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Sep 2008

Jet Airways celebrates Onam on Kerala-bound flights
by Juhan Samuel

     Kochi (Kerala): Jet Airways will celebrate Onam, the popular harvest festival of Kerala, on flights by serving specially prepared Onam 'sadya' (east) for all its domestic and international passengers travelling on Kochi and Kozhikode flights on September 12. Passengers will be treated to delectable Onam meals such as Kalan (raw banana cubes cooked with curd, coconut paste tempered with curry leaves and south Indian spices), Erussery (raw banana and yam cooked with coconut, corrainder paste and pulses), and Ela Ada (rice flour cake spread on banana leaf steamed with banana, jaggery and grated coconut stuffing). The lunch and dinner menu on that day will include the popular welcome drink Sambharam (butter milk). Breakfast and snack meals will also have the Onam flavour. To lend authenticity and to create a festive spirit, the meals will be served on trays lined with banana leaf. Special Onam greeting cards from Jet Airways will also be placed on these trays. As a customer service oriented airline, Jet Airways offers their customers several such passenger delight initiatives on special and festive occasions. With an average fleet age of 4.45 years, the airline has one of the youngest aircraft fleet in the world. Jet Airways operates over 395 flights daily.
-Sep 11, 2008