- Airline introduces 100+ new rotating seasonal recipes,
irresistible snacks and beverages delivered to every cabin with
care and class
- New culinary program proudly champions Canadian
entrepreneurs, chefs, brands and local ingredients
- Air Canada expanding meal
pre-order service
MONTREAL, March 7,
2024 /CNW/ - Bon appetit, foodies! Air
Canada today announced a
comprehensive upgrade of its award-winning menus for all customers,
with 100+ new rotating seasonal recipes showcasing bigger, bolder
flavours alongside craveable new snacks and beverages. The new menu
additions join the largest in-flight bar offering from any North
American airline, as Air Canada continues to invest in adding even
more comfort and convenience to the travel experience, with more to
come throughout 2024. Air Canada also remains the only North
American airline to offer hot, fresh kids' meals to purchase
through its North American Bistro program, highlighting its
commitment to family travel.
"We're incredibly proud to introduce these delicious new dining
options, featuring homegrown Canadian products and ingredients
reflecting the diversity of Canada
and our customers' tastes and preferences," said Scott O'Leary, Vice President, Loyalty &
Product at Air Canada. "The thought and care we've brought to
elevating our menus, and bringing fresh new flavours for all,
is one of the many ways we're investing in every aspect of our
customers' journey to make travel even better."
The airline's new and upgraded culinary program spotlights the
influence of Air Canada's long-standing award-winning culinary
partners Chef David Hawksworth, Chef
Vikram Vij, and Chef
Jérôme Ferrer in showcasing flavours, textures and fresh,
quality ingredients that sing at cruising altitude, which are
complemented by wine selections from award-winning Air Canada
sommelier Véronique Rivest.
Raising the Bar for Economy Dining
International
Economy travellers can excite their taste buds with new global
flavours like red Thai chicken and rice, chicken cacciatore with
roast potatoes and bell peppers. This adds to Chef Ferrer's classic
pesto penne on flights from Canada, and on longer flights that serve a hot
breakfast, a new pancake and 100% pure Canadian maple syrup
breakfast offering. On flights from Europe, travellers will enjoy new Monty's
Bakehouse savoury pastries, including coconut chicken and potato
sour cream and chive. These refreshed recipes also add to regional
appetizers like soba noodles, chaat, hummus and vegetables, and
more, recently introduced on all international routes.
Air Canada's upgraded Bistro
menu, rolling out through spring 2024, boasts the most extensive
selection of fresh buy-on-board options from any North American
airline, with a hearty peppercorn roast beef sandwich, tasty
cheeseburger sliders, and fresh new vegan options like
Mediterranean hummus wraps. This is alongside a selection of
alcoholic beverages unrivalled by any Canadian airline, including
new premium crafted and Canadian-owned Tequila Tromba (all cabins
in all markets, including Bistro) and iconic Campari (all premium
cabins and Bistro).
Experience Elevated Dining in Premium
Cabins
International travellers in Air Canada
Signature Class can indulge in new dining options as diverse as the
airline's network, featuring exciting flavours from
around the world. This includes succulent chicken thigh accompanied
by mandi rice and Emirati bzar sauce,
roasted salmon in teriyaki sauce with Shandong noodles and a Middle
Eastern mezze plate appetizer, with more to come
through spring 2024.
An array of fresh homegrown ingredients also shine among Air
Canada's latest lounge and in-flight offerings, including
wild-caught Fogo Island cod, which returns to the Air Canada
Signature Suite at Toronto Pearson International Airport.
Sparkling wine connoisseurs will delight in new Champagnes
selected by sommelier Véronique Rivest. Fresh bubbly pours include
Haton Cuvée Classique and Duval-Leroy Brut Réserve on international
flights, and Jaillance Brut Traditionnel, a Crémant de Bordeaux AOP
of French "fines bulles", on flights within North America and the Caribbean. Quebec-made Montellier sparkling water also
debuts in premium cabins, while Canadian wines that are 100%
Canadian grown and made, and spirits remain a fixture onboard and
across lounges.
