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BA CityFlyer catering 29 March 2023 to November 2023
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
00:01-09:59 Breakfast
10:00-13:59 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)
14:00-16:59 Afternoon Snack
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
Freshly squeezed orange juice
Greek yogurt with fig and blueberry compote
Bacon and cheese sourdough muffin with beetroot ketchup
or
Toasted muffin with spinach, egg piperade and pomodoro sauce
Band 1S Cycle 2
Freshly squeezed orange juice
Greek yogurt with banana puree and pomegranate
Toasted sourdough muffin with bacon and onion marmalade chutney
or
Toasted sourdough muffin with mushrooms and sweet and sour pepper relish
Band 1S Cycle 3
Freshly squeezed orange juice
Greek yogurt with poached apple, toasted oats and cinnamon
Bacon muffin with tomato jam
or
Three cheese muffin with sweet onion chutney
Band 1-2 Cycle 1
Freshly squeezed orange juice
Bread roll and butter
Yogurt as per band 1S
Cream cheese and chive omelette with potato and chorizo hash
or
Scrambled harissa tofu with kale, potato and peppers
Band 1-2 Cycle 2
Freshly squeezed orange juice
Bread roll and butter
Yogurt as per band 1S
Farmer's omelette with potato hash and smokey bacon beans
or
Wild mushroom cream cheese omelette with fried potato roti
Band 1-2 Cycle 3
Freshly squeezed orange juice
Bread roll and butter
Yogurt as per band 1S
Spinach and feta omelette with corned beef hash
or
Sweetcorn fritter with smokey chickpea ragout
Band 3 and 4
As above plus fresh fruit platter.
If more than 24 passengers in Club, hot breakfast will be replaced by a continental breakfast due to oven capacity
Club Europe lunch (band 1S-3) and cold dinner (band 1S-1)
Band 1S-2 Cycle 1
Bread and butter
Piri Piri chicken, rice salad, charred sweetcorn ribs, sugar roasted vine tomato, tomato and lime salsa, pea shoots
or
Watermelon, apple and lime salad with cauliflower and parsley couscous, burnt lemon, tahini dressing and watercress.
Strawberry shortcake and clotted cream tart
Band 1S-2 Cycle 2
Bread and butter
Poached sea trout with Jersey Royal, sour cream and pea salad, pickled cucumber, crispy fried capers and pepper pearls
or
Melting aubergine with za'atar, charred cherry tomatoes, curried yogurt, cavalo nero, preserved lemon and pomegranate
Raspberry and lemon cheesecake
Band 1S-2 Cycle 3
Bread and butter
BBQ pulled pork with dill pickle, apple, carrot and smoked cheddar salad, maple-glazed brioche croutons, BBQ sour cream dressing, pea shoots
or
Roasted butternut squash with coriander, puy lentil salad, roasted onion wedges, sweetcorn salsa, toasted pumpkin seeds and dolcelatte
White chocolate pana cotta and blueberries
Band 1S-1 cold dinner and band 3 lunch
As above plus appetiser:
Cycle 1: Aubergine ricotta
Cycle 2: Gazpacho mousse
Cycle 3: Courgette gratin with goats' curd
Afternoon Snack
Band 1S-2 Cycle 1
Pork pie, cheddar and smoked salmon
or
Feta and olive borekitas with stuffed vine leaf, a la Grecque chestnut mushroom skewer and tzatziki dip
Victoria Sponge Cake
Band 1S-2 Cycle 2
Provencal tart, blue cheese and prosciutto
or
Tandoori pakora, vegetable samosa, mango relish and katchcumber salad
Fruit cake
Band 1S-2 Cycle 3
Cream cheese and smoked salmon bagel, picnic egg, cheddar, fruit skewer
or
Croissant with gruyere and peperonata, fig chutney, avocado crostini with tomato salsa, cheery tomato, cucumber and carrot
Ginger loaf cake
Band 3
As above plus appetiser as per cold dinner/band 3 lunch
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
Asian style slow braised beef shin, egg fried rice, carrot flower and braised pak choi
or
Chickpea and piquillo pepper stew, olive and caper salsa, caramelised polenta cake and griddled leeks
Strawberry shortcake and clotted cream tart
Cycle 2
Appetiser as per cold dinner/band 3 lunch
Slow cooked lamb neck with mint and cumin, butterbean mash, sauted courgette, pea and basil, toasted caraway seeds
or
Salt and pepper panko fried tofu, vegetable egg noodles, garlic sauce
Raspberry and lemon cheesecake
Cycle 3
Appetiser as per cold dinner/band 3 lunch
Chicken breast parmigiana with chorizo and plum sauce, macaroni in pesto cream sauce, griddled artichokes
or
Slow-roasted miso aubergine steak with charred tenderstem broccoli, piquillo pepper puree, baby sweetcorn and grilled shiitake mushroom
White chocolate pana cotta and blueberries
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*
Lynx Barrel-Aged Chardonnay (California)*
Wild Rock Sauvignon Blanc (South Africa)*
Las Olas Malbec (Argentina)*
Cittadini Primitivo (Italy)*
Sauvignon Blanc (Chile)
Chardonnay (Italy)
Cabernet Sauvignon (Spain)
Merlot (Italy)
*Club Europe only
BA CityFlyer catering 29 March 2023 to November 2023
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
27 September 3
04 October 1
11 October 2
18 October 3
25 October 1
01 November 2
08 November 3
15 November 1
22 November 2
29 November 3
.
