Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, recently won the Best Paper award in the Aviation category at the 48th Annual Indian Society of Aviation Medicine (ISAM) Conference held in Bengaluru, 1st-3rd December, 2008.
Jet Airways’ Dr. Lambert D’Cunha, Asst. Manager Medical Services (Mumbai), was accorded with the Best Paper award for a paper presented by him on “MEDICAL DIVERSIONS ON COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT – THE JET AIRWAYS EXPERIENCE”. Dr. Lambert’s study was based on flight diversions for a specific period, both domestic and international to, due medical emergencies.
In his insightful presentation, Dr. Lambert aims to determine the etiology / incidence of the in-flight medical emergencies leading to flight diversions; to audit the appropriateness of the decision to divert; and the appropriateness of the First Aid treatment administered by the cabin crew.
The contributions made by the Jet Airways Medical team were lauded by the delegates consisting of eminent members of the medical fraternity of the Indian Armed Forces and domestic commercial airlines.
The ISAM award is but the latest in a long line of awards that Jet Airways has been honored with, over the years, for excellence across several facets of its operations.
In May 2008, Jet Airways was declared the 'Best Cargo Airline of Central Asia’ at the prestigious Cargo Airline of the Year Awards, in London, for the efficiency of the airline's belly cargo services. At the 20th Annual presentation ceremony of the Freddie Awards 2007, in Wyndham Phoenix, USA, in April 2008, Jet Airways' JetPrivilege, India's largest frequent flyer programme, won the coveted ‘Program of the Year’ award for the second consecutive year. In September 2007, Jet Airways was awarded the prestigious Avion Award for “Best Overall In-flight Entertainment (IFE) for Small Airlines” for the second consecutive year, at the 19th Annual Avion Awards 2007 in Toronto, Canada.
Amongst other notable international accolades conferred on the airline recently, Jet Airways was voted one of the top three airlines in the world by the Conde Nast Traveller readers’ poll in New York, in October 2008; honoured with the ‘Best Domestic Airline’ award for the fifth consecutive year and the sixth time in the last seven years at the prestigious TTG Travel Awards 2008 in Bangkok, also in October 2008; voted one of the top 10 Airlines in the world at the Best in Travel Poll 2008, organised by Hong Kong based SmartTravelAsia.com in September 2008; as well as the best airline in Central/South Asia & India in an annual Global Traveler magazine survey at an award ceremony in New York in January 2008. The airline was also recognised for the excellence and quality of its service and in-flight experience in the ‘Airline of the Year Category’ of the “Which?” Best Airline consumer survey held in London in June 2008, where Jet Airways emerged as the runner-up.
About Jet Airways:
Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 84 aircraft, which includes 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 10 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 52 classic and next generation Boeing 737-400/700/800/900 aircraft and 12 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft. With an average fleet age of 4.51 years, the airline has one of the youngest aircraft fleet in the world.
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About JetLite :
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