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PAX Readers Honor Innovation PAX readers honor innovation By Rick Lundstrom on April, 10 2017 | Catering Hamburg – Airlines, caterers and product suppliers from around the world gathered the Paris Room of the Radisson Blu Hotel Wednesday evening as the readers of PAX International honored their efforts of the past year. Visitors were filled in on a brief history of PAX International, which, this spring notes its 20th anniversary in publication. This is the third year that PAX International has held its Readership Awards in Hamburg. In an expanded program, 25 winners from airlines, airline caterers and suppliers of seating, inflight entertainment and amenity items received the honors. The winners were picked through an online balloting process from the magazine’s website. “The readership awards celebrates the achievements within our industry,” said PAX International Publisher Aijaz Khan. This year, PAX International also awarded honors for Best Inflight Duty Free Program for two airlines, Outstanding IFE and Connectivity and Best Cabin Interior Passenger Experience Enhancement. Several suppliers of amenity kits were also honored. During the evening event, PAX International Editor in Chief Rick Lundstrom noted not only the awards, but also significant achievements by the winners in the past year. 1 Copyright DutyFree Magazine. All rights reserved. “I also urge everyone attending to take part next year in our readership awards.”said PAX International Editor-in-Chief Rick Lundstrom. “All the information you need can be found on the magazine’s website.” PAX International has been covering the cabin services industry since 1997 with print issues, electronic newsletters and a regularly updated website. The publication first hosted the Readership Awards in Bahrain in 2005. The following are the winners from each category and region: Americas Outstanding Food Service by a Carrier (Two Winners) Aeromexico and Copa Airlines Airline Caterer of the Year Flying Food Group Asia Outstanding Food Service by a Carrier (Two Winners) Korean Air and China Southern Airlines Airline Caterer of the Year dnata Singapore Best Inflight Duty Free Program Korean Air Europe Outstanding Food Service by a Carrier Austrian Airlines Airline Caterer of the Year LSG Sky Chefs Best Inflight Duty Free Program KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 2 Copyright DutyFree Magazine. All rights reserved. Africa Outstanding Food Service by a Carrier Ethiopian Airlines Middle East Outstanding Food Service by a Carrier Saudi Arabian Airlines Airline Caterer of the Year Emirates Flight Catering Best Inflight Duty Free Program Oman Air Best New IFE and Connectivity digEcor’s Glide System Best Cabin Interior Passenger Experience Enhancement STG Aerospace Best Seating Acro Aircraft Seating Amenity Supplier Awards Americas Best First/Business Class Americas FORMIA for AeroMexico and WESSCO International for Copa Airlines 3 Copyright DutyFree Magazine. All rights reserved. Asia Best First/Business Class Harmony/gategroup for Singapore Airlines and WESSCO International for Garuda Indonesia Europe Best First/Business Class SPIRIANT for Lufthansa German Airlines Best Economy Class skysupply for Lufthansa German Airlines Middle East Best First/Business Class Galileo Watermark for Kuwait Airways Best Economy Class FORMIA for Qatar Airways 4 Copyright DutyFree Magazine. All rights reserved..
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