Qatar Airways wins 'Best Business Class' award

Above: Lisa Markovic, country manager for the United States of America, accepting the Best Business Class Award on behalf of Qatar Airways at the Business Traveler Awards 2013. Courtesy PRNewsFoto/Qatar Airways

The airline was also honoured as the 'Best Business Class in the Middle East' and named 'Best Airline in the World for International Travel' for the 5th consecutive year.

The Best in Business Travel Awards are based on votes by readers of Business Traveler USA magazine with the results authenticated by an independent auditing company and are widely recognised as the market's benchmark for excellence. Readers based their voting on the strength of the airline's customer service, its route network and services.

Lisa Markovic, Qatar Airways' country manager for the United States of America, said: "There is no greater achievement than the appreciation of our passengers and we would like to thank the Business Traveler readers for choosing Qatar Airways, especially against such strong competition"

"These awards illustrate Qatar Airways' ongoing commitment to providing 5-star service as one of the world's leading airlines for both business and leisure travelers. We are particularly proud to be acknowledged for consistently providing the world's best international travel experience for five years, running. We now look forward to improving our travel options, by expanding on our network of over 130 destinations, through the oneworld alliance."

Qatar Airways was also recently named Best Business Class by Business Traveller readers in the United Kingdom and Best Middle East Airline by readers of Business Traveller Asia-Pacific. The Doha-based carrier was recognized in London, on November 5th and for the fourth consecutive year at the 22nd Annual Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Awards, held in Hong Kong.