These Are The World's Cleanest Airlines – And The UK Didn't Do Well

But who came out on top?
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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. 

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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:

  1. ANA All Nippon Airways

  2. EVA Air

  3. Asiana Airlines

  4. Singapore Airlines

  5. Japan Airlines

  6. Cathay Pacific Airways

  7. Qatar Airways

  8. Swiss International Air Lines

  9. Hainan Airlines

  10. Lufthansa

  11. Korean Air

  12. Cathay Dragon

  13. Austrian Airlines

  14. China Airlines

  15. Thai Airways

  16. Garuda Indonesia

  17. China Southern Airlines

  18. Bangkok Airways

  19. Emirates

  20. Air New Zealand

  21. Etihad Airways

  22. Qantas Airways

  23. Hong Kong Airlines

  24. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

  25. Finnair

  26. Oman Air

  27. Virgin Australia

  28. Air France

  29. Turkish Airlines

  30. Philippine Airlines.