In welcoming the Holy Month of Ramadan, Emirates will once again be offering its signature Ramadan services onboard and on the ground for its fasting passengers.
Onboard from 2 April, customers breaking their fast across all cabin classes to select Emirates destinations can expect specially crafted, nutritionally balanced iftar meals served in bespoke boxes.
The meals consist of freshly prepared grain-based cold salads and sandwiches accompanied with a variety of proteins, seedless dates, laban, water, and mini Arabic bread, amongst other iftar essentials.
The boxes will be served on flights to select destinations during times that coincide with iftar or sohour, on flights to and from the Gulf region as well as on flights catering to Umrah groups travelling to Jeddah and Medina.
In addition, cold meals will be served in lieu of hot ones on all flights to Jeddah and Medina, including Umrah day flights.
The boxes, designed by the airline’s in-house designers in collaboration with local artists at Mawaheb Art Studio, are convenient for takeaway if customers wish to do so.
Emirates’ iftar box will be served to complement the airline’s regular hot meal service, which will include a traditional soup option for First Class passengers on select flights to break their fast.
Contents will be refreshed on a weekly basis to ensure a best-in-class dining experience.
To ensure the highest levels of accuracy for fasting Muslim passengers, Emirates uses a unique tool to calculate the correct timings for imsak (the time to commence fasting) and iftar while in-flight, based on the times of the sunrise and sunset of the location the flight is passing by using the aircraft’s longitude, latitude and altitude.
When the sun sets, passengers will be officially informed of the iftar time by the captain.
For customers on the ground boarding during iftar and sohour times, trays of dates and water will be available at gates for several destinations.
At the Emirates lounges in DXB, dates and coffee as well as delectable Arabic style sweets will be offered during Ramadan.
Emirates lounges are also all equipped with dedicated prayer rooms and ablution facilities to ensure a peaceful environment for worship.
Special religious content is available on Emirates’ TV section on ice. Ramadan awareness training for its cabin crew and on ground teams in Dubai and across its network is also provided.
