These two airlines are named by Fortune as the World’s Most Admired Airline

According to Fortune, Delta is the most admired airline in the world, and it leads the industry in terms of qualities like innovation and human resource management. On the overall list of the Most Admired Companies, Delta ranked higher than any other airline, moving up to No. 12 this year.

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The World’s Most Admired® Companies list for 2023 also includes Southwest Airlines Co. The carrier moved up from FORTUNE’s 2022 list to be placed No. 23 overall and No. 3 in the airline industry. Since 2009, Southwest® has regularly appeared on the list of the world’s most admired companies.

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Fortune collaborated with Korn Ferry on this survey of corporate reputation. The survey began with a universe of about 1,500 candidates: the 1,000 largest U.S. companies ranked by revenue, along with non-U.S. companies in the Fortune Global 500 database that have revenues of $10 billion or more. That assortment was winnowed to the highest-revenue companies in each industry, a total of 645 in 27 countries. The top-rated companies were picked from that pool of 645; the executives who voted work at the companies in that group.

To determine the best-regarded companies in 52 industries, Korn Ferry asked executives, directors and analysts to rate enterprises in their own industry on nine criteria, from investment value and quality of management and products to social responsibility and ability to attract talent. A company’s score must rank in the top half of its industry survey to be listed.