Short haul catering guide
Jun 11, 2015, 6:27 am
#751
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Or a holiday centric style one ?
It's this kind of stereotyping by BA that drives me potty. All passengers should be treated and served in the same way, whether (self) 'important' business passengers or leisure ones.
Just because you're on business doesn't mean you want a meal and won't get drunk; and just because you're flying for leisure doesn't mean you're happy to skip the food and just get bladdered....
It's this kind of stereotyping by BA that drives me potty. All passengers should be treated and served in the same way, whether (self) 'important' business passengers or leisure ones.
Just because you're on business doesn't mean you want a meal and won't get drunk; and just because you're flying for leisure doesn't mean you're happy to skip the food and just get bladdered....
Jun 11, 2015, 6:27 am
#752
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Due to the demise of Cypres Airways and so also their catering company, all flights to LCA are now round catered.
Therefore due to lack of space because of the round catering, the product offered is a box with roll, wrap, Lilly Obrien chocolate pot and cheese and biscuits.
I think some regular winter style customers were upset about this but I must say on my flight recently with a more holiday centric style of customer, we had no complaints and people liked the box.
On most of the new style holiday island destinations the product is also a box but on the majority of Band 4 flights at LHR where it is possible, the hot meal is still part of the service.
Therefore due to lack of space because of the round catering, the product offered is a box with roll, wrap, Lilly Obrien chocolate pot and cheese and biscuits.
I think some regular winter style customers were upset about this but I must say on my flight recently with a more holiday centric style of customer, we had no complaints and people liked the box.
On most of the new style holiday island destinations the product is also a box but on the majority of Band 4 flights at LHR where it is possible, the hot meal is still part of the service.
Jun 11, 2015, 6:49 am
#753
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Or a holiday centric style one ?
It's this kind of stereotyping by BA that drives me potty. All passengers should be treated and served in the same way, whether (self) 'important' business passengers or leisure ones.
Just because you're on business doesn't mean you want a meal and won't get drunk; and just because you're flying for leisure doesn't mean you're happy to skip the food and just get bladdered....
It's this kind of stereotyping by BA that drives me potty. All passengers should be treated and served in the same way, whether (self) 'important' business passengers or leisure ones.
Just because you're on business doesn't mean you want a meal and won't get drunk; and just because you're flying for leisure doesn't mean you're happy to skip the food and just get bladdered....
I think it is perfectly clear what Littlegirl was saying.
Jun 11, 2015, 6:51 am
#754
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Due to the demise of Cypres Airways and so also their catering company, all flights to LCA are now round catered.
Therefore due to lack of space because of the round catering, the product offered is a box with roll, wrap, Lilly Obrien chocolate pot and cheese and biscuits.
I think some regular winter style customers were upset about this but I must say on my flight recently with a more holiday centric style of customer, we had no complaints and people liked the box.
On most of the new style holiday island destinations the product is also a box but on the majority of Band 4 flights at LHR where it is possible, the hot meal is still part of the service.
Therefore due to lack of space because of the round catering, the product offered is a box with roll, wrap, Lilly Obrien chocolate pot and cheese and biscuits.
I think some regular winter style customers were upset about this but I must say on my flight recently with a more holiday centric style of customer, we had no complaints and people liked the box.
On most of the new style holiday island destinations the product is also a box but on the majority of Band 4 flights at LHR where it is possible, the hot meal is still part of the service.
The one exception is CE on the 767 from LHR which is still ok.
The rest - cold snack, no legroom, no IFE - if I could walk that far I would.
Jun 11, 2015, 7:59 am
#755
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Or a holiday centric style one ?
It's this kind of stereotyping by BA that drives me potty. All passengers should be treated and served in the same way, whether (self) 'important' business passengers or leisure ones.
Just because you're on business doesn't mean you want a meal and won't get drunk; and just because you're flying for leisure doesn't mean you're happy to skip the food and just get bladdered....
It's entirely reasonable, when looking at a multi-billion pound business that flies millions of people a year, to put labels on types of customers. Every business does it.
Jun 11, 2015, 10:15 am
#756
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Due to the demise of Cypres Airways and so also their catering company, all flights to LCA are now round catered.
Therefore due to lack of space because of the round catering, the product offered is a box with roll, wrap, Lilly Obrien chocolate pot and cheese and biscuits.
I think some regular winter style customers were upset about this but I must say on my flight recently with a more holiday centric style of customer, we had no complaints and people liked the box.
On most of the new style holiday island destinations the product is also a box but on the majority of Band 4 flights at LHR where it is possible, the hot meal is still part of the service.