Air Canada remains the only
airline on the continent serving fresh and hot meals on North
America Business Class flights under two hours. New upgraded light
meals include warm flatbread with arugula, chicken tenders with
coleslaw, cobb salad and elevated charcuterie and cheese plates.
The full hot breakfast served on morning flights remains unmatched
by any North American airline, featuring the customer favourite
parsley omelet with chicken sausage, adding new recipes such as
clafoutis and pancakes with 100% pure Canadian maple syrup.
Delicious New Snacks and Specialty Teas
New nibbles
have also arrived on all flights, including sweet, salty, and
protein-packed options and Canadian favourites to make the journey
even better. Buttery Herb and Garlic craft pretzels by family-owned
and female-led TWIGZ from Alberta,
are now complimentary in all cabins on North America flights shorter than two hours
and economy cabins on international flights.
"As a proud Canadian brand, we feel incredibly privileged to
team up with Air Canada as our country's national carrier," said
Ashley Ehmann, Co-Founder of TWIGZ
Pretzels. "The high level of care Air Canada puts into creating
their menus matches our commitment to crafting a truly delicious
pretzel, and we're excited for passengers to enjoy TWIGZ as much as
we do."
Also joining the snack basket line-up are tempting new choices
like Sweet Sixteen original candy mix from Quebec, a protein top-up from Chomps grass-fed
beef jerky and rich Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Squares with a
luscious sea salt caramel filling. These join fan favourites
onboard, including Kit Kat, Miss
Vickie's, and MadeGood. This expanded selection of snacks
represents a range of gluten-free, vegan, kosher, halal suitable,
keto and paleo-friendly choices that are now available in Air
Canada Signature Class, Premium Economy, and flights to and from
Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport.
Luxury tea purveyor Dilmah brings fresh, fragrant new blends
that include Ceylon Earl Grey, Chamomile, Peppermint, Green, Lemon
& Ginger and Orange Pekoe served in International and North
America Business Class as well as Dilmah's Orange Pekoe now brewed
in Economy and Premium Economy cabins. In addition, specialty teas
are available on select routes, including Jasmine (China), Chai (India), Brown Rice Green Tea (Korea), and
Japanese Green Tea (Japan).
"Additional details for Air Canada's new elevated inflight menu
and dining additions are at: http://aircanada.com/bonappetit"
Pre-Order Expansion and Even
More to Come
This year, Air Canada will also expand
its popular pre-order meal service, with the roll-out to include
premium cabin services within North
America, starting with flights offering Signature Class and
Premium Economy cabins. Later this year, the pre-order program will
introduce options for customers in premium cabins to pre-select
their second meal choice on international flights.
Championing low-waste in-flight service, the pre-order program
is the perfect pairing to support Air Canada's commitment to
sustainability. This is one of several initiatives the airline is
undertaking in its ongoing work to minimize Air Canada's
environmental footprint.
With even more delicious flavours on their way throughout 2024,
including new dishes on international inbound flights to
Canada, Air Canada continues to
invest in making the in-flight travel experience even better for
every customer.
About Air Canada
Air Canada is Canada's largest airline, the country's flag
carrier and a founding member of Star
Alliance, the world's most comprehensive air transportation
network. Air Canada provides
scheduled service directly to more than 180 airports in
Canada, the United States and Internationally on six
continents. It holds a Four-Star ranking from Skytrax.
Air Canada's Aeroplan program
is Canada's premier travel loyalty program, where members
can earn or redeem points on the world's largest airline partner
network of 45 airlines, plus through an extensive range of
merchandise, hotel and car rental partners. Through Air Canada
Vacations, it offers more travel choices than any other Canadian
tour operator to hundreds of destinations worldwide, with a wide
selection of hotels, flights, cruises, day tours, and car rentals.
Its freight division, Air Canada Cargo, provides air freight lift
and connectivity to hundreds of destinations across six continents
using Air Canada's passenger and freighter aircraft.
Air Canada aims to achieve an ambitious net zero
emissions goal from all global operations by 2050.
Air Canada shares are publicly traded on the TSX in
Canada and the OTCQX in the
US.
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