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airBaltic takes pork off the menu

Alla Petrova, BC, Riga, 21.08.2010.Print version
Latvian national airline airBaltic will no longer offer pork dishes on its onboard menus, airline chief Bertolt Flick has announced.

"Our network of routes is really developing very rapidly, and airBaltic has begun intensive flights to and from Muslim countries. We also fly to Israel every day, and since business class passengers are offered one and the same meal, we have decided not to include pork on the menu, as I think we can get by without it," explained Flick.

 

He also reassured Latvian farmers that all food products used by the airline will continue to be purchased from Latvian producers. The airBaltic business class menu will continue to offer Latvian-produced lamb, chicken, ostrich, duck and rabbit meat, as well as fish, vegetables, rhubarb, berries and dairy products, writes LETA.

 

Consumption of pork is forbidden by both the Jewish and Muslim faiths.






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