December 3rd, 2015 – Alitalia won the coveted ‘Best Airline Cuisine’ award for the quality of the meals served on board its flights, an award that comes from the readers of the American magazine “Global Traveler”. About 25,000 frequent flyer members participated in the “GT Tested Reader Survey Awards 2015″ on excellence in the travel and tourism industry. This is the sixth consecutive year that Alitalia has achieved this prestigious international award which recognises the airline’s commitment to provide quality food on board its planes and promote the food culture of Italy throughout the world. ” Alitalia has recently enhanced its catering service on medium-haul flights and has introduced in business class on long-haul flights the ‘dine anytime’ concept which enables customers to decide when they want to eat and enjoy their meal.- said Aubrey Tiedt, Chief Customer Officer for Alitalia – We have recently focused more on our Italian heritage which is world renowned for its high standards of food and wine and the passenger feedback has been very good indeed. To receive this award is a great honour and it shows that quality Italian cuisine is recognised in a positive light by frequent flyers, who are the most discerning of travellers” (Red)
