easyJet awards and tributes

12 October 1999
Best Low Cost Airline - Business Traveller Magazine

28 October 1999
Best Interactive Campaign (Media Awards)

29 October 1999
Best New Snowsports Holiday Travel Provider (Daily Mail Ski and Snowboard magazine)

16 November 1999
Stelios awarded Gold Medal by Liverpool Publicity Association

10 December 1999
Marketing Magazine list launch of easyJet as one of great marketing moments of 20th century

18 February 2000
Stelios named Business Person of the Year (Liverpool Daily Post Business Awards)

21 February 2000
Best On-board Service Concept (International Flight Catering Association Awards)

4 March 2000
Stelios awarded New Marketeer of the Year (Revolution magazine)

16 March 2000
Stelios awarded Gold Star for contribution to development of European air travel (International Travel Writers Association)

17 July 2000
Readers of The Guardian and The Observer newspapers rate easyJet as the 7th best airline in the world - all of the six airlines higher were long-haul carriers renowned for the quality of their service

20 July 2000
Stelios awarded Honorary Fellowship by Liverpool John Moores University

16 October 2000
Best Low Cost Airline (voted for by readers of The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph newspapers)

17 October 2000
Winner of the 'Leisure' category at the Chartered Institute of Marketing Effectiveness Awards. Stelios also voted Entrepreneur of the Year

18 October 2000
Best Low Cost Airline (Business Traveller magazine) for the second year running

19 October 2000
Named Best Low Cost Airline in The Daily Telegraph Travel Awards

December 2000
Stelios enters the Guiness Book of Records by establishing himself as the world's youngest international scheduled airline chairman when he launched easyJet in 1995 aged 28

20 February 2001
Winner of Best Value category in Visa e-tail awards

March 2001
easyJet excels in Consumers Association survey, being the only low-cost airline to be ranked in the first division of a customer satisfaction table in a Holiday Which? survey.

13 May 2001
easyJet was voted overall winner in a reader survey conducted by The Sunday Times to establish the best online travel sites.

15 May 2001
easyJet was wins three awards at the annual Superbrand Tribute Event for "Most significant impact on market sector", "Most impressive brand developed in the last 10 years" and "Best PR work".

4 June 2001
easyJet wins Best Travel Web Site in Guardian and Observer Travel Awards.

September 2001
Stelios is named Entrepreneur of the Year at the GQ magazine awards.

easyJet voted Top Airline Website in the Wanderlust magazine Travel Awards.

easyJet voted one of the Europe's top airlines in the Condé Nast Traveller Readers' Travel Awards. In the Short Haul Leisure category, easyJet ranked 3rd with an overall score of 86% for satisfaction levels with facilities and services.

15 March 2002
easyJet wins Best Online Retailer category in Revolution New Media Awards.

19 March 2002
easyJet named "Top Management Team" in annual British Telecom awards recognising the UK's most visionary companies.

April 2002
easyJet named top European low-cost airline in the world's largest passenger survey run by Skytrax Research UK.

July 2002
easyJet named "Best Performing Small Airline" in the prestigious Aviation Week magazine Top Performing Airlines Awards, snatching the prize from Ryanair which topped the rankings for the past three years.

easyJet named the winning airline in the marketing category at the inaugural Airline Strategy Awards held by leading aviation magazine, Airline Business.

Merger with Go
In August 2002, easyJet merged with Go to form Europe's number one low-cost airline. Go had been awarded the following accolades:

• Business Superbrand 2002
• The Guardian and Observer Travel Awards 2002 - Best Low Cost Airline
• Business Traveller Awards 2001 - Best Low Cost Airline
• New Media Age Effectiveness Award 2001
• CIM (Chartered Institute of Marketing) Effectiveness Awards 1999 - Winner of 'Leisure' category
• CIM (Chartered Institute of Marketing) Effectiveness Awards 1999 - David Magliano - Marketer of The Year
• Telegraph Travel Awards 2001 - Best Low Cost Airline
• Marketing Society 2000 - New Brand of the Year

