Jet Airways wins TravelBiz Monitor’s - Most Innovative Product Launch Award for its ‘First Class’ product on its long-haul (Boeing 777-300ER) flights. The Award was given away at the grand closing ceremony of the TAFI (Travel Agents Federation of India) International Travel Convention 2007 Abacus-TAFI Awards Nite on September 08, 2007 at the Magella Sutera of the Sutera Harbour Resort in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

These Awards of Excellence presented by TravelBiz Monitor are based on extensive research that recognise leaders of the industry who have set global international standards.

Ms. Sonu Kriplani-VP Passenger Sales, Jet Airways was present at the award ceremony and received the award on behalf of Jet Airways.

Jet Airways have created the first airline ’suite’ in the sky offering its customers the ultimate in privacy and luxury.

Each First Class suite providing over 26sq ft of usable space, features dual sliding doors that create complete privacy for every passenger choosing to fly Jet Airways First Class.

It features the world’s longest First Class bed at 83 inches, massive 23 inch flat screen monitors and carefully designed storage areas that include a personal hanging wardrobe, dual credenza and under ottoman stowage.

Each suite is designed to allow dining for two with a VIP/Business Jet style table, multiple LED lighting options, variable lumbar support and an eight point massage system. The First Class suites have been manufactured by BE Aerospace.

The state-of-the-art In-Flight Panasonic eX2 Entertainment system offers passengers over 200 hours of programming, audio CD’s covering every imaginable music genre and all on demand and all heard through Bose noise cancellation headphones.

For those wishing to work, laptop power and in flight telephones are available with the unique ability to send SMS and Email.

Chairman of Jet Airways, Mr. Naresh Goyal has personally overseen the development of the new First Class Suite over the last two years. He said at the launch of the product “People who know me are aware that I am rarely satisfied, but I think with this new First Class suite, we will have many satisfied customers. I can proudly say it is the finest in the world team, has emerged as India’s largest private sector airline and has been acclaimed by frequent travellers both domestic and international as the most preferred carrier offering the highest quality of comfort, courtesy, standards of ground and inflight services and reliability of operations.

The airline has also been given the ‘Pride in Excellence’ award from Boeing Company for maintaining the highest Technical Despatch Reliability for two years in succession. The airline was awarded the ‘Superbrand’ status by the world’s leading authority on branding, the Superbrands Council.

Amongst the more notable awards won by the Airline are The Economic Times Awards For Corporate Excellence for Emerging Company of The Year 2004-05, Galileo Express Travel & Tourism award for the ‘Best Domestic Airline’, Asia-Pacific’s Most Outstanding Airline for its achievements and contribution to the travel industry at the 17th annual TTG Travel Asia Awards, Indian Domestic Airline with Spectacular Growth Award and India’s Most Popular Domestic Airlines at the South Asian Travel and Tourism Exchange (SATTE) Awards.

Other Awards conferred on the airline include India’s “Best Domestic Airline”. The airline has also received several national and international awards including the Market Development Award from Air Transport World (ATW) of USA, as also won the ‘Service Excellence Award’ hosted by Global Managers at Mumbai.”

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