Turkish Airlines Debuts Unique Bread Offering

You probably don’t think very much about the bread served during a flight’s dinner service (unless it’s particularly bad, of course) but you just might the next time you fly with Turkish Airlines.

As of this fall, the airline has added what it’s calling the world’s oldest bread to its in-flight service menu. The bread is made from ancient wheat varieties that can be traced to ancient civilizations in what is now modern-day Türkiye. The bread is available in intercontinental business class, served heated in a special bag with butter and olive oil.

“As the flag carrier that offers the world’s finest flavors to its guests and receiving numerous accolades for it from world renowned organizations, we are pleased to introduce our business class travelers to the world’s oldest bread grown from the reproduction of ancient wheat discovered in excavations in the Anatolia region. With this bread, traditional to Turkish cuisine and significant to global culinary history, we aim to blend past and present together on our in-flight guest experiences. We hope that our new menu item will be appreciated by our guests as we continue our award-winning leadership in the field of inflight dining,” said Ahmet Bolat, chairman of the board and the executive committee, Turkish Airlines.