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Malaysia Airlines has won the "Best Airline To Asia" award in the 2006
Travel Weekly Globe Awards polls conducted by Travel Weekly, a United
Kingdom (UK) based magazine.
The award was received by regional manager for
UK and
Europe, Lim Cheng
Hoe on behalf of the national airline at a presentation ceremony held in
London last weekend.
Managing director Idris Jala said the recognition by Travel Weekly was a
testimony to the superiority of Malaysia Airlines' enhanced product and
service standards that it have consistently delivered.
"Malaysia Airlines is no stranger to winning awards for its high quality
products and services. We thank the readers of Travel Weekly and travel
agents in the UK who voted us for this award," he said in a statement.
This year is the 29th Anniversary of the Travel Weekly Globes, the number
one UK travel industry awards, which recognises excellence amongst travel
industry suppliers.
Voting is entirely by travel agent readers of Travel Weekly and collated
and audited by AC Nielsen, the travel industry's only official data analyst.
Malaysia Airlines, the national carrier of Malaysia, currently operates
22 weekly flights between Malaysia and UK, linking Manchester and London
with
Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia as well as London with
Penang and
Langkawi in
Malaysia.
Currently operating 111 aircraft, Malaysia Airlines' fleet is one of the
world's youngest, flying more than 48,000 passengers to over 110
destinations across six continents everyday.
Malaysia Airlines holds a lengthy record of service and best practices
excellence, having received more than 100 awards in the last 10 years, among
others are the "World's Best Cabin Crew" by Skytrax UK consecutively from
2001 till 2004 and "5-star Airline" also by Skytrax, UK.
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