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27th Jan 2004, 07:02
January 26, 2004 03:44 PM US Eastern Timezone
Qantas Named Airline of the Year by Air Transport World Magazine
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 2004--Penton Media (OTCBB:PTON)
Air Transport World Magazine, the leading monthly magazine covering the global airline industry, selected Australian carrier Qantas as its Airline of the Year for 2004. The editors praised "the carrier's relentless focus on excellence in the air combined with leanness and flexibility on the ground."
ATW Editorial Director J.A. Donoghue added: "Any airline that can increase profits during the Asian Currency Crisis and remain profitable after 9/11 and last year's SARS outbreak is certainly made of the right stuff."
Other award winners include Chautauqua, selected as ATW's Regional Airline of the Year. The Indianapolis-based regional partner of American, Delta and US Airways was cited for its ability to sustain profitability since 2000 while its traffic since 1999 grew more than 900%.
Singapore Airlines received the Passenger Service Award. ATW's editors said, "In an age in which airlines are delivering less and less service, Singapore Airlines never stops reaching for the skies, always on the lookout for new ways to satisfy its customers."
Siberia Airlines received ATW's Market Leadership Award. ATW editors said the Russian carrier "used Western business tools of merger, acquisition and partnership" to become the largest domestic airline in Russia, and second largest overall in the country.
Delta Air Lines of Atlanta received ATW's Airline Technology Leadership Award for the work its Delta Technology subsidiary has done completely re-inventing the airline's technology infrastructure, creating its instant-access Delta Nervous System.
Aer Lingus, the Irish flag carrier based in Dublin, was picked to be the first recipient of the new ATW Phoenix Award, presented to an airline that has successfully left behind an old, failing business model to reinvent itself as a low-fare airline more likely to survive in today's brutal airline markets.
The awards will be presented in Singapore at Air Transport World's Gala Awards Dinner on Monday, February 23, at the Swissotel Singapore.
(Air Transport World is the leading monthly magazine serving the airline and commercial aircraft manufacturing industries. The magazine began its annual awards program in 1974 to recognize excellence in the airline and commercial aerospace industries. Air Transport World is published by Ohio-based Penton Media (OTCBB:PTON), a diversified, global business-to-business media company.)
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Qantas Named Airline of the Year by Air Transport World Magazine
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 2004--Penton Media (OTCBB:PTON)
Air Transport World Magazine, the leading monthly magazine covering the global airline industry, selected Australian carrier Qantas as its Airline of the Year for 2004. The editors praised "the carrier's relentless focus on excellence in the air combined with leanness and flexibility on the ground."
ATW Editorial Director J.A. Donoghue added: "Any airline that can increase profits during the Asian Currency Crisis and remain profitable after 9/11 and last year's SARS outbreak is certainly made of the right stuff."
Other award winners include Chautauqua, selected as ATW's Regional Airline of the Year. The Indianapolis-based regional partner of American, Delta and US Airways was cited for its ability to sustain profitability since 2000 while its traffic since 1999 grew more than 900%.
Singapore Airlines received the Passenger Service Award. ATW's editors said, "In an age in which airlines are delivering less and less service, Singapore Airlines never stops reaching for the skies, always on the lookout for new ways to satisfy its customers."
Siberia Airlines received ATW's Market Leadership Award. ATW editors said the Russian carrier "used Western business tools of merger, acquisition and partnership" to become the largest domestic airline in Russia, and second largest overall in the country.
Delta Air Lines of Atlanta received ATW's Airline Technology Leadership Award for the work its Delta Technology subsidiary has done completely re-inventing the airline's technology infrastructure, creating its instant-access Delta Nervous System.
Aer Lingus, the Irish flag carrier based in Dublin, was picked to be the first recipient of the new ATW Phoenix Award, presented to an airline that has successfully left behind an old, failing business model to reinvent itself as a low-fare airline more likely to survive in today's brutal airline markets.
The awards will be presented in Singapore at Air Transport World's Gala Awards Dinner on Monday, February 23, at the Swissotel Singapore.
(Air Transport World is the leading monthly magazine serving the airline and commercial aircraft manufacturing industries. The magazine began its annual awards program in 1974 to recognize excellence in the airline and commercial aerospace industries. Air Transport World is published by Ohio-based Penton Media (OTCBB:PTON), a diversified, global business-to-business media company.)
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