In Flight Catering Guide: Discussion and reports
Sep 25, 2010, 4:10 pm
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In Flight Catering Guide: Discussion and reports
Over the last year, much has changed in the world of catering at British Airways which has lead to some confusion about what to expect on board as far as the food and beverage offering goes.
Catering on BA Short Haul is devised by bandings, dependant on the length of your flight and also if you are on an international sector or a domestic sector. We are most grateful to BingBongBoy for coming to our aid and furnishing us with the very latest catering product information and providing a break down of bands and associated routes. So if you're not sure what to expect on your next short haul flight, all you need at hand is the departure time and the “Band” your flight falls into. The following diagram will then point you to the relevant product description.
We'll start with LHR and LGW short haul and supplement this with similar long haul info in due course.
The main purpose of this thread is to encourage discussion on BA catering, so please do use this thread to share your opinions and add your own experiences of BA's short and long haul catering. Your own reports, menu listings and photographs are most welcome - appending some basic info such as route, date of travel (approximate) and class of travel are very useful datapoints.
Last edited by LTN Phobia; Nov 18, 2011 at 4:08 pm Reason: Just removed "2010" from the title as the contents are still mostly current.
Sep 25, 2010, 4:11 pm
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BA Short Haul Catering Bands (LHR/LGW routes)
Last edited by Prospero; Sep 26, 2010 at 5:09 am Reason: combine LGW/LHR charts; incorporate other comments and corrections
Sep 25, 2010, 4:11 pm
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Short haul bar menus
UK Domestic
The following lists the standard bar contents on LHR UK Domestic flights. All contents are subject to change and to availability. Standard tariff applies across all short haul bands (free, gratis, on the house)
Mixers: Canada Dry, Coca Cola, Diet Coke, Sprite and Tonic Water.
Spirits: Camus VSOP Cognac, Gordon’s Gin, Johnnie Walker Red Label and Smirnoff Red Label vodka.
Lagers: Grolsch and Heineken (Subject to change)
Wine: choice of 1 red or 1 white.
Water: Still and sparkling.
Juices: Orange, apple and tomato.
Note, not all the items listed above are available on equivalent LGW routes.
Club Europe
Mixers: Bitter Lemon, Canada Dry, Coca Cola, Diet Coke, Tonic Water, Diet Tonic Water, Fanta Orange and Sprite
Spirits: Bacardi Carta Blanca, Baileys, Campari, Camus VSOP Cognac, Cointreau, Dow’s Midnight Ruby Port, Glenlivet 15 Year Old Malt Whisky, Gordon’s Gin, Drambuie, Jack Daniel’s American Whiskey, Johnnie Walker Black Label, Martini Dry, Smirnoff Vodka Blue, Southern Comfort, Tia Maria and Tio Pepe
Beers/Lager: Fuller’s London Pride, Carlsberg and Heineken lager
Wines: 2 choices of red wine and 2 choices of white wine
Champagne: Quarter bottles of Champagne (Pommery Brut Royal)
Water: Still water (large bottles) and Sparkling mineral water
Juices: Apple, Cranberry, Orange and Tomato (large pouring cartons) and 5 Alive
Euro Traveller Bands 1 and 2
Mixers: Canada Dry, Coca Cola, Diet Coke, Sprite and Tonic Water.
Spirits: Camus VSOP Cognac, Gordon’s Gin, Johnnie Walker Red Label and Smirnoff Red Label vodka.
Lagers: Grolsch and Heineken (Subject to change)
Wine: choice of 1 red or 1 white.
Water: Still and sparkling.
Juices: Orange, apple and tomato*.
The bars are also loaded with plastic sealed “cup-lets” of orange juice and water, and these will be used till they run out before opening the large cartons and bottles. * Tomato juice will not be loaded on LGW Band 1 routes.
Euro Traveller Bands 3 and 4
Mixers: Canada Dry, Coca Cola, Diet Coke, Sprite and Tonic Water.
Spirits: Camus VSOP Cognac, Gordon’s Gin, Johnnie Walker Red Label and Smirnoff Red Label vodka.
Lagers: Grolsch and Heineken (Subject to change)
Wine: choice of 1 red or 1 white.
Water: Still and sparkling.
Juices: Orange, Apple and Tomato.
No sealed plastic “cup-lets” are loaded in these bars.
Update 01 October 2010
Due to Customer and Crew feedback... Tomato juice is to be brought back to LHR Band 1 and 2 flights and LGW Band 2 flights
The following lists the standard bar contents on LHR UK Domestic flights. All contents are subject to change and to availability. Standard tariff applies across all short haul bands (free, gratis, on the house)
Mixers: Canada Dry, Coca Cola, Diet Coke, Sprite and Tonic Water.
Spirits: Camus VSOP Cognac, Gordon’s Gin, Johnnie Walker Red Label and Smirnoff Red Label vodka.
