We are pleased to announce the ATW 2027 Airline Industry Achievement Awards will be held alongside the CAPA Airline Leader Summit World, in Milan, Italy, on the 10th  December 2026. This brings three incredible brands from Aviation Week Network under one roof for an end-of-year extravaganza. 

Established in 1974 to recognise excellence in the air transport industry, the ATW Airline Industry Achievement Awards are one of the most coveted honour an airline or individual can receive. They are bestowed upon individuals and organisations that have distinguished themselves through outstanding performance, innovation, and superior service.

ATW 2027 Airline Industry Achievement Award Winners

Airline of the Year: LATAM Airlines

Lifetime Achievement: Peter Foster

Eco-Airline of the Year: Scoot

Value Airline of the Year: Jet2

Force for Good: American Airlines (co-presented with Airlink)

Airline Market Leader: Air Serbia

Leadership Excellence: Samer Majali, CEO, Royal Jordanian

Cargo Operator of the Year: Cathay Cargo

Airport of the Year: Pittsburgh International Airport

Airline-Airport Partnership: Air France-Groupe ADP

Joseph S. Murphy Award: Suliaman Yaqoobi, COO, Saudia Airlines

Airline of the Year: This recognizes an airline or airline Group that has exhibited across-the-board-excellence in the period April 2025 through end of May 2026.

Lifetime Achievement: This recognizes an individual who has made a long, significant positive and lasting contributions to the global air transport industry.

Eco-Airline of Year: This recognizes an airline or airline Group that has exhibited strong and measurable changes in how it delivers sustainability across its flight and ground operations, in the period April 2025 through May 2026.

Value Airline of Year: This recognizes an airline or airline Group that has exhibited strong operational, financial, customer experience and growth performance in the low-cost carrier sector in the period April 2025 through end of May 2026.

Airline Market Leader: This recognizes an airline or airline Group that has stood out among its competition and established a leading position in a particular sector, which could be within a geographic region, a business sector, or another sector, in the period April 2025 end of May 2026.  

Cargo Operator: This recognizes an airline or airline Group that has performed strongly in the delivery of air cargo in the period April 2025 through end of May 2026. It can be for dedicated air freight operations or combi operations.

Leadership Excellence: This recognizes an individual who has demonstrated exceptional leadership within their company or across the air transport industry in the period April 2025 through end of May 2026. 

Humanitarian Force for Good: This recognizes an airline or airline Group that has made significant contributions to humanitarian crisis relief, charities or other benefits to people in the period April 2025 through end of May 2026. 

Airport of Year: This recognizes an airport or airport Group that has performed strongly in the period April 2025 through end of May 2026 in terms of its relationships with airlines, network growth, passenger experience, security, sustainability and innovation. 

Airline-Airport Partnership: This recognizes an airline or airline Group and an airport or airport Group that have worked closely together to help improve the performance and growth of each in the period April 2025 through end of May 2026. 

Innovation Achievement: This recognizes any airline, airport or industry supplier that has developed or brought into action a product, technology, system or concept that has made a measurable and positive difference in how airlines and or airports operate.

To view previous award winners, please click here.