The 10 best and worst airlines to fly with are revealed in this global ranking

From long delays to cramped seats,flying can be an unpleasant experience. The airline you fly with, however, can make a huge difference.AirHelp, which offers legal assistance to passengers filing claims against airlines for delayed flights, has released a global ranking of the 10 bestand worstairlines in the world.To find the most and least efficient airlines, AirHelp analysed 34 airlines usingthree key criteria:Quality performance, based on data from airline review site Skytrax.com evaluating the airline product, as well as a rating of the airline experience both onboard and at airports.Delay time, which considers how many flights were on time in the last quarter of 2015.Claim processing, which looks at the number of airlines' wrongfully rejected compensation claims per quarter, and the amount of time it takes airlines to respond to, handle, and pay out a claim.Each flight company was given a rating out of 10 under the above categories, with the average of these three ratings given as an overall AirHelp score.These are the world's 10 best airlines, followed by each carrier's country and AirHelp score. (Note, airlines with the same overall score are tied.)10. FinnairFinland: 7.89. British Airways United Kingdom: 7.88. Croatia AirlinesCroatia: 7.97. EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates: 7.96. Air CanadaCanada: 85. Lufthansa German AirlinesGermany: 8.24. Air FranceFrance: 8.23.Air Baltic CorporationLatvia: 8.22. KLM-Royal Dutch AirlinesNetherlands: 8.51. Qatar AirwaysQatar: 8.9Now, here are the world's 10 worst airlines, followed by each carrier's country and AirHelp score. (Again, airlines with the same overall scores are tied.)10. Norwegian Air ShuttleNorway: 7.19. IcelandairIceland: 78. Alitalia - Compagnia Aerea Italiana SpaItaly: 77. IberiaSpain: 76. Aer LingusIreland: 6.85. TAP PortugalPortugal: 6.84. Swiss International Air LinesSwitzerland: 6.43. Virgin Atlantic AirwaysUnited Kingdom: 6.22. easyJet United Kingdom: 5.81. Sata InternationalPortugal: 5.2Visit AirHelp's website to see the full ranking.Join the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: Maserati just revealed its first ever SUV
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