A list of the cleanest airlines in the world has been released – and not a single UK airline claimed a spot.
Japanese airline, ANA All Nippon Airways, was voted the cleanest in the world at the Skytrax World Airline Awards 2018. In fact, the top five was entirely comprised of Asian airlines, across Taiwan, Singapore, Korea and Japan.
The top European airline was Swiss International, which came in 8th on the list – and therefore number one for cabin cleanliness in Europe in 2018.
More than 20 million passengers from 100 nationalities rated aircrafts on the cleanliness and presentation of seats, tables, carpets, cabin panels and washrooms – you know, all the bits you’d hope were kept clean – in a survey conducted by Skytrax from August 2017 to May 2018.
It may come as little to surprise to some that the UK didn’t make the top 30, considering Ryanair was voted the worst airline by passengers for its sixth consecutive year in a Which? survey – recently, it also took home the prize for worst airline for disruptive passengers.
Here’s the full list of winners, if you fancy a cleaner flight:
ANA All Nippon Airways
EVA Air
Asiana Airlines
Singapore Airlines
Japan Airlines
Cathay Pacific Airways
Qatar Airways
Swiss International Air Lines
Hainan Airlines
Lufthansa
Korean Air
Cathay Dragon
Austrian Airlines
China Airlines
Thai Airways
Garuda Indonesia
China Southern Airlines
Bangkok Airways
Emirates
Air New Zealand
Etihad Airways
Qantas Airways
Hong Kong Airlines
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Finnair
Oman Air
Virgin Australia
Air France
Turkish Airlines
Philippine Airlines.