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BA CityFlyer catering 21 February to 9 July
All information is posted in a personal capacity and not as a representative of the airline. Information could change at any time.
Route bandings
Band 1S: AMS, DUS, JER, RTM
Band 1: BHD, DUB, EDI, GLA
Band 2: CMF (LCY), EGC, FRA, GVA, PRG, BER, UIP, LIG, ZRH, EAS, LIN
Band 3: AGP, ALC, BCN, CMF (EDI), FAO, FLR, IBZ, NCE, PMI, SPU
Band 4: JMK, JSI, SKG
Menu cycles
Club Europe meal times
Band 1S-3
00:01-10:29 Breakfast
10:30-16:59 Lunch (except night-stopping aircraft catered ex-LCY/SOU departing before 12:00 which will offer breakfast, or a hot dinner with ambient sides if after 12:00)
17:00-23:59 Dinner (1S-1 cold, 2-3 hot)
Band 4
00:01-10:29 Breakfast
10:30-23:59 Hot dinner
Euro Traveller breakfast 00:01-09:29
Band 1S-2
Nature Valley Crunchy Oats & Honey
Band 3-4
Cycle 1: Nature Valley Crunchy Oats & Honey, Egg mayo and sausage or Mixed cheese and spring onion
Cycle 2: Nature Valley Crunchy Oats & Honey, egg and bacon or Cheddar and roast tomato
Cycle 3: Nature Valley Crunchy Oats & Honey, BLT or Egg mayo and spinach sandwich
Euro Traveller rest of day
Band 1S-2
Just Glorious Crisps Sea Salt or Nature Valley Crunchy Oats & Honey
Band 3-4
Cycle 1: Wiltshire ham and cheese or Vegan New York Deli and Nature Valley Crunchy Oats & Honey
Cycle 2: Pastrami, emmenthal and sweet pickle or Three cheese salad sandwich and Nature Valley Crunchy Oats & Honey
Cycle 3: Chicken salad with lemon pepper mayo or Ploughman's sandwich with caramelised onion and Nature Valley Crunchy Oats & Honey
Club Europe breakfast
Band 1S Cycle 1
Greek yogurt with stone fruit
Sourdough muffin with bacon, croque-monsieur sauce and relish
or
Toasted muffin with portabello mushroom, cheddar and caramelised onion chutney
Band 1S Cycle 2
Greek yogurt with stone fruit
Toasted sourdough muffin with bacon, tomato jam and Red Leicester cheese
or
Toasted sourdough muffin with portobello mushroom, beetroot sauce, kale, and cheddar
Band 1-2 Cycle 1
Bread roll and butter
Yogurt as per band 1S
Cream cheese and chive omelette with potato and chorizo hash
or
Wild mushroom cream cheese omelette with fried potato rosti
or
Cheese and coleslaw salad
Band 1-2 Cycle 2
Bread roll and butter
Yogurt as per band 1S
Spinach and feta omelette with corned beef hash
or
Sweetcorn fritter with smokey chickpea ragout
or
Cheese and coleslaw salad
Band 3 and 4
As above plus fresh fruit pot
If more than 19 passengers in Club, breakfasts over this number will be cold plates
Nightstop breakfast
Nutigrain bar, pain au raisin, bread, croissant
Cheese omelette, sausage, mushrooms, baked beans, spinach
or
Plain omelette, sweet potato hash, cherry tomato, asparagus/tenderstem broccoli
Club Europe lunch (band 1S-3) and cold dinner (band 1S-1)
Band 1S-2 Cycle 1
Bread and butter
Hot smoked salmon with horseradish potato salad, candied beetroot and pea shoots
or
Kale and cranberry slaw, honey glazed goats' cheese, chutney and pea shoots
Tony's Chocolonely milk chocolate bar
Band 1S-2 Cycle 2
Bread and butter
Roasted chicken with red cabbage slaw, roasted grapes and mayonnaise
or
Pearl barley salad with heritage carrot and mushroom mix, honey-soy dressing, chilli pearls and pea shoots
Tony's Chocolonely milk chocolate bar
Band 1S-1 cold dinner and band 3 lunch
As above plus appetiser: Pumpkin and kale orzo salad with artichoke, and onion sauce
Club Europe hot dinner
NB if more than 24 Club Europe passengers, hot main will be replaced by a cold main due to oven capacity
Cycle 1
Appetiser as per cold dinner/band 3 lunch
Chicken tagine, couscous, roasted root vegetables and goats' cheese
or
Black bean chilli with wild rice, corn and red pepper
Tony's Chocolonely bar
Cycle 2
Appetiser as per cold dinner/band 3 lunch
Miso beef stew with coriander lemon rice, padron peppers and lime
or
Spinach, pumpkin and sage gnocchi with olives and goats' cheese
Tony's Chocolonely bar
Night-stopped flights will offer a choice of pulled beef cottage pie or black bean chilli
Bar
Tea, coffee (decaf instant on request), green tea*, herbal teas*, Earl Grey tea*, Harrogate Spring still and sparkling, orange juice, apple juice, tomato juice (Worcester sauce available), Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Schweppes Tonic Water, Schweppes Slimline Tonic Water, Schweppes Canada Dry Ginger Ale.
