Air France wins World’s Best First Class at the 2026 Skytrax World Airline Awards

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At the Skytrax World Airline Awards ceremony held in London on September 18, 2026, Air France received several prestigious awards recognising the quality of its products and services.

For the sixth consecutive year, Air France was named the Best Airline in Western Europe. The airline also won the World’s Best First Class Airline award for the first time, recognising its new La Première suite, unveiled in 2025. Air France also received awards for Best First Class Airline Lounge Dining and Best First Class Airline Comfort Amenities. Air France is also continuing to climb the global rankings, moving up one place compared to 2025, from 8th to 7th place.

Benjamin Smith, CEO of Air France-KLM and Chair of the Air France Board of Directors, said:

“From the very beginning of the new La Première cabin project, we set ourselves one clear objective: to offer the world’s best First Class experience. This is an exceptional and entirely new product, rooted in our heritage and reflecting our unique vision of the French art of travel. It took three years to design these suites, which feature five windows for the very first time. Every detail has been carefully considered to offer our customers an experience worthy of a private jet. From the time they arrive at the airport through to their destination, Air France’s La Première is undoubtedly our highest expression of travel, and it is a great source of pride for all our teams to see it recognized by Skytrax today. I would like to thank all the teams who worked on this project and who bring this exceptional product to life every day, as well as our customers, who can now experience this cabin to more destinations and on more aircraft.”