The "Wings of Russia" National Aviation Award named after Evgeny Chibiryov turns 25! All these years, the Award has reflected the realities of Russian civil aviation, developing and changing along with it.
The competition for the Award based on the performance results in 2021 will not be an exception. The organizing committee decided to establish, in addition to the already familiar prizes in 8 main nominations, additional anniversary prizes of the Award "For Contribution to the Development of Air Transport in Russia". Over the 25 years of the Award existence, the Russian civil aviation has come a long way, having become a strong and competitive player in the global air transportation market, and the ceremony in 2022 will additionally recognize the companies that have made a special and long-term contribution to the development of various areas of civil aviation, to maintaining connectivity and accessibility of the Russian regionы.
Nominations for the "Wings of Russia −2021" Award:
- Airline of the Year — Passenger Transportation, Group 1 (traffic volume in 2021 over 6 million passengers);
- Airline of the Year — Passenger Transportation, Group 2 (traffic volume in 2021 from 1 to 6 million passengers);
- Airline of the Year — Passenger Transportation, Group 3 (traffic volume in 2021 from 0.3 to 6 million passengers);
- Airline of the Year — Passenger Transportation, Group 4 (traffic volume in 2021 up to 0.3 million passengers);
- Airline of the Year — Air Services on Regional and Local Routes;
- Airline of the Year — Helicopter Services;
- Russian Airline of the Year — Passenger Sympathy Leader;
- Russian Airport of the Year — Passenger Sympathy Leader.
The Organizing Committee begins accepting applications for participation in the competition, which will last until February 10, 2022. As in previous years, airlines can become participants in the competition either at the initiative of the Jury members, or by independently submitting an application for one of the nominations. But the nomination of applicants for the Anniversary prizes "For Contribution to the Development of Air Transport in Russia" will be carried out only by the competition Jury members.
The winners and laureates of the Wings of Russia 2021 National Aviation Award, the holders of the jubilee prizes will be named at a solemn ceremony to be held in Moscow on April 5, 2022.