Originally Posted by karthik

I have never flown on a carrier from a mostly Islamic country. I was under the impression that they displayed the compass heading to Mecca (sorry, don't recall what that's called or if that's even correct) on the overhead displays as well as unintrusively announced or showed prayer times.

Originally Posted by karthik

If they do do this indeed, how do they deal with the time zone changes? Do they take the beginning or ending time zone, or do whatever they're over? It sounds like it could be very tricky. And if they don't do this at all, I wonder as to what sort of in-flight prayer info/announcements Islamic carriers do provide.

I would also assume that, as one of the previous posters said, other than during times like the Hajj most Muslims are more concerned with sleeping than observing every call to prayer while aboard a fast-moving vessel crossing timezones in a haphazard fashion.

But, I am curious how these carriers provide for what must be a large proportion of their customer base. And do they only serve halal food? I would assume so, even though I know a large number of them do serve alcohol even though devout Muslims would not be ordering it. (Kind of like how domestic Indian flights aren't allowed to serve alcohol... but they can do whatever they want to do on international flights.)