Emirates Airline Wins Awards

Emirates airline has picked up three prestigious accolades at the London and Hong Kong editions of the distinguished Business Traveller Awards 2009.
Readers of the monthly Magazine Business Traveller UK edition, voted in favour of Emirates, giving it the “Best First Class” and the “Best Middle Eastern Airline trophies at a glittering awards function in London. A week later in Hon Kong, Emirates boosted its impressive little collection by winning the “Best Middle East / African Airline, award from Business Traveller Asia-Pacific.
These closely follow the industry gongs Emirates received at the Business Traveller Middle East Awards in May 2009, including the coveted “Best airline “ Best Regional Airline” and “Best First Class titles”.
Richard Vaughan, Divisional Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations World Wide said, “We are thrilled to receive these endorsement from Business Traveller Awards as these are widely recognised as the industry’s benchmark for excellence.
For us, the award clearly reflects a vote of confidence from corporate travelers and our customers, both in the UK and Asia – Pacific who acknowledge and appreciate our continuous drive to deliver high quality service, even in this challenging times.
He added: “We are particularly proud of our inflight service delivered by an international crew drawn from over 140 nationalities: Menus designed by leading chefs and complemented by the finest wines: an award winning inflight entertainment system; a model and young air craft fleet; and a rapidly-expanding network.” Other awards won by Emirates this year include: Best Inflight Entertainment from Skytrax Airline Excellence Awards 2009: Best website in airline category from Travel .d’or2009 Awards in France; Best airline website Awards from Internet Advertising Awards 2009; Best Air Cargo Carrier Middle East (For 14th consecutive years) from Cargo News Asia, Hong Kong.