Club Europe meal times
Band 1S-3
00:01-09:59 Breakfast
10:00-13:59 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)
14:00-16:59 Afternoon Snack
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
Freshly squeezed orange juice
Greek yogurt with fig and blueberry compote
Bacon and cheese sourdough muffin with beetroot ketchup
or
Toasted muffin with spinach, egg piperade and pomodoro sauce
Band 1S Cycle 2
Freshly squeezed orange juice
Greek yogurt with banana puree and pomegranate
Toasted sourdough muffin with bacon and onion marmalade chutney
or
Toasted sourdough muffin with mushrooms and sweet and sour pepper relish
Band 1S Cycle 3
Freshly squeezed orange juice
Greek yogurt with poached apple, toasted oats and cinnamon
Bacon muffin with tomato jam
or
Three cheese muffin with sweet onion chutney
Band 1-2 Cycle 1
Freshly squeezed orange juice
Bread roll and butter
Yogurt as per band 1S
Cream cheese and chive omelette with potato and chorizo hash
or
Scrambled harissa tofu with kale, potato and peppers
Band 1-2 Cycle 2
Freshly squeezed orange juice
Bread roll and butter
Yogurt as per band 1S
Farmer's omelette with potato hash and smokey bacon beans
or
Wild mushroom cream cheese omelette with fried potato roti
Band 1-2 Cycle 3
Freshly squeezed orange juice
Bread roll and butter
Yogurt as per band 1S
Spinach and feta omelette with corned beef hash
or
Sweetcorn fritter with smokey chickpea ragout
Band 3 and 4
As above plus fresh fruit platter.
If more than 24 passengers in Club, hot breakfast will be replaced by a continental breakfast due to oven capacity
Club Europe lunch (band 1S-3) and cold dinner (band 1S-1)
Band 1S-2 Cycle 1
Bread and butter
Piri Piri chicken, rice salad, charred sweetcorn ribs, sugar roasted vine tomato, tomato and lime salsa, pea shoots
or
Watermelon, apple and lime salad with cauliflower and parsley couscous, burnt lemon, tahini dressing and watercress.
Strawberry shortcake and clotted cream tart
Band 1S-2 Cycle 2
Bread and butter
Poached sea trout with Jersey Royal, sour cream and pea salad, pickled cucumber, crispy fried capers and pepper pearls
or
Melting aubergine with za'atar, charred cherry tomatoes, curried yogurt, cavalo nero, preserved lemon and pomegranate
Raspberry and lemon cheesecake
Band 1S-2 Cycle 3
Bread and butter
BBQ pulled pork with dill pickle, apple, carrot and smoked cheddar salad, maple-glazed brioche croutons, BBQ sour cream dressing, pea shoots
or
Roasted butternut squash with coriander, puy lentil salad, roasted onion wedges, sweetcorn salsa, toasted pumpkin seeds and dolcelatte
White chocolate pana cotta and blueberries
Band 1S-1 cold dinner and band 3 lunch
As above plus appetiser:
Cycle 1: Aubergine ricotta
Cycle 2: Gazpacho mousse
Cycle 3: Courgette gratin with goats' curd
Afternoon Snack
Band 1S-2 Cycle 1
Pork pie, cheddar and smoked salmon
or
Feta and olive borekitas with stuffed vine leaf, a la Grecque chestnut mushroom skewer and tzatziki dip
Victoria Sponge Cake
Band 1S-2 Cycle 2
Provencal tart, blue cheese and prosciutto
or
Tandoori pakora, vegetable samosa, mango relish and katchcumber salad
Fruit cake
Band 1S-2 Cycle 3
Cream cheese and smoked salmon bagel, picnic egg, cheddar, fruit skewer
or
Croissant with gruyere and peperonata, fig chutney, avocado crostini with tomato salsa, cheery tomato, cucumber and carrot
Ginger loaf cake
Band 3
As above plus appetiser as per cold dinner/band 3 lunch
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
Asian style slow braised beef shin, egg fried rice, carrot flower and braised pak choi
or
Chickpea and piquillo pepper stew, olive and caper salsa, caramelised polenta cake and griddled leeks
Strawberry shortcake and clotted cream tart
Cycle 2
Appetiser as per cold dinner/band 3 lunch
Slow cooked lamb neck with mint and cumin, butterbean mash, sauted courgette, pea and basil, toasted caraway seeds
or
Salt and pepper panko fried tofu, vegetable egg noodles, garlic sauce
Raspberry and lemon cheesecake
Cycle 3
Appetiser as per cold dinner/band 3 lunch
Chicken breast parmigiana with chorizo and plum sauce, macaroni in pesto cream sauce, griddled artichokes
or
Slow-roasted miso aubergine steak with charred tenderstem broccoli, piquillo pepper puree, baby sweetcorn and grilled shiitake mushroom
White chocolate pana cotta and blueberries
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*
Lynx Barrel-Aged Chardonnay (California)*
Wild Rock Sauvignon Blanc (South Africa)*
Las Olas Malbec (Argentina)*
Cittadini Primitivo (Italy)*
Sauvignon Blanc (Chile)
Chardonnay (Italy)
Cabernet Sauvignon (Spain)
Merlot (Italy)
*Club Europe only
BA CityFlyer catering | guide, reviews and photos
Sep 14, 18, 9:27 am
#1
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BA CityFlyer catering | guide, reviews and photos
See Wiki post for info regarding CityFlyer catering, updated to include Winter menus and changes to meal timings in Euro Traveller (from 28 October). Main change for winter is that in Euro Traveller bands 2L and 3, lunch availability returns to being based on departure time rather than flying time, and also gain meals between 15:30 and 19:29.
