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photos : 2017 airline excellence awards airline of the year 2017 : air new zealand – air new zealand was named airline of the year for the fourth year in a row in airlineratings.com 's 2017 airline excellence awards .
hide caption 6 of 18 photos : 2017 airline excellence awards best lounges : qantas – having been an industry leader when it installed showers in its lounges some decades ago , qantas won fresh praise from airlineratings.com in 2016 for its robust broadband internet access -- something other airlines ' lounges fell down on .
hide caption 2 of 18 photos : 2017 airline excellence awards best first class : virgin australia – virgin australia was awarded best business class for 2017 , replacing singapore airlines at the top of the leaderboard .
hide caption 4 of 18 photos : 2017 airline excellence awards best in - flight entertainment : emirates airlines – stealing the title from singapore airlines , emirates airlines was also awarded best in - flight entertainment for 2017 .
hide caption 7 of 18 photos : 2017 airline excellence awards best catering : qantas – qantas won best catering for the third year in a row .
hide caption 1 of 18 photos : 2017 airline excellence awards best long - haul airline ( americas ) : delta airlines – delta airlines has held on to its title of best long - haul news the airlineratings.com team are amongst the first when it comes to sharing the latest breaking aviation news .
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