Emirates Airlines has been awarded “Airline of the Year 2022” while US-Bangla Airlines is “Best Domestic Airline of the Year 2022.”
The awards were given at an event held at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka organized by “Triplover Monitor Airline of the Year” on Friday.
Winners were selected based on the passengers’ opinion poll which was conducted over a period of three months.
State for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali handed over the awards among the winners.
The event was addressed by Kazi Wahidul Alam, Editor, The Bangladesh Monitor; Nisha Tasnim, Head of Operations, Triplover, Prof Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam, Chairman of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange, and Robin James Edwards, General Manager, Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel.
Airlines operating in Bangladesh were awarded in 13 different categories of services.
Emirates clinched the highest number of five gold awards in different categories, including Best Business Class, Best Inflight Meal in Business Class, Best Inflight Entertainment, Best Long haul Airline, and Airline of the Year.
Md Abdullah Al Mamun, Managing Director of the US-Bangla Airlines, received a special award from the Jury Committee as the “Airline Entrepreneur of the Year 2022” for its outstanding contributions to the country’s aviation sector.
This year the 9th edition of the award was supported by Triplover as the title sponsor and Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka as the hospitality partner.