ETW STAFF – Mumbai
Throughout the holy month of Ramadan, Qatar Airways will bring a taste of Qatari hospitality to the skies by offering guests who are fasting with a specially designed Iftar box. The box consists of traditional and local healthy delights associated with the breaking of the fast.
In addition to water, laban, dates and Arabic sweets to enjoy at the moment of Iftar, the specially designed boxes also contain a selection of delicacies for both vegetarian and non-vegetarian passengers. The vegetarian’s Iftar baskets include a Saaj bread wrap with char-grilled red pepper and courgette, crumbled feta cheese and spiced hummus, whereas the non-vegetarian’s Iftar baskets includes a roasted chicken, peeled cucumber strips, zaatar seasoning and lemon and tahini dressing in a saaj bread wrap.
Additionally, the box includes crudities of carrot and cucumber baton, black olives and parlsley featuring hummus, olives vegetables and olive oil with Arabic bread. A packet of the airline’s signature mixed fruit and nuts is also included together with a banana to complete the dining experience.
Akbar Al Baker, CEO, Qatar Airways said that the airline always seeks to offer passengers a blend of the airline’s unrivalled signature five-star service with the warmth and grace of Qatari hospitality to all its passengers. “Qatar Airways welcomes the tradition of the country whose people we represent. Ramadan is an important period for a vast number of our passengers and we are happy to meet their needs, offering them the high level of service they have been accustomed to,” he added.
Iftar boxes will be distributed on flights to selected destinations including Abu Dhabi, Alexandria, Algiers, Amman, Baghdad, Bahrain, Cairo, Dubai, Erbil, Istanbul, Jeddah, Khartoum, Kuwait, Madinah, Mashhad, Muscat, Najaf, Riyadh, Sanaa and Tehran.
