VIRGIN ATLANTIC WINS AWARD FOR BEST PREMIUM ECONOMY CLASS
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"the respected Air Travel Awards"
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"Premium Economy remains a travel class that is becoming more and more popular on long haul flights" according to
Edward Plaisted (Skytrax CEO). "Virgin Atlantic's new Premium Economy cabin has clearly scored a hit with customers, to
take 1st place in the 2009 Awards (up from 6th last year) with EVA Air being ranked 2nd".
"Whilst there is some evidence that a proportion of business class travellers may be downgrading to Premium Economy class at a time
of global financial crisis, the core market of more affluent leisure travellers still seems to comprise the largest passenger contingency
in this cabin on most airlines" added Plaisted.
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BEST PREMIUM ECONOMY CLASS : 2009 |
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Rank |
Airline |
2008 |
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1 |
Virgin Atlantic Airways |
6 |
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2 |
EVA Air |
1 |
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3 |
Air New Zealand |
5 |
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4 |
ANA |
3 |
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5 |
British Airways |
4 |
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Result publication allowed with prior consent of Skytrax |
The full listing / classification of Economy Class ranking is available in the
2009
Survey Report
Best First Class
Best Business Class
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
