World’s Best Airline gifts complimentary in-flight Wi-Fi codes, Qatar Duty Free discount vouchers, and golden chocolate coins enclosed in traditional red envelopes to its passengers
Doha, Qatar – Qatar Airways celebrates the Lunar New Year with passengers travelling to and from far East Asia by introducing festive products and cuisine inspired by Chinese culture and the Year of the Rabbit. Spreading the joy of the season, the World’s Best Airline will gift complimentary in-flight Wi-Fi codes, Qatar Duty Free discount vouchers and golden chocolate coins enclosed in beautifully designed traditional red envelopes - hóngbāo symbolising good luck and prosperity to its passengers. The Chinese New Year celebratory experience is available for passengers travelling on routes to and from China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia.
Onboard the award-winning airline, passengers will indulge in an authentic Chinese dining experience that takes inspiration from dishes traditionally served during this auspicious occasion.
Business Class passengers will be welcomed with a refreshing Golden Mandarin Spice Mule – a special holiday beverage that symbolises abundance. As the flight progresses they can sit back and enjoy savoury prawn crackers as they sip on their beverage of choice, while the cabin crew prepare to surprise them with an elegant and celebratory dinner setting of oriental inspired lanterns, red and gold ornate ‘fan-shaped’ placemats symbolising wealth and stature and bespoke Year of the Rabbit themed menu cards offering a specially curated à la carte menu, featuring seafood wonton soup with shitake broth, mala spice beef roll with hoisin sauce, cucumber, and edamame salad. Entrée options include chilli garlic prawns with doupan sauce along with stir fried noodles and vegetables. For a light meal, passengers will be able to choose a delectable Kung Pao Chicken with Jasmine rice and gai lan.
The celebratory meal is drawn to a close with a black seasoned tofu mousse cake with goji berry, mandarin and sesame tuile.
Passengers travelling in the Economy Cabin will receive their meals as usual on a tray adorned with a specially designed tray liner with a complementing cutlery roll band and chopsticks. Passengers will begin their feast with an Asian noodle salad followed by sweet and sour prawns and fish paired with Jasmine rice and Asian vegetables; ending their dining experience on a sweet note with a zesty Mandarin mousse dessert with goji berries sesame crumble.
Travellers in all cabins will be offered a fortune cookie symbolising luck, fortune, fate and wisdom.
At Qatar Airways Premium Lounges in Doha and globally, passengers will join in the Year of the Rabbit celebrations with customised à la carte menus. Tables will be dressed with décor comprising of table lanterns, elegant chopstick designs and Chinese knot tassels leading to an indulgent selection of family favourite soups and entrees, flavourful main courses, and tempting desserts.
A multiple award-winning airline, Qatar Airways was recently announced as the ‘Airline of the Year’ at the 2022 World Airline Awards, managed by the international air transport rating organisation, Skytrax. The airline continues to be synonymous with excellence having won the main prize for an unprecedented seventh time (2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2022), while also being named ‘World’s Best Business Class’, ‘World’s Best Business Class Lounge Dining’ and ‘Best Airline in the Middle East’.
Qatar Airways currently flies to more than 150 destinations worldwide, connecting through its Doha hub, Hamad International Airport, currently named the ‘Best Airport in the World” by Skytrax World Airport Awards 2022.
About Qatar Airways
A multiple award-winning airline, Qatar Airways won the ‘World’s Best Airline’ for an unprecedented ninth time at the 2025 World Airline Awards, managed by the international air transport rating organisation, Skytrax. Qatar Airways was previously named the World’s Best Airline in 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2024. The airline continues to be synonymous with excellence, and has yet again received recognition for ‘World's Best Business Class’, and ‘World's Best Business Class Airline Lounge’. As the leading connector in the region, Qatar Airways has also been lauded with the ‘Best Airline in the Middle East’ title for the twelfth time.
Qatar Airways currently flies to over 170 destinations worldwide, connecting through its Doha hub, Hamad International Airport, the ‘Best Airport in the Middle East’ for 11 consecutive years, as well as ‘World’s Best Airport Shopping’ for the third year in a row, as voted by Skytrax. Hamad International Airport has previously been named the ‘World’s Best Airport’ by Skytrax in 2021, 2022, and 2024.
Qatar Airways was the first Airline in the Middle East to be certified to the highest level of IATA’s Environmental Assessment (IEnvA) programme, based on recognised environmental management system principles (such as ISO 14001). As an inaugural signatory to the Buckingham Palace Declaration in March 2016, Qatar Airways became the first airline globally to be certified to the industry standard for the prevention of illegal wildlife trafficking in aviation.
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