Doha International Airport wins Airport of the Year

In addition to Qatar Airways winning Airline of the Year, Doha International Airport was also honoured with Airport of the Year 10-30 Million Passengers. 

Winners were chosen by a combination of more than 4,200 votes from Air Transport News readers and the verdict of a jury of internationally known industry experts.  The jury, many of whom hold executive positions in the air transport industry, carefully examined the profile of each of the finalists in each of the 14 categories before reaching its final verdict. 

Qatar Airways chief executive officer, Akbar Al Baker, expressed his delight on the news saying: “We are pleased to be recognised by Air Transport News and are proud of this accomplishment. For us, the awards clearly reflect the confidence of our passengers for the product and service that we offer. It is also a testament to the hard work of our staff who constantly strive to deliver consistent world-class service to our customers on air and on the ground.” 

Qatar Airways chief commercial officer, Marwan Koleilat, said: “We are greatly honoured to be selected by our passengers as Airline of the Year. Their acknowledgement of our hard work and dedication to providing our five-star product and services to everyone that steps on one of our aircraft is greatly appreciated and strengthens our belief that we are providing our customers with exactly what they want and need when they choose to travel. Our passengers are also benefiting from our expanded network through the oneworld alliance, providing them with more travel options.” 

At the same event the oneworld alliance of which Qatar Airways is a partner, also won Best Alliance for an eighth time. 

CEO Bruce Ashby added: “oneworld is delighted to receive this honour from Air Transport News Airline Alliance of the Year – the unprecedented eighth “best alliance” award now in oneworld’s hands from across the world’s leading industry award schemes.  It comes at a particularly exciting time for oneworld, as we welcome on board two more great airlines at the end of this month, in TAM and US Airways.” 

Dr Kostas Iatrou, managing director of Air Transport News said: “Air Transport News honours for the third consecutive year the leader companies in the major categories of the air transport industry elected based on a democratic procedure. I want to congratulate all the winners for their achievement.”