Once a winner, always a winner.’ 2016 World Airline Awards. In a gala ceremony held at Farnborough Airshow, United Kingdom-based consultancy Skytrax presented the 2016 World Airline Awards. The leaders and top management from over 40 airlines from across the globe attended the event, where Emirates was voted the World’s Best Airline by air travellers. This … Read more
Business travelers in Asia name their favorite airlines and hotels. The hospitality industry is highly competitive, and business travellers’ expectations are constantly rising. It is not easy to stay on top of the game but a majority of last year’s winners of the Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Awards have done just that. The coveted awards, … Read more
Green conscience: United Airlines, airberlin, Qantas top 2013 ATW Eco-airline award winners list. Over a decade ago “eco-aviation” was a barely known term. Now the industry focuses on overall sustainability, reducing carbon emissions, sustainable biofuel initiatives, recycling, and overcoming political hurdles within the air transport industry. Fuel-efficient fleet, reduced fuel burn or sustainable fuels have propelled … Read more
Emirates scooped the Airline of the Year award as it was named the World’s Best Airline at the Skytrax World Airline Awards ceremony, which took place at the Paris Air Show. In addition to this World’s Best Airline title, Emirates received the awards for Best Airline Middle East and the world’s Best Inflight Entertainment. The … Read more
Dubai’s Burj Al Arab, Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney, Le Touessrok in Mauritius, Waldorf Astoria (New York), and Four Seasons Hotel George V Paris have emerged as the favorite hotels of the world among readers of Ultratravel luxury travel magazine published by The Daily Telegraph. Burj Al Arab, the standard bearer in the luxury industry, … Read more
Ratings agency ATRA releases list of world’s ’10 safest airlines’ Air France-KLM, British Airways and Lufthansa are the safest airlines in Europe, according to a study ranking the “ten safest airlines” by the Air Transport Rating Agency (ATRA). The safest US-based airlines are AMR Corporation, Continental Airlines, Delta Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines and US … Read more