OREANDA-NEWS. December 21, 2011. Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, has been honoured with the 'Best Domestic Airline’ award for 2011 by the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) at their Diamond Jubilee Awards 2011 celebrations.

 Ms. Sonu Kripalani, Vice President- Sales (India), Jet Airways, received the award on behalf of the airline from Shri Subodh Kant Sahay, Union Minister for Tourism, at the TAAI Annual Awards held at the Taj Lands End, Mumbai, in the presence of several luminaries from the trade and travel industry.

 According to Mr. Sudheer Raghavan, CCO, Jet Airways, “On behalf of Jet Airways, I would like to thank the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) for this honour. Importantly, this award holds special significance as it is a recognition of our renowned service as acknowledged by the travel trade community, with whose continued support we will endeavour to make India a global tourism and business hub of choice."

 Jet Airways was selected based upon a vote of 1400 travel agents who are TAAI members. These TAAI Awards seek to recognize outstanding contributions to the development and promotion of travel and tourism in a responsible and sustainable manner.

 In August 2010, Jet Airways Chairman Naresh Goyal was presented with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award of the Year by the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI), by the Honorable Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Chhagan Bhujbal at a glittering ceremony in Mumbai.

 TAAI is a professional coordinating body of different segments of the travel and tourism industry, aimed at the development of the travel and tourism industry in India.