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ANA partners with world renowned hotels and restaurants
on new in-flight menus
ANA will collaborate with some of the world’s most highly acclaimed restaurants in Thailand, Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Los Angeles
Partnering with chefs from the Four Seasons, the Shangri-La, and Patina Restaurant New meals available on Business Class flights to Japan from December 2014
TOKYO, October 21, 2014 – From December 2014, ANA will be introducing in-flight meals created in
collaboration with some of the world’s most highly acclaimed restaurants in Thailand, Singapore, China, Hong
Kong and Los Angeles on flights from these countries to Japan. World class chefs from the Four Seasons, the
Shangri-La, and the Patina Restaurant Group will work with ANA to create bespoke menus for passengers to
enjoy on flights to Japan, providing passengers with more choice and variety. Passengers will be able to enjoy
local cuisine from the country of departure, in addition to ANA’s traditional Japanese menu. For some
international passengers, this may be their first taste of ANA’s in-flight cuisine, whilst for passengers returning
home to Japan, these meals will be a deliciously fitting finale to a business trip or holiday.
ANA began collaborating with renowned hotels and chefs on its in-fight menus last year, introducing meals to
Taiwan and India route. The extension of this initiative demonstrates ANA’s continued commitment to catering
for its diverse international customer base and providing the highest levels of quality and comfort in-flight.
This next phase in the initiative will see even more delicious and beautifully-presented meal.
ANA is the only airline in Japan to have been awarded the maximum 5-star rating from Skytrax for two
consecutive years, and the extension of the in-flight menu collaborations will further improve its passenger
experience.
In-flight meal collaborations on international routes
(1)Thailand:
Routes: Bangkok to Japan *Excludes late-night departure flights
Class: Business class
Period: December 2014-November 2015
Collaboration partner: Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok
In order to provide authentic Thai food to our passengers, we will be teaming up with the Four Seasons Hotel
Bangkok, a leading purveyor of Thai food in the city. We will be presenting dishes produced in collaboration
with the Spice Market, known locally as one of the best places to enjoy Thai food.
(2) Singapore:
Routes: Singapore to Japan *Excludes late-night departure flights
Class: Business class
Period: December 2014-November 2015
Collaboration partner: Regent Singapore, A Four Seasons Hotel
ANA will be collaborating with the Regent Singapore, A Four Seasons Hotel which operates six restaurants
including those specializing in Cantonese and Italian cuisine. Passengers will be able to enjoy a creative
menu from Summer Palace, a restaurant that provides authentic Cantonese cuisine.
(3)China
Routes: Beijing, Dalian, Shenyang, Hangzhou to Japan
*Excludes some flights
Class: Business class
Period: Beijing in February, May, August and October 2015
Dalian, Shenyang and Hangzhou in January, April, July and November 2015
Collaboration partner: Shangri-La Hotel
In collaboration with Shang Palace restaurant at Shangri-La Hotel, a well-established hotel widely known
throughout China, ANA will provide authentic Cantonese food. For routes from Beijing, customers can enjoy
meals produced by their chef with more than 40 years’ experience.
(4)Hong Kong
Routes: Hong Kong to Japan
Class: Business class
Period: December 2014 and March, June and September 2015
Collaboration partner: Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong
In collaboration with Shang Palace, a 2-star Michelin restaurant at the hotel, ANA will be providing the
restaurant's signature, high-quality Cantonese cuisine, produced by their chef who also has experience at
other high-class international hotels. Wine recommended by the hotel will also accompany the dishes
(available on flights departing and arriving Hong Kong, from Haneda and Narita).
(5)Los Angeles
Routes: Los Angeles to Japan
Class: Business class
Period: December 2014 to November 2015
Collaboration partner: Patina
ANA will collaborate with Patina Restaurant Group, which regularly tops restaurant rankings in the US and
has won numerous prestigious restaurant awards. Patina's highly creative Californian cuisine, enjoyed by
Hollywood’s celebrities, will be served at breakfast on late-night flights and for lunch on daytime flights.
