awards, considered the Oscars of the aviation industry, beating the rest of competitors including Air France, British Airways and Lufthansa.
According to newspapers such as Hürriyet, Turkish Airlines won first place in the ‘Best Airline in Europe’ category, confirming its triumph in these awards, which recognise the world’s leading airlines in different categories based on direct opinions and surveys of millions of passengers. The ranking was as follows:
- Turkish Airlines
- Air France
- Swiss International Air Lines
- British Airways
- Lufthansa
- Virgin Atlantic
- Iberia
- KLM
- Austrian Airlines
- Finnair
The Turkish airline’s CEO, Bilal Ekşi, expressed his satisfaction with this new recognition in comments on social media: “We are the champions of Europe. Turkish Airlines is the best airline in Europe. Thank you for your praise”.
Turkish Airlines, which has recently been in the news for its acquisition of a stake in Spanish airline Air Europa, also won other awards from Skytrax, including World’s Best Business Class Catering and Best Airline in Southern Europe: this brings the Turkish airline’s total number of awards to eight this year.
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Pablo Gómez is a specialist in Turkey and has been editor-in-chief of Hispanatolia since 2011. He has been analysing current affairs and geopolitics in Turkey and the surrounding region since 2006.
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