Kenya Airways wins Best Business Class Airline in Africa Third Time in a Row
Kenya Airways has been recognized as the Best Business Class in this year Africa World Travel Award, for the third year running.
The airline scooped the top award in the ‘Africa’s Leading Airline – Business Class 2015’ category of the WTA Gala Ceremony held on Saturday, June 20th, 2015, at the Kempinski Hotel in Seychelles.
Kenya airways beat Egypt Air, Ethiopian Airlines, Royal Air Moroc and South African Airways.
Kenya Airways Chief Executive and Managing Director Mbuvi Ngunze welcomed the award and attributed the success to the recent investment by the airline on its product offering.
“We have been investing heavily on our product in a bid to improve the customers experience. This award, the third year in a row, is a testament of the investments that we have made in the past couple of years in terms of our aircrafts and the service we offer our customers,” said Mr.Ngunze.
Adding the airline was committed to consistently delivering world-class service to its guests.
The recognition comes at a time Kenya Airways is continuously investing in its product offering from its equipment to new lounges at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). The airline currently boasts the youngest fleet in the region having invested in new equipment including the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The airline has already received seven of the nine ordered Dreamliners with the last one expected next month.
The airlines business class, dubbed Premier World, offers exciting features including full flatbed seats, laptop stowage, armrests that also act as privacy dividers, high quality in-flight entertainment, USB port, power sockets and a wide range of in-flight catering.
The World Travel Awards (WTA) is dubbed the ‘Oscars of the travel industry’ and is held annually. The awards were established in 1993 and reward outstanding achievements within the global travel industry.