Around 20,000 readers voted in the 2025 Telegraph Travel Awards, nominating their favourite destinations, hotels and holiday companies – and the results are in. Here we reveal how you rated the world’s airlines.

Did Jet2.com keep hold of its short-haul title? Has British Airways arrested its slide down the rankings? Will Wizz Air or Ryanair claim the dreaded wooden spoon? Read on to find out.

The best short-haul airlines

Top 10 (and change since 2023) – see the table below for the full rankings

Jet2.com (=) Finnair (new entry) Turkish Airlines (new entry) Aegean Airlines (+1) Swiss (–3) Icelandair (–2) Loganair (+1) Austrian Airlines (+3) Norwegian (–3) LOT Polish Airlines (new entry)

Having weathered the storm of the pandemic years, airlines have lately – it seems – been seeking to cash in. Telegraph Travel recently revealed how low-cost carriers have been hiking their baggage fees, with Ryanair raising its charges by up to 88 per cent in four years. Readers responded by voting it the worst short-haul airline, an “honour” Wizz Air denied it in our last awards, held in 2023 (not that Wizz has much cause for celebration then – it still finished second from bottom).