Qatar Airways wins ‘Best Airline’ Award at 2017 UK Business Traveller Awards

DOHA, Qatar: Qatar Airways has been named ‘Best Airline’ at the highly-respected 2017 Business Traveller Awards, held on Monday 9 October at London’s Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington.

In addition to being voted ‘Best Airline’ by travellers from around the world, Qatar’s national carrier also won a raft of other major awards at the ceremony, including ‘Best Airline in the Middle East’, ‘Best Business Class’ and ‘Best Long Haul Airline’.

Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker said: “I am extremely proud that Qatar Airways has been recognised in these four award categories. To be voted ‘Best Airline’, ‘Best Middle Eastern Airline’, ‘Best Long Haul Airline’, and ‘Best Business Class’ by the readers of Business Traveller magazine is a significant testimony of our passengers’ trust in what we stand for, placing them first at every stage of a journey.”

Airline alliance oneworld, of which Qatar Airways has been a member since 2013, also won the ‘Best Airline Alliance’ award for the fifth consecutive year, confirming oneworld’s position as the world’s premier global airline alliance.

Qatar Airways, which was earlier this year voted ‘Airline of the Year’, ‘World’s Best Business Class’, ‘Best First Class Lounge’ and ‘Best Airline in the Middle East’ at the prestigious Skytrax Awards, continues to exceed expectations with its global expansion, strategy and product development.

Most notably this year, Qatar Airways launched Qsuite, its new innovative First in Business Class experience. The first aircraft fully-fitted with Qsuite was launched on the Doha-London route this summer, soon followed by Paris and shortly to feature on the airline’s flights to New York.

Qsuite, patented by Qatar Airways, features the industry’s first-ever double bed available in Business Class, with privacy panels that stow away, allowing passengers in adjoining seats to create their own private room. Adjustable panels and movable TV monitors on the centre four seats allow colleagues, friends or families travelling together to transform their space into a private suite, allowing them to work, dine and socialise together.

One of the world’s fastest-growing airlines, Qatar Airways recently added an array of new destinations to its global route network, including Dublin, Republic of Ireland; Nice, France; Prague, Czech Republic and Kyiv, Ukraine, soon to be followed by Chiang Mai, Thailand; Canberra, Australia and St. Petersburg, Russia. The airline operates a modern fleet of 200 aircraft to a network of key business and leisure destinations across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, North America and South America.

The Business Traveller Awards are voted for by readers of the leading UK magazine, Business Traveller, with the results authenticated by an independent auditing company. 

To see the full results, please go to businesstraveller.com.