Coming top of the favourite list were Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, and Emirates, due to friendly and helpful staff, comfortable seats and good on-time arrival and departures.

For the third year in a row however, Ryanair hits bottom of the list - Of the 450 Brits questioned, 30% voted Ryanair, the low-cost airline, as their least favourite.

In a worldwide poll of over 8,000 travellers, British Airways also topped the list, along with Singapore Airlines and Air France.

Other key findings of the TripAdvisor survey of British travellers include:

• 56% plan to spend more on leisure travel in the next 12 months than they did in the past 12 months.
• 33% will take three holidays in the next year.
• 53% spent more than they budgeted for leisure travel in the past 12 months.
• 26% think the cost of fuel isn't important when choosing where to go on their next holiday.
• 69% said the unfavourable exchange rates will not prevent or limit their travel to Europe in the next 12 months.
• 21% said they will be more environmentally-conscious in their travel decisions in the upcoming year than the past year.
• 90% think mobile phones should be banned on flights, compared to just 81% of worldwide travellers.
• 46% of UK travellers want wireless internet access on airlines compared to 62% of worldwide travellers.
• 9% of British travellers are willing to pay extra for in-fight internet access.
• 56% could imagine airlines charging extra for a window view in the future .
• 90% would pay 10% or more to sit in a quiet section of an aircraft.
• 77% think families with young children should sit in their own section of an aircraft.
• 23% said Heathrow was their least favourite airport.
• 26% are likely to engage in an adventure activity in the next year.
• 5% are likely to engage in an extreme sports activity.
• 35% are likely to take a garden tour.
• 49% will visit a spa.
• 10% are likely to go skiing/snowboarding.
• 41% have six weeks or more annual holiday time. 
• 10% said they did not take all of their allotted holiday time, the number one reason because they can't afford to be away from work that much.
• 68% are concerned about germs, bacteria and viruses when travelling.
• 16% said they don't think a shoe shiner deserves a tip, but 61% think a hotel housekeeper does.
• 29% said they never check their email on a week or longer holiday, while 49% check their email once or twice.
• 28% said they have had more trouble booking desired flights in the past 12 months, than the previous year.
• 10% said they had a flight cancelled this year because their route or flight was permanently eliminated from their carrier's schedule.
• 80% are comfortable with the new full body scanners used by some airport security, compared with 70% of worldwide travellers.