The Reading / Listening - Airlines - Level 0

AirlineRatings.com has announced its top airline for 2025. This year's winner is Korean Air. The website said Korean Air won for its focus on passenger comfort, particularly in economy class. It added that Korean Air provided slippers and large meals on long flights. It also has "modern, fuel-efficient aircraft".

There were winners in other categories. Qatar Airways won the best business class award. Its business class cabins give passengers "complete privacy". The best first-class company was Singapore Airlines. The top low-cost airline was AirAsia. It won for its meals and drinks, Wi-Fi, in-flight entertainment, and safety.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Airlines - Level 1 Airlines - Level 2   or  Airlines - Level 3

Sources
  • https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2025/02/10/the-best-airlines-in-2025-according-to-a-new-travel-ratings-report/
  • https://www.airlineratings.com/articles/worlds-best-airlines-for-2025
  • https://businesstravelerusa.com/news/world-best-airlines-2025/


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. its top airline for
  2. This year's winner
  3. The website said Korean Air
  4. its focus
  5. in economy
  6. Korean Air provided
  7. large meals on
  8. fuel-
  1. efficient aircraft
  2. won
  3. class
  4. 2025
  5. long flights
  6. is Korean Air
  7. slippers
  8. on passenger comfort

Paragraph 2

  1. There were
  2. in other
  3. Qatar Airways
  4. the best business
  5. cabins give passengers complete
  6. The top low-
  7. It won for its meals
  8. in-flight
  1. categories
  2. and drinks
  3. privacy
  4. entertainment
  5. class award
  6. winners
  7. won
  8. cost airline was AirAsia

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

AirlineRatings.com (1) ________________________________________________ top airline for 2025. (2) ________________________________________________ is Korean Air. The website said Korean Air won for (3) ________________________________________________ passenger comfort, particularly (4) ________________________________________________. It added that Korean Air provided slippers and large meals (5) ________________________________________________. It also has "modern, (6) ________________________________________________".

There were winners (7) ________________________________________________. Qatar Airways won the best (8) ________________________________________________. Its business class cabins give (9) ________________________________________________. The best first-class company was Singapore Airlines. The (10) ________________________________________________ airline was AirAsia. It (11) ________________________________________________ meals and drinks, Wi-Fi, (12) ________________________________________________, and safety.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

AirlineRatings.comhasannounceditstopairlinefor2025.Thisyear'swi
nnerisKoreanAir.ThewebsitesaidKoreanAirwonforitsfocusonpassen
gercomfort,particularlyineconomyclass.ItaddedthatKoreanAirprovi
dedslippersandlargemealsonlongflights.Italsohas"modern,fuel-eff
icientaircraft".Therewerewinnersinothercategories.QatarAirwaysw
onthebestbusinessclassaward.Itsbusinessclasscabinsgivepassenge
rs"completeprivacy".ThebestfirstclasscompanywasSingaporeAirlin
es.Thetoplow-costairlinewasAirAsia.Itwonforitsmealsanddrinks,Wi-
Fi,in-flightentertainment,andsafety.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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Free writing

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Answers

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