Connexion by Boeing Is the Undisputed Winner of the World Travel Award, Three Years in a Rowtitle
LONDON, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Connexion by Boeing, a business
unit of The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA), has won the Worlds Leading High-Speed
In-flight Internet Service Provider award for the third year running, as
announced at the 12th annual World Travel Awards in London on Sunday night.
Leaders from the worlds airline and travel industries recognized the
Connexion by Boeing(SM) real-time, high-speed Internet service for its
technological superiority over that of the other contenders (OnAir, Tenzing,
Airshow and Netvigator Inflight) for this highest honor in the Travel
Technology category, a new category established in 2003 and won by Connexion
by Boeing in 2003 and 2004.
Established in 1993 to acknowledge and celebrate excellence, the World
Travel Award is the highest honor in the worlds travel and tourism industry.
"Bringing the Internet, data connectivity and television to airline passengers
traveling at 32,000 feet, Connexion by Boeing has proven the sky is no limit,
and has been rightfully recognized by the global travel industry," said Graham
Cooke, president and founder of World Travel Awards. "World Travel Awards
recognize the best of the best in the travel industry."
"Winning this award for the third consecutive year is a welcome validation
of our success, and a recognition of the entire teams efforts in bringing
data and live global television services to airline passengers laptops," said
Connexion by Boeing President Laurette Koellner. "It truly is an exciting time
for the travel industry and our airline customers as we collectively embrace
emerging mobile technologies that will make the travel experience more
meaningful and productive."
The 2005 Worlds Leading High Speed Inflight Internet Service Provider
trophy will join the 2003 and 2004 trophies on display at the Boeing-United
Kingdom office in London. The trophies are admired by visiting airline
customers and are a point of pride for the entire Boeing team.
About Connexion by Boeing
Connexion by Boeing is, for the third year running, the recipient of the
World Travel Award for Worlds Leading High-Speed In-flight Internet Services
Provider. IDC wireless services analysts recently named Connexion by Boeing as
one of the wireless companies to watch in 2005. Connexion by Boeing also is
the recipient of Network Magazines Innovation Awards 2005 honor for "Product
Breakthrough." Through a broadband connection to an equipped airplane,
high-speed Internet, data and entertainment connectivity is delivered directly
to travelers in flight. The Connexion by Boeing service is available today on
flights offered by Lufthansa, SAS, Japan Airlines, ANA, Singapore Airlines,
China Airlines, Korean Air, Asiana Airlines and El Al Israel Airlines. In
addition, Etihad Airways and Austrian Airlines have announced their intent to
install the Connexion by Boeing system on their long-range airplanes.
Connexion by Boeing also offers a high-speed connectivity solution for the
business aviation market and has announced Teekay Shipping as its launch
customer for the maritime market. For more information, please visit
http://www.connexionbyboeing.com .
About World Travel Awards
The World Travel Awards was conceived in 1993 to acknowledge and celebrate
excellence in the worlds travel and tourism industry. Now in its eleventh
year, travel professionals and discerning travelers have come to regard the
World Travel Awards as the very best endorsement that a travel product could
hope to receive. For more information, please visit
http://www.worldtravelawards.com .
Media Contacts:
Terrance Scott (Seattle, USA) +1 206-655-9350 terrance.scott@boeing.com
Elissaveta Bahovska (Europe) +44-207-747-5533
elissaveta.m.bahovska@boeing.com
Anna Gouldman, pr@worldtravelawards.com
