2016 Top ten airlines in the world voted by air travelers

The Skytrax World Airline Awards are coveted Quality accolades for the world airline industry and travelers from across the globe take part each year in the world’s largest airline passenger satisfaction survey to decide the award winners.

The 2016 World Airline Awards were held at Farnborough Airshow on 12th July 2016 with Emirates voted as the World’s Best Airline by customers at the Skytrax World Airline Awards. Qatar Airwayswas second in the global ranking and won a range of top awards being named the World’s Best Business Class, the World’s Best Business Class lounge and Best Airline Staff in the Middle East. Third placed Singapore Airlines achieved top success winning the award for Best Airline in Asia, as well as the title for the Best Business Class Airline Seat. Cathay Pacific Airways was ranked No 4, with the airline also declared the World’s Best for Cabin Cleanliness. It was a double celebration as Cathay also picked up the award for Best First Class Lounge for its recently renovated facility at its home base airport in Hong Kong.

TOP TEN AIRLINES OF 2016

1 Emirates
2 Qatar Airways
3 Singapore Airlines
4 Cathay Pacific
5 ANA All Nippon Airways
6 Etihad Airways
7 Turkish Airlines
8 EVA Air
9 Qantas Airways
10 Lufthansa

The World Airline Awards are a global benchmark of airline excellence, and widely known as the Passengers Choice Awards.

Taylor Swift world’s highest paid celebrity: Forbes

At the tender age of 26, Taylor Swift is the world’s highest-paid celebrity, pulling in a whopping $170 million over the past year, Forbes magazine said Monday.

The pop diva’s take from June 2015 to June 2016 is the highest total of her young career, the magazine said, more than doubling her previous record of $80 million last year.

She out-earned other famous musicians including Adele, Bruce Springsteen, Rihanna and Madonna.

The “Shake It Off” singer also outpaced rival Katy Perry who last year took in more than $135 million as opposed to Swift’s $80 million, according to Forbes magazine’s annual list of 100 highest-paid celebrities.

It said Swift’s top earnings were largely thanks to her “1989 World Tour” during which she smashed the Rolling Stone’s North American record, grossing $200 million on the continent en route to a quarter of a billion worldwide.

Coming in at number two on the list this year was the boy band One Direction, ($110 million), followed by author James Patterson ($95 million).

British singer Adele came in at number 9 ($80.5 million) while Taylor’s former beau, musician Calvin Harris, also made the cut coming in at number 21 ($63 million).

“The world’s 100 highest-paid celebrities pulled in $5.1 billion pretax over the past 12 months, more than the GDP of Belize, Gambia and Bhutan combined,” Forbes said.

Magazine editor Zack O’Malley Greenberg said live entertainment continues to be a major cash draw.

“From soccer games in Spain to concerts in China, fans are willing to shell out to see big names ? and this is driving the celebrity economy to ever greater heights,” he said in a statement.

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