Like other sectors of the food service trade, the airline catering industry keeps an eye on food and beverage trends around the world. This year, the COVID-19 pandemic is having a big impact on those trends. LSG Group, which issued its annual report on food trends for 2020 back in January, had its experts go […]
Immfly and GetYourGuide’s new service is designed to operate without the need for in-flight Wi-Fi. Airline passengers seeking an experiential fix when they reach their destination can now book walking tours by top local experts, immersive food and beverage tours, skip-the-line tickets to iconic attractions and other experiences, following the launch of a collaboration between […]
LSG Group is applying some of the autoclaving benefits and lessons learned from its space food projects to improving meals served on planes. LSG Group’s Global Culinary Excellence team will soon be cooking special “bonus” meals for European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Mathias Maurer to take to the International Space Station (ISS). In addition to […]
Bluebox and dnata’s partnership, announced yesterday, means airlines can generate ancillary revenue by selling meals and other products via Bluebox’s virtual trolley. In-flight entertainment (IFE) provider Bluebox Aviation Systems and dnata’s catering branch are pooling resources to develop and market joint product and service offerings across Australasia and Asia-Pacific territories. The companies will tailor their […]
Galley design on airplanes has remained broadly unchanged for decades, but AIM Altitude has plans to defy convention. Aircraft galleys are finally getting the attention they deserve, with a variety of Internet of Things and sensor initiatives from Diehl Aviation, KID-Systeme, Safran Cabin and others coming to the fore. One concept, ARCA, the progeny of […]
Airlines insist the quality of their drinking water on aircraft is up to par, but scientists continue to have doubts. In an era of increased environmental awareness in which no self-respecting Gen Zer worth their Hydro Flask would be caught dead drinking from a single-use plastic bottle, giving passengers access to clean water on board […]
American Airlines has extended its preordered meal service to the premium cabin on regional American Eagle flights, with the service now available to passengers on nearly 1,900 daily flights – more flights than any US carrier, it says. American Airlines is the only airline in the United States to offer a meal preordering service for […]
With Valentine’s Day one week away, airlines around the world are making sure that love is in the air. Anyone who thinks you need to wait until Valentine‘s Day to experience something terribly romantic on an airplane has clearly never crossed time zones watching Love, Actually with a shared headphone splitter. A number of carriers are […]
A tour of Korean Air’s farm on Jeju Island reminds us that in-flight meals aren’t possible without the people who tend to the vegetables, chickens, cattle and water that appear on the tray table. Hyunho Kim smiles as he picks a perfectly formed, bright-red bell pepper from a vine that stretches 20 feet up toward […]
On a long-haul flight, each passenger creates an average of 1.1 pounds of single-use plastic waste. PriestmanGoode is challenging airlines and passengers to help bring that number down. The average yearly plastic waste from travel-size toiletries in the UK weighs as much as seven Boeing 777 airplanes. PriestmanGoode’s ongoing exhibition at London’s Design Museum, which looks at how to minimize waste in air travel, is peppered […]