Customers vote Kingfisher Airlines for three global awards

14 April 2009

Kingfisher Airlines, India's five-star airline yesterday announced that it has received three global awards at the Skytrax World Airline Awards ceremony held recently in Hamburg, Germany.

Kingfisher Airlines was named the ''Best Airline in India and Central Asia'' and won an award as one of the world's best airlines in the regional breakdown for 2009.

In the competitive segment of low-cost travel, Kingfisher Airlines' value offering 'Kingfisher Red' was adjudged the ''Best Low-Cost Airlines in India and Central Asia'' for the year 2009.

Kingfisher Airlines has also won the award for the best cabin crew in central Asia.

The Skytrax world airline awards, which celebrated their 10th anniversary, were attehnded by around 500 people at Hamburg, Germny, where Skytrax CEO Edward Plaisted  handed out awards in 34 categories.

The award winners are selected by the airline industry's customers and are conducted over an eight month period, covering over 16 million air travellers drawn from more than 95 different nationalities.