TOKYO, Japan – Japan Airlines (JAL) will offer a new lineup of Japanese cheese for First and Business Class customers on select international routes from September 1, 2013.
As an airline established in Japan, we are willing to promote the excellence of Japanese cheese to our customers and we will introduce the cheese from Hokkaido, Tochigi Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture and Yamanashi Prefecture at this time of changing the selection.
In First Class, garnish is also carefully selected considering the suggestions from the cheese producers to go well with each kind of cheese. In Business Class, we will offer cheeses from Hokkaido and each different flavor and taste is enjoyable.
JAL also offer fine selected wines, seasonal sake and shochu matching our selected Japanese cheese and we are pleased to present Japanese high-quality products through our in-flight service to the world.
Outline of service
1. Effective Period: September 1, 2013 ~ February 28, 2014
2. Applicable Class: On International route
First Class (5 kinds of cheese)
Business Class (3 kinds of cheese)*
*For more details, please refer to the lists below.
3. Applicable Routes:
First Class
From Tokyo (Narita) to Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, London, Frankfurt, Paris and Jakarta
Business Class
From Tokyo (Narita) to Los Angeles, San Diego, Vancouver, Chicago, Boston, New York, Honolulu,
London, Frankfurt, Paris, Moscow, Helsinki, Sydney, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Delhi, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Bangkok
From Tokyo (Haneda) to San Francisco and Paris
# 2 kinds of cheese are available on flights from Tokyo (Narita) to Honolulu, from Osaka (Kansai) to Bangkok and Honolulu as well as from Nagoya (Chubu) to Honolulu.
[Served in First Class]
Date from September 1 to November 30, 2013
Cheese Name
Cheese Type
Producer
Area
Wakakusa(green grass) Camembert
Bloomy Rind
Tokachino Fromage
Tokachi, Hokkaido
Sakagura
Washed-Rind
Kyodogakusha Shintoku Farm
Tokachi, Hokkaido
Kimagure Blue
Blue Cheese
Sarabetsu Cheese Kobo
Tokachi, Hokkaido
Tsurui Gold Label
Firm Cheese
Rakurakukan
Kushiro, Hokkaido
Chausudake
Goat Cheese
Ima Farm
Tochigi
Date from December 1 to February 28, 2014
Cheese Name
Cheese Type
Producer
Area
Brie de Tokachi
Bloomy Rind
Tokachino Fromage
Tokachi, Hokkaido
Sakebitashi
Washed-Rind
Fromage KOMAGATA
Chiba
Kobuchizawa Blue
Blue cheese
Kobuchizawa Cheese Kobo
Yamanashi
Hakodate Maribo
Firm Cheese
Hakodate Milk
Hakodate, Hokkaido
Serendipity
Goat Cheese
Kaze no tani farm Hakuba
Nagano
[Served in Business Class]
Date from September 1 to November 30, 2013
Cheese Name
Cheese Type
Producer
Area
Oishii Camembert
Bloomy Rind
Tokachino Fromage
Tokachi, Hokkaido
Gouda
Firm Cheese
North Plain Farm
Okoppe, Hokkaido
Hayakita Blue
Blue Cheese
Muminsha
Iburi, Hokkaido
Date from December 1 to February 28, 2014
Cheese Name
Cheese Type
Producer
Area
YUKI(Snow)
Bloomy Rind
Kyodogakusha Shintoku Farm
Tokachi, Hokkaido
Gouda
Firm Cheese
North Plain Farm
Okoppe, Hokkaido
Miso Camembert
Others
Tokachino Fromage
Tokachi, Hokkaido