Gallery: 2018 ATW Airline Industry Achievement Awards

Linda Blachly March 28, 2018

ATW Editor in Chief Karen Walker (far left) and ATW Publisher Beth Wagner (far right) with this year's winners.

ATW European and Middle East editor Alan Dron with SITA Advanced Technology Officer Sherry Steinand JetBlue customer experience manager Tim Pearlman. 

ATW European editor Kurt Hofmann with CBX chief operating officer Luis Palacios

ATW Americas Editor Mark Nensel with AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly

ATW news editor Linda Blachly with Hong Kong International Airport Acting Deputy Director Mr. Steven Yiu

ATW European Bureau Chief Victoria Moores with airBaltic CEO Martin Gauss

ATW European Bureau Chief Victoria Moores with Norwegian Air International CEO Tore Jenssen

Aviation Daily Editor-in-Chief Aaron Karp with Lufthansa Senior vice president communications Andreas Bartels, receiving the Excellence in Leadership award on behalf of Carsten Spohr. 

Aviation Daily Editor-in-Chief Aaron Karp with Air Canada Vice president safety Samuel Elfassy, and director environmental affairs Teresa Ehman.

ATW Editor-in-Chief Karen Walker with ANA CEO Mr. Yuji Hirako

ATW staff

Ice sculpture by sponsor Bombardier

Ice sculpture by sponsor Bombardier

ATW Publisher Beth Wagner

ANA CEO Mr. Yuji Hirako

ATW Editor-in-Chief Karen Walker

SITA Advanced Technology Officer Sherry Stein

CBX chief operating officer Luis Palacios

AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly

Hong Kong International Airport Acting Deputy Director Mr. Steven Yiu

AirBaltic CEO Martin Gauss

Norwegian Air International CEO Tore Jenssen

Aviation Daily Editor-in-Chief Aaron Karp

Lufthansa Senior vice president communications Andreas Bartels 

Air Canada director environmental affairs Teresa Ehman

ANA CEO Mr. Yuji Hirako

The ATW Airline Industry Achievement Awards recognize excellence across a broad range of airline operations and are widely considered as the most coveted in the aviation industry. The Awards were presented on March 27, 2018, at a gala dinner at The Round Room, Mansion House in Dublin, Ireland. 

This year's winners were: 2018 Airline of the Year: All Nippon Airways; Leadership Excellence: Lufthansa chairman and CEO Carsten Spohr; Eco-Airline of the Year: Air Canada; Airline Market Leader: airBaltic; Value Airline of the Year: Norwegian Air; Airport of the Year: Hong Kong International; Leasing Company of the Year: AerCap; Aviation Technology Achievement: SITA; and Passenger Experience Achievement: Cross Border Xpress (CBX). 

The Awards are sponsored by CFM International (Platinum sponsor); and Pratt & Whitney, Boeing and Bombardier (Sponsoring partners).

Photos by Alan Rowlette Photography

Linda Blachly

Linda Blachly is Senior Associate Editor for Air Transport World and Aviation Week. She joined the company in July 2010 and is responsible for producing features for Air Transport World’s monthly magazine and engaging content for the aviationweek.com. She is based in the Washington DC office.