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Singapore Airlines is the winner of the 2009 OAG Airline of the Year award. It also took the OAG honors for “Best Trans-Pacific Airlines” and for “Best International First Class”.

Continental Airlines was named the “Best Airline Based in North America”.
Virgin Atlantic took the “Best Trans-Atlantic Airline” award.

Singapore Airlines, Continental, and Virgin Atlantic were the only carriers to win multiple categories in the 2009 edition of OAG Airline Industry Awards.
Below is the list of winners.

Airline of the Year: Singapore Airlines
Best Trans-Atlantic Airline: Virgin Atlantic
Best Trans-Pacific Airlines: Singapore Airlines
Best International First Class: Singapore Airlines
Best Business Class: Continental Airlines
Best Economy Coach Class: British Airways
Best Airline Based in North America: Continental
Best Airline Based in the Middle East/Indian Sub-Continent: Emirates
Best Low-Cost Airline: Southwest Airlines
Best Airline Based in Central South America & Caribbean: LAN
Best Airline based in Africa: South African Airlines
Best Airlines based in Western Europe: Virgin Atlantic
Best Airline Based in Central/Eastern Europe: CSA Czech Airlines
Best Airline Based in Australia/Pacific: Qantas
Best Airport: Singapore Changi

OAG is an aviation information company based in London, UK. It says that awards winners are chosen by asking frequent flyers to consider which airlines they have flown in the past 12 months in each of the award categories and rank their top three airlines for each category. (Here’s the complete 2009 OAG rankings)