Passengers will also get to enjoy an original cocktail created especially for ANA, the ‘Nippon Old Fashioned’.
Following collaboration menus by our partners in 2014 will continue to be served on board in 2015.
(6)Taiwan
Routes: Taiwan to Japan
Class: Business class
Period: February, June and September 2015
Collaboration partner: Regent Taipei
ANA will provide the collaboration meal, a creation by their chef, which well represents hotel’s
guaranteed quality, and delicious cuisine.
(7)India
Routes: India to Japan, Japan (Tokyo) to outside of Japan
Class: First Class(from Japan), Business class, Economy class
Period: From December 2014
Collaboration Partner: Chef Satish Arora
ANA has been in partnership with the world renowned award-wining Chef Satish Arora, since the inauguration
of the India routes. From December, special meals of Hindu meal and Vegetarian Hindu meal, designed by
the Chef, will not only be available on routes from India, but also expand to routes from Tokyo.
Contact : Ryosei Nomura and Maho Ito at ANA Public Relations, TEL +81-3-6735-1111
About ANA: All Nippon Airways (ANA) is the 13th largest airline in the world by revenues (2013) and the largest airline in Japan by revenues and passenger numbers. Founded in 1952, ANA flies today on 72 international routes and 115 domestic routes with a fleet of about 240 aircraft. ANA Group has 33,000 employees. In 2013, it carried 46 million passengers and generated revenues of 1.6 trillion Japanese yen. ANA has been a core member of Star Alliance since 1999 and has joint-ventures with United Airlines on trans-Pacific and Asia routes and with Lufthansa, Swiss International Airlines and Austrian Airlines on Japan-Europe routes. Its Frequent Flyer Program, ANA Mileage Club, has more than 26 million members. ANA was voted Airline of the Year for 2013 by Air Transport World Magazine, and was awarded five stars in 2013 and 2014 by the world's leading Airline and Airport review site, SKYTRAX. ANA is the launch customer and biggest operator of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
About the New Collaboration Partners
Country/City Collaboration Partner Restaurant Menu Description
Thailand
Choose from deep-fried chickenand vegetables or stir-fried squidand sweet chili for main dish,accompanied with the must-haveThai dish ― shrimp toast.
Singapore
For main dish, feel free to choosefrom stir-fried fillet of beef with blackpepper sauce, or oven backedwhitefish with teriyaki sauce.Personalize your selection byadding XO sauce or chili sauce toenjoy the different taste.
Beijing
Enjoy the harmony of Chinese andJapanese cuisines, reflected in themain dish of deep-fried cod fish withstir-fried broccoli and udon noodles,and green tea cake as dessert.
Dalian
Shenyang
Hangzhou
Hong Kong
Indulge your senses with HongKong's signature cuisine, consistingof pineapple barbecued pork bun,kung pao prawn accompanied withfried rice, mango cream with sagoand pomelo.
Los Angeles
We serve fillet of beef with colorfulvegetables for daytime flight, andorganic scramble eggs withavocados for late-night flight. Enjoythe colorful California cuisine, thecreations by the talented andcreative chef Joachim.
Savor the popular Chinese disheswhich main dish is stir-friedeggplant with Sichuan sauce withwok fried rice noodles, and dessertis almond bean curd with assortedfruits.
Spice Market
Chef Supanut Khanarak
Chinese Executive Chef Liu Ching Hai
Summer Palace
Chinese Executive Chef Kam Siew Tong
Shang Palace
Chef and FounderJoachim Splichal
Patina
Dec. 2014 - Feb. 2015
Feb. 2015
Jan. 2015
Shang Palace
Shang Palace
Shang Palace
Dec. 2014 - Feb. 2015
Dec. 2014 - Feb. 2015
Chinese Executive Chef Mok Kit Keung Dec. 2014
Shang Palace