Aviation
Maldives wins achievement award from Emirates
The passenger sales operations of Emirates in the Maldives have been
recognised for outstanding performance in 2008-09 with an Outstanding
Achievements Award, presented at a recent regional conference of the
award-winning Dubai-based airline.
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Richard Vaughan, Emirates Divisional
Senior Vice President Commercial Operations Worldwide,
Chandana de Silva, Emirates Area Manager for Sri Lanka and
Maldives, Darrell Soertsz, Emirates’ District Manager
Maldives and Majid Al Mualla, Emirates Vice President
Commercial Operations - West Asia and Indian Ocean at the
presentation of the award. |
Emirates’ District Manager Maldives Darrell Soertsz accepted the
award from Richard Vaughan, Emirates Divisional Senior Vice President
Commercial Operations Worldwide, accompanied by Chandana de Silva,
Emirates Area Manager for Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Majid Al Mualla,
Emirates Vice President Commercial Operations - West Asia and Indian
Ocean was also present.
This award is particularly noteworthy because it recognises
performance during a universally challenging period for the air travel
industry. The Indian Subcontinent region is very competitive, and
exceeding targets is no ordinary feat. I congratulate our team in Male
for an inspiring performance,” de Silva said.
Revenue from passenger sales out of Male exceeded the station’s
targets by nearly a third in 2008-09, in striking contrast to a general
softening of demand for international travel during the year. “The
Maldives remains a relatively buoyant market, and the station’s
performance illustrates the potential of the destination,” said Soertsz.
The winner of over 400 major international awards Emirates operates
14 services a week from Male to Dubai and three services a week from
Male to Colombo offering convenient connections to 99 destinations on
six continents.
Cathay Pacific offers new menus
Cathay Pacific Airways launched new menus for First and Business
Class passengers featuring a range of dishes specially created by the
Hong Kong Chefs’ Association (HKCA) National Culinary Team.
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The Hong Kong Chefs’ Association team,
Cathay Pacific Catering Planning and Design team, and chefs
from Cathay Pacific Catering Services worked together to
create the special dishes in the sky. |
The airline sponsored the air tickets that enabled the team to take
part in the 22nd IKA International Culinary Olympics in Germany last
October. The HKCA team brought home four medals from the event and as a
token of their appreciation, the chefs got together to create a special
menu for the benefit of Cathay Pacific passengers.
The chefs created around 100 dishes including Western appetisers,
entrees and desserts. Some of these were featured on flights from May to
July and a new selection of dishes is now being served on the majority
of Cathay Pacific flights from Hong Kong in First and Business Class.
The dishes featured in the promotion were specially designed by the
HKCA in collaboration with the team at Cathay Pacific Catering Services
(CPCS) which produces meals for all Cathay Pacific flights out of Hong
Kong. The dishes were created with in accordance with the preferred
tastes of the airline’s premium travellers and also took into account
CPCS’s ability to reproduce the dishes at high volume on a daily basis.
Among the appetisers featured in the promotion are glazed tiger prawn
with sesame, papaya and cucumber julienne, and smoked peppered tuna
Nicoise salad with tonnato dressing.
Entrees include braised lamb shank with grilled lamb chop, couscous,
asparagus and marinated mixed peppers, and duck confit with dark cherry
brandy sauce, sauteed potatoes, braised red cabbage and roasted
vegetables. Special desserts for premium travellers include American
cheesecake with blueberry and cranberry sauce, and peanut butter cake
with mixed berry compote. |