World's best airline named as Qantas soars back into top 10

Emirates has been named the best airline in the world for 2013. Photo: Reuters

Emirates has been named the best airline in the world for 2013, while Qantas has soared back into the top 10 in this year's annual World Airline Awards.

Qantas fell out of the World Airline Awards' top 10 for the first time last year, dropping to number 15 from number eight in 2011. The airline's ranking had sunk every year since 2008, when it peaked at number three.

This year it has climbed five places to be rated the 10th best airline in the world. Virgin Australia was not far behind in 13th place.

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Inside Emirates' A380

A flight attendant poses behind the bar in the rear of the business class section of Emirates' Airbus A380. Photo: Reuters

Emirates had an even more impressive result, taking out the No.1 spot after being rated the eighth best airline last year.