OREANDA-NEWS. July 02, 2013. Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, was recently declared the ‘Best Domestic Airline’ at the seventh edition of the CNBC Awaaz Travel Awards 2013. At a glittering ceremony held in Mumbai, the Maharashtra Chief Minister, Shri Prithviraj Chavan, was the chief guest and Jet Airways was proud to receive this prestigious award in front of several luminaries from the travel and trade industry.

The seventh edition of the Travel Awards was organised by CNBC Awaaz, India’s premier business channel, in association with Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC), responsible for development of tourism in the state.

The CNBC Awaaz Travel Awards 2013 are based on an exhaustive consumer response study conducted across the country, with over 10000 respondents across all segments. The awards seek to recognize and honour the best in class destinations, organizations and service providers based on an objective study conducted by CNBC AWAAZ across multimedia platforms. They put into perspective the emerging trends in India's tourism ranging from leisure, medical, adventure and heritage tourism.

Mr. Sudheer Raghavan, Chief Commercial Officer, Jet Airways, said: “It is an honor to be recognised as the best domestic airline within the country. The CNBC Awaaz Travel Awards 2013 are widely respected across the tourism and trade industry and we are delighted to receive this award. At Jet Airways, we are committed to offering our guests the very best travel experience in the skies, and awards such as these stand testimony to the quality of our services and encourage us to further raise the bar in customer service excellence. This award also signifies our commitment towards embracing the ever evolving innovations to create a more personalised engagement with our guests.”

The airline was previously awarded the ‘Best Domestic Airline’ in 2012; ‘Airline with the Best Business Class’ and 'Airline with the Best Economy Class’ at the CNBC Awaaz Travel Awards 2008, in the Airlines of India Category. The CNBC Awaaz Travel Awards are an annual event hosted by CNBC AWAAZ, India's first business and consumer-focused Hindi channel, to honor the best in class travel destinations and other ancillary services of the tourism industry.