RwandAir has been named “The Best Regional Airline in Africa” at the prestigious 2025 World Airline Awards, hosted by Skytrax in Paris today.
“We are honoured to receive this recognition and grateful to our passengers for their continued trust. Thank you for flying with us—this award is yours too”, the flag carrier airline of Rwanda said via X.
Yvonne Manzi Makolo, CEO of RwandAir, said : “Thank you to all travelers who voted for RwandAir and to Skytrax for celebrating excellence in aviation. This recognition reaffirms our commitment to providing memorable travel experiences.”
The 2025 World Airline Awards have been announced in a gala ceremony held on the 17th June 2025 at Paris Air Show, in the Air and Space Museum at the fabulous art deco Hall of Eight Columns of Le Bourget airport. Some 500 guests attended from airlines across the world, with a large number of airline Chairman, CEO’s and Presidents accepting their awards. As is now customary at the World Airline Awards, there were a lot of uniformed airline crew proudly displaying the airline corporate brands on the stage and around the event.
Widely known as ‘the Oscars of the aviation industry’ the World Airline Awards began in 1999, and remain totally independent and impartial with all of the customer survey costs and awards events hosted by and paid for by the organisers, Skytrax.
Edward Plaisted, CEO of Skytrax said: “We welcomed back a large number of previous winners and were also delighted to see new faces and airlines represented here today. As is indicated by so many former winning airlines being awarded again, quality consistency is clearly well recognised by customers when they vote for these airlines.”
RwandAir is the flag carrier airline of Rwanda, operating from its main hub at Kigali International Airport. The airline serves 25 destinations across various regions, including East Africa, Central Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. (End)
