MAS wins 2 world travel awards

Malaysia Airlines bagged the 'Asia's Leading Airline' and 'Asia's Leading Airline Lounge' awards at the World Travel Awards (Asia & Australasia) ceremony here, Wednesday. The awards programme, hailed the 'Oscars of the travel industry', is an annual event organised by World Travel Awards (WTA) since 1993, to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the global travel and tourism industry. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of MAS, Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, received the two awards on behalf of Malaysia's national carrier at the event. "These awards are fine recognition of the consumers trust in our premium products and consistent high service standards," he said in a statement here. Ahmad Jauhari said the award will inspire the company to take its premium product and service standards to greater heights and remain the most preferred airline brand not only in Asia but globally. This is the second consecutive year MAS has been awarded by the WTA. Last year, MAS took the World's Leading Airline to Asia, Asia's Leading Airline and Asia's Leading Business Class Airline awards.