Oct 24, 2020, 7:26 am
Last edit by: Prospero
Temporary COVID-19 catering, effective 25 October 2020 until 19 January 2021, after which normal catering is expected to resume.
Euro Traveller
Breakfast: cereal bar, cookies, and mineral water bottle
Rest of the day: bag of crisps, small packet of pretzels, and mineral water bottle
Tea, coffee, juice available on request
Club Europe
Band 1 Breakfast: paper bag containing a filled croissant, yogurt pot or muffin, and mineral water bottle
Band 1 Rest of the Day: paper bag containing a sandwich, dessert pot, and mineral water bottle
Bands 2 to 4 Breakfast: box containing a filled croissant, yogurt pot, and mineral water bottle
Bands 2 to 4 Rest of the Day: box containing a sandwich, salad pot, dessert pot, and mineral water bottle
Tea, coffee, drinks from the bar including champagne (Nicolas Feuillatte quarter bottles) available on request
World Traveller and World Traveller Plus:
Primary lunch/dinner flight
Primary meal comprises of a tray with hot dish, side salad, bread bag, and mineral water bottle
Secondary meal (breakfast) is a filled croissant, yoghurt pot, and mineral water bottle
Primary breakfast flight
Primary meal comprises of a tray with hot dish, yoghurt, muffin, and mineral water bottle
Secondary meal is a chilled sandwich, bar of chocolate, and mineral water bottle
Tea, coffee, drinks from the bar available on request
Club World:
Primary lunch/dinner flight
Primary meal includes a tablecloth-covered tray with hot dish, salad dish, small side salad, bread bag, cheese, crackers, dessert pot, and mineral water bottle
Secondary meal (breakfast) is a tablecloth-covered tray with a filled croissant, muesli pot, yoghurt pot, and mineral water bottle (served in a box rather than on a tray on 77M return catered flights)
Secondary meal (afternoon tea) is a tablecloth-covered tray with sandwich, cookies, bar of chocolate, and mineral water bottle (served in a box rather than on a tray on 77M return catered flights)
Primary breakfast flight
Primary meal includes a tablecloth-covered tray with hot dish, yoghurt/fruit dish, croissant, bread bag, jam, dessert pot, and mineral water bottle
Secondary meal is a tablecloth-covered tray with sandwich, cookies, bar of chocolate, and mineral water bottle (served in a box rather than on a tray on 77M return catered flights)
Tea, coffee, drinks from the bar including champagne (Nicolas Feuillatte quarter bottles) available on request
First:
Primary lunch/dinner flight
Box containing a salad, starter, pesto, bread bag, crackers, and mineral water bottle. A hot main dish in foil and trio of dessert/cheese pots in cardboard holder are served separately directly onto the tablecloth-covered table
Secondary meal (breakfast) is unconfirmed
Secondary meal (afternoon tea) is a box containing sandwich, fruit salad, crackers, scone, clotted cream, jam, macarons atop the tablecloth-covered table
Primary breakfast flight
Primary breakfast service is unconfirmed
Secondary meal is a box containing sandwich, fruit salad, crackers, scone, clotted cream, jam, macarons atop the tablecloth-covered table
Tea, coffee, drinks from the bar including champagne (Nicolas Feuillatte quarter bottles) available on request
Euro Traveller
Breakfast: cereal bar, cookies, and mineral water bottle
Rest of the day: bag of crisps, small packet of pretzels, and mineral water bottle
Tea, coffee, juice available on request
Club Europe
Band 1 Breakfast: paper bag containing a filled croissant, yogurt pot or muffin, and mineral water bottle
Band 1 Rest of the Day: paper bag containing a sandwich, dessert pot, and mineral water bottle
Bands 2 to 4 Breakfast: box containing a filled croissant, yogurt pot, and mineral water bottle
Bands 2 to 4 Rest of the Day: box containing a sandwich, salad pot, dessert pot, and mineral water bottle
Tea, coffee, drinks from the bar including champagne (Nicolas Feuillatte quarter bottles) available on request
World Traveller and World Traveller Plus:
Primary lunch/dinner flight
Primary meal comprises of a tray with hot dish, side salad, bread bag, and mineral water bottle
Secondary meal (breakfast) is a filled croissant, yoghurt pot, and mineral water bottle
Primary breakfast flight
Primary meal comprises of a tray with hot dish, yoghurt, muffin, and mineral water bottle
Secondary meal is a chilled sandwich, bar of chocolate, and mineral water bottle
Tea, coffee, drinks from the bar available on request
Club World:
Primary lunch/dinner flight
Primary meal includes a tablecloth-covered tray with hot dish, salad dish, small side salad, bread bag, cheese, crackers, dessert pot, and mineral water bottle
Secondary meal (breakfast) is a tablecloth-covered tray with a filled croissant, muesli pot, yoghurt pot, and mineral water bottle (served in a box rather than on a tray on 77M return catered flights)
Secondary meal (afternoon tea) is a tablecloth-covered tray with sandwich, cookies, bar of chocolate, and mineral water bottle (served in a box rather than on a tray on 77M return catered flights)
Primary breakfast flight
Primary meal includes a tablecloth-covered tray with hot dish, yoghurt/fruit dish, croissant, bread bag, jam, dessert pot, and mineral water bottle
Secondary meal is a tablecloth-covered tray with sandwich, cookies, bar of chocolate, and mineral water bottle (served in a box rather than on a tray on 77M return catered flights)
Tea, coffee, drinks from the bar including champagne (Nicolas Feuillatte quarter bottles) available on request
First:
Primary lunch/dinner flight
Box containing a salad, starter, pesto, bread bag, crackers, and mineral water bottle. A hot main dish in foil and trio of dessert/cheese pots in cardboard holder are served separately directly onto the tablecloth-covered table
Secondary meal (breakfast) is unconfirmed
Secondary meal (afternoon tea) is a box containing sandwich, fruit salad, crackers, scone, clotted cream, jam, macarons atop the tablecloth-covered table
Primary breakfast flight
Primary breakfast service is unconfirmed
Secondary meal is a box containing sandwich, fruit salad, crackers, scone, clotted cream, jam, macarons atop the tablecloth-covered table
Tea, coffee, drinks from the bar including champagne (Nicolas Feuillatte quarter bottles) available on request
COVID Friendly Catering Revealed By British Airways
Jun 11, 2020, 8:27 am
#16
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Switzerland
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Jun 11, 2020, 8:28 am
#17
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 3,440
I’ve just clicked about the ‘Enjoy your menu’ 
I’m pretty sure that should say meal.
