The Skytrax World Airline Awards Ceremony took place in Paris, France. During a 10 month survey period, 18.8 million airline customers from over 100 different nationalities participated in this customer satisfaction survey.

Turkish Airlines has been also named as the winner of the categories, “Best Airline Europe”, “Best Premium Economy Seats” for its Comfort Class seats and “Best Airline Southern Europe” at the World Airline Awards.

The award was given to Turkish Airlines' General Manager Temel Kotil, Ph.D. by the CEO of Skytrax, Edward Plaisted.