JEDDAH — nasair, the Saudi national carrier, won the “Most Popular Airline on Social Media” during SimpliFlying Awards for Social Media Excellence 2012 which were announced at the EyeforTravel Summit in Amsterdam recently. nasair managed to get the most votes for the awards across all categories. Additionally, nasair also got the second runner-up on “Best Airline Driving Revenue” after KLM. Shashank Nigam, CEO of SimpliFlying, said “nasair managed to get the most votes for the awards, across all categories. Nasair gets 60.5 percent of the votes in two weeks,” noting that “nasair has shown that social media success depends on passion and dedication, not resources.” Capt. Francois Bouteiller, CEO of nasair, said “the whole nasair team is very proud of the work achieved by our interactive marketing team headed by Mr. Akram Husain since the interaction with our nasair customers has always been of paramount importance and I am glad that new technology, on which nasair has always been very active, assists us in providing better services to our beloved customers and enhancing our revenue.” He added “nasair scored a lot of achievements in the past few months including a 3 profitable months in a row and signing a code-sharing agreement with Ettihad Airways.” Akram Husain, Interactive Marketing Director, nasair, said: “This award is dedicated to nasair fans on social media. We had started this journey together with our fans and followers and many more achievement are on the horizon for nasair.” — SG
