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2012 WINNERS |
| Best Airline Winners |
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| Best by Cabin |
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| Best Seats |
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| Best Lounges |
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| Best Catering |
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| Best by Region |
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| Staff Service winners |
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| Best Regional Airlines |
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| Best Low-Cost Airlines |
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Thomson Airways wins the Best Leisure Airline Award at the 2011 World Airline Awards |
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Thomson Airways was named the World's Best Leisure Airline at the 2011 World Airline Awards,
in a ceremony held in the French Air and Space Museum at the Paris Air Show.
The runners-up in this Best Leisure Airline category are Air Transat, taking 2nd place in this category, ahead of
Monarch Airlines.
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World's Best Leisure Airline |
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Thomson Airways |
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Air Transat |
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Monarch Airlines |
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Voted by over 18.8 million airline passengers from 100 different nationalities, the World
Airline Awards are the most prestigious quality recognition of front-line product and service standards
for the world airline industry. With 200 airlines featured, the awards measure customer satisfaction levels
across 38 different items of airline front-line product and service. |
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Mr Edward Plaisted - CEO, Skytrax |
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"Thomson Airways was the winner of the World's Best Leisure Airline in 2010, and it is quite an achievement to take the title
for a second consecutive year. This is a competitive category of the Customer Survey, and to excel as the Best in World leisure airline demonstrates a good
quality level being delivered by Thomson Airways to their customers" said Edward Plaisted. |
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THOMSON AIRWAYS |
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Thomson Airways is the world's largest charter airline, offering scheduled and charter flights
from the UK to destinations across Europe, Africa, Asia and North America. The company
commenced operations on 1 November 2008, following the merger and subsequent re-branding of
Thomsonfly and First Choice Airways. Thomson Airways is based in Luton, United Kingdom. The
airline offers a wide range of flights to holiday destinations at the Mediterranean, the
Caribbean, and the Indian Ocean out of a total of 24 airports across the United Kingdom. |
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AIR TRANSAT |
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Air Transat is an airline based in Saint-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, operating scheduled
and charter flights, serving 60 destinations in 25 countries. The airline is owned and operated
by Transat A.T. Inc. During the summer season its main destinations are Europe and in the winter
season the Caribbean, Mexico, USA and Central America. Its main Canadian gateways are Montréal-
Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Toronto Pearson International Airport and
Vancouver International Airport.
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MONARCH AIRLINES |
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Monarch Airlines, often shortened to and trading as Monarch, is a British charter and scheduled
airline based on the grounds of London Luton Airport. It is one of the UK's largest charter
airlines, operating to Europe, the US, Caribbean, India and Africa, serving mainly leisure
destinations. It also operates scheduled flights to many Mediterranean destinations, the Canary
Islands, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece and Turkey. It is the oldest UK airline that has not changed its
original name. Monarch is one of the largest UK airlines, having carried around 5.8 million
passengers during 2010.
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