ETIHAD AIRWAYS WINS AWARD FOR BEST BUSINESS CLASS AIRLINE

"the respected Air Travel Awards"

Etihad Airways moved into top position in this fiercely competed Award category, just inching last year's winner, Singapore Airlines, into 2nd position, with Virgin Atlantic in 3rd place.

"The competition in this survey category has become closer in recent years" said Edward Plaisted of Skytrax, "and this was well underlined by the fact that the top 2 airlines were alternating between 1st and 2nd places during the past 3 weeks of the 8 month long survey".

BEST BUSINESS CLASS AIRLINES : 2009
Rank	Airline	2008
1	Etihad Airways	5
2	Singapore Airlines	1
3	Virgin Atlantic	7
4	British Airways	3
5	Air New Zealand	2
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The full listing / classification of Economy Class ranking is available in the 2009 Survey Report

Best First Class

Best Premium Economy

Best Economy Class

The winners of 2009 Skytrax World Airline Awards include Aegean Airlines, Air Arabia, Air Berlin, Air New Zealand, Air Tahiti Nui, AirAsia, Asiana Airlines, Bangkok Airways, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, China Southern Airlines, Continental Airlines, CSA Czech Airlines, easyJet, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Finnair, Jet Airways, jetBlue Airways, JetStar Airways, Kingfisher Airlines, Kingfisher Red, Kulula.com, LAN Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Porter Airlines, Qantas Airways, Qatar Airways, SilkAir, Singapore Airlines, Skymark Airlines, South African Airways, Spring Airlines, Swiss International Air Lines, TACA, Thai Airways, Transero Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Virgin America, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Volaris, Webjet, Wizz Air

Further enquiries should be directed to:

Mr Peter Miller
Marketing Director
SKYTRAX RESEARCH
E-mail: miller@airlinequality.com

The World Airline Awards are the most recognised global recognition of airline excellence for front-line product and customer service