Aegean Airlines kåret som Europas bedste regionale flyselskab i 2025
For the 14th consecutive year, Aegean was awarded the "Best Regional Airline in Europe" at the Skytrax World Airline Awards 2025
Aegean Airlines also won the 4th place in the ranking for the "Best Regional Airline in the World"
2025 - Aegean Airline: for yet another year "Best Regional Airline in Europe"
Aegean has won the title of “Best Regional Airline in Europe” at the Skytrax World Airline Awards 2025, for the 14th consecutive year and 15th overall, in its 26 years of operation.
Aegean Airlines also won the 4th place in the ranking for the "Best Regional Airline in the World"
It confirms, in this way, as it emphasizes, the constant trust and preference of the passenger public to Aegean Airlines, as reflected by the International Airline Rating Organization Skytrax.
At the same time, Aegean won 4th place in the ranking for “Best Regional Airline in the World”, while it is consistently in the top ten of the 100 leading airlines worldwide.
The award was held last week in Paris, at a special event, within the framework of the international exhibition Paris Air Show, where crews and representatives of the company were present to receive this honorary distinction.
Aegean Airlines is awarded Best Regional Airline in Europe for the 14th consecutive year and 15th overall (in its 26 years of operation)
Pepi Stamati, Chief People & Corporate Affairs Officer of Aegean Airlines, stated: “We are particularly pleased to have won, for yet another year, the award for “Best Regional Airline in Europe”.
A recognition that belongs to all the people of Aegean Airlines, who, with consistency, professionalism and dedication, offer a special travel experience to each passenger every day with care and a smile.
I would like to thank them warmly, as well as the passengers who have trusted and chosen us over the years. We remain committed to the continuous improvement of our services, so as to always meet the needs and expectations of our passengers.”
In turn, Edward Plaisted, CEO of Skytrax, noted: “Aegean’s continued recognition in this category is a testament to the high appreciation of passengers for the quality of its product and services.
Travelers continue to value consistency in operation, an upgraded in-flight experience and reliable service delivery at every stage of the journey.”
The World Airline Awards are independent awards that began in 1999 with the aim of providing a truly global customer satisfaction study. Travelers from all over the world vote in the largest customer satisfaction survey to determine the winners of the awards. Often referred to as the “Oscars of the aviation industry,” they are a global benchmark for airline excellence.
The evaluation process for the World Airline Awards 2025 was based on the assessment of the actual travel experience for the period September 2024 to May 2025 and reflects exclusively the opinion of the passengers themselves, in which 22,3 million entries were counted, 100 different nationalities among 325 airlines recorded.
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For the 11th consecutive year AEGEAN remains at the top of customer satisfaction and preference AEGEAN has been named the Best Regional Airline in Europe at the prestigious World Airline Awards 2022. It is the 11th consecutive year that AEGEAN Airlines has been voted by their passengers for this top regional award, and this coincides with another strong performance in the overall World’s Best Regional Airline section with an excellent 2nd place position.
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AEGEAN was awarded by Athens International Airport for the year 2019 (during the 20th Airline Marketing Workshop), as the airline with the most awards from 2001 to 2020, during the 20 years of the AIA Airlines Marketing Conference, the airline with the overall highest passenger volume increase using Athens International Airport for 2019, as the fastest-growing airline in Africa and earned a honorary distinction for growth in the Eastern European market.
AEGEAN was awarded by Athens International Airport for the year 2018 (during the 19th Airline Marketing Workshop) as the fastest-growing airline in the domestic market, the fastest-growing airline in Africa, the airline with the overall highest passenger volumes increase and the most popular airline among European passengers using Athens International Airport.
TripAdvisor users have awarded AEGEAN at “TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Awards 2019” as: “Best Regional Airline Europe”, “Best Regional Business Class Europe” and “Best Airline in Greece”.
AEGEAN was voted the “Best Regional Airline in Europe for 2019” for the tenth time and ninth in a row at the Skytrax World Airline Awards.
