Skytrax World Airline Awards: Africa's Best Airlines 2018!

Ethiopia's flag carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, has been named Best Airline in Africa in the 2018 edition of the Skytrax World Airline Awards. South African Airways, the national carrier of South Africa, gained the second highest passenger satisfaction ratings on the continent. Air Mauritius was named third best airline in Africa, followed by Air Seychelles and Kenya's flag carrier Kenya Airways. South African budget carrier Mango was named eigth best airline in Africa, followed by pan-African low-cost carrier Fastjet and Kulula, the low-cost airline subsidiary of British Airways franchise Comair in South Africa.

The Best Airlines in Africa 2018:

1. Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopia)
2. South African Airways (South Africa)
3. Air Mauritius (Mauritius)
4. Air Seychelles (Seychelles)
5. Kenya Airways (Kenya)
6. Royal Air Maroc (Marocco)
7. Mango (South Africa)
8. Fastjet (pan-African)
9. Kulula (South Africa)
10. TAAG Angola Airlines (Angola)

South African carrier Mango was named Best Low-Cost Airlines in Africa 2018, followed by pan-African low-cost carrier Fastjet and Kulula, the low-cost airline subsidiary of British Airways franchise Comair in South Africa.

1. Mango (South Africa)
2. Fastjet (pan-African)
3. Kulula (South Africa)
4. Jambojet (Kenya)
5. fly540 (Kenya)

Namibia's flag carrier Air Namibia was awarded second Best Regional Airline in Africa 2018, followed by Rwandair, the flag carrier of Rwanda. Air Botswana, the national airline of Botswana, came in sixth in the regional ranking.

1. Royal Air Maroc (Marocco)
2. Air Namibia (Namibia)
3. RwandAir (Rwanda)
4. Tunisair (Tunisia)
5. Sénégal Airlines (Senegal)
6. Air Botswana (Botswana)
7. Air Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
8. Air Burkina (Burkina Faso)
9. Afriqiyah Airways (Libya)
10. ASKY Airlines (West Africa)

South African Airways was given the award for Best Airline Staff in Africa 2018, followed by Ethiopia's national airline Ethiopian Airlines and Kenya Airways, the flag carrier of Kenya.

1. South African Airways (South Africa)
2. Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopia)
3. Kenya Airways (Kenya)
4. Air Mauritius (Mauritius)
5. Mango (South Africa)
6. Air Seychelles (Seychelles)
7. Royal Air Maroc (Marocco)
8. Fastjet (pan-African)
9. RwandAir (Rwanda)
10. Kulula (South Africa)

The Skytrax World Airline Awards 2018 are based on customer responses to an online survey which was operated from August 2017 to May 2018. Over 100 customer nationalities participated in the survey with 20.36 million eligible entries counted in the results. All survey entries were screened to identify IP and user information, with duplicate, suspect or ineligible entries deleted. 335 airlines are featured in the survey results.

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