Lagers: Grolsch and Heineken (Subject to change)
Wine: choice of 1 red or 1 white.
Water: Still and sparkling.
Juices: Orange, apple and tomato.
Note, not all the items listed above are available on equivalent LGW routes.
Club Europe
Mixers: Bitter Lemon, Canada Dry, Coca Cola, Diet Coke, Tonic Water, Diet Tonic Water, Fanta Orange and Sprite
Spirits: Bacardi Carta Blanca, Baileys, Campari, Camus VSOP Cognac, Cointreau, Dow’s Midnight Ruby Port, Glenlivet 15 Year Old Malt Whisky, Gordon’s Gin, Drambuie, Jack Daniel’s American Whiskey, Johnnie Walker Black Label, Martini Dry, Smirnoff Vodka Blue, Southern Comfort, Tia Maria and Tio Pepe
Beers/Lager: Fuller’s London Pride, Carlsberg and Heineken lager
Wines: 2 choices of red wine and 2 choices of white wine
Champagne: Quarter bottles of Champagne (Pommery Brut Royal)
Water: Still water (large bottles) and Sparkling mineral water
Juices: Apple, Cranberry, Orange and Tomato (large pouring cartons) and 5 Alive
Euro Traveller Bands 1 and 2
Mixers: Canada Dry, Coca Cola, Diet Coke, Sprite and Tonic Water.
Spirits: Camus VSOP Cognac, Gordon’s Gin, Johnnie Walker Red Label and Smirnoff Red Label vodka.
Lagers: Grolsch and Heineken (Subject to change)
Wine: choice of 1 red or 1 white.
Water: Still and sparkling.
Juices: Orange, apple and tomato*.
The bars are also loaded with plastic sealed “cup-lets” of orange juice and water, and these will be used till they run out before opening the large cartons and bottles. * Tomato juice will not be loaded on LGW Band 1 routes.
Euro Traveller Bands 3 and 4
Mixers: Canada Dry, Coca Cola, Diet Coke, Sprite and Tonic Water.
Spirits: Camus VSOP Cognac, Gordon’s Gin, Johnnie Walker Red Label and Smirnoff Red Label vodka.
Lagers: Grolsch and Heineken (Subject to change)
Wine: choice of 1 red or 1 white.
Water: Still and sparkling.
Juices: Orange, Apple and Tomato.
No sealed plastic “cup-lets” are loaded in these bars.
Update 01 October 2010
Due to Customer and Crew feedback... Tomato juice is to be brought back to LHR Band 1 and 2 flights and LGW Band 2 flights
Last edited by Prospero; Apr 29, 2011 at 3:00 am Reason: Stop press: Tomato juice update
Sep 25, 2010, 4:26 pm
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Excellent work Prospero - here's my small contribution to the thread...
Band 4 cooked meal, TIP-LHR, ~15:30 flight, Early May 2010.
Some kind of pasta cheesy mince/bolognaise hybrid.
Note that BA can occasionally do a meat-free meal on this route - and there is no other choice in ET (which seems perverse given that you can order a veggie SPML).
Band 4 cooked meal, TIP-LHR, ~15:30 flight, Early May 2010.
Some kind of pasta cheesy mince/bolognaise hybrid.
Note that BA can occasionally do a meat-free meal on this route - and there is no other choice in ET (which seems perverse given that you can order a veggie SPML).
Last edited by Stez; Sep 25, 2010 at 5:21 pm Reason: Statement no longer valid d/t corrections in OP
Sep 25, 2010, 5:33 pm
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Splendid, very helpful .... but. Can the grids in post number 2 be made larger for those of us who are, erm, differently abled in the vision department 
?
Or in plain English, can you please make the grids bigger? Ta very much.
Edit: Prospero and Bing Bong Boy are :-: stars :-:. Just wanted to make that abundantly clear. Thanks!
? Or in plain English, can you please make the grids bigger? Ta very much.
Edit: Prospero and Bing Bong Boy are :-: stars :-:. Just wanted to make that abundantly clear. Thanks!
Last edited by Trav+; Sep 26, 2010 at 1:36 pm Reason: Credit where credit is due, must include BBB
[Although I fear we might not have anyone to confirm the info?]
Sep 26, 2010, 1:03 am
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Very interesting. Are the offerings into the UK the same at similar local times?
I noticed that after 10:00, domestic flights get 'Bar service with snacks', while most (i.e. ET) passengers in Bands 1, 2 and 3A are offered those quaint expressions 'Lunch', 'Afternoon Tea' and 'Dinner', which so far as I can see amount to 'Bar service with snacks'. (Not complaining, just observing.)
I noticed that after 10:00, domestic flights get 'Bar service with snacks', while most (i.e. ET) passengers in Bands 1, 2 and 3A are offered those quaint expressions 'Lunch', 'Afternoon Tea' and 'Dinner', which so far as I can see amount to 'Bar service with snacks'. (Not complaining, just observing.)
