BEIJING, Aug. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Yesterday Hainan Airlines held the launch event for its new "Restaurant on Board" service at the Grand Hyatt Beijing, bringing together Michelin-starred chefs from around the world as well as leading Chinese chefs and gourmet food experts who provided guests with an extraordinary feast. With the new service, the SKYTRAX five-star airline will provide passengers with the best possible airline cuisine.

The launch event, themed "Enjoy delicacies on board", engaged guests in sharing the experience, as they showcased Hainan Airlines' high quality in-flight services.

During the event, Hainan Airlines displayed its superior airline cuisine menu designed exclusively for its passengers by Michelin-starred chefs who articulated what could be expected as specialties for passengers boarding Hainan Airlines' flights departing from Paris, Berlin and Brussels. These passengers will be served delicacies from different parts of the world while in the air. The new Michelin menu is part of Hainan Airlines' "Exclusive Restaurant on Board" program.

Hainan Airlines plans to launch more in-flight special and gourmet meals based on new international routes in the future. The airline has also hired renowned Chinese chefs as advisors for the Chinese food served so that Chinese tourists returning home can experience authentic Chinese meals while on board. In addition to providing full support for the design and preparation of meals served on Hainan Airlines' international routes, the chefs will be on board the flight and, while visiting with the passengers, will have them sample the foods as they share stories behind the research and development that went into the creation of the new meals. In addition, Hainan Airlines' signature in-flight service, Restaurant on Board five-star private cuisine, debuted at the launch event, giving passengers the opportunity to enjoy five-star cuisine while in-flight.

Hainan Airlines has continued to enhance the standards of their five-star cuisine service to cater for differing dining preferences of passengers, demonstrating the high quality of the food and the innovation that went into its creation. These new additions to the suite of offerings is evidence of the SKYTRAX five-star airline's excellence in services. In addition to the roll out of the new services, the launch event was a testament to an increasing vibrancy and innovation that makes Hainan Airlines one of the industry's global leaders.

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SOURCE Hainan Airlines Co., LTD