It's the fifth time the Middle East carrier has taken out the top gong at the awards run by research firm Skytrax, the first airline to win the world's best award five times since the rankings began in 1999.
As usual, the top 10 was dominated by Asian and Middle Eastern airlines.
Last year's winner, Singapore Airlines, dropped to second place, with Japan's All Nippon Airways remaining in third. Cathay Pacific climbed from sixth position to fourth, while Emirates dropped one spot to fifth.
Qantas continued to climb in the rankings, hitting eighth spot after climbing from 13th to 11th last year. However, Virgin Australia continued to drop on the list, falling to 25th position from 22nd last year. In 2017 the airline was ranked 13th.
Qantas dominated the regional awards, taking out best airline, first and business class for the Australia/Pacific, while Air New Zealand won best premium economy and best cabin cleanliness. Jetstar won best low-cost airline in the region.
It was a big year for Qatar Airways with the airline also winning for World's Best Business Class, Best Business Class Seat and best Middle Eastern Airline.
The airline unveiled its revolutionary new business class seats, the "QSuite" in 2017. The seats featured the world's first double-bed in business class, as well a face-to-face "party of four" configuration. Qatar Airways introduced the class on Australian routes in June last year.
Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, Akbar Al Baker described the results as a proud moment.
Becoming the first airline to be named as 'Airline of the Year' for the fifth time is a landmark achievement, he said.
Edward Plaisted of Skytrax said: To be named as the World's Best Airline is a great recognition of Qatar Airways high standards, and recognises the hard work and dedication from every member of staff to satisfy customers.
In other key awards, Singapore Airlines took out the award for best cabin crew and best first class, Japan Airlines won best economy class, Emirates best inflight entertainment and AirAsia was named best low-cost carrier,
The World Airlines Awards are based on customer surveys conducted by Skytrax. According to Skytrax, more than 20 million survey entries were recorded between September 2018 and May 2019 for this year's awards, with voters coming from more than 100 different countries.
The World's Top 10 Airlines of 2019.
01 - Qatar Airways
02 - Singapore Airlines
03 - ANA All Nippon Airways
04 - Cathay Pacific
05 - Emirates
06 - EVA Air
07 - Hainan Airlines
08 - Qantas Airways
09 - Lufthansa
10- Thai Airways
World's Best Cabin Staff 2019
01 - Singapore Airlines
02 - Garuda Indonesia
03 - ANA All Nippon Airways
04 - Thai Airways
05 - EVA Air
06 - Cathay Pacific
07 - Hainan Airlines
08 - Japan Airlines
09 - Qatar Airways
10 - China Airlines
Best economy class
01 - Japan Airlines
02 - Singapore Airlines
03 - Qatar Airways
04 - Thai Airways
05 - ANA All Nippon Airways
06 - Emirates
07 - Cathay Pacific Airways
08 - Hainan Airlines
09 - Lufthansa
10 - EVA Air
Best business class
01 - Qatar Airways
02 - ANA All Nippon Airways
03 - Singapore Airlines
04 - Emirates
05 - Qantas
06 - Hainan Airlines
07 - Thai Airways
08 - Etihad Airways
09 - Cathay Pacific Airways
10 - Garuda Indonesia
Best premium economy
01 - Virgin Atlantic
02 - Singapore Airlines
03 - Air New Zealand
04 - Austrian Airlines
05 - Air Canada
06 - Qantas Airways
07 - Lufthansa
08 - Virgin Australia
09 - Aeroflot
10 - Air France
World's Best Low-Cost Airlines 2019
01 - AirAsia
02 - easyJet
03 - Norwegian
04 - Southwest Airlines
05 - AirAsiaX
06 - Jetstar Airways
07 - WestJet
08 - Indigo
09 - Ryanair
10 - Eurowings
The World's Cleanest Airlines
01 - EVA Air
02 - Japan Airlines
03 - ANA All Nippon Airways
04 - Singapore Airlines
05 - Asiana Airlines
06 - Hainan Airlines/
07 - Swiss Int'l Air Lines
08 - Cathay Pacific
09 - Qatar Airways
10 - Lufthansa
Best inflight entertainment
01 - Emirates
02 - Qatar Airways
03 - Singapore Airlines
04 - Virgin Atlantic
05 - Delta Air Lines
06 - Qantas Airways
07 - United Airlines
08 - Lufthansa
09 - Turkish Airlines
10 - American Airlines
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