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An airline with a dedicated Food and Wine Channel while on board is a first, a recent Emirates Airline flight to Cape Town, has Rupali Dean intrigued!

Scrupulous Logistics - Food & Wine This is not the first time I flew with Emirates as it’s usually my first choice when it comes to most routes and the stopover in Dubai is a bonus. Flipping through the entertainment system

I come across the Food and Wine Channels which gives me an insight into behind the scenes and how the Airline creates on board menus and works with its global partners. I love the Sri Lanka episode which takes me to how Dilmah tea is selected to be served on board. It’s interesting to watch how Emirates brings premium produce on board through long standing partnerships worldwide, counting indigenous purveyors and artisans. I comprehend that formulating aircraft fare is no relaxing feat. It’s a tightrope operation linking scrupulous logistics on a huge scale and there is no room for any mistakes. Meals need to be delivered on time before the plane departs and nothing can be missed out as there is no turning back once the plane has taken off. Business and First Class meals are a rung up from the Economy Class foil trays that I am used to. I am travelling Business class this time round as I have enough miles and have been upgraded. My meal certainly is fancier in presentation and ingredients and carefully plated up on Royal Doulton fine bone china.

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