Dec. 19 – Alitalia this year received the prize for “Best Airline Cuisine” as the best airline in the world for the quality of food served on board. The American monthly magazine Global Traveler conferred the award, the magazine has been promoting research on the travel and tourism excellence for the past 9 years. This year, it awarded Alitalia’s menus in the Magnifica class (inspired by the culinary traditions of different Italian regions), developed in collaboration with Alma, the International School of Italian Cuisine directed by Gualtiero Marchesi, and accompanied by wines selected in collaboration with the Italian Sommelier Association. “This is another step forward in our Marketing strategy to become ambassadors in the world for the excellence of typical Italian products, appreciated everywhere in the world,” said Gianni Pieraccioni, chief commercial officer of Alitalia. The airline offers, up to 31 January (on board its international flights to and from Italy), the most successful regional dishes. In particular, travelers will eat: an appetizer of caprese with buffalo mozzarella DOP (Campania), a first course of ravioli “Plin” with meat sauce (Piedmont), a main course of swordfish rolls with capers from Pantelleria IGP (Sicily), a side dish of lentils IGP (Umbria), and finally a ricotta cheese with vanilla sauce warm dessert (Marche).
