Thursday 19 December 2013

Jet Airways wins top honours at Global Traveller ‘Wines on the Wing’ awards

Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, has won the top honours in the prestigious ‘Wines on the Wing’ awards, instituted by the US-based Global Traveller magazine. While two of the airline’s wines – Puligny Montrachet Louis Jadot and Domaine Lous Moreau Chablis – occupied the first and second spots in the first-class white wines category, Billecart-Salmon Brut came in fifth in the business-class champagne category.In the first class category , the airline secured the third position in overall standings.

At the contest held in Los Angeles, 22 of the world’s best airlines served their best white, red and sparkling wines to 31 expert judges in a blind-tasting session. The judges’ individual scores for each wine were added and averaged, and scores of an airline’s submissions were aggregated. At the end of the session, Jet Airways was conferred with the Wines on the Wing awards.

Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 113 aircraft, which include 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 10 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 4 Airbus A330-300 aircraft, 72 next generation Boeing 737-700/800/900/900 ER aircraft and 15 ATR 72-500 and 2 ATR72-600.

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