Bangkok--17 Mar--Thai Airways International
Thai Airways International Public Company Limited has once again received the award for best intercontinental airline in the Norwegian Grand Travel Award 2006. It is the second time in a row that THAI has won the award. The score was impressing 4.99 out of 6.00 as maximum score.
Mr. Somchainuk Engtrakul, THAI’s Member of the Board of Directors Acting as President, said that THAI was very pleased to receive the award from the Norwegian Grand Travel Award 2006. THAI is honored to have been selected as the award winner and we are confident that our services and products have achieved the airline’s objective as being the “First Choice Carrier with Touches of Thai.”
It is the 11th time the Grand travel award is arranged in Norway. The election is done by a travel trade jury, and also a random selection of 300 travel agents all over Norway. In addition, Thailand won the award for best tourist country in the World.
The editor in chief of the Norwegian travel trade magazine Travel News, Mr. Stein Arild Iglebaek, who are arranging and hosting the award, said “ It is impressive that both Thailand and Thai Airways are topping the scores overall, and once again have proved to be the favourites of the Norwegian travel trade. It also shows clearly the affection the people of Norway have for Thailand.”
The list of nominees for Best Intercontinental Airline 2006 / 2005 include:
1. THAI
2. British Airways
3. Lufthansa
4. SAS
5. KLM
Currently, THAI operates to 60 destinations in 34 countries (excluding Thailand), making a total of 496 flights per week on international routes.
Picture: H.E. Chitriya Pinthong (center), Ambassador of Thailand to Norway, Mrs. Nattera Kachornserelikitkul (right), Director of Tourism Authority of Thailand in Scandinavia, and Mrs. Hilde Hirai (left), THAI’s District Sales Manager in Norway receiving the Norwegian Grand Travel Award 2006.
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