World's worst airlines for flying economy class
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Flying used to be a pleasant experience, but now with airport checks, rising ticket costs and cuts in services, it has become a painful one, especially for those stuck in economy class.
Let's take a look at 20 worst airlines for flying economy class in the world, based on ranking published by Business Insider.
Source: Business Insider
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Image: A view of a plane at an airport. Photo is for representation purpose only.
Photographs: Kyodo/Reuters
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Turkmenistan Airlines
Rating for economy class: 30.8 out of 100
Headquarters: Ashgabat
Country: Turkmenistan
Overall ranking: 1
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Image: Turkmenistan Airlines.
Photographs: Source: turkmenairlines.com
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Sudan Airways
Rating for economy class: 33.3 out of 100
Headquarters: Khartoum
Country: Sudan
Overall ranking: 2
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Image: A view of Sudan Airways Airbus A310.
Photographs: Stringer/Reuters
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Ukraine International Airlines
Rating for economy class: 36.3 out of 100
Headquarters: Kiev
Country: Ukraine
Overall ranking: 3
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Image: Planes of Ukrainian International Airlines at Borispol Airport, near Kiev, Ukraine.
Photographs: Gleb Garanich/Reuters
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Uzbekistan Airways
Rating for economy class: 37.5 out of 100
Headquarters: Tashkent
Country: Uzbekistan
Overall ranking: 4
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Image: An Uzbekistan Airways plane in Termez, Uzbekistan.
Photographs: Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters
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Air Koryo
Rating for economy class: 39.2 out of 100
Headquarters: Pyongyang
Country: North Korea
Overall ranking: 5
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Image: Air Koryo plane at Gimpo Airport in Seoul, South Korea.
Photographs: Lee Jin-man/Pool/Reuters
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Bulgaria Air
Rating for economy class: 41.8 out of 100
Headquarters: Sofia
Country: Bulgaria
Overall ranking: 6
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Image: A Bulgaria Air plane at Sofia Airport in Bulgaria.
Photographs: Stoyan Nenov/Reuters
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Rossiya Airlines
Rating for economy class: 42.7 out of 100
Headquarters: Saint Petersburg
Country: Russia
Overall ranking: 7
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Image: Rossiya Airlines.
Photographs: Source: Michael Laue/Wikipedia Commons
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Iceland Express
Rating for economy class: 42.8 out of 100
Headquarters: Reykjavik
Country: Iceland
Overall ranking: 8
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Image: Iceland Express.
Photographs: Source: icelandexpress.com
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Tajik Air
Rating for economy class: 43.3 out of 100
Headquarters: Dushanbe
Country: Tajikistan
Overall ranking: 9
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Image: Tajik Air.
Photographs: Source: tajikair.tj
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Syrian Air
Rating for economy class: 44.8 out of 100
Headquarters: Damascus
Country: Syria
Overall ranking: 10
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Image: Syrian Air.
Photographs: Source: syriaair.com
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Spirit
Rating for economy class: 45 out of 100
Headquarters: Florida
Country: United States
Overall ranking: 11
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Image: Ground crew de-ices a Spirit Airlines jet outside Terminal 3 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.
Photographs: Frank Polich/Reuters
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Pegasus Airlines
Rating for economy class: 45.8 out of 100
Headquarters: Istanbul
Country: Turkey
Overall ranking: 12
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Image: Pegasus Airlines's aircraft at Esenboga Airport in Ankara, Turkey.
Photographs: Anatolian/Reuters
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TAAG Angola Airlines
Rating for economy class: 45.8 out of 100
Headquarters: Luanda
Country: Angola
Overall ranking: 13
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Image: TAAG Angola Airlines.
Photographs: Source: taag.com
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Royal Air Maroc
Rating for economy class: 46.5 out of 100
Headquarters: Casablanca
Country: Morocco
Overall ranking: 14
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Image: A Royal Air Maroc jetliner lands at Gaza International Airport in Palestine.
Photographs: Reuters
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Nepal Airlines
Rating for economy class: 46.7 out of 100
Headquarters: Kathmandu
Country: Nepal
Overall ranking: 15
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Image: Nepal Airlines.
Photographs: Source: nepalairlines.com.np
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Cubana Airlines
Rating for economy class: 47.7 out of 100
Headquarters: Havana
Country: Cuba
Overall ranking: 16
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Image: Cubana Airlines.
Photographs: Source: cubana.cu
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Biman Bangladesh Airlines
Rating for economy class: 49 out of 100
Headquarters: Dhaka
Country: Bangladesh
Overall ranking: 17
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Image: Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight at New Delhi's International Airport.
Photographs: Kamal Kishore/Reuters
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Merpati Nusantara Airlines
Rating for economy class: 49.2 out of 100
Headquarters: Jakarta
Country: Indonesia
Overall ranking: 18
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Image: Passengers disembark from a Merpati Nusantara Airlines Boeing 737-228 plane at Dili's Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport in East Timor.
Photographs: Lirio Da Fonseca/Reuters
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Ryanair
Rating for economy class: 49.2 out of 100
Headquarters: Dublin
Country: Ireland
Overall ranking: 19
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Image: Ryanair planes parked at Girona Airport in Spain.
Photographs: Albert Gea/Reuters
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Air Algerie
Rating for economy class: 50 out of 100
Headquarters: Algiers
Country: Algeria
Overall ranking: 20
Image: Air Algerie Boeing 737-200 passenger plane at Berlin's Schoenefeld airport in Germany.
Photographs: Stringer/Reuters
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