Last edited by EJetter; Oct 31, 18 at 7:55 am Reason: Added Winter 2018 menus
Sep 14, 18, 9:31 am
#2
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A gold star to Zappomatic, many thanks since the logic wasn't clear at all. Now it makes more sense and much easier to anticipate what the catering will be.
Sep 14, 18, 4:08 pm
#4
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Indeed it is noticeable that the Medium CE losers (and apparently they are new LHR/LGW band 2 losers also) get better catering from LCY. The LCY version of a salad of better quality and quantity at lunchtime and a hot meal in the evening is, I think, the correct offering (I would personally like a salad offering in the evening too, but I'm trying not to be too selfish in my demands...). That it is done from LCY only confirms by belief it's a (low) cost decision on BA mainline to continue under-providing on these routes, except MAD, which was upgraded for well documented reasons...
Mini-rant over, a few pics below of some CE menu items mentioned in zappomatic's excellent post above. I don't have a pic of the cod with green curry, or the tiger prawn with glass noodle salad, but have seen both and they look good. I've had the cold cut selection (not pictured) a few times, it's a decent choice though I normally take the crayfish salad over it. Also including pic of a Veg SPML ordered for Mrs O, it was plentiful and tasty, I had a little for the benefit of FT...
Cold meal: Smoked chicken & paprika bocconcini with houmous, Crayfish tail salad, Vanilla & coconut cheesecake
VGML (lunchtime flight, cold meal) - Asparagus tip with houmous & pomegranate seeds, Fusilli pasta salad in tomato sauce with asparagus tips, cherry tomatoes & radish, chocolate mousse cake.
Cold meal: Bresaola with sunblush tomato & turmeric houmous, Spicy pulled beef salad (I really enjoyed this), Chocolate mousse cake.
Hot dinner: Mixed salad, Cod with paprika gnocchi (decent, but fish was a bit overdone), choc mousse cake
Hot dinner: Mixed salad, chicken & chorizo risotto with sugar snap peas (tasted better than it looked, but not a star dish), Vanilla & coconut cheesecake
Mini-rant over, a few pics below of some CE menu items mentioned in zappomatic's excellent post above. I don't have a pic of the cod with green curry, or the tiger prawn with glass noodle salad, but have seen both and they look good. I've had the cold cut selection (not pictured) a few times, it's a decent choice though I normally take the crayfish salad over it. Also including pic of a Veg SPML ordered for Mrs O, it was plentiful and tasty, I had a little for the benefit of FT...
Cold meal: Smoked chicken & paprika bocconcini with houmous, Crayfish tail salad, Vanilla & coconut cheesecake
VGML (lunchtime flight, cold meal) - Asparagus tip with houmous & pomegranate seeds, Fusilli pasta salad in tomato sauce with asparagus tips, cherry tomatoes & radish, chocolate mousse cake.
Cold meal: Bresaola with sunblush tomato & turmeric houmous, Spicy pulled beef salad (I really enjoyed this), Chocolate mousse cake.
Hot dinner: Mixed salad, Cod with paprika gnocchi (decent, but fish was a bit overdone), choc mousse cake
Hot dinner: Mixed salad, chicken & chorizo risotto with sugar snap peas (tasted better than it looked, but not a star dish), Vanilla & coconut cheesecake
Sep 14, 18, 6:39 pm
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Pretty much - I think there may have been a difference in the past in Euro Traveller but now the only difference is no Tribute in the Euro Traveller bar for band 3.
Last edited by EJetter; Sep 14, 18 at 6:50 pm
Sep 17, 18, 5:32 am
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Cold lunch LCY-TXL: Grilled tiger prawns with a Thai glass noodle, spring onion, celery and tomato salad served with an Asian dressing (warm scone delivered shortly after taking the photo)
Sep 19, 18, 9:56 am
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Location: Glasgow, Scotland
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Lcy-gla 19/9
Same menu on the way back. I had the mackerel salad. I couldnt take pictures as the flight was jammed due to earlier cancellations. It was more Waitrose Standard than Sainsburys. Overall very good. Same cheesecake......
