WTA president Graham Cooke presented AirAsia executive chairperson Datuk Kamarudin Meranun with the victor’s trophy. The awards are the result of voting by professionals in the global industry who cast their votes in diverse categories that cover airlines, airports and hotels.
AirAsia beat 11 other nominees in the budget airline class. These included easyJet, Jetstar Airways and airberlin. Both easyJet and airberlin have previously taken the award in this class. The former won in 2009, 2011 and 2012. airberlin triumphed in 2007 and 2008.
After accepting the trophy at the awards dinner, Datuk Kamarudin Meranun said AirAsia could never have won such a prestigious prize two years in succession without the hard work and commitment of its 15,000 staff. He continued by saying that all of them had been instrumental in promoting the airline’s cause and in its ongoing success story.
AirAsia holds on to best budget airline award
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AirAsia garnered the best low-cost airline in the world award for the second year running on Sunday. The Southeast Asian airline took the winner’s crown in the World Travel Awards 2014 (WTA) at a prize-giving gala dinner staged on the Caribbean island of Anguilla.