| Organization / Publication | Award |
|---|
| Daily Telegraph UK | Best International Airline |
| Conde Nast Traveller - UK | Best Short Haul Airline for Leisure |
| Travel Bulletin - UK | Best Airline to the Middle East (4th year running) |
| ANAMA (Italian Freight Forwarders Association) | Best Cargo Airline to the Middle East (3rd year running) |
| Intl. Transport & Air Fwdrs. Assoc, Turkey | Best Airline to the Middle East |
| TTG Travel Awards, Singapore Joint poll - TTG Asia/Travel Week Australia | Best Middle East / African Airline (2nd year running) |
| Air Cargo News, UK | Cargo Airline of the Year 1998/1999 |
| Best Airline to the Middle East (11th year running) |
| Best Airline to the Indian Subcontinent (2nd time) |
| AFIA (Asian Freight Industry Awards) | Best Air Cargo Carrier: Middle East (4th year running) |
| Globo Magazine, Germany | Best Airline of the Year |
| TTG Europa | Best Airline to the Middle East (7th time) |
| OAG Awards (Official Airline Guide, formerly Executive Travel Awards) UK | Airline of the Year 1999 |
| Best Middle Eastern & Indian Subcontinent Airline |
| Travel Weekly - UK | Best Airline to the Middle East |
| Business Travel World - UK | Best Business Airline Middle East |
| Travel Agent Magazine - USA | Middle East Person of the Year
To HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum |