STAR ALLIANCE NAMED WORLD’S LEADING AIRLINE ALLIANCE
STAR ALLIANCE NAMED WORLD’S LEADING AIRLINE ALLIANCE
Five Star Alliance Member Airlines Obtain World Leadership Awards
12 Member Carriers Claim a Total of 20 Awards
Frankfurt, Germany – December 3rd, 2020 — Star Alliance has been named the World’s Leading Airline Alliance in this year’s World Travel Awards.
The annual awards cover multiple categories and are awarded based on a worldwide poll of qualified executives working within travel and tourism, and the consumer travel buyer. The awards serve to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the global travel and tourism industry.
Earlier, the Star Alliance’s branded airport lounge at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) was recognized as the best in North America by the World Travel Awards. The lounge at LAX is one of eight such lounges globally.
“We are grateful for the continued recognition from travel and tourism executives and from the World Travel Awards organisation,” said Jeffrey Goh, Chief Executive Officer of Star Alliance, adding “I do so on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of dedicated employees of the 26 member airlines of the Alliance, who work tirelessly to provide an unparalleled customer travel experience.” He went on the say, “In a very trying year when our collective commitment has turned to providing passenger health and hygiene safety throughout their flight, we are finding ways to further innovate along the passenger journey through new contactless travel initiatives such as the recent launch of Star Alliance Biometrics at Frankfurt and Munich Airports, and solutions to address new frictions to a seamless journey experience.”
Graham Cooke, Founder, World Travel Awards, says: “Our World winners represent the best in global travel and tourism and my congratulations to each of them. They have all demonstrated remarkable resilience in a year of unprecedented challenges.” He added: “The World Travel Awards 2020 programme received a record number of votes cast by the public. This shows that the appetite for travel has never been stronger. With hope and the tourism bounce on the horizon, our industry can look forward to a resurgent and bright future.”
Continued Mr. Goh, “Our unrelenting focus on improving the customer experience is evident by the continued recognition of the Alliance and of its member airlines, 12 of whom also received a combination of 20 individual and regional awards. All of us are working together with other industry experts to exit this global crisis and reconnect the world.”
A selection of the awards are listed below with a full list available at:
https://www.worldtravelawards.com/
| Air Canada | World’s Leading Airline – Premium Economy |
| Air New Zealand | Oceania’s Leading Airline Oceania’s Leading Airline Brand |
| ANA | Asia’s Leading Airline Brand |
| Brussels Airlines | Europe’s Leading Airport Lounge – THE LOFT by Brussels Airlines |
| Copa Airlines | Mexico & Central America’s Leading Airline |
| Ethiopian Airlines | Africa’s Leading Airline |
| Lufthansa | World’s Leading Airline to Europe Europe’s Leading Airline |
| Singapore Airlines | World’s Leading Airline to Asia Asia’s Leading Airline Asia’s Leading Airline – First Class Asia’s Leading Airline – Business Class |
| SWISS | Europe’s Leading Airline – Swiss First |
| THAI | Asia’s Leading Airline In-Flight Entertainment |
| TAP Air Portugal | World’s Leading Airline to Africa World’s Leading Airline to South America Europe’s Leading Airline to Africa Europe’s Leading Airline to South America |
| Turkish Airlines | Europe’s Leading Airline – Economy Class |
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: Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, Air China, Air India, 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, TAP Air Portugal, THAI, Turkish Airlines, and United. Overall, the Star Alliance network currently offers more than 19,000 daily flights to over 1,300 airports in 195 countries. Further connecting flights are offered by Star Alliance Connecting Partner, Juneyao Airlines and THAI Smile Airways.
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