Japanese airlines serving meals priced at 540 USD

All Nippon Airways (ANA) started selling meals on land-locked planes for up to 540 USD.
According to the Guardian Japanese airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) has just launched a luxury meal service, sitting on an airport-parked plane trying to salvage revenue lost during the Covid-19 crisis.

The customer has two basic choices of chicken and beef. However, a special feature of this “winged restaurant” service is that customers will be able to dine on the airline’s aircraft with high-class service. The price to enjoy a meal above is about 391 pounds (540 USD). This new service will help “crazy legged” travelers get the feeling of eating on the plane again on trips that have been constrained by the Covid-19 epidemic since last year. All Nippon Airlines (ANA) serves first-class meals on board for up to $ 540 per person. Photo: Getty Images. All Nippon Airways ‘passengers’ can choose from first-class seats for 59,800 yen (540 USD) meals, or business class for 29,800 yen (270 USD). The “restaurant” is the Boeing-777 currently parked at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. In addition, passengers can choose between meals before meals, and can request for Japanese or international cuisine. Main courses include grilled charcoal fish with saikyo miso soup, stewed beef and tofu; Wagyu beef with Kobe wine mustard; or sauteed sea bass with biscuits served with sake, plum wine or Krug champagne. Mr. Yosuke Kimoto (42 years old) and his son (14 years old) decided to try ANA’s business class meal. “Business class is significantly different from Economy Class in terms of both food and seats. Very spacious, the seats recline like a bed,” he said. The source said the airline will offer 22 lunch and dinner meals this month, each lasting about three hours. Alternatively, customers can pick up a comfort kit and use the airline lounge at the domestic terminal in Haneda. Despite the hefty price tag, the airline meal service is surprisingly welcome. Photo: Getty Images. In-flight meals were surprisingly welcome. ANA has sold 264,000 aircraft meals since December of last year and posted sales of £ 1.3 billion ($ 1.8 billion) as of March 12. Many dishes are out of stock within minutes. All Nippon Airways is not the first airline to implement such an in-flight meal initiative. Earlier, Singapore Airlines began serving meals on two A380 wide-body jets parked at Changi Airport in Singapore. Although the price is quite expensive up to 500 USD, tickets are quickly sold out in less than half an hour. Economy class meals are more affordable, averaging $ 41.5 per person. British Airways also offers first-class meals starting at $ 110, delivered home. Similarly, Finnish national carrier Finnair has also launched a plan to serve business class meals at a supermarket near Helsinki international airport since October last year.