Japan Airlines to provide Halal certified Muslim meals starting June 1, 2016

Muslim meals with Halal Certification to be served on flights departing from Japan

TOKYO, 2016-May-30 — /Travel PR News/ — Japan Airlines (JAL) will provide Halal certified Muslim meals on all outbound international flights from Japan, starting June 1, 2016.

JAL has been serving Muslim meal as a special meal for Muslim customers. Recently the airline has received Halal Certification (*1) from Japan Islamic Trust (JIT) (*2), for the whole processing of its Muslim meal menus (*3) aboard all international flights departing from Japan.

Additionally JAL has changed all dishware used for Muslim meals to disposable one with Halal Certification in order to deliver a sense of security to Muslim customers when they enjoy our in-flight meals.

JAL will be striving to serve customers with delicious meals which are only available aboard JAL flights and provide customers with a pleasant and comfortable travel experience.

Applicable class: All classes

Applicable route: All international flights departing from Japan

How to apply: By email or phone at least 24 hours before the schedule departure time

URL： www.jal.co.jp/en/inter/service/meal/special/menu/index.html

Halal certified Muslim meals:

Business Class

Economy Class

 

＜Halal meals on international flights to Japan＞

• All flights from Kuala Lumpur

Japanese and Western Menus for Muslim and normal meals have received Halal Certification from the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia.

• All flights from Jakarta

Western Menus for Muslim and normal meals have received Halal Certification from The Indonesian Council of Ulama Jakarta.

＜Flights with Halal-certified meal service (*4)＞          (○: available; ×: not available)

Flights	Muslim meals	Normal meals（Western menu）	Normal meals（Japanese menu）
From Japan	○	×	×
From Kuala Lumpur	○	○	○
From Jakarta	○	○	×

 

Note:

(*1) Halal Certification is recognition that the meals for Muslims are made and approved according to Islamic laws and rules.

(*2) JIT is a religious corporation registered in Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. JIT has begun issuing halal certificates since 1999. It was approved as a certifying entity in Japan by halal certifying entities in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Thailand. URL: www.islam.or.jp/en/

(*3) Halal Certification of the whole production process includes ingredients, production method, production factory and dishware etc.

(*4) Meals on flights other than the above are not halal certified.