{"id":5063,"date":"2025-12-11T10:18:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T04:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/?p=5063"},"modified":"2025-12-11T10:18:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T04:48:20","slug":"emirates-ends-the-year-on-high-scooping-5-more-global-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/index.php\/2025\/12\/11\/emirates-ends-the-year-on-high-scooping-5-more-global-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Emirates ends the year on high scooping 5 more global awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Emirates is ending 2025 on a sky-high note with another five global accolades won, this time at the 32<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;annual World Travel Awards, held in Bahrain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adding to its impressive portfolio of more than 20 accolades received in 2025, the latest titles celebrate Emirates as a leading airline brand, as well as recognising its multi award-winning inflight entertainment system&nbsp;<em>ice,&nbsp;<\/em>more honours for Emirates First Class onboard experience and First Class Lounges, and another nod to Emirates Skywards \u2013 as the World&#8217;s Leading Airline Rewards Programme 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emirates five latest gongs from the World Travel Awards are World&#8217;s Leading Airline Brand 2025; World&#8217;s Leading Airline Inflight Entertainment 2025; World&#8217;s Leading Airline Rewards Programme 2025 &#8211; Emirates Skywards; World&#8217;s Leading Airline &#8211; First Class 2025 and World&#8217;s Leading Airline Lounge &#8211; First Class 2025 &#8211; the Emirates First Class Lounge at Emirates Terminal 3, Dubai International Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Emirates scores big with array of industry awards throughout 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In November, Emirates was voted&nbsp;<em>\u2018Best Airline in the World\u2019<\/em>&nbsp;for the 8<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;consecutive year, at the esteemed ULTRAs travel awards. Based on votes from&nbsp;Ultratravel\u2019s global network of 1.2 million travellers, Emirates also scooped the \u2018<em>Airline with the Best Premium Economy&nbsp;Class\u2019<\/em>&nbsp;award, as well as a prestigious \u2018<em>Lifetime Achievement Award for Services to Global Aviation<\/em>\u2019 presented to Sir Tim Clark. Aviation Business Middle East also awarded Emirates&nbsp;<em>\u2018Best First Class of the Year\u2019<\/em>&nbsp;and the prestigious&nbsp;<em>\u2018Airline of the Year\u2019&nbsp;<\/em>award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emirates also won \u2018<em>Best International Airline,\u2019&nbsp;\u2018Best International First Class<\/em>,\u2019&nbsp;and \u2018<em>Best International Airline Lounge\u2019<\/em>&nbsp;from the Forbes Travel Guide Verified Air Travel Awards&nbsp;2025, as well as \u2018<em>Best Long-Haul Airline<\/em>\u2019 at The Times and The Sunday Times Travel Awards 2025.&nbsp;Sir Tim Clark was&nbsp;also&nbsp;recently recognised&nbsp;by the Wings Club Foundation with the prestigious&nbsp;<em>Distinguished Achievement Award<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In September,<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Emirates received global recognition at the&nbsp;APEX\/IFSA Global EXPO&nbsp;in Long Beach, California, winning 2 notable awards \u2013 the&nbsp;<em>2026 APEX Best\u2122 Global Entertainment Award<\/em>&nbsp;for its inflight entertainment system &#8211;&nbsp;<em>ice<\/em>, and a&nbsp;<em>2026 APEX WORLD CLASS\u2122 award<\/em>&nbsp;for all aspects of the airline\u2019s customer experience and brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in 2025, Emirates was honoured with several awards including \u2018<em>Best Long-Haul Airline<\/em>\u2019&nbsp;at The Telegraph Travel Awards, \u2018<em>2025&#8217;s Most Recommended Global Brand\u2019<\/em>&nbsp;by YouGov, and multiple categories at the Business Traveller Middle East Awards, such as \u2018<em>Best Airline Worldwide\u2019<\/em>&nbsp;for the 12th consecutive year<em>,&nbsp;\u2018Best First Class\u2019,&nbsp;\u2018Best Premium Economy Class\u2019,<\/em>&nbsp;and \u2018<em>Best Airport Lounge<\/em>&nbsp;<em>in the Middle East.\u2019<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : Ada Derana Biz <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emirates is ending 2025 on a sky-high note with another five global accolades won, this time at the 32nd&nbsp;annual World Travel Awards, held in Bahrain. 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