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Emirates wins best airline award again

KARACHI: Emirates has been voted the best airline to the Middle East by the readers of UK's travel trade paper "Travel Weekly". This is the ninth successive year that Emirates has won in this category.

The award adds to Emirates' impressive medal tally, which includes Airline of the Year 2000 Ñ the coveted industry "Oscar" Ñ which returns to Emirates' fold for the third successive year.

The Travel Weekly Best Airline to the Middle East trophy was presented in London, to Laurie Berryman, Emirates' Manager UK North, by ITV presenter Mary Nightingale.