Originally Posted by Jasper2009

I've flown SA a few dozen times over the last few years and have usually been reasonably satisfied, but was shocked how mediocre the catering was on a recent JNB-CPT flight in business class:

After about 45min into the flight I was presented with the following "lunch":

- a tiny, soggy bread roll
- a cheap, processed slice of ham and cheddar
- a few tasteless pieces of fruit

Most airlines would be ashamed to serve that in economy class, let alone business class.

But oh well, I figured I could at least enjoy a glass of champagne or wine. Wrong.

Apparently SA has introduced a (new?) policy whereby it only serves alcoholic beverages on afternoon and evening flights. Or to be more precise: on flights with a scheduled departure time after 11a.m.

I could sort of see the point of not serving hard liquor in the early morning, but refusing to serve a glass of wine with "lunch" at 12p.m. ?!?

Without exaggerating, this was the most mediocre business class catering I've experienced during my last few hundred flights.