DUAL HONOURS AT WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS GRAND FINAL

air-asiaAirAsia was named the World’s Leading Low-Cost Airline for the fourth year in a row at the 23rd World Travel Awards (WTA) Grand Final. It beat contenders from five continents to secure the award, including Ryanair, easyJet, Jetstar Airways, Southwest Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Norwegian, kulula, Mango Airlines, fastjet, flydubai, Air Arabia, flynas and West Air. AirAsia also won the World’s Leading Inflight Service title for the first time ever, beating full-service carriers Etihad Airways, Japan Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, Qantas Airways, Lufthansa, American Airlines and Air Canada. This builds on AirAsia’s success earlier this year when it secured Asia’s Leading Inflight Service award from WTA for the first time.