Airlineratings.com's highly coveted Airline Excellence Awards for 2024 are set for take-off on Monday, March 11 at 8 am Australian Western Standard Time.

In a radical move from past Airline Excellence Awards announcements, we will tease our millions of readers and then airlines by announcing different winning categories each week over eight weeks culminating with Airline Of The Year 2024 and our Top Twenty 2024 airlines on April 30.

Here is the schedule:

March 11: Regional Airline Of The Year

March 19: Best In Flight Entertainment & Catering

March 26: Best Cabin Crew

April 2: Best Cabin Classes - First, Business, Premium Economy and Economy

April 9: Best Geographical Winners - Long Haul & Regional Airlines

April 16: Best Environmental Airline

April 23: Best Low-Cost Airlines & Top Twenty LCCs

April 30: Airline Of The Year & Top Twenty

AirlineRatings.com founder Geoffrey Thomas said: "This initiative from our editorial team is about highlighting individual category winners each week, rather than one big announcement that tends to highlight the overhaul winner."

"These different category winners, whether it be IFE, catering or cabin crew, are important and we want to shine a light on excellence wherever it is found."

AirineRatings.com Airline Excellence Awards are evaluated by our editorial team which has over 100 years of experience and the Airline of the Year and our Top Twenty is based on 11 criteria that include product and safety rating. passengers' reviews on our site and Trip Advisor, and profitability,

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