Japan Airlines to serve Mie Prefecture menus on Centrair flights to Honolulu, Taipei and Tianjin

Japan Airlines will serve limited-time inflight meals made with ingredients from Mie Prefecture on its international flights from Chubu Centrair International Airport, near Nagoya, between 1 December 2026 and 28 February 2027, the airline announced on 4 November together with the Mie Prefectural Government and caterer Nagoya Air Catering. It is the first dedicated Mie menu on JAL's international departures from Centrair in six years and nine months.

The menus, using about 40 local ingredients and food products such as Matsusaka beef, Ise Umaine pork, Niihime Kumano sea bream and Iga rice, will be offered on the routes from Centrair to Honolulu, Taipei Taoyuan and Tianjin. On the Honolulu route, Business Class passengers will be offered dishes including Matsusaka beef stroganoff, and Economy Class a Matsusaka beef keema curry. Business Class on the Tianjin route will also serve the menu on the return flight from Tianjin, and the main dishes on the Tianjin and Taipei routes will change each month.

Bilingual leaflets in Japanese and English describing the ingredients will be handed out with the meals, and a sake from Iga City will be available at the JAL Sakura Lounge in Centrair's international terminal from 1 December 2026 to 31 March 2027, while supplies last. The initiative follows a food and tourism agreement signed by JAL and Mie Prefecture in December 2015.

The release does not give flight numbers, frequencies or aircraft for the three routes, and individual dishes may vary by month and cabin, so passengers should not rely on a specific item being served.