Celebrating World Chocolate Day on 7 July and the current trending connection between chocolate and the city of Dubai, Emirates has noted a surge in customer consumption of the decadent delight – with 60 million pieces of luxury chocolate consumed onboard by customers in all classes in one year. This represents an increase of 2 million more chocolates than the year before.
Sweetening the ‘fly better’ experience, Emirates serves artisan chocolate as part of the signature meal service in all classes, to 140 destinations around the world. Over the last year, Economy Class customers have consumed 36.6 million individual chocolates, while customers in the newly launched Premium Economy Class have enjoyed 1.06 million chocolates. In Business Class, customers have indulged in 9.1 million chocolates – while First Class customers, who have access to unlimited chocolates and are invited to take away some of their favourite flavours, have relished 122,000 large gourmet chocolate boxes or approximately 13.4 million individual chocolates.