Dubai - Arab Today
The awards were presented to Oman Air at a ceremony hosted by Shereen Mitwalli at the World Travel Awards Middle East 2016 in Dubai.
Oman Air has been named Middle East’s Leading Airline, Business Class and Middle East’s Leading Airline, Economy Class at the World Travel Awards Middle East 2016.
The awards were presented at a ceremony hosted by Shereen Mitwalli at the St. Regis, Dubai on Sept. 29. They were accepted by Mohammed Al-Shikely, VP marketing at Oman Air, on behalf of Chief Executive Officer Paul Gregorowitsch.
Gregorowitsch commented: “Oman Air is delighted to accept these prestigious awards, in recognition of the high quality of our Business Class and Economy Class services. This is the fourth consecutive year that Oman Air has been named as Middle East’s Leading Airline, Business Class and Middle East’s Leading Airline, Economy Class at the World Travel Awards Middle East. Such consistent acclaim demonstrates that Oman Air’s commitment to offering customers the very best in 21st Century air travel remains absolute.”
World Travel Awards was established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all key sectors of the travel tourism and hospitality industry. Today, the World Travel Awards brand is recognized globally as the ultimate hallmark of quality, with winners setting the benchmark to which all others aspire.
Oman Air’s new long haul business class cabin offers 24 seats, each of which converts to a long, fully lie-flat bed within an 82-inch pitch.
Inflight entertainment (IFE) is provided via the new Thales AVANT in-seat audio video on demand (AVOD) system.
The Business Class seats on Oman Air’s new short and medium haul B737s are also new.
In addition, Oman Air offers Business Class customers across most of its network a complementary door to door limousine service, and the airline recently launched an exclusive lounge-to-aircraft chauffeur service at Muscat International Airport.
Each of Oman Air’s new Economy Class seats feature a one-piece composite seat back structure and a four-way adjustable headrest.
Source: Arab News