Forbes.com Readers Vote Singapore Airlines 1st in First Class

Business Wire, July 25, 2002

Business Editors & Travel Writers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2002

Forbes.com readers have selected Singapore Airlines' first-class section as the best in the skies.

More than 1,000 readers voted in a poll - accompanying a Forbes.com travel feature called "The Best in First Class," that named the ten best international first-class sections - and ranked those carriers in order.

Forbes.com is the homepage for the world's business leaders. According to independent studies the site boasts a higher concentration of C-Level executives of any site on the Web. It is this discerning audience that spends the most time in first-class seats and as such, has the best knowledge about the vast variety of amenities and options in this super premium category.

The Top Five:

1. Singapore Airlines

2. British Airways

3. Cathay Pacific

4. Virgin Atlantic Airways

5. American Airlines

See "Which First Class Is Best?" at http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/2002/07/25/0725poll.html for the complete poll results and related articles.

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    SOURCE: Forbes.com