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
Sep 22, 2020, 7:25 am
#1396
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Sep 22, 2020, 7:32 am
#1397
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Sep 22, 2020, 7:59 am
#1398
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 7,237
Personally, I doubt catering will change shortly.
Right now, and until the end of the month, BA's HQ is in a state of upheaval: Waterside is shrinking by 30% (it'll be half the size it was in 2013 more or less) and the last to leave should do so by the 30th based on friends and colleagues that are going through this process. This is affecting product, catering management team, operations, the lot. I've been through re-orgs in BA and in my current company and it's fair to say that there's a knock-on effect on anything that isn't just business as usual: if the entirety of the airline is affected - and it is! - it's going to be complicated.
Changing catering back to normal, I guess, will be something that will be done from October onwards, once the "survivors" return to their desks (physical or virtual) and the new org chart is back in place.
Right now, and until the end of the month, BA's HQ is in a state of upheaval: Waterside is shrinking by 30% (it'll be half the size it was in 2013 more or less) and the last to leave should do so by the 30th based on friends and colleagues that are going through this process. This is affecting product, catering management team, operations, the lot. I've been through re-orgs in BA and in my current company and it's fair to say that there's a knock-on effect on anything that isn't just business as usual: if the entirety of the airline is affected - and it is! - it's going to be complicated.
Changing catering back to normal, I guess, will be something that will be done from October onwards, once the "survivors" return to their desks (physical or virtual) and the new org chart is back in place.
Sep 22, 2020, 9:06 am
#1399
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: AUS
Programs: BAEC Gold, AA PPro, Hyatt Globalist, Amex Plat
Posts: 7,041
I'm not sure what your definition of "shortly" is but last I checked, October is only a little over 1 week away...
Regards
Sep 22, 2020, 9:35 am
#1400
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 7,237
What I meant to say is that it’s unlikely that anything is happening right now during a massive reorg. When the reorganisation finishes, then that’s when things will probably restart.
Sep 22, 2020, 10:27 am
#1401
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Location: AUS
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Posts: 7,041
I personally think it's unlikely to change anytime soon regardless of the reductions/re-organizations, but those certainly wouldn't help if they were trying to.
Regards
Last edited by scubadu; Sep 22, 2020 at 10:48 am
Sep 22, 2020, 10:46 am
#1402
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Provincie Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
Programs: MUCCI Gold
Posts: 2,512
BA normally does a decent job of curries. They're tasty and work well in the air for the masses in economy or PE.
Not really first class, though - but I suppose anything edible is better than nothing in these days of beetroot and shredded carrot sandwiches fashioned from mother's pride sliced white bread.
Not really first class, though - but I suppose anything edible is better than nothing in these days of beetroot and shredded carrot sandwiches fashioned from mother's pride sliced white bread.
Sep 22, 2020, 11:09 am
#1403
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Las Vegas
Programs: BA Gold; Hilton Honors Diamond
Posts: 3,227
Quite. Since this place could never be accused of being a hotbed of gossip, speculation and hear-say - it would be nice to know if this came from any reliable source. Since this is clearly a source of considerable angst, some news of how long this is going to last before it is reviewed might be helpful. The entire situation is so volatile - it would only take a situation where similar retaliation was taken against those countries currently banning European nationals from entering their country and all bets are off. Everything will be grounded and who could imagine for how long? Like a lot of others, we foolishly hoped that this would be out of the way come Christmas but as matters stand today, I am far from confident.
Sep 22, 2020, 11:25 am
#1404
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Join Date: Oct 1999
Posts: 11,468
It is quite feasible, that re TATL routes pressure came from AA, as I think demands on UA will come from LH group (who's catering is close to pre-CV as well)
Sep 22, 2020, 12:14 pm
#1405
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I share your lack of confidence. I have serious doubts whether my trips back to the UK in November (to coincide with the Thanksgiving holiday here in the US) or December will happen. From a catering perspective, I certainly wouldn't be looking forward to an long-haul flight (even in Club World) where the food was nothing more than a sandwich, and drinks were served in plastic tumblers. I'd be doing an SFO777 and bringing my own pimped up crockery and glassware. So, as you say, any accurate news of when the situation might improve would definitely be warmly welcomed.
Sep 22, 2020, 12:22 pm
#1406
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: London, UK
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 3,440
So will the improvements just be for CW/F and not CE?
Sep 22, 2020, 12:33 pm
#1407
Join Date: May 2006
Location: 5 miles from EMA
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Posts: 5,904
Personally, I doubt catering will change shortly.
Right now, and until the end of the month, BA's HQ is in a state of upheaval: Waterside is shrinking by 30% (it'll be half the size it was in 2013 more or less) and the last to leave should do so by the 30th based on friends and colleagues that are going through this process. This is affecting product, catering management team, operations, the lot. I've been through re-orgs in BA and in my current company and it's fair to say that there's a knock-on effect on anything that isn't just business as usual: if the entirety of the airline is affected - and it is! - it's going to be complicated.
Changing catering back to normal, I guess, will be something that will be done from October onwards, once the "survivors" return to their desks (physical or virtual) and the new org chart is back in place.
Right now, and until the end of the month, BA's HQ is in a state of upheaval: Waterside is shrinking by 30% (it'll be half the size it was in 2013 more or less) and the last to leave should do so by the 30th based on friends and colleagues that are going through this process. This is affecting product, catering management team, operations, the lot. I've been through re-orgs in BA and in my current company and it's fair to say that there's a knock-on effect on anything that isn't just business as usual: if the entirety of the airline is affected - and it is! - it's going to be complicated.
Changing catering back to normal, I guess, will be something that will be done from October onwards, once the "survivors" return to their desks (physical or virtual) and the new org chart is back in place.
Sep 22, 2020, 1:18 pm
#1408
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Thank you for bringing us back down to earth Love - we do tend to start worrying about what we eat on an aeroplane perhaps more than we should. There are other more important issues as you point out. I have not looked forward to the Autumn with the Economic prospect looking so bleak for many people - I just thank God that I am retired and that the problems of working are no longer mine, but I feel so much for others. We tend to be a bit spoiled and I am no exception. I bet that most people out in the real world would not care particularly about whether food was in boxes or not as flying anywhere is just not an option if they have to go in quarantine for 14 days when they get back to the UK.
Sep 22, 2020, 2:10 pm
#1409
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: UK
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LHR-LAX
BA "First" Class
September 19, 2020
Pre-departure beverage. LOL.
After departure. My Gin and Tonic arrived as Gin and Light Tonic, poured in the galley.
Gin and real Tonic on the next one and the pre-warned cheap champagne, both opened and partially poured in the gallery, in clear violation of BA in flight service COVID protocols.
Showtime, BA First style. LOL.
On the other hand, the DO&CO contents were actually quite good.
Chicken curry. Sorry for the bad pic.
My DIY version of the above using a few inexpensive, disposable items.
And our back up, just in case BA forgot to cater today.
BA "First" Class
September 19, 2020
Pre-departure beverage. LOL.
After departure. My Gin and Tonic arrived as Gin and Light Tonic, poured in the galley.
Gin and real Tonic on the next one and the pre-warned cheap champagne, both opened and partially poured in the gallery, in clear violation of BA in flight service COVID protocols.
Showtime, BA First style. LOL.
On the other hand, the DO&CO contents were actually quite good.
Chicken curry. Sorry for the bad pic.
My DIY version of the above using a few inexpensive, disposable items.
And our back up, just in case BA forgot to cater today.
May I ask how you tackled the task of washing up?
Sep 22, 2020, 2:12 pm
#1410
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