Linda Celestino, Etihad Airways' Vice President Guest Services and Abdulrahman Al-Hadhrami, Manager Marketing Communications, accept the awards for ‘World's Leading Airline’ and ‘World's Leading Airline - First Class’ during the 23th World Travel Awards held in the Maldives.
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Male, MALDIVES – Etihad Airways has once again
collected the ‘World’s Leading Airline’ award at the 23rd annual World Travel
Awards (WTA) Grand Final Gala Ceremony 2016. This marks the eighth consecutive
year that the airline has received the prestigious accolade. Last night’s
beachside event was held before an audience of the industry's leading
luminaries and international media at the idyllic Sun Siyam Iru Fushi
Beach Resort in the Maldives.
Etihad Airways also received the award for ‘World’s Leading
First Class’. The airline’s First Class service and hospitality offering has
consistently been voted best in the world by leading publications, research
consultancies and customer satisfaction surveys. The World Travel Awards are
considered the Oscars of the travel industry and hundreds of thousands of WTA voters, both from within the hospitality
industry and among the public at large, cast more than 1.2 million votes during
the Grand Tour 2016.
Peter Baumgartner, Etihad Airways’ Chief
Executive Officer, said: “Our commitment to rewriting the rulebook and
transforming air travel is being recognised and rewarded year after year. We
are proud to once again be receiving these two prestigious awards for what we
believe to be the world’s finest airline experience.
“The World Travel Awards is an ideal platform
from which we can showcase the success of Etihad Airways and also the
transformation of our home, Abu Dhabi, into a global hub of commerce, culture
and style.”
The awards crown a momentous year for Etihad
Airways, which has celebrated a series of significant milestones in its journey
to become a world-leading provider of service and hospitality. In recent years,
the airline has also won numerous awards for its First Class, most recently
receiving the World Travel Awards Middle East accolades for ‘Middle East’s
Leading Airline - First Class’, and ‘Middle East's Leading Airport Lounge’ for
its spectacular First Class Lounge & Spa at Abu Dhabi International Airport,
adding to a long list of major global award wins.
World Travel Awards President Graham Cooke
said: “Once again it is Etihad Airways that leads the way in global aviation.
“World Travel Awards voters, from both within
the travel industry and among the public at large, have recognised the UAE
flag-carrier as the best in the business for the eighth consecutive time. It is
a richly deserved honour.
“My sincere congratulations to the entire team
at Etihad Airways for their continued success and I hope to see them again as
we begin our Grand Tour 2017.”
- ENDS-
About Etihad Aviation Group
Etihad
Aviation Group (EAG) is a diversified global aviation and travel group
comprising four business divisions – Etihad Airways, the national airline of
the United Arab Emirates, Etihad Airways Engineering, Hala Group and Airline
Equity Partners. The group has minority investments in seven airlines:
airberlin, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles, Alitalia, Jet Airways, Virgin Australia,
and Swiss-based Darwin Airline, trading as Etihad Regional.
From
its Abu Dhabi base, Etihad Airways flies to, or has announced plans to serve,
more than 110 passenger and cargo destinations in the Middle East, Africa,
Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas. The airline has a fleet of over 120
Airbus and Boeing aircraft, with 204 aircraft on firm order, including 71
Boeing 787s, 25 Boeing 777Xs, 62 Airbus A350s and 10 Airbus A380s. For more
information, please visit: etihad.com
For more information:
James
Sanderson
Etihad
Airways
Dir: + 971 2 511
3657
Email: jsanderson@etihad.ae
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