Earning the Tony Jannus Award could be called an induction into the Air Transportation Hall of Fame. The list of winners is a virtual "Who's Who" in the industry.
2012
Frederico Fleury Curado ,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Embraer S.A.
2011
Frederick W. Smith ,
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of FedEx Corporation
2010
Jaan Albrecht ,
Chief Executive Officer at Star Alliance Services GmbH
2009
Honorable James L. Oberstar ,
Chairman, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
2008
Larry Kellner ,
Chairman & CEO, Continental Airlines
2007
Colleen C. Barrett ,
President & Corporate Secretary, Southwest Airlines
2006
Richard Reitz ,
Special Award
2006
Joseph Leonard ,
Chairman & CEO, AirTran Airways
2005
David Neeleman ,
Chairman & CEO, JetBlue Airways Corporation
2004
Honorable Norman Y. Mineta ,
Secretary of the United States Department of
Transportation
2003
Gordon M. Bethune ,
Chairman & CEO, Continental Airlines
2002
Sir Freddie Laker ,
Chairman & Managing Director, Laker Airways (Bahamas)
Limited
2001
Robert Crandall ,
Chairman & CEO, AMR Corporation & American Airlines
2000
Sir Richard Branson ,
Chairman, Virgin Atlantic Airways
1999
Federico Bloch ,
President & CEO, TACA Group
1998
Angus James Kinnear ,
President, Canada 3000 Airlines Limited
1997
Charles E. Yeager ,
Brigadier General, USAF Ret.
1996
J. George Mikelsons ,
Chairman & CEO, American Trans Air
1995
William A. Krusen ,
Special Award
1995
J. Martin Schröder ,
Founder & CEO, Martinair Holland
1994
Alan S. Boyd ,
Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Transportation
1993
Herbert D. Kelleher ,
President & CEO, Southwest Airlines
1992
T.A. Wilson ,
Chairman, The Boeing Company
1991
Sir Colin [later Lord] Marshall ,
Deputy Chairman & CEO, British Airways
1990
Edwin I. Colodny ,
Chairman, USAir
1989
Sir C. Lenox Hewitt ,
Chairman, Qantas Airways, Ltd.
1988
Claude I. Taylor ,
Chairman, Air Canada
1987
Jerome H. Lederer ,
Flight Safety Pioneer
1986
Frank Borman ,
Chairman, Eastern Air Lines
1985
Edward C. Wells ,
Aircraft Designer-Engineer
1984
Wayne W. Parrish ,
Aviation Writer-Publisher
1984
Knut Hammarskjöld ,
Director General, IATA
1983
David C. Garrett, Jr ,
President, Delta Air Lines
1982
Manuel Sosa de la Vega ,
President, Mexicana Airlines
1981
Honorable Howard W. Cannon ,
U.S. Senator, Nevada
1980
Thomas H. Davis ,
Founder & President, Piedmont Airlines
1979
Jehangir R.D. Tata ,
Founder, Air India
1978
Donald W. Nyrop ,
Chairman, Northwest Airlines
1977
Robert F. Six ,
Founder, Continental Airlines
1976
C.R. Smith ,
Founder, American Airlines
1975
Captain Elrey B. Jeppesen ,
Founder & Chairman, Jeppesen Company
1974
William Powell Lear ,
Pioneer, Aircraft Radios and Avionics
1973
Geoffrey E. Knight and Henri A.L. Ziegler ,
Co-Developers, Concorde SST
1972
Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle ,
USAF Ret. – Developer of Instrument Flight
1971
William McPherson Allen ,
Chairman, The Boeing Company
1970
Daniel J. Haughton ,
Chairman, Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
1969
Sir Frank Whittle ,
O.M., K.B.E., C.B., F.R.S., Developer of Jet Engine
1968
W. A. Patterson ,
Founder, United Air Lines
1967
Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker ,
Chairman, Eastern Air Lines
1966
Donald W. Douglas ,
Sr. – Founder, Douglas Aircraft Company
1965
Juan Terry Trippe ,
Founder, Pan American World Airways
1964
Honorable A.S. Mike Monroney ,
U.S. Senator, Oklahoma
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