Originally Posted by
FollowTheSun
Not knowing the numbers, but let's say an airline as LH is transporting 20 million passenger per year on long haul routes, means 5 euro per meal sum up to 100 million euros. That's a fair amount of money, which of course makes a difference when an airline is actually losing money IMHO.
You misunderstand what I mean. Of course your sums are right, and 100 million euros is a big saving. But my point is, instead of charging 400 Euros for flight x of which 5 euros (or whatever they spend) is spent on catering, then instead charge 405 euros and spend 10 euros on catering. I would not choose my airline based on a difference of 10 euros/return flight, and I doubt many would.
I am however against charging 5 euros extra as an add-on service!
Of course it's probably more likely that they charge 420 euros and spend 2 euro on catering.
