Sponsors of ERA Airline of   the Year      Airline of the Year GOLD winner 2009/10  (l-r) Stephane Mayer, CEO, ATR; Bertolt Flick, CEO, airBaltic; Mike Ambrose, Director General, ERA

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20 years of excellence  

The ERA Airline of the Year Award was established in 1991 and is now in its 20th year of recognising excellence and achievements of intra-European airlines.  Three airlines - GOLD, SILVER and BRONZE are rewarded for their efforts each year.

Winners will be announced at the 30th Anniversary ERA General Assembly Awards Dinner in Barcelona on 23 September 2010.

a focus on achievement

The Gold, Silver and Bronze Airline of the Year Awards are the highlight of the ERA Awards Programme.  ERA airline members are diverse and range from long-standing market leaders to start-ups, from independent niche brands to parent-led subsidiaries, from passenger or charter to cargo or leasing.  As a result, their achievements are many and varied and must be judged in the context of their size and nature of operation.

Award Winners Receive 

• Announcement and presentation at the 30th anniversary ERA General Assembly Awards Dinner 

• A prestigious trophy, embellished with your company logo 

• Exclusive ERA Award winner logo 2010/11 to use in all promotional material 

• Set of official Award Winners’ digital photographs  

• Feature article in ERA Regional International 

• Announcement in the ERA Weekly News Update, distributed to 1700 recipients 

• Winners’ photograph and company logo on the ERA website for 12 months 

• Permanent feature on the ERA website under ‘Previous Winners’


How to Enter

Entry to the ERA Airline of the Year Award is open to ERA Airline members only.  Entries must be submitted on the official ERA Airline of the Year Entry Form which will be despatched to all airline members by email in March 2010. Entry is compeletely free of charge.

Judging procedure 

One of the major assets of the ERA Airline of the Year Award is the quality, independence and fairness of its judging procedure. The judging panel comprises a mix of industry's senior experts together with respected air transport journalists from all over Europe. Panellists are carefully selected for their knowledge and ability to assess achievements against the specific circumstances and constraints under which individual airlines operate. 


For further information on this Award please contact: lesley.shepherd@eraa.org 

Click on the following to view information about other ERA Awards:

• ERA Airport Achievement Award
• ERA Hank McGonagle Journalism Award
• ERA Palme d’Or
• ERA Director General’s Commendation for Services to the Industry

2009/10
AWARD HOLDERS:
 

airBALTIC


CIMBER STERLING


KLM CITYHOPPER

2008/9
Aegean Airlines
CityJet
Wideroe

2007/8
Air Nostrum
Tyrolean Airways
CityJet

2006/7 
Eastern Airways
Aegean Airlines
Blue1

2005/6
Binter Canarias
Aegean Airlines
Aer Arann

2004/5
Aegean Airlines
Eastern Airways
Aer Arann

2003/4
Air Nostrum
Eastern Airways
Air Botnia/Blue1

2002/3
Air Nostrum
Widerøe
Air Dolomiti

2001/2
Eurowings
Widerøe
Air Dolomiti

2000/1
Skyways
Eurowings
Aegean Airlines

1999
Air Nostrum

1998
Air Dolomiti

1997
Tyrolean Airways

1996
Crossair

1995
Regional Airlines

1994
Brit Air

1993
Cimber Air

1992
Binter Canarias

1991
Binter Canarias