American Airlines unveil New Premium Class menus for Transcontinental and some Brazilian Flights
American Airlines has announced new First Class and Business Class menus
on all transcontinental flights, as well as on select flights from
Brazil. The menu enhancements continue a series of moves by American to
invest in its premium cabin products that give it a competitive
advantage over low cost carriers, as well as enable it to compete
effectively with international airlines.
Developed by Conclave Chef Nancy Brussat-Barocci of Convito Italiano &
Betise, the new transcontinental menu options will be offered for
breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as the midnight snack service on
overnight flights. This is the first time American has completely
revamped its transcontinental menus since 1999. On Jan. 1, 2006, new
breakfast and lunch menus replaced existing menus. Beginning Feb. 1, new
dinner and midnight snack menus will replace existing menus on the
transcontinental routes.
Last year, American introduced new premium class menus for flights
between the United States and Europe and announced plans to add lie-flat
Business Class seats to its Boeing 767-300 and 777 aircraft. The airline
also announced plans to replace existing first class seats with its
popular Flagship Suite product on 20 of its 777 aircraft. In addition to
the transcontinental menu changes, American recently implemented new
menu items on flights departing from Rio De Janeiro and Sao Paulo in
Brazil.
"The decision to redesign our premium class menu offerings is one way
American is ensuring we provide our First Class and Business Class
customers with quality and variety in their travel experience," said
Mary McKee, American's Managing Director -- Inflight Products. "With new
and health conscious choices, we're giving our premium class customers
the products and services we know they appreciate and value."
Throughout First and Business Class, dining and beverage options are
complimentary. New transcontinental dinner entrees in First Class
include beef filet with (Japanese) miso demi-glace and cilantro
potatoes; salmon with sweet potatoes and haricot vert carrot medley; and
grilled chicken breast with vegetable canneloni and broccolini. Business
Class passengers will feast on dinner entrees including tortellini with
red roasted peppers; beef fillet with madiera demi, augratin potatoes
and asparagus; and beef torta roma with spinach gnocchi and a mushroom
beef sauce. In addition to the ever-popular ice cream sundaes, grand
marnier fruit has been added as a First Class dessert option, and
seasonal fresh fruit as a Business Class dessert option.
The new lunch menu features soups, salads and sandwiches. Examples of
the new soups include navy bean with portobello mushrooms, asiago with
garlic croutons, cream of chicken with wild rice and corn chowder with
red peppers. Sandwich choices consist of a roast beef au jus or roasted
chicken.
The breakfast menu features morning favorites such as a cheese vegetable
omelet with fire roasted turkey sausage, basil pesto potato wedges and
fire roasted pepper sauce; and a three-cheese omelet with saffron onions
and potato sausage hash. In addition, for late-night snackers, fruit and
cheese and antipasto plates are among the new offerings.
The new Brazilian menu items include grilled halibut with grilled tomato
and olive tapenade and parmesan cheese crusted chicken. New entrees for
the main cabin include the introduction of beef stew and chicken
casserole.
American Airlines continues to expand the popular Food on Board snack
box program, launched in February 2005, for passengers to purchase in
the main cabin. Recently American added snack boxes to flights between
San Juan and Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington, Dulles, as well
flights between Mexico City and Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami and Chicago.
Snack boxes are now available on more than 700 domestic routes longer
than three hours, on transcontinental and Hawaii flights, as well as
select international flights and most American Eagle flights within the
United States.
In March, snack boxes will be available on San Juan flights between
Boston, Hartford/Windor Locks, CT, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, and
Chicago. In addition, American will introduce snack boxes and sandwiches
on Miami flights to Venezuela destinations of Caracas and Maracaibo.
The morning snack box includes a Honey Maid(TM) Soft Baked Snack Bar,
Gourmet Center(TM) Biscoff Cookies, Ocean Spray(R) Craisins(R), Jacob's
Crackers(TM), Le Petit Fromage and Kings(R) Golden Granola(TM) Mix. The
afternoon snack box contains Pepperidge Farm(R) Goldfish(R),
O'Brien's(R) Cured Meat Stick, Ocean Spray(R) Craisins(R), Jacob's
Crackers(TM), Lorna Doone(R) Cookies, Le Petit Fromage and Emerald(R)
Deluxe Mixed Nuts. Snack boxes are available for $4.
30 January 2006 (PRNews)
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