The winners of the Onboard Hospitality Awards 2025 have been unveiled at an awards ceremony at the World Travel Catering & Onboard Services Expo in Hamburg.
Winners and highly commended trophies were presented for 24 categories, including amenity kits, menus, special meals, wellness, serviceware, sustainability and full cabin concepts.
Bev Fearis, Onboard Hospitality’s Acting Editor, said: “Thank you to everyone who joined us for the big reveal in Hamburg and congratulations again to all of the winners, highly commended and finalists. As always, the competition was extremely tough and I know the judges had some very difficult decisions to make.
“The high number and the high quality of entries – nearly 200 this year – demonstrates, once again, the incredible dedication and expertise of the people in our industry to create the best onboard experiences for passengers.
“Their achievements deserve to be recognised and rewarded and this is why these awards are so important and why they have become a key event in the onboard hospitality industry.”
Here are the winners and highly commended in this year’s awards:
GOLD
Iberia for its cabin concept, which integrates sustainability, comfort, technology and exceptional service on its A321XLR aircraft, which marks a transformative step, strengthening its long-haul network.
SILVER
GoJet for its CRJ-550 cabin concept roll-out, which began in 2019 and includes catering, comfort and interior design.
BRONZE
Ethiopian Airlines for its A350-1000 cabin concept rolled out in November 2024, which includes interior design, comfort, technology, service and catering.
Best for First Class Amenities
WINNER: Buzz, Etihad x Giorgio Armani Limited Edition Kits
Highly commended: Starlux Airlines, StarluxFirst Class Amenity Kit
Best for Business Class Amenities
WINNER: Matrix, Cathay x Bamford Business Class Amenity Kit
Highly commended: Buzz, Turkish Airlines Business Class Kits featuring Lanvin Parfums
Best for Premium Economy Amenities
WINNER: Plane Talking Products, Austrian Airlines Premium Economy Kit
Highly commended: Bayart Innovations, Turkish Airlines Premium and Collectable Lacoste Long-Haul Amenity Kit
Best for Economy/Low-cost Carriers
WINNER: Kaelis, Air Astana Eco-Conscious Amenity Kit
Best for Onboard Textiles
WINNER: Swiss International Air Lines, New SWISS Business, Premium Economy and Economy Bedding
Highly commended: Safetex, Etihad Airways Self Securing Economy Blanket and Large Pillow
Best for Wearable Textiles
WINNER: Buzz, EVA Air x Jason Wu Sleepwear
Best for Wellbeing
WINNER: Global-c, Nimbus Pillow for American Airlines by Ostrichpillow and Global-c
Highly commended: Kaelis, Qatar Airways Hajj Amenity Kit
Highly commended: Swiss International Air Lines, Circular Cosmetics Ð Soeder Alpine Valley
Best for Onboard Menu or Meal
WINNER Iberia and Do & Co, Creamy Spanish Rice
Highly commended: Avianca, Avianca’s Business class inflight dining experience, featuring a menu designed by chef çlvaro Clavijo
Best for Onboard Snacks: First and Business
WINNER: Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Bloody Mary Crisps
Highly commended: Foodcase, Foodcase ‘By Corsten’ Premium Snacks
Best for Onboard Snacks
WINNER: Global-c, Cathay Pacific’s Hong Kong Egg Tart, packaging by Global-c
Highly commended: Deli Lites, Christmas Feast Sandwich
Best for Onboard Catering Innovation
WINNER: Eurostar, A Revolution of the Eurostar Dining Experience
Highly commended: gategroup CulinaryExcellence onboard iryo, HAIZEA by gategourmet
Highly commended: Qatar Airways, Qatar Airways Caviar in Business Class
Best for Onboard Beverage Alcoholic
WINNER: Bottega, Bottega GoldCru
Highly commended: Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Redhead
Best for Onboard Beverage Non-Alcoholic
WINNER: En Route, Fresh HPP Juices by En Route
Highly commended: Jukes Cordialities from Switchels, Jukes 6 -The Sparkling Red
Best Onboard Special Meal or Product
WINNER: China Airlines, China Airlines X Yang Ming Spring: Inflight Catering with Plant-Based Pure Foods
Highly commended: Alaska Airlines, Alaska Airlines Thai Curry (in partnership with Cuisine Solutions)
Highly commended: gategroup, Air Europa Medi Salad Quinoa bowl by gateretail
Best for Service Equipment – Passenger
WINNER: Air France, La Première Table Arts
Highly commended: Sola Airline Cutlery, Starlux Hollow Handle Business Class Cutlery
Best for Service Equipment – Crew
Highly commended: lDKA Aerospace XT2.5+Trolley
Highly commended: Saudia Saudia’s New Cabin Crew Uniform
Best for Onboard Accessibility
WINNER: Flightpath 3D for its accessibility map
Best for Young Travellers – Amenities
WINNER: deSter Lufthansa Children’s Amenity Kit by deSter
WINNER: Wessco, Air Astana BabyKit
Highly commended: Turkish Airlines, Turkish Airlines My Travel Buddy 2-6 and 7-12 Aged Toy Sets
Best for Young Travellers – Other
Highly commended: Bayart Innovations, Turkish Airlines plush toy for Children by Bayart Innovations
Best Sustainability Programme
WINNER: Eurostar, A great plate with the planet in mind
Highly commended: Skypro, Reuse & Repair Services
Highly commended: Skypro, Upcycling Circularity Products
Best Sustainability Product
WINNER: MNH and Linstol for Virgin Atlantic’s New Business and Economy Headsets incorporating Social Plastic
Best for Onboard Entertainment
WINNER: Spafax, Live Sports Ticker
Highly commended: Above and Thales, ABOVE x Thales FastPath
Best Onboard Connectivity
WINNER: AirFi, AirFi LEO Connectivity
Best for Onboard Technology – Hardware
WINNER: Clip, flydubai Modular Headphone
Highly commended: Panasonic, Astrova
Best for Onboard Technology: Apps
Highly commended: Air Astana, Economy Class Electronic Menu
Foodcase, Boba On Board: The Bubble Tea Experience by Foodcase
Procurall, Tritan Renew: A Collaboration by Procurall, USEO and Eastman
Procurall, Procurall X Eastman: Aventa Home Compostable Cutlery, also in partnership with Eastman.
Traiteur de Paris, Potato Waffle
Pip Organic , Apple Fizz
Singolo, Singolo Wines
See separate story for the winners of the Cabin Concept Awards 2025
