SEASONAL UPDATES TO ANSETT AUSTRALIA'S INFLIGHT MENU

Ansett Australia has introduced a new Autumn menu on all daily flights between Hong Kong and Sydney.

Renowned for its outstanding cuisine and service in economy and business class, Ansett Australia has developed a menu featuring innovative Asian and Australian dishes that are complemented by a broad selection of fine wines.

Economy class customers can select from dishes such as Thai Flavour Chicken Salad, a crisp salad with cucumber and lime chilli coriander dressing, or Olive and Tomato Tapanade Baked Butter Cod Fish with steamed zucchini, carrot, potato and leek. Customers can also select from a wide variety of spirits, beers, red, white and sparkling wines from Australia's premier wine producing areas.

In Business class, passengers have a choice of a light menu or a five-course meal prepared by a five star qualified in-flight chef. Customers can choose from a selection of appetizers followed by fresh salad tossed chair-side . A selection of four main course dishes includes XO Sauce Flavoured Chicken Stir Fry served with steamed rice, bean curd and baby green beans and Aged Australian Beef Tenderloin with rosemary and lavender-marinated glazed red onions, mashed potato and Tasmanian pepper berry jus.

Dessert includes fresh fruit and cheese followed by the chef's dessert buffet featuring the Ansett Dessert Degustation - a trio of coffee cream sponge roulade, walnut layer slice and fig orange toffee.

From the lighter menu customers can enjoy the appetizer, freshly tossed salad and soup - Spiced Pork and Water Chestnut Wontons with cos lettuce, carrot sticks and yellow chive in a hot broth.

A freshly prepared breakfast before landing is served in both classes, with business class passengers having the option of choosing their wake-up time and menu choice from a breakfast card before they go to sleep.

Ansett Australia has been serving Asia since 1993. The airline currently operates flights between Australia and four international destinations:

Bali, Fiji, Hong Kong, and Osaka, including daily flights between Hong Kong and Sydney. Ansett Australia is wholly owned by Air New Zealand.