TOP 10 AIRLINES

Spoiler alert: U.S. based airlines apparently all lame. At least, if you believe the results of the Skytrax 2010 World Airline Awards. The top ten airlines in the world are mostly from Asia. The only upside for U.S. based airlines is that no European airlines made it to the list either.

American airlines are only represented in the "best North American Airlines" results - and even there, Air Canada takes the top spot.

The results are hardly surprising.  Still, it is a bit of a disgrace that none of the U.S. based airlines managed to make any of the winning categories. The top ten airlines of the world are:

1. Asiana Airlines
2. Singapore Airlines
3. Qatar Airways
4. Cathay Pacific
5. Air New Zealand
6. Etihad Airways
7. Qantas Airways
8. Emirates
9. Thai Airways
10. Malaysia Airlines

Still, it isn't all doom and gloom - in recent weeks, the AOL "spy in the sky" flew all major U.S. carriers and found that there are still some friendly and helpful airlines out there.