October 2002
easyJet voted winner of the Leading Budget Airline in Europe category by travel agents at the 9th World Travel Awards

March 2003
easyJet named as top Consumer Superbrand by the Brand Council for second time

May 2003
easyJet named Best Advertiser 2002 in Holland, beating Heineken and Uniliver to attain the top accolade

September 2003
Best Low Cost Airline - Business Traveller Magazine

December 2003
Diploma Turístic of Catalunya - Generalitat of Catalunya

23 January 2004
easyJet named number one online low-cost airline by research company Nielsen/NetRatings

23 February 2004
A survey by Company Barclay Card Travel named easyJet the number one low-cost airline for business travellers.

30 April 2004
easyJet wins prestigious German PR award: PR Report Award 2004 (Haymarket) for Financial Communication and M&A Communication

13 May 2004
Stelios welcomed into UK Travel and Hospitality Hall of Fame
The Hall of Fame recognises members of the travel industry who have made a great impact on the industry. Stelios was recognised for his success in revolutionising the low-cost airline industry by by-passing travel agents, and by achieving more than 90% online sales.

17 September 2004
The cover of the April issue of the easyJet in-flight magazine won the award for Customer Front Cover of the Year in the Magazine Design Awards 2004.

24 September 2004
easyJet voted Best Low Cost Airline by readers of Condé Nast Traveller Magazine.

November 2004
easyJet won the award for Europe's Leading Budget/No Frills Airline, voted for by travel agents world-wide, at the Annual World Travel Awards.

16 May 2005
easyJet was voted Favourite Low Cost Airline for the fourth year running by travellers participating in the Barclays Business Survey.

September 2005
Best Low Cost Airline - Condé Nast Traveller Magazine

October 2005
easyJet won the award for best mid-sized innovation at the Best of European Business Awards

December 2005
The new easyJet employee share plan was voted Best New Share Plan at the ifsProshare Annual Awards

11 January 2006
Readers of Travel Weekly magazine voted easyJet Best No Frills Carrier.

17 February 2006
easyJet won the Qualiweb/Strategies award in the transport/tourism category for providing the best online customer service.

March 2006
Business travellers voted easyJet Favourite Low Cost Airline in the Barclaycard Business Travel Survey 2005/06.

22 June 2006
easyJet won 'Best Airline website' at the TravelMole Web awards 2006 for ease of navigation, clarity of purpose, functionality and effective and aesthetically-pleasing design.

7 December 2006
Readers of Buying Business Travel Magazine voted easyJet Best Low Cost Airline for Business.

27 March 2007
easyJet won the Hitwise Number One award for Commercial Airlines and Travel - Transport. The awards, which recognise outstanding online business achievement and acknowledge the most successful websites in a variety of key industries, are defined by the number of user visits throughout 2006.

17 September 2007
Readers of Business Traveller Magazine voted easyJet Best Low Cost Airline for the 8th consecutive year.

25 September 2007
Users of the Group Leisure website and readers of its magazine awarded easyJet the trophy for Best Airline for Groups.

6 December 2007
Readers of Buying Business Travel Magazine voted easyJet Best Low Cost Airline for Business for the second time running.

April 2008
Readers of the Hungarian magazine Utazó voted easyJet 'Best Low Cost Airline of the Year for 2007’ following interviews with tourism experts, business travellers, frequent flyer company managers and passengers.

11 April 2008
Hitwise awarded easyJet the Hitwise UK 2007 award for the “most visited Commercial Airline website”. The airline also won the award for “most visited Transport website”.

5 June 2008
easyJet won the award for Best Low Cost Carrier at the OAG Airline Industry Awards – the first ever European carrier to do so. The OAG Airline Industry Awards recognise the most highly regarded and innovative airlines and airports, based on the votes of consumers who use them the most: frequent flyers from around the globe.