Travel Trade Gazette readers vote SriLankan as best in South Asia

SriLankan Airlines has been voted Best Airline in South asia for the third consecutive time by thousands of readers of the prestigious travel trade magazine group Travel Trade Gazette.

"SriLankan Airlines has been voted unanimously as the Best South Asian Airline by the readers of TTG Asia, TTG China, Business Travel News Asia Pacific, Business Travel News China, and TTGmice," Managing Director of TTG Asia Media Pte Ltd. Darren Ng, said Clinching this coveted award is evidence of SriLankan's dedication towards commitment and service excellence.

The annual TTG Travel Awards, presented by TTG Asia, recognises the most outstanding individuals and organizations in the Asia-Pacific travel industry. Our heartiest congratulations to SriLankan Airlines."

TTG is a group of travel trade publications that disseminate the latest information on travel and tourism in Asia. Established in Singapore since 1974, TTG has offices in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Jakarta, Manila, Hong Kong and Taipei. TTG Asia is one of the most widely read publications in Asia.

TTG Asia Media is also the leading organiser and manager of travel events in Asia.

"This prestigious award offers further proof of the continuing high standards that are maintained by SriLankan Airlines," Chief Executive Officer of SriLankan Airlines Peter Hill said. It is extremely significant that readers of TTG voted SriLankan as the best during this period, proving that SriLankan maintained its high standards even while our airline was undergoing a period of rapid expansion.

SriLankan Airlines has in recent years achieved global recognition for its standards in excellence, winning such prestigious titles as World's Best Airline in a survey of Economy Class passengers, Worlds Friendliest Cabin Staff, first runner-up for World's Best Cabin Staff, Best Overall Inflight Entertainment (for a fleet size of 20 or less), Best Airline Turnaround of the Year 2004, and Worlds Most Efficient Operator of Airbus A330s (in the small fleet category) in 2002 and 2003 from Airbus Industries.

Readers, who included passengers and travel agents, were asked to vote for the airline that they felt was the best in terms of service, network, schedules, was the most agent-friendly to others in the travel trade, and had the most professional sales and marketing team in terms of innovative ideas and incentive programmes.

SriLankan now flies to 48 destinations in 27 countries throughout Europe, the Middle East, the Far East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. These include nearly 90 flights per week to 9 cities in India.