Short haul catering guide
Jul 2, 2015, 2:12 am
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You can see which catering band the flight is in (and how to work it out, if you really need to). Then there are links to separate posts on the different meal service periods (which depend on the scheduled departure time of the flight). Each of those posts then describes the service you can expect, band by band.
Jul 3, 2015, 2:50 pm
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I shall be travelling on an early morning flight to EDI with somebody who's decided to be a vegan. Whilst I'm tucking into my English breakfast will I have to take pity? I'm guessing that there's no catering options for vegans on domestics.
Jul 3, 2015, 2:56 pm
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Jul 3, 2015, 3:00 pm
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Indeed! He'll probably also need counselling at the other end after being shut in with a plane full of carnivores frantically devouring a good old English fry up.
I'll try and convince him to take a little doggy bag of veggie from the lounge. Is that allowed!?
Jul 3, 2015, 3:00 pm
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There might not be a VEgan option but there is usually a hot vegetarian option which I quite like for a change if there is a spare one.....
Jul 3, 2015, 3:04 pm
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The new croissant and yogurt option is also not suitable for a vegan.
Jul 3, 2015, 3:04 pm
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Jul 3, 2015, 3:09 pm
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Never mind, he'll have to tuck in at the lounge beforehand. It's just the thought of everybody else getting stuck in, that he might feel a little left out. Especially with it being the English breakfast on a domestic (he's from Eastern Europe), I'm sure he will find it a bit of a frenzy!
Jul 3, 2015, 3:19 pm
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Yes Littlegirl, you're absolutely right...he's already informed me what's a no go!
Never mind, he'll have to tuck in at the lounge beforehand. It's just the thought of everybody else getting stuck in, that he might feel a little left out. Especially with it being the English breakfast on a domestic (he's from Eastern Europe), I'm sure he will find it a bit of a frenzy!
Never mind, he'll have to tuck in at the lounge beforehand. It's just the thought of everybody else getting stuck in, that he might feel a little left out. Especially with it being the English breakfast on a domestic (he's from Eastern Europe), I'm sure he will find it a bit of a frenzy!
Jul 3, 2015, 3:50 pm
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Is there a hot veggie option in CE akin to the UK Domestic omelette by ordering a SPML?
I loathe the Domestic/CE "British" breakfast but would like something hot.
I loathe the Domestic/CE "British" breakfast but would like something hot.
Jul 3, 2015, 4:30 pm
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You could order a Lacto Vegitarian which usually involves egg at breakfast time.
Jul 3, 2015, 5:40 pm
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Last few times I have had the veg. Breakfast it was either a cheese omelette with hash browns, tomatoes mushrooms or a spinach frittata..... So your vegan friend could pick over some of it....
Jul 3, 2015, 6:13 pm
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I was once given a vegan breakfast on a Club Europe ticket to AMS from LCY, instead of the vegetarian one (no eggs). I'd tucked into it before I realised, and as I did, the guy across the aisle from me told the flight attendant he fancied it -- she gave him my meal!
Surely a vegan breakfast would be available if the pax ordered it online before?
Surely a vegan breakfast would be available if the pax ordered it online before?
Jul 4, 2015, 4:35 am
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I was once given a vegan breakfast on a Club Europe ticket to AMS from LCY, instead of the vegetarian one (no eggs). I'd tucked into it before I realised, and as I did, the guy across the aisle from me told the flight attendant he fancied it -- she gave him my meal!
Surely a vegan breakfast would be available if the pax ordered it online before?
Surely a vegan breakfast would be available if the pax ordered it online before?
Domestics and all other ET passengers, apart from the Band 4 routes, do not have the facility to order a special meal within our short haul network.
Jul 4, 2015, 4:40 am
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