The Call Center Service of AEGEAN was ranked first at “Teleperformance Greece CRM Grand Prix Customer Service Awards 2018” and received the gold award in the “Large Call Centers” category for the 2nd consecutive year.
AEGEAN was voted for the award the “Best Cabin Crew in Southern Europe for 2018” at the Skytrax World Airline Awards.
AEGEAN was voted the “Best Regional Airline in Europe for 2018” for the ninth time and eighth in a row at the Skytrax World Airline Awards.
AEGEAN has just received the Fast Travel Gold Award from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for its innovative and flexible solutions to simplify and speed up the passenger experience.
AEGEAN was named “Europe’s Leading Regional Airline” for the 3rd time, through a public vote organized as part of the 24th World Travel Awards™.
AEGEAN was voted the “Best Regional Airline in Europe for 2017” for the eighth time and seventh in the row at the Skytrax World Airline Awards.
AEGEAN was voted the “Best Regional Airline in Europe for 2016” at the Skytrax World Airline Awards.
AEGEAN was awarded by Athens International Airport for the year 2015 (during the 16th Airline Marketing Workshop) as the fastest-growing airline in the domestic market, the fastest-growing airline in the Middle East, the airline with the overall highest passenger volumes increase and the most popular airline among European passengers using Athens International Airport. AEGEAN also received the following honorary awards: The fastest-growing airline in Eastern Europe and the Special Award for carrying the largest number of passengers in the period of 2001-2015.
AEGEAN was voted the “Best Regional Airline in Europe for 2015” at the Skytrax World Airline Awards.
The “Up and coming / Program of the year” award for the geographic region of Europe-Africa was awarded to AEGEAN’s Miles+Bonus programme by Freddie Awards 2015.
The Fast Travel Green Award was awarded to AEGEAN and Olympic Air by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for the use of technologies that improve passenger experience.
AEGEAN was awarded by Athens International Airport for the year 2014 (during the 15th Airline Marketing Workshop) as the fastest-growing airline in the domestic market, the fastest-growing airline in the Middle East, the airline with the overall highest passenger volumes increase, and the most popular airline among European passengers using Athens International Airport. AEGEAN has also received the following honorary awards: the fastest-growing airline among the 10 airlines with the highest passenger traffic, and the fastest-growing airline in Eastern Europe.
AEGEAN was voted the “Best Regional Airline in Europe for 2014” at the Skytrax World Airline Awards.
Aegean was awarded by Athens International Airport for the year 2013 (during the 14th Airline Marketing Workshop) as the fastest-growing airline in the domestic market, the fastest-growing airline in Eastern Europe, the airline with the overall highest increase in passengers and the most popular airline among European passengers using Athens International Airport (source: Athens International Airport Survey – official annual statistics).
AEGEAN was voted the “Best Regional Airline in Europe for 2013” at the Skytrax World Airline Awards.
AEGEAN was named the most reliable regional airline in Europe for 2012 with a rate of 93.02% at “On-time Performance Service Awards” of www.flightstats.com
AEGEAN also received an honorary award from Brussels Airport for the on-time performance of its flights for 2012 as a short-haul airline, with a rate of 90,4%.
AEGEAN was awarded by Athens International Airport (during the 13th Airline Marketing Workshop) as the most popular airline for 2012 among European passengers using the Athens International Airport (source: Athens International Airport Survey – official annual statistics).
AEGEAN was voted as the “Best Regional Airline in Europe for 2012” at the Skytrax World Airline Awards.
AEGEAN received an honorary award from Athens International Airport for its great contribution in making London the top European destination.
AEGEAN was first in on-time arrivals, on both the European and international level, according to the “March 2012 Airline and Airport On-Time Performance Report” prepared by www.flightstats.com for March 2012.
AEGEAN was awarded by Athens International Airport (during the 12th Airline Marketing Workshop) as passengers’ favourite airline for 2011 (source: Athens International Airport Survey).
AEGEAN was voted the “Best Regional Airline in Europe for 2011” at the Skytrax World Airline Awards.
