Emirates, the world\u2019s largest international airline, has been recognised at the World Travel Awards Middle East 2018 with four awards – Middle East\u2019s Leading Airline, Middle East\u2019s Leading Airline Brand, Middle East\u2019s Leading Business Class Airport Lounge and Middle East\u2019s Leading Cabin Crew.<\/p>\n
The red carpet ceremony was attended by more than 500 industry leading figures and professionals from across the Middle East. Khalid Al Serkal, Emirates\u2019 District Manager Sharjah received the awards on behalf of the airline.<\/p>\n
Sheikh Majid Al Mualla, Divisional Senior Vice President Commercial Operations Centre said: \u201cIt is an honour to be recognised by the World Travel Awards Middle East 2018 for our ongoing efforts to continually enhance the customer experience both onboard and on the ground. Taking the top spot in multiple categories is a reflection of the airline\u2019s commitment to operational excellence, outstanding customer service and a focused approach on building the brand.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last year, the airline launched product enhancements on its Boeing 777 and A380 aircraft \u2013 unveiling its enhanced A380 Onboard Lounge, game-changing Boeing 777-300ER First Class private suites and new Business Class cabin and configuration on its Boeing 777-200LR aircraft. Passengers on Emirates across all cabins can enjoy its award winning in-flight entertainment system\u00a0ice,<\/em>\u00a0with up to 3,500 channels and 20MB complimentary on-board Wi-Fi, as well as regionally inspired meals prepared by award-winning chefs.<\/p>\n Emirates\u2019 state-of-the-art, seven Business Class Lounges at Dubai International Airport Concourses A, B and C \u2013 boast a total seat capacity of over 4,500. Concourse B lounges recently completed a US$ 11 million makeover, offering Business Class customers, as well as Platinum and Gold Skywards members \u00a0the highest standards of comfort before their flight. The airline also expanded its global network of lounges to 41 dedicated Emirates Lounges in 2017.<\/p>\n The airline\u2019s international team of over 23,000 cabin crew come from over 135 countries, and speak more than 60 languages. Crew members are trained to provide the very best inflight service and Emirates on-board experience.<\/p>\n Emirates operates a modern fleet of 269 all wide-body aircraft, and is the first and only airline in the world to operate a fleet of all Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 aircraft for its passenger flights. The airline\u2019s extensive network offers customers travel choices to over 159 destinations, in 85 countries, across six continents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Emirates, the world\u2019s largest international airline, has been recognised at the World Travel Awards Middle East 2018 with four awards – Middle East\u2019s Leading Airline, Middle East\u2019s Leading Airline Brand, Middle East\u2019s Leading Business Class Airport Lounge and Middle East\u2019s Leading Cabin Crew. The red carpet ceremony was attended by more than 500 industry leading […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6411,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6409\/revisions\/6411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}