SEATTLE, July 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The salmon and
other fresh seafood of Pike Place Fish Market are world famous for
taking flight. Now, they're taking to the skies above Seattle along with several of the city's most
celebrated local purveyors of fresh, sustainable food on select
Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) flights from Seattle-Tacoma
International Airport.
Beginning July 21, Delta will
offer customers seated in First Class fresh, seasonal meals crafted
with ingredients from the following local suppliers:
- Pike Place Chowder
- Pike Place Fish Market
- The Pike Brewing Company's XXXXX Stout Mustard
- Uli's Famous Sausage
- Beecher's Handmade Cheese
- Le Panier Bakery
- Pappardelle's Pasta
The menus will launch this week on flights from Seattle to Los
Angeles and San Francisco
and will expand to other mainline lunch and dinner flights between
900 and1,500 miles.
"Fresh, local and sustainable are core tenets of Pacific
Northwest cuisine and Delta's onboard food and beverage program,
and that's precisely the philosophy we follow with our new menus,"
said Mike Medeiros, Delta's Vice
President – Seattle. "Our region's
most recognized purveyors shine in these thoughtfully crafted
menus, giving Delta customers from around the world a taste of
Seattle, whether they're destined for Sea-Tac or just passing
through."
Delta's chefs partner closely with the suppliers to craft menus.
Sample menu pairings include:
- Pappardelle's lavender fettuccine with Pike Place Fish Market's
wild Alaskan coho salmon and Northwest Seafood Seasoning
- Uli's Famous German bratwurst and smoked bacon sausage with
German potato salad and sauerkraut with sautéed apples
- Garden vegetable salad with Pike Place Fish Market candied
salmon and Beecher's Flagship cheese with lemon vinaigrette
All menu pairings feature Pike Place Chowder's award-winning
clam chowder, Le Panier Brioche and a Le Panier chocolate macaron
with chocolate ganache.
Delta partners with some of Seattle's most recognized brands. The airline
serves Starbucks® Pike Place® Roast and Starbucks VIA® Ready Brew
Italian Roast decaf on all flights. Fremont Brewing's Universale
Pale Ale is available on Delta Shuttle flights from Seattle to Los
Angeles and San
Francisco.
Delta is the largest global carrier at Sea-Tac and has more than
tripled flights and destinations at its Seattle hub since 2012. Delta offers more than
150 peak-day departures to more than 40 destinations from
Seattle, and
every Delta flight from Seattle features jet
service with Delta One/First Class and Delta Comfort+ seating and
free entertainment via Delta Studio as well as Wi-Fi service on
nearly every domestic aircraft operating in the contiguous
U.S. The airline will open a new Delta Sky Club located
between Concourses A and B in late 2016.
In addition to this new partnership, Delta has in the past year
enhanced its chef-curated menus featuring the culinary talents of
Chefs Linton Hopkins and Michelle
Bernstein on a wide selection of transoceanic routes. The
menus highlight the airline's industry-leading focus on seasonal
and regionally-inspired cuisine.
Along with the latest creations from the airline's partner and
in-house chefs, customers will also be able to enjoy
seasonally-rotating wines from Delta's 2016 wine program, curated
by Master Sommelier Andrea Robinson. Delta began syncing up its
on-board wine selections with the seasonal rotation of its menus
earlier this year.
Delta Air Lines serves nearly 180 million customers each year.
In 2016, Delta was named to Fortune's top 50 Most Admired Companies
in addition to being named the most admired airline for the fifth
time in six years. Additionally, Delta has ranked No.1 in the
Business Travel News Annual Airline survey for an unprecedented
five consecutive years. With an industry-leading global network,
Delta and the Delta Connection carriers offer service to 337
destinations in 62 countries on six continents. Headquartered in
Atlanta, Delta employs more than
80,000 employees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more
than 800 aircraft. The airline is a founding member of the SkyTeam
global alliance and participates in the industry's leading
transatlantic joint venture with Air France-KLM and Alitalia
as well as a joint venture with Virgin Atlantic. Including its
worldwide alliance partners, Delta offers customers more than
15,000 daily flights, with key hubs and markets including
Amsterdam, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St.
Paul, New York-JFK and LaGuardia, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de
Gaulle, Salt Lake City, Seattle and Tokyo-Narita. Delta has
invested billions of dollars in airport facilities, global products
and services, and technology to enhance the customer experience in
the air and on the ground. Additional information is available on
the Delta News Hub, as well as delta.com, Twitter @DeltaNewsHub,
Google.com/+Delta, and Facebook.com/delta.
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