Therefore due to lack of space because of the round catering, the product offered is a box with roll, wrap, Lilly Obrien chocolate pot and cheese and biscuits.
I think some regular winter style customers were upset about this but I must say on my flight recently with a more holiday centric style of customer, we had no complaints and people liked the box.
On most of the new style holiday island destinations the product is also a box but on the majority of Band 4 flights at LHR where it is possible, the hot meal is still part of the service.
Jun 11, 2015, 10:40 am
#757
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Does anyone know what the meal is like from Paphos to Gatwick? This is a late departure after 9pm. I was expecting something hot like on Athens flights, but didn't realise that Gatwick flights were treated different in the first place. (Using Easyjet from Gatwick to Paphos as no BA flights that day and no option to travel on others days! )
Jun 11, 2015, 12:42 pm
#758
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Or a holiday centric style one ?
It's this kind of stereotyping by BA that drives me potty. All passengers should be treated and served in the same way, whether (self) 'important' business passengers or leisure ones.
Just because you're on business doesn't mean you want a meal and won't get drunk; and just because you're flying for leisure doesn't mean you're happy to skip the food and just get bladdered....
It's this kind of stereotyping by BA that drives me potty. All passengers should be treated and served in the same way, whether (self) 'important' business passengers or leisure ones.
Just because you're on business doesn't mean you want a meal and won't get drunk; and just because you're flying for leisure doesn't mean you're happy to skip the food and just get bladdered....
I was just explaining that the holiday makers on my flight did not moan at all.
Obviously Bwaflyer has had complaints.
It is just a fact that on this route in winter, the customers are not typical holiday makers and fly the route more regularily and so as a result, notice the difference between the offering. On my flight recently, it was predominantly people on holiday who did not seem to mind the box.
You must all stop trying to read stuff into what I say when I am answering a question that someone asked.
Jun 11, 2015, 12:50 pm
#759
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Jun 11, 2015, 1:28 pm
#760
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The 'demise' of Cyprus Airways does not explain why no hot meals are served in Economy between LGW and Cyprus eirher. Or LHR and Cyprus. Or LHR and Corfu. BA is gradually eliminating hot meals in Economy to Band 4 destinations and is couching this fact in a customary bedding of obscurantism and misinformation.
Jun 12, 2015, 2:09 am
#761
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The 'demise' of Cyprus Airways does not explain why no hot meals are served in Economy between LGW and Cyprus eirher. Or LHR and Cyprus. Or LHR and Corfu. BA is gradually eliminating hot meals in Economy to Band 4 destinations and is couching this fact in a customary bedding of obscurantism and misinformation.
However there are other ways of shipping catering supplies for the return trip than just carts in the galley loaded at LHR or LGW, but BA seems unwilling to consider them.
I'd also like to know how Aegean provide actual meals in Y on their LCA - LHR flights - possibly the plane does an ATH-LCA rotation immediately before.
Jun 12, 2015, 2:27 am
#762
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I understand that a wrap and a chocolate pot might just about be ok during the summer, but can also understand why I would think it a poor offering during the winter.
I don't understand why BA don't put extra catering in the hold like other airlines.
Considering you can be onboard almost 6 hours from boarding to de planing, that's pretty miserable!
I don't understand why BA don't put extra catering in the hold like other airlines.
Considering you can be onboard almost 6 hours from boarding to de planing, that's pretty miserable!
Jun 12, 2015, 2:32 am
#763
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If there was a will, a solution could undoubtably be found if other airlines can do it.
The fact that one hasn't suggests that the main issue is that the will simply isn't there.
The fact that one hasn't suggests that the main issue is that the will simply isn't there.
Jun 12, 2015, 2:49 am
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Jun 12, 2015, 1:40 pm
#765
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A3 are now operating a range of services from LCA, they can't be lifting the catering in ATH for all of them as the aircraft don't necessarily return there between rotations.
I've started using TK in C to Cyprus, OK the Greeks don't like it but the service LHR (or for that matter LGW, BHX or EDI) to IST offers proper C seats including long haul product on some services from LHR, transit is quick, sometimes only sixty minutes and then there is a second meal service on the way to ECN. I've now done it over a dozen times and wouldn't revert to the BA service for anything, it's just not in the same league.
I've started using TK in C to Cyprus, OK the Greeks don't like it but the service LHR (or for that matter LGW, BHX or EDI) to IST offers proper C seats including long haul product on some services from LHR, transit is quick, sometimes only sixty minutes and then there is a second meal service on the way to ECN. I've now done it over a dozen times and wouldn't revert to the BA service for anything, it's just not in the same league.