I’m pretty sure that should say meal.
Jun 11, 2020, 8:30 am
#18
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA Gold, SQ Gold, KQ Platinum, IHG Diamond Ambassador, Hilton Gold, Marriott Silver, Accor Silver
Posts: 16,350
I like the style and it all looks very classy, although there could be a bit more food. I just hope we’re back to full hot meals by 2021.
The only thing I’d say is that why isn’t the CE offering the same as the CW afternoon tea. The afternoon tea looks much better than what will be offered within Europe.
The only thing I’d say is that why isn’t the CE offering the same as the CW afternoon tea. The afternoon tea looks much better than what will be offered within Europe.
Jun 11, 2020, 8:39 am
#20
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Mexico
Programs: BAEC Gold / Marriott Platinum
Posts: 3,547
Good to see. I can now move my cancelled cw flights in a few weeks to later in the year. With lack of any on board service I was going to refund them and get my uua back and then book PE. But now I'm happy to rebook these
Jun 11, 2020, 8:41 am
#21
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: ±38,000 feet
Programs: LH HON, BA GGL, AF Plat, EK Plat
Posts: 6,428
It's still pitiful compared to what LH/LX/QR offer even in pandemic!
Jun 11, 2020, 8:48 am
#22
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 3,440
I wonder what will be offered on the longer European routes in ET. You can’t just serve water and a biscuit on a 5 hour LHR-LCA.
Jun 11, 2020, 8:51 am
#23
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 2,422
The CE offering is OK, lounge food might be available in July and if not I can normally go without food for half a day and eat at the hotel on arrival, so a sandwich and some water will do.
The lack of a hot meal or special meal options (as far as we know so far) in CW/First is less acceptable.
I would self-cater in ET flights of any significant length anyway as you cannot rely on the BoB having sufficient stock to go around.
The lack of a hot meal or special meal options (as far as we know so far) in CW/First is less acceptable.
I would self-cater in ET flights of any significant length anyway as you cannot rely on the BoB having sufficient stock to go around.
Jun 11, 2020, 9:00 am
#24
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 579
Traditionally WTP has had a business class main (albeit served in a smaller dish). Its a shame there is no longer any difference between Y and W. AT least they could have put a club main box into the PE box. That DOES seem like a cost-cutting measure.
Jun 11, 2020, 9:02 am
#25
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 1,347
Agree though that they need to rethink this for the longer flights.
Jun 11, 2020, 9:15 am
#26
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: LHR, LGW
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 3,439
Shouldn’t it be Covid safe or secure? Rather than friendly. I don’t want my food to be friendly to Covid nor vice versa 
Well nonetheless more positive news. BA have finally woken up ...in some areas!
Well nonetheless more positive news. BA have finally woken up ...in some areas!
Jun 11, 2020, 9:18 am
#27
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 3,440
Is there actually an official release from BA?
Jun 11, 2020, 9:38 am
#28
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 7,237
Plastic-wrapped cutlery, next to a plastic bottle, flanked by a plastic bowl with a plastic lid. Considering that none of the 'contaminated' waste goes to recycling it seems a bit wasteful on natural resources. They could've used alternatives to plastic and not a cheap wooden spoon: in my current office we introduced Mater.Bi cutlery and containers for all take-away food, and I know in BA they introduced some of those elements in Waterside when Geoff Van Klaveren was leading my old team (we created a volunteering group to work on that).
Sure, Mater.Bi or equivalents are harder to find when you look at specific downroute stations, but I'd be ready to bet these menus lend themselves very well to being return catered... then there's the other issue: "Cost cutting is in our DNA".
Sure, Mater.Bi or equivalents are harder to find when you look at specific downroute stations, but I'd be ready to bet these menus lend themselves very well to being return catered... then there's the other issue: "Cost cutting is in our DNA".
Jun 11, 2020, 9:39 am
#29
Join Date: Apr 2008
Programs: DC *S
Posts: 78
Medical/religious special meals please
As a Coeliac I always have to rely on the special meals provided on long haul. Even when the lounges were open and running at full tilt they couldn't provide a gluten free offering (apart from crisps spirits and wine). Can't rely on picking any up at the airport and it doesn't travel well if you bring your own when connecting to long haul. Medical food requirements aren't a choice,
Jun 11, 2020, 9:53 am
#30
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: York, UK
Programs: BAEC GGL, Hilton Diamond, Marriott GOLD, Accor Club Gold
Posts: 709
Does anyone happen to know whether bedding is available at the front of the plane, and, in First, PJs? Any kind of amenity kit (I'd like to brush my teeth before going to sleep....)