Festive Feasts: Airlines Offer Up Seasonal Specials for Holiday Travelers
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APEX Insight: Many airlines are using the upcoming holiday season to offer hearty meals inspired by traditional flavors to help get passengers in the festive spirit. Delta One passengers may want to loosen their belts after sampling the seasonal fare created by top New York chefs, while British Airways will dish out traditional English holiday plates such as mince pies and Christmas puddings.
Now that the Thanksgiving turkey has digested, we can turn our tummies towards the next anticipated table spread. The holiday season is synonymous with good food and enjoying indulgent meals. Travel throughout December, however, doesn’t mean you have to have to sacrifice a festive feast. Many airlines are looking to traditional flavors and tasty gifts to get passenger’s taste buds in the holiday spirit.
Delta One will be treating passengers flying on transoceanic flights to seasonally rotating menus featuring dishes created by top quality chefs. Meals by Nick Anderer, executive chef and partner of New York restaurants Marta and Maialino, feature fresh, seasonal ingredients. Passengers will enjoy appetizers such as Cured Beef Bresaola with Paffenroth Farms fingerling potatoes and horseradish crema or a white bean and sage soup, followed by a main course of braised lamb shoulder slow cooked with white wine, rosemary, and polenta alongside wilted chard.
Seasonal features will be available for the next three months on select Delta trans-atlantic routes departing from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.
In the spirit of gifting, JetBlue has partnered with digital concierge app, Reserve to ensure Mint passengers are getting a delicious meal after their flight as well as during. JetBlue will be providing gift cards for a free drink or appetizer at any of Reserve’s over 400 restaurant partners in JetBlue destination cities. The Reserve app will also help travelers find a great restaurant, make a reservation and settle the bill at the end of the meal.
British Airways is known for their festive on-board feasts. As they have in past years, the airline be serving English traditional holiday plates to over 16,000 passengers including 30,000 mince pies and 600 Christmas puddings. Meals will be paired with a selection of holiday movie favorites and audio albums full of Christmas classics.
With airports decorated in tinsel, carols on the loud speakers and turkey served to your seat, the holidays might be the most wonderful time of the year to hit the runway and get your taste buds out of town.