SriLankan Airlines became the toast of the region’s airline industry when it was chosen as the ‘Leading International Airline’ at the second annual South Asian Travel Awards 2017, convincingly beating out other airlines from several countries, while SriLankan’s Business Class was named the ‘Best in Class’ among all airline cabin classes in the region.
The awards were presented at a ceremony at Equator Village Resort in Addu City on Gan Island in the Maldives on October 28.
Awards were presented in 50 categories covering the entire travel industry, including full service airlines, low cost airlines, hotels, various types of resorts, conference facilities, travel agencies, tour operators, adventure tourism, wellness centres, airports, travel technology providers, transport providers, and even industry CSR activities.
SriLankan’s Chief Commercial Officer, Siva Ramachandra said, “We are delighted to add yet another prestigious award to our collection of global and regional accolades. It is creditable that our own customers had made their choice.”
Head of Worldwide Sales Delivery at SriLankan Airlines, Dimuthu Tennakoon said, “These awards demonstrate the high all-round quality of SriLankan Airlines, from the choice of destinations that we provide our passengers, to our superb product and service both in the air and on the ground throughout our global route network.” SriLankan has won a host of accolades in recent times including ‘World’s Leading Airline Operating to the Indian Ocean Region’ at the World Travel Awards; ‘Best Full Service Airline in Central and South Asia’ for the second consecutive year at the Future Travel Experience Asia Awards; ‘Best International Airline - Asia’ at the Tamil Nadu Tourism Awards;‘Most Innovative Marketing Airline in China’ by Life Weekly magazine; and ‘Best Airline in South Asia’ at the Top Travel Awards, also in China.
Just weeks ago, SriLankan Airlines was honoured with a Four Star Rating by the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) in the first ever global airline industry rating program based solely on feedback from passengers.