Emirates Soars High with Multiple Wins at World Travel Awards 2024

Emirates has once again proven its excellence in the aviation industry by taking home multiple awards at the World Travel Awards 2024. The airline has been crowned ‘World’s Leading Airline’ in four prestigious categories: First Class, Brand, Inflight Entertainment, and Rewards Programme. Additionally, Emirates was recognised as ‘Best Airline App Worldwide’ and ‘Best Airline App in the Middle East’ at the World Travel Tech Awards 2024.

A Year of Recognition and Achievement

The awards ceremony took place at the Savoy Palace in Madeira, Portugal, where David Quito, Emirates’ Country Manager in Portugal, accepted the honours on behalf of the airline. The World Travel Awards (WTA) is renowned for acknowledging, rewarding, and celebrating excellence across all global travel and tourism sectors. The World Travel Tech Awards celebrate excellence in travel technology.

Emirates has been on a winning streak this year, securing top honours at the ‘ULTRAs 2024’, ‘Telegraph Travel’, and ‘Forbes Travel Guide’s Air Travel Awards’, and ranking as a 2025 APEX World Class Airline.

Elevating the Onboard Experience

Emirates’ focus on delivering the best service and continuously investing in the onboard experience has set industry benchmarks. As part of its multi-billion dollar retrofit programme, the airline is rolling out 36 fully refurbished aircraft (26 A380s and 10 Boeing 777s) with new interiors, including the highly praised Premium Economy.

Emirates’ First-Class experience continues to excel with fully enclosed private suites, ‘dine on demand’ service, and the A380 Shower Spa. The airline has recently enhanced its wine experience with ‘L’art du vin’, a bespoke wine course for cabin crew featuring acclaimed wines and rare vintages.

A collaboration with Spotify has expanded the inflight entertainment catalogue, offering a wide array of podcasts and playlists to customers in the sky.

Skywards Loyalty Programme

Emirates Skywards, the airline’s loyalty programme, boasts 33 million members worldwide who ‘earn better’ and ‘spend better’ with over 200 brand partnerships. Skywards attracts more than 120,000 new members each month, who redeem Miles on a range of fantastic rewards, including flight tickets, upgrades, hotel stays, gift cards, hospitality at events, tours, and exclusive experiences.

Enhancing Digital Experiences

Emirates continues to enhance its digital experiences and integrate new technologies to make travel seamless for customers. The Emirates app, recognised for its functionality and user experience, offers real-time flight updates, baggage tracking, an airport map guide, the ability to explore all fleet cabins in 3D, and the option to create bespoke playlists ahead of the flight.

Earlier this year, Emirates.com was ranked among the top 3 airline websites in an independent benchmarking report by Catchpoint, and it was the only website to meet the recommended page load time of under 5 seconds.

Conclusion

With multiple accolades and continuous enhancements, Emirates is truly setting the gold standard in the aviation industry.