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British Airways has introduced a variety of special touches to its onboard experience this month, including a range of sweet desserts for Diwali and Thanksgiving-inspired dishes.
To celebrate the festival of lights on November 12, the airline is introducing festive desserts for customers across all cabins on outbound and inbound long-haul flights to India.
The airline’s customers travelling in Club World (business class) from London Heathrow to India will be able to enjoy Rasmalai, a popular sweet delicacy, originating from eastern India.
Those travelling in World Traveller Plus (premium economy) will have Kesar Peda, a traditional North Indian sweet made from khoya, sugar, saffron, and cardamom.
On return flights from India, travellers will also be able to enjoy a range of Diwali-themed desserts across various routes. Kaju Pista or Gulab Jamun, a fusion-filled dessert accompanied with Rabdi, will be served in Club World. Customers travelling in World Traveller Plus will have the option of Khoye Ka Laddoo or Doodhi Halwa, garnished with traditional dried fruits.
On November 23, British Airways will be celebrating Thanksgiving on all long-haul flights to and from the US. Customers travelling in First and Club World will be able to enjoy a traditional turkey roast with all the trimmings, followed by either a classic pumpkin pie featuring nutmeg, cinnamon, and ginger spices, a pumpkin and walnut cake, or a pumpkin-flavoured cheesecake. This sounds pretty good to me and I would prefer it over the ever-present beef cheeks!!
Customers in World Traveller Plus and World Traveller will also be able to sample a traditional turkey roast followed by the option of a pumpkin pie, gingerbread mousse, or a spiced pumpkin and white chocolate mousse.
Lounges
British Airways will also be adding a range of treats across all its lounges at London Heathrow to celebrate Diwali and Thanksgiving. This includes traditional decorations with garlands and tealights, as well as specially designed main courses and snacks for customers to enjoy from November 12-15, ranging from rogan josh, chicken balti, and samosas.
For Thanksgiving, customers will be able to enjoy a variety of dishes, including pumpkin and butternut squash soup and pecan pie in its Concorde Room, and turkey and smoked ham pie in its First and Club lounges, all available on November 23.
Other changes
The airline has also introduced new World Traveller main courses and is refreshing its second service later this month, including new hot light bite breakfast options on all shorter inbound flights from the US to London Heathrow and London Gatwick.
Elsewhere, British Airways has introduced Johnnie Walker Blue Label XOrdinaire, a luxury icon of blended Scotch whisky to its First cabin, specially chosen by the airline’s Master of Wine. You can view my interview with Tim Jackson here.
The airline has added new content to its inflight entertainment, including the launch of a dedicated Doctor Who channel, which features 13 acclaimed episodes of the longest-running science fiction television series in the world. A Christmas countdown channel has also been added for the festive season.
British Airways recently unveiled its newest brand advert to celebrate Diwali, which is now airing across the globe.
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5 comments
@Michele Beef checks. The ’23 version of Chocolate Mousse 😉 ( #IYKYK )
If it gets as bad as before, but with main courses, then I’ll have some Fortnum & Mason picnic kits kept in reserve so you don’t get flashbacks. None of us want to go down the mental health minefield of “Will it never change!?” We all endured when Do&Co forgot how to make more than one pudding for nearly a year.
I’d almost managed to forget about the chocolate mousses but now the trauma has resurfaced after your reminder 😂
Actually loading what they advertise in sufficient quantity woukd be a much bigger improvement, as would badic cabin maintenance.
A doctor who Channel is hardly addicting to their inflight entertainment! They should add a whole host of things as the inflight on long haul is normally pretty bad.
We were disappointed, when flying back from Cayman Islands on Boxing Day last year to be served up bog standard fare. I had been looking forward to another plate of turkey 😉
We had actually booked Christmas Day flights (had been half the price of Boxing Day), but BA cancelled months out and we chose Boxing Day instead.
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