Emirates named airline of the year
Luxury carrier Emirates has been adjudged the airline of the year for 2019 based on a poll among frequent flyers from Bangladesh.
Local airline Novoair was named the best domestic carrier in the survey conducted by travel and tourism publication the Bangladesh Monitor and sponsored by travel aggregator ShareTrip.
Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Dehimi, Qatar’s ambassador to Bangladesh, handed over trophies among the representatives of the airlines at a ceremony at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel in Dhaka on Friday.
Airlines operating in Bangladesh, including four domestic ones, were awarded in 16 categories, according to a press release.
Based on the number of votes, the airlines in each category received gold, silver and bronze trophies.
Qatar Airways was adjudged the best cargo airline while AirAsia the best budget carrier.
The idea of conducting the poll is to assess popularity of the airlines operating in Bangladesh, judge their service standards and create an atmosphere of healthy competition, said Kazi Wahidul Alam, editor of The Bangladesh Monitor.
“We have been observing ever-growing enthusiasm among the frequent flyers about the poll, which has been serving as an inspiration for us to organise the event on a regular basis since 2007.”
Stephen James Peters, general manager of the Pan Pacific Sonargaon; Tanveer Ali, a director of ShareTrip, and Daraz Mahmud, general manager at MGH Travelport, also spoke on the occasion.
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