Emirates Won the best Airline of 2013 (Skytrax)

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Edward Plaisted of Skytrax described the World Airline Awards event at Paris Air Show on Tuesday 18th June 2013 "as a massive success, attended by the top Management of airlines from across the world. We were delighted to welcome so many airline Presidents, Chairman, CEO's and others who dedicated their time to attend the Awards ceremony. With more than 275 people at the awards, the atmosphere was buoyant and cheerful, and I also extend personal thanks to Richard Quest of CNN who came to make the global Award presentations in the ceremony. Richard is well-known and recognised across the world airline industry, and provided to be a great success for this event."

Emirates scoops the Airline of the Year award as it is named the World's Best Airline at the 2013 World Airline Awards ceremony, which took place today at the Paris Air Show. In addition to this World's Best Airline title, Emirates collected the awards for Best Airline Middle East and the world's Best Inflight Entertainment. The awards are voted on by travellers from more than 160 countries.

Mr Tim Clark, President of Emirates Airline said: "These awards are widely regarded as the industry's benchmark for Excellence. For us, the awards clearly reflect a vote of confidence from global travellers, who acknowledge and appreciate our continuous drive to deliver high- quality service. To be voted 'World's Best Airline' by millions of discerning travellers really is something for our 60,000 strong workforce to be proud of."

The winner of World's Best Airline in 2011 and 2012 (Qatar Airways) is ranked No 2 in the global results this year. Qatar Airways collected three awards this year, for the World's Best Business Class cabin, the World's Best Business Class Lounge (for it's Premium Terminal at Doha International Airport, and more recently opened lounge at Terminal 4, Heathrow Airport), and Qatar Airways was also named winner of the Best Airline Staff Service in the Middle East category.

Singapore Airlines retained it's third place finish from the 2012 results, and was winner of the Award for the Best Airline in Asia. Other notable changes sees Garuda Indonesia enter the top 10 airlines for the first time, ranked in 8th position, Qantas regains it's Top 10 status in 2013.

TOP 10 AIRLINES

1 Emirates
2 Qatar Airways
3 Singapore Airlines
4 ANA All Nippon Airways
5 Asiana Airlines
6 Cathay Pacific Airways
7 Etihad Airways
8 Garuda Indonesia
9 Turkish Airlines
10 Qantas Airways

Amongst the other major Awards, AirAsia continues it's winning streak as the World's Best Low-Cost Airline, whilst in Europe it is Norwegian that scooped the Best Low-Cost Airline in Europe, pushing easyJet off the top spot for the first time in a number of years.

Cathay Pacific Airways was rewarded with the major service Award, with their cabin crew being voted the World's Best Cabin Staff, and making an admirable climb up the cabin staff rankings in 2013 to achieve this No 1 position.

ANA All Nippon Airways improved their global ranking to No 4, whilst receiving two honours at the awards, being named winner of the World's Best Airline for Airport Services and the new category Award this year for Best Aircraft Cabin Cleanliness - otherwise becoming known as the cleanest airline to travel with.

The World's Best Leisure Airline title returned to the United Kingdom this year, with Thomson Airways being named winner of this major category.

Emirates award for the Best Airline Inflight Entertainment is particularly notable, since this is a title the airline has won for many years, and they are clearly demonstrating some considerable supremacy at keeping their customers entertained.

Russia's Transaero Airlines enjoyed great success, winning the Award as the World's Most Improved Airline. This award is based on their improvement in the global rankings, together with their improved rating in the many survey Product and Service categories.

Dragonair came back in 2013 as a winner, taking the global award as the World's Best Regional Airline.

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2013 WORLD AIRLINE AWARDS - Winner results
Best Regional Airline in Europe	Aegean Airlines
Best Airline in Eastern Europe	Aeroflot Russian Airlines
Best Low-Cost Airline in the Middle East	Air Arabia
Best Airline in Central Asia / India	Air Astana
Best Staff Service in Central Asia / India	Air Astana
Best Airline in North America	Air Canada
World's Best Premium Economy Class	Air New Zealand
World's Best Premium Economy Class Onboard Catering	Air New Zealand
World's Best Premium Economy Class Seats	Air New Zealand
World's Best Low-Cost Airline	AirAsia
Best Low-Cost Airline in Asia	AirAsia
Best Low-Cost Airline Premium Class cabin	AirAsia X
Best Low-Cost Airline Premium Class seat	AirAsia X
World's Best Airport Services	ANA All Nippon Airways
World's Best Aircraft Cabin Cleanliness	ANA All Nippon Airways
Best Staff Service in Asia	Asiana Airlines
World's Best Economy Class Onboard Catering	Asiana Airlines
Best Staff Service in South America	Avianca
Best Low-Cost Airline in South America	Azul Airlines
World's Best Cabin Staff	Cathay Pacific Airways
Best Airline Transpacific	Cathay Pacific Airways
Best Airline in C America / Caribbean	Copa Airlines
Best Staff Service in C America / Caribbean	Copa Airlines
World's Best Regional Airline	Dragonair
Best Regional Airline in Asia	Dragonair
Airline of the Year 2013	Emirates
World's Best Airline Inflight Entertainment	Emirates
Best Airline in the Middle East	Emirates
Best Airline Staff Service in Africa	Ethiopian Airlines
World's Best First Class	Etihad Airways
World's Best First Class Onboard Catering	Etihad Airways
World's Best First Class seats	Etihad Airways
Best Airline in Northern Europe	Finnair
World's Best Economy Class	Garuda Indonesia
World's Best Economy Class seats	Garuda Indonesia
Best Airline in China	Hainan Airlines
Best Airline Staff Service in China	Hainan Airlines
Best Low-Cost Airline in Central Asia / India	IndiGo
World's Best Business Class seats	Japan Airlines
Best Regional Airline North America	jetBlue Airways
Best Low-Cost Airline in Australia / Pacific	Jetstar Airways
Best Airline Staff Service in Europe	KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Best Airline in South America	LAN Airlines
World's Best First Class Lounge	Lufthansa
Best Airline in Western Europe	Lufthansa
Best Airline Transatlantic	Lufthansa
World's Best Airline Signature Dish	Malaysia Airlines
Best Low-Cost Airline in Europe	Norwegian
World's Best Airline Alliance	oneworld Alliance
Best Airline Australia / Pacific	Qantas Airways
World's Best Business Class	Qatar Airways
World's Best Business Class Lounge	Qatar Airways
Best Airline Staff Service in the Middle East	Qatar Airways
Best Regional Airline in China	Shenzhen Airlines
Best Airline in Asia	Singapore Airlines
Best Airline in Africa	South African Airways
World's Best Leisure Airline	Thomson Airways
World's Most Improved Airline	Transaero Airlines
Best Airline in Europe	Turkish Airlines
Best Airline in Southern Europe	Turkish Airlines
Best Business Class Onboard Catering	Turkish Airlines
Best Low-Cost Airline in North America	Virgin America
Best Airline Staff Service in North America	Virgin America
Best Staff Service in Australia / Pacific	Virgin Australia

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So proud to see Garuda Indonesia took no. 8th spot as the best airline in the World. Huge achievement for our national airline. Well done Garuda!!!

Last edited by CalvinFrancis on Sun Jun 23, 2013 8:28 pm; edited 1 time in total

Garuda Indonesia won the best Economy Class & Economy Class Seats too. Well done Garuda

More info at http://www.worldairlineawards.com/

Garuda...

Junior Diecast Aviator Posts : 69 Join date : 2010-05-13

garuda 8th place:) Grin

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