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LEISURE TRAVEL - SHORT-HAUL

You found British Airways best for short-haul leisure travel, awarding it 86.92 for lounge/pre-/post-flight facilities and 84.58 for loyalty reward schemes.

1	British Airways	91.11
2	BMI	88.33
3	Swiss
4	KLM
5	Lufthansa
6	SAS
7	Aer Lingus
8	Air France
9	Alitalia
10	GB Airways
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British Airways

LEISURE TRAVEL - LONG-HAUL

For long-haul flights, Cathay Pacific soared away for punctuality/efficiency (92.84) and Virgin Atlantic for in-flight entertainment (92.06).

1	Cathay Pacific	89.67%
2	Virgin Atlantic	89.25%
3	Emirates	88.13
4	British Airways	87.79
5	Singapore Airlines	87.44
6	Air New Zealand	85.27
7	Thai Airways	85.10
8	Malaysia Airlines	84.20%
9	Qantas	83.45%
10	Air Canada	83.36%
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Cathay Pacific

BUSINESS

In the business travel market you prefer Emirates for its punctuality/efficiency (94.81), in-flight entertainment (92.26) and value for money (85.81).

1	Emirates	90.51%
2	British Airways	89.05%
3	Singapore Airlines	88.93%
4	Cathay Pacific	88.32%
5	Virgin Atlantic	86.61%
6	Qantas	85.29%
7	BMI	84.57%
8	Lufthansa	83.68%
9	KLM	81.57%
10	Malaysia Airlines	81.43%
What are all these numbers?

Emirates

LOW-COST

For low-cost flights, EasyJet is easily your favourite, with top marks for child-friendliness (83.57), service/staff (85.71) and luggage handling (85.71) but not, interestingly, for value for money, which this year you decided should go to JetBlue Airways (88.70).

1	EasyJet	85.18%
2	BMIBaby	84.59%
3	Virgin Blue	84.25%
4	JetBlue Airways	81.48%
5	Flybe	80.89%
What are all these numbers?

EasyJet

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