KARACHI – A unique experience of dinner in the sky to the people of Karachiis being started in Pakistan. For the purpose, we are also in process ofselecting menu best suitable to oriental taste”, Dinner In The Sky-PakistanCEO Alit Atara said.
Pakistan will be world’s 65th country to have such flying dinner tableafter the formal launch of the restaurant in August. The concept is gettingglobal recognition which has presence in Europe, United States, Dubai,Mexico, South-Africa, Canada, China, Japan, Australia, Brazil, India andBrazil.
“I have been searching the owner for three months to introduce in Pakistanthis unique restaurant after an Indian restaurant launched the same”, Atarasaid, adding that after Karachi they will move to Lahore and Islamabad.Atara has also acquired the rights to launch the restaurant in Sri Lanka.
Founded in Belgium back in 2006, Dinner in the Sky takes guests to culinaryheights, as they are literally hoisted 223 feet off the ground to dine witha bird’s-eye view of the city
The dinner table will be flying at an altitude of 72 meter (223 feet) abovethe ground level will have 22 seat capacity. Each seat is prepared in theprotective manner with the adjusted belts. To balance the weight of theflying dining table, a crane system is used, which has been made with aGerman technology that helps in balancing the weight above the ground, AliAtara informed saying the system will be approved by the Belgian experts.
The restaurant will provide services 8 hours per day with the totalduration of 1 hour flight time and 20 minutes embarking per session. Total6 flights per day are being offered and 132 people may have the excess toour incredible services daily. Apart from dinning the restaurant will alsooffer conference meetings in the sky.
The chefs will also be preparing and serving food to the guests while inthe air. “We are negotiating with country’s top chefs to hire theirservices apart from the Belgian chefs”, Atara said. Responding to aquestion about the safety of visitors, Ali Atara said that the safety ofcustomers up in the sky is the first priority. “Flying tables and chairs,are well seated and fully belted. We have adopted all mechanism of Germannorm Din 4112”, he added.
Dinner in the Sky observes international safety measures to an utmostlevel. Guests are secured with safety belts and are briefed with the safetyregulations prior to taking off and there have been “zero incidents” sincethey’ve been operating. To avail the service in the sky, booking will donevia online booking reservation system and payment would be made throughcredit cards, Atara noted.