Ciroc vodka*, Smirnoff Red/Eristoff vodka, Tanqueray gin*, Gordons gin, Johnnie Walker Black Label*, Johnnie Walker Red Label, Bacardi white rum, Otard cognac, Baileys*, Cointreau*
Heineken, Brewdog Speedbird OG
One of: Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte Rserve Exclusive Brut*/Champagne Castelnau Rserve Brut NV*/Champagne Castelnau Brut Millsime 2007*/Heidsieck & Co Monopole Silver Top*
Chardonnay (California)*
Sauvignon Blanc (France)*
Cabernet Sauvignon (Chile)*
Shiraz (Australia)*
Sauvignon Blanc (Chile)
Chardonnay (Italy)
Cabernet Sauvignon (Spain)
Merlot (Italy)
*Club Europe only
BA CityFlyer catering 21 February to 9 July
All information is posted in a personal capacity and not as a representative of the airline. Information could change at any time.
Route bandings
Band 1S: AMS, DUS, JER, RTM
Band 1: BHD, DUB, EDI, GLA
Band 2: CMF (LCY), EGC, FRA, GVA, PRG, BER, UIP, LIG, ZRH, EAS, LIN
Band 3: AGP, ALC, BCN, CMF (EDI), FAO, FLR, IBZ, NCE, PMI, SPU
Band 4: JMK, JSI, SKG
Menu cycles
Code:
Start date
21 February 1
28 February 2
6 March 1
13 March 2
20 March 1
27 March 2
3 April 1
10 April 2
17 April 1
24 April 2
etc
.
Club Europe meal times
Band 1S-3
00:01-10:29 Breakfast
10:30-16:59 Lunch (except night-stopping aircraft catered ex-LCY/SOU departing before 12:00 which will offer breakfast, or a hot dinner with ambient sides if after 12:00)
17:00-23:59 Dinner (1S-1 cold, 2-3 hot)
Band 4
00:01-10:29 Breakfast
10:30-23:59 Hot dinner
Euro Traveller breakfast 00:01-09:29
Band 1S-2
Nature Valley Crunchy Oats & Honey
Band 3-4
Cycle 1: Nature Valley Crunchy Oats & Honey, Egg mayo and sausage or Mixed cheese and spring onion
Cycle 2: Nature Valley Crunchy Oats & Honey, egg and bacon or Cheddar and roast tomato
Cycle 3: Nature Valley Crunchy Oats & Honey, BLT or Egg mayo and spinach sandwich
Euro Traveller rest of day
Band 1S-2
Just Glorious Crisps Sea Salt or Nature Valley Crunchy Oats & Honey
Band 3-4
Cycle 1: Wiltshire ham and cheese or Vegan New York Deli and Nature Valley Crunchy Oats & Honey
Cycle 2: Pastrami, emmenthal and sweet pickle or Three cheese salad sandwich and Nature Valley Crunchy Oats & Honey
Cycle 3: Chicken salad with lemon pepper mayo or Ploughman's sandwich with caramelised onion and Nature Valley Crunchy Oats & Honey
Club Europe breakfast
Band 1S Cycle 1
Greek yogurt with stone fruit
Sourdough muffin with bacon, croque-monsieur sauce and relish
or
Toasted muffin with portabello mushroom, cheddar and caramelised onion chutney
Band 1S Cycle 2
Greek yogurt with stone fruit
Toasted sourdough muffin with bacon, tomato jam and Red Leicester cheese
or
Toasted sourdough muffin with portobello mushroom, beetroot sauce, kale, and cheddar
Band 1-2 Cycle 1
Bread roll and butter
Yogurt as per band 1S
Cream cheese and chive omelette with potato and chorizo hash
or
Wild mushroom cream cheese omelette with fried potato rosti
or
Cheese and coleslaw salad
Band 1-2 Cycle 2
Bread roll and butter
Yogurt as per band 1S
Spinach and feta omelette with corned beef hash
