Manama; June 19, 2013
Turkish Airlines, the national carrier of Turkey, has been chosen "Best Airline in Europe," "Best Airline in Southern Europe" and awarded "Best Business Class Catering" in the 2013 Skytrax World Airline Awards, announced this week at The Paris Air Show.
As a world recognised brand associated with air travel excellence in the 21st century, Skytrax has become a world leader in ranking aviation offers by providing unique products to the world airline and airport industry through professional Audit and Service Benchmarking programmes of airlines, airline alliances, airports and related air transport product and service suppliers across the globe.
Assessing over 238 airlines and 148 airports based on passenger input, Skytrax publishes and ranks aviation providers based on these submissions. And again this year, Turkish Airlines scored a resounding success at the 2013 Skytrax World Airline Awards, with air travellers voting the airline as the "Best Airline in Europe," the third year running.
Turkish Airlines was also named as the winner in the category, "Best Business Class Catering" by adding the 'Flying Chef' service for Business Class passengers on its long flights.
The three awards were presented by CEO of Skytrax, Edward Plaisted to Turkish Airlines' CEO, Temel Kotil Ph.D. at The Paris Air Show. The results of the 2013 World Airline Awards followed a survey operated over a 10-month period across 160 countries.
Six years ago, in 2007, Turkish Airlines, was first ranked as a four star airline by Skytrax. While keeping its 4-star airline title again in 2008, Turkish Airlines joined Star Alliance and was also named "The Best Airline in Southern Europe."
Maintaining the same momentum in 2010, Turkish Airlines continued to be the "Best Airline in Southern Europe" and "Best Catering in Economy Class" with the inflight service provided by Turkish DO&CO. The airline also took 3rd place of the best airline companies in Europe.
In 2011, Turkish Airlines was chosen as the winner of the 3 categories by Skytrax; "Best Airline in Europe," "Best Premium Economy Seats" for its Comfort Class seats and "Best Airline in Southern Europe" at the 2011 World Airline Awards.
Turkish Airlines scored the same success at the 2012 Skytrax World Airline Awards, with its passengers voting the airline as the "Best Airline in Europe" the second year running. It was also named by Skytrax as the winner in 3 categories, "Best Airline in Southern Europe" and "Best Premium Economy Class Airline Seat" for its Comfort Class seats.
Turkish Airlines continues to consolidate its position as one of the world's leading airlines by investments made in recent years, the awards received, impressive growth figures, large-scale aircraft orders and a continuously expanding route network, all of which demonstrate the continued popularity amongst airline passengers.
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About Turkish Airlines:
Established in 1933 with a fleet of only five airplanes, Star Alliance member, Turkish Airlines is today a four star airline with a fleet of 222 aircraft (passenger and cargo) flying to 233 cities around the world, comprised of 38 domestic and 195 international destinations. One of the fastest growing airline companies, Turkish Airlines has received several "Passengers Choice Awards" from the consumer ranking group, Skytrax. Based on 2011 and 2012 results, Turkish Airlines has been chosen as the winner of "Best Airline Europe", "Best Premium Economy Seats" for its Comfort Class seats and "Best Airline Southern Europe". It has also received awards for its catering and holds a coveted 4-star designation, putting the airline in a small group of top quality carriers. Turkish Airlines was also given the Skytrax designation of "World's Best Economy Class On-board Catering" in 2010, and Skyscanner's "Best On-board Food 2011". Long haul Business Class passengers also enjoy the Flying Chef service on-board.
About Star Alliance:
The Star Alliance network was established in 1997 as the first truly global airline alliance to offer worldwide reach, recognition and seamless service to the international traveller. Its acceptance by the market has been recognised by numerous awards, including the Air Transport World Market Leadership Award and Best Airline Alliance by both Business Traveller Magazine and Skytrax. The member airlines are: Adria Airways, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, Avianca, Brussels Airlines, Copa Airlines, Croatia Airlines, EGYPTAIR, Ethiopian Airlines, EVA Air, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, SWISS, TAM Airlines, TAP Portugal, Turkish Airlines, THAI, United and US Airways. Overall, the Star Alliance network offers more than 21,900 daily flights to 1,328 airports in 195 countries.
For more information, please contact:
Alaa Al Shaikh
ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller
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Alaa.Alshaikh@bm.com
© Press Release 2013
