The Reading / Listening - Airlines - Level 2

Many airlines want to be the best. The website AirlineRatings.com has announced its top airline for 2025. The site gives reviews and information on airlines around the world. It puts together the World's Best Airlines Awards. This year's winner is Korean Air. The website wrote: "Korean Air won...for its exceptional focus on passenger comfort, particularly in economy class." The site added: "Korean Air's thoughtful touches, such as slippers and generous meal portions on long-haul flights, enhanced its appeal." The reviewers praised the airline for its "modern, fuel-efficient aircraft".

There were also winners in other categories. Qatar Airways won the best business class award. This was because it has a cabin with "fully enclosed private suites with sliding doors, offering passengers complete privacy". The best first-class company was Singapore Airlines. The reviewers said the airline "redefined luxury". In addition, Singapore's Changi Airport won the world's best airport award. The top low-cost airline for 2025 was AirAsia. In this category, the reviewers looked at meals, drinks and snacks, Wi-Fi, in-flight entertainment, and safety standards.

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Airlines - Level 0 Airlines - Level 1   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. Many airlines want
  2. announced its top
  3. The site gives reviews
  4. airlines around
  5. its exceptional focus on
  6. in economy
  7. on long-
  8. its modern, fuel-
  1. airline for 2025
  2. efficient aircraft
  3. the world
  4. class
  5. haul flights
  6. to be the best
  7. passenger comfort
  8. and information

Paragraph 2

  1. There were also winners
  2. Qatar Airways won the best business
  3. a cabin with fully enclosed private
  4. offering passengers complete
  5. redefined
  6. the world's best
  7. The top low-
  8. safety
  1. luxury
  2. suites
  3. standards
  4. class award
  5. cost airline
  6. in other categories
  7. airport award
  8. privacy

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Many airlines want to (1) ___________________. The website AirlineRatings.com has announced (2) ___________________ for 2025. The site gives reviews and information on airlines around the world. It (3) ___________________ World's Best Airlines Awards. This year's winner is Korean Air. The website wrote: "Korean Air won... (4) ___________________ focus on passenger comfort, particularly in economy class." The site added: "Korean Air's thoughtful touches, such as slippers and generous meal portions on (5) ___________________, enhanced its appeal." The reviewers praised the airline for its "modern, (6) ___________________".

There were also winners (7) ___________________. Qatar Airways won the best (8) ___________________. This was because it has a cabin with "fully enclosed private suites (9) ___________________, offering passengers complete privacy". The best first-class company was Singapore Airlines. The (10) ___________________ airline "redefined luxury". In addition, Singapore's Changi Airport won the world's best airport award. The top (11) ___________________ for 2025 was AirAsia. In this category, the reviewers looked at meals, drinks and snacks, Wi-Fi, in-flight entertainment, (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Manyairlineswanttobethebest.ThewebsiteAirlineRatings.comhasan
nounceditstopairlinefor2025.Thesitegivesreviewsandinformationon
airlinesaroundtheworld.ItputstogethertheWorld'sBestAirlinesAwar
ds.Thisyear'swinnerisKoreanAir.Thewebsitewrote:"KoreanAirwon..
.foritsexceptionalfocusonpassengercomfort,particularlyineconomy
class."Thesiteadded:"KoreanAir'sthoughtfultouches,suchasslippers
andgenerousmealportionsonlong-haulflights,enhanceditsappeal."T
hereviewerspraisedtheairlineforits"modern,fuel-efficientaircraft".T
herewerealsowinnersinothercategories.QatarAirwayswonthebestb
usinessclassaward.Thiswasbecauseithasacabinwith"fullyenclosedp
rivatesuiteswithslidingdoors,offeringpassengerscompleteprivacy".
Thebestfirst-classcompanywasSingaporeAirlines.Thereviewerssa
idtheairline"redefinedluxury".Inaddition,Singapore'sChangiAirport
wontheworld'sbestairportaward.Thetoplow-costairlinefor2025wa
sAirAsia.Inthiscategory,thereviewerslookedatmeals,drinksandsnac
ks,Wi-Fi,in-flightentertainment,andsafetystandards.

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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Free writing

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Answers

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