The laureates of 14th national award "Wings of Russia" have been announced in Moscow on March 28th following the results of 2010. 37 airlines and 12 tour operators have taken part in the competition. AEX.ru
Foreign carriers have been taking part in the competition for the first time. Following the results of internet-voting on passengers held by www.events.ato.ru website, Emirates has been scored as the winner in category "Foreign airline of the year - leader of passenger sympathies ". A category "Airline of the year - charter passenger carrier" has appeared for the first time, Orenаir has won in this category. This company has also been awarded in the category "Russian airline - leader in internet-technologies development - passengers' choice ", and became a leader by passenger sympathies.
The full list of laureates and diploma winner is given below:
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Category
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Laureate
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Diploma winners
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Airline of the year-passenger carrier on domestic air lines in group I |
"Aeroflot - Russian airlines " |
"UTair" |
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Airline of the year-passenger carrier on domestic air lines in group II |
"Ural airlines"
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"Globus" |
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Airline of the year-passenger carrier on domestic air lines in group III |
"UTair express "
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"Kuban airlines " |
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Airline of the year-passenger carrier on domestic air lines in group IV |
"VIM-avia "
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"Saravia" |
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Airline of the year-passenger carrier on international regular air lines |
"Aeroflot-Russian airlines " |
"Transaero" |
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"Airline of the year-passenger charter carrier" |
"OrenAir"
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"Red Wings " |
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Airline of the year-cargo carrier on domestic and international air lines |
"AirBridgeCargo"
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"Volga-Dnepr " |
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Airline of the year-passenger carrier on regional routes |
"Yakutia"
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"Polet" |
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Airline of the year-helicopter operator |
"UTair"
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Nefteyugansk United Airline Transportation Company
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Business aviation operator
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"RusJet"
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"Jet-2000" |
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Tour operator of the year partner of air transport |
Tez Tour
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"Pegas-touristik " |
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Business-project in the civil aviation of Russia |
"Sibir"
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The national award "Wings of Russia" has been established in 1997. It is the most prestigious award in the area of air transport and the only Russian independent rating event allowing an objective assessment of Russian airlines activity.