The airport’s CEO Jost Lammers,gave a brief speech prior to the Awards ceremony: “2011 was a recordyear in terms of passenger traffic performance and we must never for get that were ached over 8.9m passengers thanks to our airline partners,” he said. Acknowledging the collapse of the country’s nationalairline, Malev, earlierthismonth, he added: “Business continues and we have been very pleased with the fast recovery of some of the lost traffic already, though there is still much to be done. Looking a head, we need to ensure that Hungarian aviation grows from Budapest, the capital city, as history shows that it is what people are looking for. We know that one million extra passengers bring over a thousand extra workstations and major positiveeffectsfortheeconomy. It is important that all stakeholders work together to make us competitive within the marketplace.”
Jost Lammers and Kam Jandu, the airport’s Aviation Director, presented the awardsrecognising operational excellence and outstanding growth. The winners were:
Best Developing Full Service Airline: Lufthansa; Best Developing Low Cost Carrier: Wizz Air; Fastest Growing Full Service Airline: LOT Polish Airlines; Fastest Growing LCC Airline: Jet2.com; Best Marketing: Qatar; Best Developing Full Service Newcomer: KLM; Best Developing Cargo Newcomer: Turkish Airlines; Best Developing Cargo Airline: Cargolux; Best Performing Travel Agency: Vista; Most Active Tour Operator: Neckermann; Best Environmental Performance: Norwegian Airlines.
The evening progressed with dinner and networking.
