Airline and air transport industry executives gathered in Doha, Qatar, in June for the 2022 ATW Airline Industry Achievement Awards. The awards, presented by ATW, Routes, Aviation Week, Aviation Daily and CAPA editors and analysts, celebrated the agility, innovation, determination and ultimately success that airlines, organizations and individual leaders have demonstrated through the industry’s most challenging period. In accepting the top award, Airline of the Year, Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci said, “I didn't get the privilege of standing up here and accepting this award without the 22,000 people at Alaska that every day come to work and provide safe, reliable and kind, caring service that we're known for.” Other winners were: Widerøe (Eco-Airline of the Year); former Hawaiian Airlines president & CEO Mark Dunkerley (Lifetime Achievement); Korean Air (Cargo Operator); AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly (Excellence in Leadership); IndiGo (Value Airline); Canadian North (Regional Airline); Royal Jordanian (Airline Market Leader); CAAFI (Eco-Organization); and L3Harris Commercial Aviation (Aviation Technology Achievement). ATW thanks CFM International, our platinum sponsor, and Pratt & Whitney, our sponsoring partner.
Photos by Natalia Mroz
Alaska Airlines president & CEO Ben Minicucci.
Widerøe CEO Stein Nilsen (left) and Widerøe Zero CEO Andreas Kollbye Aks.
Former Hawaiian Airlines president & CEO Mark Dunkerley.
China senior editor Chen Chuanren (left) presents the Cargo Operator of the Year Award to Korean Air senior vice president, Cargo Business Division, Jae Dong Eum.
AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly.
Senior editor Kurt Hofmann (left) presents the Airline Market Leader Award to Royal Jordanian vice chairman & CEO Samer Majali.
IndiGo chief commercial officer Willy Boulter.
CAPA senior analyst, Americas, Lori Ranson (left) presents the Eco-Organization Award to the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative. Accepting the award on behalf of CAAFI are Airlines for America senior vice president, Legislative & Regulatory Policy, Sharon Pinkerton, and FAA senior representative, Middle East, Mohammad Kushan.
Aviation Week commercial director Jens Flottau (left) presents the Aviation Technology Achievement Award to L3Harris Airline Academy VP and general manager David Coward.
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