Last week, APEX/IFSA EXPO saw the release of the World Food Safety Guidelines (WFSG) for Airline Catering 2022. These guidelines have evolved from the collaboration between the airline catering industry and federal regulatory agencies with major roles in setting the safe operating standards for catering, customer and crew consumption of food, drink and water provided […]
If you fly JetBlue between London and New York or Boston, one of the most noticeable things you’ll experience as a passenger is the amenity kit in the main cabin. Made from platinum silicone, a more sustainable version of silicone, the idea is that it is reusable, and not just as an amenity kit. As […]
UK textiles company John Horsfall has been a family owned business for six generations. In the 1970s it moved into the airline business, which is now where the company is exclusively focused, making textile based products ranging from blankets to pillows to mattress pads. In addition to being a finalist in the APEX/IFSA awards, John […]
When two of her three chocolate-obsessed daughters were diagnosed with Celiac Disease in 2000 and 2016, Undercover Snacks Owner/CEO, Diana Levy, decided to make an indulgent gluten-free, allergy-friendly snack that even non-vegans could enjoy. Undercover Snacks Owner/CEO, Diana Levy, began her career in catering making decadent chocolates for events, but says she quickly realized that […]
How many of us have received amenity kits, taken them home and never opened the half-used mini-sampler products again? I recently discovered an unopened amenity kit from an Emirates flight I took from Seoul to Dubai back in 2014! According to former Air Canada eCommerce Manager and frequent flier Christopher Morello, “airline kits are adult […]
Southwest Airlines ushered in the return of fun, in-flight promotions Friday by partnering with Guitar Center to gift surprised passengers on the carrier’s Long Beach to Honolulu flight with ukuleles and live, in-flight music lessons. Honolulu-bound passengers at the Southwest Airlines check-in counter at Long Beach airport on Friday may have suspected they were in […]
Last month, Japanese airline Zipair made headlines with the news that it was introducing an “environmentally friendly meal option” for passengers. That meal option included ingredients made from insects – in particular cricket powder. Though there is in fact a whole movement promoting insect-based food as a solution to both environmental problems and world hunger, […]
Simply letting passengers know that an in-flight product is sustainable will increase their enjoyment and appreciation of it. This thesis was tested and proven in an academic study, the results of which were published in the September 2019 issue of the Journal of Consumer Research. The study found that: “Using a green product influences the […]
On February 9, Aviation Sustainability Forum (ASF) hosted its first event of 2022. The non-profit, which aims to improve the sustainability and circularity of inflight products and services, announced in January that it would combine resources with IFSA to promote ASF’s work as a primary sustainability initiative of the IFSA membership. The online event brought […]
Sustainable menu choices take flight like never before as airlines return to full-service meal options inflight. After two-plus years of individually-wrapped snacks and/or no inflight foodservice to speak of, full-service meal options are back and better than ever. Taking a cue from the pandemic-era push towards cleaner, greener living and sustainability, airlines around the globe […]