AirAsia leads contenders for Budgies Awards
The World Low Cost Airlines Congress has announced the names of the LCC carriers nominated for this year’s Budgies Awards .
The Congress takes place at the Sofitel, London Heathrow, on September 19-21.
The finalists are:
Best Low Cost Airline
1. Air Asia
2. Indigo
3. Jetstar Airways
4. Cebu Pacific Air
5. Air Arabia
6. Spring Airlines
7. Skymark
8. Ryanair
Best Airport
1. Marseille
2. Sharjah
3. Kuala Lumpur
4. Copenhagen
5. GMR Hyderabad
6. Ibaraki (near Tokyo)
7. Changi
Best Website
1. Ryanair
2. Vueling
3. Air Asia
4. Iceland Express
5. Germanwings
6. Wizzair
7. Pegasus
8. Allegiant
9. Norwegian
CEO of the Year
1. Azran Osman-Rani, AirAsia X
2. Lance Gokongwei/ Garry Kingshott, Cebu Pacific
3. Aditya Ghosh/Rahul Batia, Indigo
4. Tony Fernandes, AirAsia
5. Ben Baldanza, Spirit Airlines
6. Carolyn McCall, easyJet
Technology Foresight Award
1. Cybersource
2. RED
3. Optiontown
4. EzRez
5. Star Alliance apps
Best Ancillary Revenue Innovation
1. Ink
2. AirBaltic
3. Vueling
4. Spirit
5. SkyExpress
6. Qantas
Best Sales and Distribution Innovation
1. Navitaire
2. Virgin Australia – Delta codeshare
3. Virgin – Singapore Airlines, Air New Zealand and Etihad
4. easyJet
5. Radixx
Airlines Pacesetter Award
1. Air Asia X
2. Vueling
3. Spring
4. Wizz Air
5. Skymark
Ian Jarrett
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