New Delhi:
Travel restrictions are in location across the globe due to the coronavirus outbreak and the airline market is amongst the worst hit. In such harsh instances, Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) has come up with an revolutionary way to increase their business enterprise. ANA has turned one of its aircraft into a higher-finish restaurant. Termed as Winged Restaurant, the 11-day dining practical experience charges a fortune but lets the guests take pleasure in a meal in the parked Boeing 777-300ER jet at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport.
The diners get to take pleasure in the ambience of the initially class and business enterprise class of the stationary jet. If you are interested in a six-course meal in business enterprise class, you will have to spend 29,800 Yen (about Rs 20,000). Then, there is a complete course meal in the initially class which comes for 59,800 Yen (close to Rs 40,000), reported BBC.
Runway dining at $540 a meal proving hit in Japan
The organization claims the deal is nonetheless a bargain compared to the 500,000 Yen (about Rs. 3,34 lakh) one has to fork out for a extended-haul flight, a Timeout report stated. Diners can decide on from a Japanese and Western menu.
Would you spend ¥59,800 to dine on a grounded aeroplane?
ANA has currently scheduled 22 lunch and dinner sessions in April exactly where the guests are allotted 3 hours per booking. There are no other entertainment activities inside the aircraft, the report added.
Singapore Airlines attempted a related experiment to cope up with the losses due to the pandemic. In October, they supplied persons an chance to dine in a parked Airbus A380. They effectively sold the initially two seating dates regardless of the expense that reached &#163380 (Rs. 38,500 approx).
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Recently, British Airways also ventured into the meals business enterprise. However, they chose the solution of dwelling delivery of their menu from initially class. The airways, in collaboration with their catering companion, DO & Co, offered cook-at-dwelling meal kits. These have been priced 80 pound(Rs. 8,000 approx) and above.