City Airline was awarded the prestigious title “Årets uppstickare” (“Trailblazer of the Year”) in the TRIP Award competition, 2009. The award was announced on 22 October 2009.
Our sales manager, Camilla Jonsson, received the prestigious award for “Trailblazer of the Year”, in the TRIP Award competition 2009 on behalf of City Airline. The TRIP Awards are annual prizes awarded by the travel and tourist industry to successful companies and proficient entrepreneurs. The winners were announced at the “Svenska Rese- och Turistgalan” (“Swedish Travel and Tourist Gala”) in Stockholm.
“We are delighted to be awarded the TRIP award for ‘Trailblazer of the Year’. We have developed our range for many years now: we have established attractive business destinations and, most recently, seven new routes to southern Europe. It’s a great pleasure to be awarded this recognition,” says Jimmie Bergqvist, CEO at City Airline.
This year's Trailblazer is a company that has followed its own pathway and purposefully expanded at its own pace. Today, the company is an innovator in its field and is starting to progress from its regional base into new markets. City Airline provides clear evidence that a small regional actor, given its unique characteristics, can grow in a limited market. Furthermore, the company has in this way literally contributed to enabling a complete industry to fly.