S7 Airlines becomes a Skyway Service Award winner in Transportation Safety: Flight Safety category

Novosibirsk, Russia, 2017-Sep-08 — /Travel PR News/ — S7 Airlines, a oneworld^® global airline alliance member, has become the Skyway Service Award winner in Transportation Safety: Flight Safety category. The panel of experts highly appreciated the airline’s activities to ensure the safety of passenger air transportation, naming S7 Airlines “The Best Company of the Year”.

The award is given annually during the Safety Leaders Forum, which is attended by business, government and public organisations representatives. Safety Leaders Award commends the best practices in the field of security in various industries.

“We are grateful to the panel of experts for their high appraisal in such an important nomination. Passenger safety is a top priority for S7 Airlines. We are principled and extremely demanding of ourselves when implementing the international flight safety standards because confidence in personal safety is a guarantee of a comfortable journey for our passengers,” noted Vladimir Obiedkov, CEO of S7 Airlines.

The air fleet of S7 Airlines is one of the youngest and most modern in Russia. The airline constantly updates its air fleet using the latest developments of the world’s leading manufacturers. In June 2017, S7 Airlines became the first Russian operator of new modern Airbus A320neo airliners. S7 Airlines has also signed the contract for the delivery of new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in 2018. The company will become the first Russian operator of these aircraft of the new type.

Pilots, flight attendants and ground handling personnel of S7 Airlines undergo training at the S7 Training, the largest training centre in Eastern Europe, under the guidance of experienced instructors. The centre is certified in 80 areas of training and advanced training of flight and technical crew and has the most modern technical facilities in Russia.

Air tickets can be purchased at s7.ru, through the iPhone app or the Android app, and at any S7 sales office. You can also learn accurate flight information, book and buy tickets by calling our Contact Centre at 8 800 700-0707 (free for Russia).

S7 Airlines (“Siberia” airlines brand, s7.ru) is a member of the oneworld® global aviation alliance.

The airline has a wide internal route network, created on the basis of air transport hubs in Moscow (Domodedovo) and Novosibirsk (Tolmachevo). S7 Airlines also performs regular flights to countries of the Commonwealth of  Independent States (CIS), Europe, the Near East, Southeast Asia and countries of the Asia-Pacific region.

In 2007 the company received an official IATA certificate as an IOSA (IATA Operational Safety Audit) operator, becoming the second air carrier in Russia to have successfully passed the full international audit procedure for compliance with operational safety standards.

S7 Airlines is one of the most reliable airlines of Russia, it implements latest achievements of the world’s industry in passenger services and develops its own services dynamically.

Today S7 Airlines has the newest and one of the most modern aircraft fleets on the Russian air transportation market. All flights of the airline are performed by the aircraft of the world’s leading manufacturers.

S7 Airlines is in top 100 of the best airlines of the world and ranks third in the Eastern Europe, as indicated by the authoritative international rating Skytrax.

S7 Airlines is among the top 5 of the most reputable Russian companies of 2017 and ranks the fourth among the most desirable Russian employers.

S7 Airlines was a multiple winner of the Wings of Russia National Aviation Awards in different categories.

S7 Airlines was a multiple winner of the Cannes Lions advertising festival awards for implemented projects, and My Planet National Awards for discoveries in travel sphere.

S7 Airlines won “Best Russian Airline” at 2015 National Geographic Traveler Awards.

At the end of 2016, S7 Airlines became the winner of Skyway Service Award aviation award in three categories: the best airline in category “Economy Class, Domestic Scheduled Services”, “Best Loyalty Program” and “Best Online Customer Services”.

The airline is a member of the S7 Group of companies. In 2016 Group member airlines carried more than 13.1 million passengers.

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SOURCE: S7 Airlines

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