The Onboard Hospitality team has this year announced the winners of the 2021 Onboard Hospitality Awards by video.


The Onboard Hospitality team has this year announced the winners of the 2021 Onboard Hospitality Awards by video.

SWISS has launched a new trial to offer customers unsold food items inflight at reduced prices, in a bid to minimise waste.

A series of presentations from Qatar Airways, Swoop, Skylight Aviation, Just Eat and Transavia on new trends in the inflight service, catering & retail space.

Developed in collaboration with FORMIA, JetBlue’s new amenity kits feature a resealable interlock zipper, which makes them reusable post-flight.
Content plans: Members of the FTE Digital, Innovation & Startup Hub and the FTE Baggage Innovation Working Group will convene in London for an action-packed joint members meetings, hosted by Heathrow
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Lufthansa’s Economy Class passengers can now book a Sleeper’s Row on select long-haul flights and will receive an entire row of seats for themselves.

All Nippon Airways (ANA) is launching new meal trays made from biodegradable materials for inflight meals, which will reduce 30% of plastic used for inflight services.

Virgin Australia has introduced its new Business Class menu, which features locally sourced produce and provides more choice to customers.

The ACA/IFSA COVID-19 Guideline introduces several guiding principles to help the airline catering industry manage the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Iberia has revamped its inflight dining service for economy and business class passengers with meals from its new catering provider DO&CO.

FTE looks at five recent trends, from inflight pre-ordering to personal tablets for crew, that can help promote safe onboard experience, reduce costs and empower crew.

Amber Simonsen, Director, Guest Product Delivery, Alaska Airlines, discusses COVID-19 testing, new product launches and changing passenger behaviour.

Emirates has reopened its iconic A380 Onboard Lounge and Shower Spa for first class passengers, and resumed its multi-course meal service across all cabins.

Qatar Airways has introduced a new range of vegan dishes for Business Class passengers, designed to cater to the increasing demand for plant-based food.

The new robot has been taken into operation at KLM Catering Services to assist with the production of economy class meals and reduce handling costs.

Transavia passengers on selected flights from Schiphol Airport can now order a meal through Just Eat’s platform up to one hour before their flight.

Etihad Airways has partnered with Singapore-based startup Lumitics to trial a technology, that will track unconsumed meals from a plane after it lands.
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