Agency report

Mumbai, Oct 16: Jet Airways India Ltd has announced that the company has bagged yet another prestigious award for the third consecutive year and fourth time in the past five years by being voted India’s best airline at the 17th "Annual Travel Awards 2006" function of TTG Travel Asia (Travel Trade Gazette) at Pattaya, Thailand on October 12, 2006.

In a statement to BSE, the airline has stated that this is the fifth award in different international and national categories that the company has been conferred with in the last two months. The airline was voted India’s leading airline at the World Travel Awards and won two Avion Awards for its in-flight entertainment last month.

Held for the 17th time, this year's awards ceremony was held with much pomp and grandeur at a glittering function on October 12, 2006 at Pattaya, Thailand. Gaurang Shetty, vice president - marketing received the award on behalf of the company, the release added.

The award, based on a survey amongst the readers of TTG Asia and voting by peers in the travel & tourism industry, honours the most distinguished travel organizations amongst 14 countries in the Asia Pacific region, including China, said the release.

Commenting on winning this award, Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, chief executive officer, of the company, said, "We are proud to receive this prestigious industry accolade for the fourth time in five years."