Qatar Airways Nabs Three Accolades at Skytrax Award

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Qatar Airways has been honoured as Airline of the Year for a third time at the Skytrax World Airline Awards, which was held today at the Musee de l'Air et de l' Espace, in Paris, France. The award, which had passengers from 160 different countries, participating in passenger satisfaction surveys to decide 2015's winners.

Apart from nabbing the Airline of the Year award for the third time, the airline also collected two other awards: Best Business Class Airline Seat and Best Airline in the Middle East – which Qatar Airways has won for the eighth time running. I am honored to lead an airline that has paved such an accomplished path to excellence, and innovation, demonstrating the team's unwavering pride in their work and the experience provided to each of our passengers," said Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Officer, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, upon receiving the award at the 2015 Paris Air Show.

It is known that Qatar Airways - whose fleet ranks as one of the youngest in the skies - had just recently welcomed the arrival and entry into service of its' latest Airbus A380 and Airbus A350 - of which it is the Global Launch Customer. The airline also had just revamped its' inflight entertainment (IFE) units to its' latest system dubbed 'Oryx One', introduced new amenity kits across all classes of travel, and opened the world’s largest Business Class lounge, 'Al Mourjan' at Hamad International Airport in Doha.

"Our passengers are at the heart of everything we do at Qatar Airways, and we are very proud to be recognised by them and to receive these three Skytrax awards," continued Al Baker. "These accolades reflect our passengers, satisfaction; they choose to fly with a five-star airline and today they have chosen Qatar Airways as the World’s Best Airline for the third time."

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