or
Sweetcorn fritter with smokey chickpea ragout
or
Cheese and coleslaw salad
Band 3 and 4
As above plus fresh fruit pot
If more than 19 passengers in Club, breakfasts over this number will be cold plates
Nightstop breakfast
Nutigrain bar, pain au raisin, bread, croissant
Cheese omelette, sausage, mushrooms, baked beans, spinach
or
Plain omelette, sweet potato hash, cherry tomato, asparagus/tenderstem broccoli
Club Europe lunch (band 1S-3) and cold dinner (band 1S-1)
Band 1S-2 Cycle 1
Bread and butter
Hot smoked salmon with horseradish potato salad, candied beetroot and pea shoots
or
Kale and cranberry slaw, honey glazed goats' cheese, chutney and pea shoots
Tony's Chocolonely milk chocolate bar
Band 1S-2 Cycle 2
Bread and butter
Roasted chicken with red cabbage slaw, roasted grapes and mayonnaise
or
Pearl barley salad with heritage carrot and mushroom mix, honey-soy dressing, chilli pearls and pea shoots
Tony's Chocolonely milk chocolate bar
Band 1S-1 cold dinner and band 3 lunch
As above plus appetiser: Pumpkin and kale orzo salad with artichoke, and onion sauce
Club Europe hot dinner
NB if more than 24 Club Europe passengers, hot main will be replaced by a cold main due to oven capacity
Cycle 1
Appetiser as per cold dinner/band 3 lunch
Chicken tagine, couscous, roasted root vegetables and goats' cheese
or
Black bean chilli with wild rice, corn and red pepper
Tony's Chocolonely bar
Cycle 2
Appetiser as per cold dinner/band 3 lunch
Miso beef stew with coriander lemon rice, padron peppers and lime
or
Spinach, pumpkin and sage gnocchi with olives and goats' cheese
Tony's Chocolonely bar
Night-stopped flights will offer a choice of pulled beef cottage pie or black bean chilli
Bar
Tea, coffee (decaf instant on request), green tea*, herbal teas*, Earl Grey tea*, Harrogate Spring still and sparkling, orange juice, apple juice, tomato juice (Worcester sauce available), Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Schweppes Tonic Water, Schweppes Slimline Tonic Water, Schweppes Canada Dry Ginger Ale.
Ciroc vodka*, Smirnoff Red/Eristoff vodka, Tanqueray gin*, Gordons gin, Johnnie Walker Black Label*, Johnnie Walker Red Label, Bacardi white rum, Otard cognac, Baileys*, Cointreau*
Heineken, Brewdog Speedbird OG
One of: Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte Rserve Exclusive Brut*/Champagne Castelnau Rserve Brut NV*/Champagne Castelnau Brut Millsime 2007*/Heidsieck & Co Monopole Silver Top*
Chardonnay (California)*
Sauvignon Blanc (France)*
Cabernet Sauvignon (Chile)*
Shiraz (Australia)*
Sauvignon Blanc (Chile)
Chardonnay (Italy)
Cabernet Sauvignon (Spain)
Merlot (Italy)
*Club Europe only
BA CityFlyer catering | guide, reviews and photos
Mar 14, 2024, 8:50 am
#916
Join Date: Apr 2015
Programs: Some
Posts: 5,320
The other problem is BAs insistence on selling every seat in CE whilst leaving many empty seats in ET / not seat shifting the front ET rows to expand CE. In my experience youre more likely to have an empty seat next to you in ET than CE these days from LCY.
