Herb-Grilled Chicken Breast with Roasted Vegetables served on Air India Express flights. , Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
The thrifty, free snack box distributed to passengers onboard Air India Express aircraft has become a thing of the past as the airline has replaced it with new luxury gourmet meals on international and domestic routes at ‘affordable’ prices.
With the recent integration of two low-cost subsidiary airlines – Air India Express and AirAsia India -, the airline introduced a cohesive in-flight menu that caters to vegetarian, pescatarian, poultry, egatarian, vegetarian, Jain, healthy and diabetic. Offers a wide range of options. passengers.
talking to HinduA source in the airline said it has now introduced new in-flight ‘Gourmère’, which will offer a variety of exquisite dishes to bring to its passengers the essence of regional culinary traditions in the country without burning a hole in the pocket of budget travellers. Does It is also part of upgrading the in-flight experience as the previous snack box was not considered very attractive.
Gourmeyer is curated by Celebrity MasterChef Kirti Bhautika, winner of MasterChef India Season 5. It includes MasterChef Specials, Light Bites, Innovative Desserts and a mix of global and regional favorites to tickle the taste buds of the passengers. Be it Idli, Medu Vada and Upma, or Masala Omelet with Chicken Sausage and Hash Brownie, or MasterChef Special Vegetarian Moily Curry with Coconut Rice and so on, all of them will be served hot in the oven at high altitude, according to the airline.
The airline has tied up with flight kitchens such as TajSATS, Casino and Lulu in 16 Indian cities including Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode, Kannur, Mangaluru, Chennai, Trichy, Goa, Amritsar and overseas including Dubai, Sharjah and Singapore. The flight kitchens will prepare the food based on the order and pick it up from the respective airports. Passengers can book their in-flight menu up to 24 hours prior to departure on international sectors and up to 12 hours prior to departure on domestic sectors.
Perhaps, what makes the in-flight menu unique is the price of various dishes which range from ₹300 to ₹600, said an airline source.
However, the withdrawal of free snack boxes from Air India Express flights has not gone down well with a section of passengers, who have termed it as the “repercussion of privatization” of the airline.