Emirates celebrates Christmas onboard and in lounges

Emirates’ First and Business Class lounges in Dubai will be serving customer favourites like traditional roasted turkey with jus and cranberry sauce, glazed chestnuts, root vegetables, brussels sprouts and new potatoes, amongst a wide array of dishes.

 In First Class lounges, quintessential winter desserts await, from traditional stollen to scrumptious mince pies dashed with vanilla sauce and red currant cheesecake, to melt-in-the-mouth cinnamon profiteroles and spicy gingerbread chocolate cake.

In Business Class lounges, Christmas dinner will also be served alongside tempting desserts like cherry pistachio festive tart, Christmas fruit cake, chocolate yule log, and lime macarons with peppermint ganache. For an extra sparkle, guests can sample Moët Ice Impérial Brut and Moët Ice Impérial Rosé. Visitors can also get cosy with gingerbread lattes or mint hot chocolate from Costa Coffee.

Across the globe, Emirates Lounges will be decked out with festive fare - from lobster bisque and roasted rib-eye beef in San Francisco and LA, to grilled Norwegian salmon with creamy citrus velouté in Cape Town, roasted duck with red cabbage and caramelized apple wedges in Hamburg, to ballotine of guinea fowl stuffed with date and forest sauce in Paris.

From 14-26 December, customers in all classes will be offered festive hot chocolate, with different tempting toppings across classes from meringues to marshmallows to melt-in-the-mouth Valrhona chocolate pellets. From 24-26 December, special giveaways will also be offered; dark chocolate truffles in Economy Class, gingerbread cookies in Premium Economy and Business Class, and a raspberry Paris-Brest pastry in First Class.

Economy Class customers can also unwrap their festive main course of roasted turkey, chestnut and turkey bacon roulade, and maple-roasted parsnips. Desserts include fruit cake doused in orange sauce and a mousse cake featuring one of Santa’s reindeers especially for children.

When it’s time for entertainment, passengers will be able to choose from 42 different holiday season movies through the airline’s award-winning inflight enteratinment system, ice.

From 24 December – 8 January, Emirates will also celebrate Orthodox Christmas on flights between Russia, Cyprus, Ethiopia and Dubai.