ERA honors airline triumvirates
This year’s ERA Airline of the Year gold award went to two-time runner-up Eastern Airways.

This year’s ERA Airline of the Year gold award went to two-time runner-up Eastern Airways. While noting the carrier’s “dynamic approach to industry lobbying,” judges lauded the UK regional’s ability to survive powerful competition through “courage, creativity and persistence,” as well as marketing and operational and technical commitment. The nine-year-old airline’s 32-strong fleet of BAe Jetstream 32s and 41s and Saab 2000s serves 26 routes among 17 domestic UK points (plus Brussels) with 800 flights per week, according to chairman Bryan Huxford.

This year’s silver award went to Aegean Airlines of Greece for its “constant growth of turnover, earnings before interest and tax, and profit and [its] strong and active promotional strategy, efforts on environmental and security strategy and active participation in ERA and governmental lobbying activities.”