Aeroflot won the international Business Traveler UK Reader Awards 2018 in the Best Airline of Eastern Europe. A prestigious award was given at a ceremony in London.
The popular international travel publication Business Traveler has been presenting awards every year since 1988. The nominations program covers dozens of categories, noting the most worthy representatives of the global tourism sector. During its existence, the Business Traveler Awards has become one of the most desirable in the travel industry because of its objectivity and representativeness. The winners of the award are determined by the reader’s vote. Among the permanent leaders in terms of the award are leading airlines – Emirates, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, American Airlines, Lufthansa, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, Swiss Airlines.
Business Traveler magazine, established in the UK in 1976, today is the leading global media brand in the travel industry. It combines 14 print magazines and a number of Internet portals in different regions of the world. The magazine’s audience is made up of sophisticated business travelers who prefer a premium level of service regardless of the purpose of the trip.
“It is a special honor for us to receive this prestigious international award in the current geopolitical conditions”, said the CEO of Aeroflot, Vitaly Savelyev. “The main value of the Business Traveler award: it reflects the unbiased choice of the most demanding passenger. Despite the controversial external background, the number of foreigners on Aeroflot flights is constantly growing. This is evidence of the consistently high quality of our service, the convenience of the route network, the attractiveness of our tariffs. We will continue to increase these competitive advantages in order to further strengthen our position in the global aviation market”, added he.
Aeroflot is a traditional favorite of international industry voting. Thanks to loyalty and high passenger satisfaction, this year Aeroflot for the seventh time became the best airline of Eastern Europe as part of the Skytrax World Airline Awards, and users of the largest travel website TripAdvisor called Aeroflot business class the best in Europe.
Aeroflot is the flag carrier and largest airline of the Russian Federation. The carrier is an open joint stock company that operates domestic and international passenger and services, mainly from its hub at Sheremetyevo International Airport.