Air Berlin awarded Best Low-Cost Airline in the world 22.06.2006 Air Berlin, the third biggest low-cost carrier in Europe, announced it had won both the best Low-Cost Airline 2006 worldwide award from UK-based airline consultants Skytrax, as well as the best European Low-Cost Airline for the second year running. CEO Joachim Hunold said: "Low-cost travel will only become more popular, and that means more competition. We always wanted to stand out from the rest with our high levels of customer service, and that is starting to feed back to us from surveys such as Skytrax. We are really delighted to have gone one better than last year and scooped the Worldwide award as well." The World Airline Awards® are based on Skytrax's annual World Airline Survey which measures the customer satisfaction levels of over 13 million airline passengers from over 90 countries. About Air Berlin Air Berlin is Germany's second largest airline and the third largest low-fare carrier in Europe. The airline was founded in 1978 and has been enjoying steady growth ever since. The airline has set new standards with its Euro Shuttle, which links European cities. The attractive price-performance ratio appeals equally to those travelling on business and for leisure. Air Berlin has over 2,800 employees. The fleet currently consists of 56 aircraft, and with an average age of less than six years it is one of the most modern in Europe. In 2005 the airline achieved a turnover of 1.22 billion euros and carried 13.5 million passengers. About the World Airline Awards The 2006 World Airline Awards ® are based on the annual World Airline Survey conducted by Skytrax - carried out between September 2005 and May 2006. The Survey measures over 35 different aspects of passenger satisfaction for an airline's product and service standards to evaluate the 'typical' travel experience, and is regarded as the primary benchmarking tool for Passenger Satisfaction levels of airlines throughout the world. Worldwide survey interviews totalled 13,611,244 respondents - an increase of 1.3 million interviews on the 2005 result, with over 93 different passenger nationalities participating in the survey. Published: Air Berlin Wizz Air sets foot in Romania back