Wings of Oman magazine, the in-flight magazine of the sultanate’s national carrier, Oman Air, was recently awarded the Best In-House Magazine — In-Flight at the World Marketing Congress’s Global Marketing Excellence awards in Mumbai.

Wings of Oman was presented with the Best In-House Magazine — In-Flight award as a result of its editorial team recently going ahead with a complete redesign of the magazine’s layout structure, in late 2015.

The award was presented to the Wings of Oman team by Nand Kishore Badami, Cisco Systems’ chief marketing officer for India and the SAARC regions, and Tarita Shankar, chairperson of the Indira Group of Institutes.

Wings of Oman has gone through various design upgrades. The latest re-design was a result of collaboration between the Wings of Oman editorial team and the corporate communications and media department of Oman Air.

Oman Air’s CEO Paul Gregorowitsch said: ‘Oman Air is continually striving to develop and maintain the highest standards in all of our on-board entertainment offerings, and Wings of Oman magazine is part of that.”

Usama bin Karim Al-Haremi, senior manager corporate communications and media of Oman Air, said: “We are proud of this achievement.”

Ashok Suvarna, executive director of NPA Oman, expressed his happiness to receive the award saying: “We are privileged to share this momentous recognition with Oman Air. Wings of Oman, the in-flight publication of Oman’s national carrier, Oman Air, is produced and presented every month in both Arabic and English in association with National Publishing and Advertising (NPA).”

Members of the jury for the award included Andrew Kelly, chief patron, CMO Asia; Raymond Rogers, chairman, World Marketing Congress; R.L. Bhatia, founder, World Sustainability & World CSR Day; Arun Arora, chairman, eDvance Learning Pvt Ltd; and Prasad Medury, partner, Amrop International.