Aegean Airlines S A : received significant award at Skytrax World Airline Awards 2021

AEGEAN stood out by receiving significant awards at the 2021 World Airline Awards organized by Skytrax, the international air transport rating organization. A benchmark for the aviation industry and a milestone for the industry this year's awards were held for the first time amidst the pandemic.

During the award ceremony that was realized on Tuesday, 28 September in London, AEGEAN has been announced as the Best Regional Airline in Europe for 10th consecutive year and 11th time in the last 12 years. Moreover, AEGEAN was named 3rd Best Regional Airline in the Word, was ranked 10th in Europe for its cabin crew, was amongst the World's Top 100 Airlines for 2021 (36th) and was amongst the winners of the COVID-19 Airline Excellence Award 2021 category, that rate the COVID-19 standards and best practices for the health and safety measures applied for both passengers and crew on board and on the ground.

Edward Plaisted, Skytrax CEO, said: "AEGEAN has achieved a significant record as passengers voted the airline as the best regional airline for the 10th consecutive year, a record for Skytrax World Airline Awards. All airlines were evaluated by the travellers for the high quality of the services offered by their staff, supported by an overall strong and attractive travel product. We are optimistic for the future and hope that from 2022 travel will return to normal".

Dimitris Gerogiannis, AEGEAN CEO commented: "In a truly unique time for both aviation and the global community, AEGEAN's recognition by the passengers for the quality of our services and our people for one more year, is an even greater honor for us. Since the beginning of the pandemic, we responded to the challenges that transformed air travel and we developed procedure and tools aiming to ensure trust, health and safety for our passengers while at the same time maintain the high standards in terms of service and care that we offer and is expected from us. For this reason, these significant distinctions belong primarily to our people, who work every day and under any conditions in order to offer our passengers a genuinely unique travel experience".

About the World Airline Awards:

The World Airline Awards are independent awards that launched in 1999, aiming to offer a real global customer satisfaction survey. Travelers from across the world participate in the largest satisfaction survey in order to define the winners of each category. They are often referred to as the "Oscars of the aviation industry" and are a benchmark for airline excellency.

The World Airline Awards 2021 survey process was based on an evaluation of the actual travel experience for a period of 23 months (September 2019 to July 2021) reflecting the perception of the passengers and resulted to 13,43 million participations of 100 different ethnicities.