This is incidentally five positions below the rank that SriLankan Airlines received in the year 2013.
The rankings are compiled by the World Airline Awards organisation.
Cathay Pacific Airways has been taking the best airline in the world while Emirates Airways that held this position earlier has slipped to fourth place.
The World’s Top 100 Airlines – 2014
1 Cathay Pacific Airways 6
2 Qatar Airways 2
3 Singapore Airlines 3
4 Emirates 1
5 Turkish Airlines 9
6 ANA All Nippon Airways 4
7 Garuda Indonesia 8
8 Asiana Airlines 5
9 Etihad Airways 7
10 Lufthansa 11
11 Qantas Airways 10
12 EVA Air 12
13 Swiss 16
14 Thai Airways 15
15 Virgin Australia 13
16 Air New Zealand 18
17 British Airways 27
18 Malaysia Airlines 14
19 Hainan Airlines 19
20 Bangkok Airways 31
21 Austrian 33
22 South African Airways 21
23 Japan Airlines 25
24 Air Canada 20
25 Air France 40
26 Korean Air 17
27 Oman Air 22
28 Dragonair 23
29 Hong Kong Airlines 41
30 Aegean Airlines 30
31 AirAsia 24
32 KLM 37
33 LAN Airlines 36
34 Virgin Atlantic 38
35 China Southern Airlines 28
36 AirAsiaX 32
37 Finnair 34
38 Norwegian 44
39 Jetstar Airways 26
40 SilkAir 35
41 Air Astana 42
42 TAM Airlines 39
43 Indigo 43
44 easyJet 49
45 WestJet 63
46 Virgin America 29
47 Avianca 64
48 Brussels Airlines 47
49 Delta Air Lines 45
50 Jetstar Asia 48
51 Aeroflot Russian Airlines 61
52 SAS Scandinavian 54
53 United Airlines 57
54 China Airlines 50
55 Porter Airlines 88
56 Transaero Airlines 65
57 Copa Airlines 55
58 Vietnam Airlines 53
59 jetBlue Airways 46
60 Air Mauritius 72
61 Scoot 71
62 Air Seychelles 56
63 Azul Linhas Aéreas 67
64 TAP Air Portugal 77
65 Aer Lingus 75
66 Tianjin Airlines 82
67 Iberia 92
68 Thomson Airways 80
69 Alaska Airlines 62
70 Air Berlin 59
71 Southwest Airlines 74
72 Azerbaijan Airlines 69
73 SriLankan Airlines 68
74 Ethiopian Airlines 85
75 Jet Airways 52
76 Alitalia 70
77 Saudi Arabian Airlines 103
78 Shenzhen Airlines 60
79 American Eagle 84
80 Peach 89
81 Icelandair 73
82 Germanwings 91
83 Air Nostrum 78
84 Kenya Airways 93
85 Air China 51
86 Gulf Air 96
87 SpiceJet 83
88 Hawaiian Airlines 79
89 American Airlines 81
90 Air Transat 86
91 Tiger Airways 87
92 TAAG Angola Airlines 104
93 Philippine Airlines 90
94 China Eastern Airlines 66
95 Mango 111
96 Vueling Airlines 99
97 Fiji Airways 95
98 S7 Airlines 94
99 Croatia Airlines 102
100 Kulula 76 Reuters