Hawaiian Airlines launches New Business Class Dining Options

Hawaiian Airlines has launched a 'tasting menu' for its Business Class customers. Modeled after the popular dining style found in many high-end restaurants, Hawaiian’s onboard tasting menu lets customers create their own meal by pairing choices from a range of sumptuous meals designed in collaboration with award-winning Hawaii Regional Cuisine Chef Beverly Gannon.

Mark Dunkerley, Hawaiian’s president and CEO, said, “People want greater control over their travel experience. That’s why we’re giving customers more choices. We were already getting rave reviews for Bev Gannon’s onboard artistry. Our new tasting menu will set us further apart from the rest of the industry. With other carriers resorting to selling in-flight meals or eliminating them altogether, we saw this as an opportunity to further distinguish Hawaiian’s quality of service.”

For lunch and dinner, Business Class customers select three of five choices to create their meal. Twenty options have been designed for the tasting menu and will be used in different groupings system-wide to ensure constant variety, even for Hawaiian’s most frequent customers.

Hawaiian is complementing its new tasting menu with a refreshing Pomegranate Passion beverage created exclusively for the airline, along with mochi ice cream for dessert.

For breakfast, Business Class travelers will select two of three meals and also receive a fresh plate of assorted fruits. One of each meal is prepared for every Business Class customer on every flight, ensuring that all customers will receive their first choice of three meals.

Hawaiian has also introduced new noise-cancelling headsets in Business Class to further enhance the quality and value of its premium product.

Chef Gannon, Hawaiian’s executive chef and owner of two acclaimed Maui restaurants, Hali‘imaile General Store and Joe’s, gives Hawaiian’s new menu a unique flair inspired by the islands, with selections like Hawaiian Crab Cake Tantalizing “Taste of the Island” with a Zesty Pineapple Salsa, Rock Shrimp and Lemon Pepper Ravioli with Creamy Sun Dried Tomato-Basil Sauce and Tri-Pepper Garni, and Chicken Tandoori served with a tangy Makhani Sauce and Sultana Basmati Rice Pilaf.

“For years, Hawaiian has been raising the standard for in-flight dining to a quality people expect when going to a restaurant,” said Chef Gannon. 

Our new tasting menu gives travelers the flexibility to tailor their Business Class dining to their own tastes and lifestyle choices. It makes their travel experience that much more enjoyable.”

For Economy Class passengers, Hawaiian continues to offer complimentary meal service, also designed by Chef Gannon, with a choice of three meals on all transpacific flights.

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