While pricing and safety are two important measures to consider when choosing an airline, there are far more factors that contribute to a customer — or an employee's — opinion of a company.
Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies survey for 2017 looked at 1,500 of the most highly regarded and respected businesses in the world within a range of industries, asking executives, directors, and analysts to rate each company based on nine criteria.
The criteria included investment value, quality of management and products, social responsibility, and the ability to attract talent.
These are the most admired and respected airlines in the world, according to Fortune's survey.
Note: To produce the ranking, Fortune looked at 1,000 of the largest US companies based on revenue as well as the non-US companies in their Fortune Global 500 database with revenues of $10 billion (£8 billion) or more.
8. ANA Holdings
The Tokyo-based ANA Holdings controls airlines including ANA (All Nippon Airways), Air Japan, and Vanilla Air.
ANA is Japan's largest carrier, with more than 250 aircrafts flying more than 50 million passengers a year. It is one of just nine airlines to hold Skytrax's highly coveted five-star designation.
7. Southwest Airlines
The American Southwest Airlines came in seventh place in the world for its reputation. It operates a single type of aircraft — a Boeing 737 — and uses a low-cost business model, with no baggage fees.
Earlier this month, Warren Buffet invested $2.4 (£1.9) billion in the company.
6. United Continental Holdings
United Airlines is one of the most well-known airlines not only in the US, but across the globe, giving it sixth spot. CEO Oscar Munoz has been part of a battle to turn the airline's image around since he took charge, stating earlier this year that the company needed to regain the trust of its employees.
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