AEGEAN received two awards from Athens International Airport (during the 11th Airline Marketing Workshop); one for being the fastest-growing airline in the African market and the Special Decade Award as one of the airlines having transported the largest number of passengers in the period of 2001-2010.
AEGEAN received four awards from Athens International Airport (during the 10th Airline Marketing Workshop) as the fastest-growing airline for Western Europe, as the fastest-growing airline in the African market, as the airline with the highest passenger volumes increase at “Eleftherios Venizelos” Airport in 2009 and also received an honorary award for the highest percentage passenger growth in the domestic market.
AEGEAN was voted the “Best Regional Airline in Europe for 2009” at the Skytrax World Airline Awards.
AEGEAN received three awards from Athens International Airport (during the 9th Airline Marketing Workshop) as the fastest-growing airline in Eastern Europe, as the airline with the highest percentage passenger growth in the domestic market and as the airline with the highest passenger volumes increase at “Eleftherios Venizelos” Airport in 2008.
AEGEAN was named the “Airline of the Year 2008/09” Gold Award winner by the European Regions Airline Association (ERA).
ERA (EUROPEAN REGIONS AIRLINE ASSOCIATION): PALME D’OR (for sustained excellence).
AEGEAN was awarded by Athens International Airport as the airline with the highest passenger volumes increase at “Eleftherios Venizelos” Airport in 2006 and for the highest percentage passenger growth in the domestic market.
Obtained IOSA certification. Successful completion of the inspections conducted as part of the IOSA programme (IATA Operational Safety Audit) in June 2005.
Athens International Airport Gold Award.
AEGEAN received the gold award for the highest increase in passenger numbers in 2005 and for the highest percentage passenger growth in the domestic market.
4th ERA award: AEGEAN once again received the Airline of the Year 2006/7 Silver Award.
AEGEAN received three awards from Athens International Airport as the fastest-growing airline for Western Europe and as the overall fastest-growing airline operating at AIA in 2004.
Third-time winner of the ERA silver award for 2005/2006.
AEGEAN received the ERA Gold Award Airline of the Year 2004/2005.
JAR OPS1 certification process for the whole operational sector of Aegean, with the support of Lufthansa Consulting. Flight staff received special JAR OPS training at the Lufthansa training centre.
The company was singled out for distinction by British Aerospace.
The European Regions Airline Association (ERA) awarded AEGEAN the Airline of the Year 2000/2001 Bronze Award.
The Flight Safety Foundation and the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority both named the company as a business with excellent organization which has achieved exceptionally high safety standards.
✈️ Early Origins (1987–1998)
Rooted in Aegean Aviation, established in 1987, which operated VIP and charter flights using Learjets
In 1995, the outfit transitioned to Aegean Airlines, focusing on private flights and expanding its fleet .
Launch of Regular Operations (1999–2004)
Began scheduled passenger service in May 1999, flying from Athens to Heraklion and Thessaloniki aboard Avro RJ100 jets
Rapid expansion followed: acquired Air Greece in December 1999 and inherited its ATR 72 turboprops
Growth & Strategic Partnerships (2005–2009)
Broadened European reach via codeshare agreements with Lufthansa, TAP Portugal, Brussels Airlines, BMI
Joined the Star Alliance in June 2010, boosting global connectivity
Olympic Air & Market Consolidation (2010–2014)
A proposed merger in 2010 was blocked by the EU amid competition concerns en.wikipedia.org.
Instead, Aegean formally acquired Olympic Air in October 2013 and integrated its domestic routes by February 2014, solidifying market leadership
Fleet Modernization & New Markets (2014–2020)
Ordered Airbus A320s and A320neo/A321neo aircraft from 2014 onward to refresh its fleet
Launched Wi‑Fi across A320 family by 2022, upgrading onboard experience .
Recent Expansion & Investment (2021–Present)
Executed a large order in April 2024 for extra A321neo/LR jets to support longer routes into the Gulf, Central Africa, and Asia en.wikipedia.org.
Took a strategic stake in Volotea in 2024–25 to deepen its European footprint
Transported over 16 million passengers in 2024, marking strong recovery and growth