Mar 14, 2024, 1:05 pm
#917
Join Date: May 2009
Location: London
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 2,750
This indeed seems to be the LCY CE catering now, not just an error. What could have been a near perfect flight on LCY-ZRH today (best ever BA boarding experience with Group 0 properly enforced, on-time departure and early arrival, exceptional crew onboard) sadly ruined by comedy catering on a two hour lunch time flight. Three micro pieces of chicken, a sliver of slaw (is this on every rotation?) and a small chocolate bar. Describing this as anything more than a snack is just not serious. I feel sorry for the crew having to serve this on flights of up to three hours
P.S., there was plenty of bread but I declined.
P.S., there was plenty of bread but I declined.
Mar 14, 2024, 1:12 pm
#918
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 95
I'm waiting for my next flight from LCY, as that will then entitle me to inform the tightwad beancounters at BA exactly where they can put their chocolonely bar. The bar might not be lonely as my wife will be telling them to put hers up the same orifice.
Mar 14, 2024, 1:29 pm
#919
Join Date: Dec 2022
Posts: 811
beautifully worded!😂
Mar 14, 2024, 2:09 pm
#920
Join Date: Mar 2017
Programs: ba exec club
Posts: 127
What on earth has happened to LCY catering??
LCY-IBZ 1340 departure was either this (Goats cheese and slaw) or a Euro Traveller Cheese and Ham sandwich! I do not understand what went wrong here but surely there was a missing choice, a missing starter!? and missing bread and butter for a Band 3 lunch??
LCY-IBZ 1340 departure was either this (Goats cheese and slaw) or a Euro Traveller Cheese and Ham sandwich! I do not understand what went wrong here but surely there was a missing choice, a missing starter!? and missing bread and butter for a Band 3 lunch??
Mar 14, 2024, 5:20 pm
#921
Join Date: Apr 2015
Programs: Some
Posts: 5,320
I havent, any moron can see this is unacceptable, the idea it takes multiple complaints from passengers before BA see how bad things are is exactly why I now avoid BA longhaul at all costs.
Mar 15, 2024, 5:20 am
#924
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 1,358
Yes, it looks unacceptable, but unless people complain to BA, they will think they can keep getting away with serving this rubbish. Given the lack of lounge, BA really need to be doing a lot better with their catering at LCY.
Mar 15, 2024, 5:52 am
#925
Join Date: Apr 2015
Programs: Some
Posts: 5,320
It was pre-COVID. Since full onboard service came back, however, LHR has improved vs. pre-COVID whilst LCY catering has slowly declined, so I would say LHR has been better for a while. However, the step change a couple of weeks ago with the new LCY catering makes the gap even bigger. BA clearly think they see the opportunity to squeeze some more margin out of LCY and are going for it (together with the densification).
Mar 15, 2024, 5:59 am
#926
Join Date: Apr 2015
Programs: Some
Posts: 5,320
Mar 16, 2024, 2:18 pm
#927
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 3,061
Adding a voice to those saying to submit complaints if the quality of catering is declining. BACF is (openly) struggling given lack of business demand, and will be looking to cut costs where they think they can get away with it. Telling them they can’t is the best way to stop it. Make sure you specify it relates to BACF so it can be passed to the right people (AIUI the mainline catering team have nothing to do with CF or EF).
Apr 14, 2024, 12:24 pm
#929
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Spitalfields, London
Programs: BA Gold, KFC 'The Colonel's Club' Palladium tier, Mucci des Visions Clestes du Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Posts: 2,346
I find the standard of BA CE LHR catering good, given that its BA, but I would not say at an all-time high. There was an era with the blue round glass side plates, and first light artwork cups where the salads were topped with warmed meats such as lamb or chicken, even band 1 if I remember correctly. The champagne was Pommery, the afternoon tea had hot savouries, the trays were full-sized. This was truly great short haul business class catering. There was also a brief point pre-covid where the band 4 flights had a large starter (same size as a band 1/2 main course) which was cleared away and replaced with the main course.
Apr 14, 2024, 10:15 pm
#930
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: BRS
Programs: BA Gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 5,007