Qantas drops out of top 20 airline rankings as world’s best named

Qantas comes 24th in Skytrax world airline awards, a month after $100m fine for allegedly selling flights to customers which did not exist

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Qantas has dropped out of a ranking of the top 20 best airlines in the world a month after it agreed to a $100m fine for allegedly selling flights to customers which did not exist.

In this year's world airline awards by Skytrax, Qantas dropped seven places, from 17th to 24th, while Qatar Airways was named the world's best airline ahead of Singapore in second place.

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