Asiana Airlines (President: Joo-an Kang), for the second consecutive year, has upheld its title as a 5-Star Airline in ‘The World Airline Star Ranking’ by SKYTRAX, a world-renowned research organization in the airline industry.

The World Airline Star Ranking, introduced in 2000, is conducted every year, ranking quality performance of more than 300 airlines world-wide from a lowest score of 1-star to a highest score of 5-star on the basis of their airport & cabin services. This ranking system is considered to be the most authoritative quality-ranking system in the airline industry.

Asiana excelled in the categories of Business Class and Economy class in the long haul routes as well as in those of Staff Grooming and Assisting Family and Children.

Now the 5- Star airline group has 6 members worldwide: Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airways, Qatar Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Kingfisher and Asiana Airlines.

Skytrax, renowned for its World Airline Star Rating Programme, has conducted product and service quality analysis for the world airlines with a unique format for assessing and quantifying quality standards for over 18 years. The results of the analysis are posted on the Skytrax website (http://www.airlinequality.com/StarRanking/5star.htm)