MrRobert9784

Good morning y'all!

Next week, I am flying CLT-PHL-TLV, to visit Jewish family and friends who live in Israel. I am Jewish, so I only eat Kosher. I am wondering if I have to order a special Kosher meal for my flight (I have ordered Kosher meals on CLT-LHR-CLT flights before) or are the meals served onboard Kosher?

Also does anybody know if US Airways, serves snacks in between meals? And if anbody has any pictures of meals served on PHL-TLV flights, please share them, I am interested in seeing what i could be eating!


P.S. I am flying in coach!

airb330

I doubt all the meals are Kosher. I've never flown the route, so I am not sure, but that's my instinct. I'd call 800-428-4322 to order the Kosher meal.

This is what US has listed on their website, but that is obviously just an idea of what you'll receive.

Tel Aviv to the U.S.
Dinner: Beef carbonade with fresh green salad and cucumbers, whole wheat roll and apple strudel

Breakfast: Mixed berry cheese blintzes with fresh fruit, white roll and yogurt
U.S. to Tel Aviv
Dinner: Orange chipotle chicken with fresh green salad, whole wheat roll and a classic brownie

Arrival meal: Cheese omelet with fresh garden salsa and fresh fruit

Piedmont767

I have never worked PHL-TLV, but if I recall our OnBoard Service Handbook, there are a limited number of Kosher meals onboard for people who have forgotten to order a meal prior to the flight. So order a meal just in case.

I am pretty sure that we also serve an inflight snack pack. This is what the service will look like:

•After take-off
Dinner, two choices of entrees

•Two hours after take-off
Hydration service (Water, OJ, Other Beverages, Pretzels and MarketPlace)

•Half-way through the flight
Snack service (Beverages and Snack Packs)

•Seven hours after take-off
Hydration service (Water, OJ, Other Beverages, Pretzels and MarketPlace)

•Prior to landing
Breakfast, two choices pf entrees

You can also get beverages, pretzels and snacks throughout the flight from the rear galley.

iztok

If you need special meal to appease your deity you better call US Airways and order KSML.

Indelaware

Not everyone who is Jewish eats Kosher. Not everyone who flies to TLV is Jewish. Not everyone who orders Kosher meals is Jewish.

Houminer

The food out of TLV is all kosher ingredients but they may be mixed making the meal not kosher.
If you eat kosher make a reservation for kosher food.

Indelaware

Often US airlines - and I assume US Airways is no different from the others - cater the return segment before departure from the US. Often the cost of fuel to fly the extra found compares favorably to increased cost of having local catering at each out-station.

FWAAA

While it's certainly possible to double-cater, I'm reasonably certain that US do not double-cater the PHL-TLV flights. Nor any other long-haul TATL flights.

sdsearch

So what happens if their caterer at TLV (or another TATL destination) is on strike? I thought I heard about other airlines (including AA) double-catering on long-hauls when their caterer at the foreign end of their flight was on strike. Doesn't US do it too in that circumstance?

Centurion

order the meal prior. I do not understand Kosher or the reason to keep Kosher in modern times but respect Jewish people. It is obvious the rules were created for health reasons prior to modern food production

ubernostrum

Indeed. Someone I travel with frequently is severely lactose-intolerant, and has used the kosher-meal request in the past because it's more likely to actually be lactose-free than the vegetarian ones.

GNRMatt

While this is true, keep in mind airline's also have a meal that is labeled "Non-Lactose", which might be a better choice. There is a complete listing of special meals available at: http://www.usairways.com/en-US/trave...cialmeals.html

ubernostrum

The other thing is that the kosher meal is usually better food than the specific medical ones

sdsearch

Does US actually have a lacto vegetarian meal? AA hasn't had one for years (despite it being orderable!).

Despite claims on AA's website that there are all these various meals (and them accepting orders for them by those various names), there aren't nearly as many.

THere is no actual vegetarian lacto meal on AA. They create one meal which is simultaneously:

• Vegan
• Vegetarian
• Low sodium

and a few others too. They simply use "lowest common denominator" ingredients (some sort of grain with some sort of legumes typically).

Does US make separately-designed meals for all of these varieties?

(I can't imagine Parker, after seeing how AA "consolidated" special meal menus to cut costs, would move to increase the diveristy of special meals, presumably at increased costs compared to what AA has been doing, after the merger.)

GNRMatt

Out of curiosity, what is in US's kosher meal these days?