In a bid to reduce food wastage, Japan Airlines (JAL) is now asking some travellers to make an ethical choice by skipping meals on flights. This request is not for cutting costs but is for reducing food waste. Read on to know more.
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Japan Airlines Introduced This After Being Inspired By UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
In an interview with CNN, Japan Airlines explain that the ethical choice option is for passengers who opt for overnight flights within Asia. Many passengers prefer sleeping through the night instead of waking up for meal service. And since the airline prepares a meal for every passenger on board, the skipped meals results in wasted food.
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Guests Can Visit JAL’s Website Or Call The Airlines To Avail This Option
Japan Airlines has introduced this program after being inspired by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, one of which is reducing food waste around the world. The program was first introduced on a trial basis on flights between Bangkok and Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. The five and a half hour flight leaves from Bangkok at 10 40 PM and arrives Tokyo at 5 40 AM the following morning. And if you are planning to consider this option, then here’s how you can avail it.
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Guests who want to give up their meal service can do so by going on JAL’s website or calling the airline once they’ve confirmed their flight reservation, similar to the way they might request a vegetarian or kosher meal in advance. This approach will help the airline to not prepare extra meals, thereby helping in cutting down wastage.
In addition to the meal-skipping option, JAL recycles maintenance engineer uniforms into sound-insulating cotton fibre and has flight attendants use iPads in-flight to cut down on printing paper menus.