Emirates is Airline of the Year in Bangladesh

Bangladeshi travellers reiterated their confidence in Emirates because the airline won gold within the 'Airline of the Year 2019' category at the gala award ceremony of Monitor Airline of the Year held recently at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka. Emirates took away four more gold trophies in key categories: Long-haul Airline, Business Class, In-flight Entertainment and Frequent Flyer Programme. Its silver haul included: Economy Class, Cargo Airline of the Year, In-flight Meal in Economy Class and In-flight Meal in Business Class categories.

Since the inception of the awards eight years ago, Emirates has won Best In-flight Entertainment per annum and Airline of the Year for 6 years.

Airline of the Year is one among the foremost prestigious awards within the Bangladesh aviation sector. The Bangladesh Monitor, a premier aviation and tourism publication within the country, recognises the simplest airlines in various service categories supported the frequent flyers' poll . This year around 3,000 frequent flyers cast votes online, which was reviewed by an independent jury drawn from representatives of varied professional and social groups.

Saeed Abdulla Miran, Country Manager for Bangladesh, Emirates, said, 'These awards are a definitive verdict from our valued customers and validate our aim to always delight travellers – in Bangladesh and worldwide. All nine awards an excellent honour for all folks at Emirates, and they've come at the right time – just before we start our fourth daily service between Dhaka to Dubai on 29 March. We were the primary airline to feature Bangladeshi movies inflight and even today, our delicious regionally inspired menus and repair designed keeping our customers in mind.'

Emirates' inflight entertainment system provides customers with an unmatched selection of 4,500 channels of on demand entertainment, including several channels with popular Bangladeshi movies. In 2019, Emirates also introduced playlist syncing, how for patrons to browse the extensive content on offer, create personalised playlists supported their preferences before their flight, and sync it to their seats once on board, using the Emirates App. On the Dhaka-Dubai sector, Emirates offers regionally and globally inspired meals, prepared by world class gourmet chefs in Dubai. Emirates' travellers altogether classes can enjoy up to twenty MB Wi-Fi data to stay constantly connected to their relatives and friends.

Emirates' fourth daily from March 29 will offer customers even more flight options, and from Dubai customers can cash in of convenient connections to over 150 destinations across the world .