SriLankan Airlines was crowned the ‘World’s Leading Airline Operating to the Indian Ocean Region in 2016’ at the 23rd annual World Travel Awards in the Maldives last week.
SriLankan Airlines which launched services to 11 more cities around the Indian Ocean, also received the title of ‘Best Full Service Airline in Central and South Asia’ for the second consecutive year at the Future Travel Experience Asia Awards 2016 in Singapore a few weeks ago.
The World Travel Awards was set up in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the tourism industry.
The awards took into consideration the preferences of more than 1.1 million travellers and people in the global travel industry who voted online throughout this year.
SriLankan on December 1 completed the first stage of its new strategy to enhance its focus on the Asia-Middle East region by becoming the first international airline to serve Gan Island in the Maldives. It was its 11th new destination in the past three months, the others being Seychelles, Bahrain, Muscat, Jakarta, Madurai, Kolkata, Lahore, Dhaka, Varanasi and Bodh Gaya. It has also increased services to many other cities in Asia and the Middle East.
SriLankan’s flights to Gan Island in the Maldives was its 11th new destination in the past three months. The others being Seychelles, Bahrain, Muscat, Jakarta, Madurai, Kolkata, Lahore, Dhaka, Varanasi and Bodh Gaya.