Emirates wins 9 awards

Emirates has been named the "Airline of the Year 2023" in Bangladesh in the "ShareTrip Monitor Airline of the Year 2023" award ceremony in recognition of its award-winning products and services.

The Dubai-based airline won a total of five gold, two silver and two bronze awards in various categories, said a press release.

Jaber Mohamed, area manager of Emirates for Bangladesh, and other officials of the airline received the awards from M Mahbub Ali, state minister for civil aviation and tourism, at the awardS ceremony at InterContinental Dhaka recently.

The airline has won the "Airline of the Year" award four times in a row and eight times during the 10 editions of the Monitor Airline of the Year award since 2007.

Emirates also won gold awards for "Best Business Class", "Best In-flight Entertainment", "Best Long-haul Airline" and "Best Loyalty Programme".

The airline received silver awards for "Best Economy Class" and "Best Meal in Business Class", while bronze awards were presented for "Best Inflight Meal in Economy Class" and "Cargo Airline of the Year 2023".

The Bangladesh Monitor, an aviation and tourism publication of the country, organised the "Monitor Airline of the Year" awards and awarded the airlines working in Bangladesh and related organisations of the aviation and tourism sectors based on the opinions of frequent flyers.

The opinion poll is verified, compiled and analysed by a third party as per criteria set by the organisers, and results are reviewed by a panel of judges to select the winners.

Among others, Air Vice Marshal M Mafidur Rahman, chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh, was present.