Atacama40

Daughter No. 3 asked me what foods and support for new born's are on board BA Business and I was surprised to find that I had little clue. Odd given I've taken our team growing up (including her) many times on long hauls but only as over 2's.

Also seems little of any content on web site.

Can anyone advise please what foods, new born support and materials are available on mid range BA Business flights. (they doing LHR-DXB return end April) and indeed seating options and other support facilities. Same with lounge. Can't ever recall seeing anything in North or South but can't say as I've ever looked.

EK and the ME airlines seem very well equipped in this area .... and indeed maybe BA are but it's not jumping out at me.

Many thanks in advance

mikeyfly

Did you look on BA.com - Family Travel

https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb.../family-travel

FlightDetective

I would be very interested in seeing this tinned baby food, since it's something never really covered anywhere. For example, what brand do they have, what type of food is it, what flavours and so on. Seriously.

If anyone or any crew have any pictures of the on board baby food offering on BA, I'd love to see it. Is it the same across all classes or do the first class babies get high end brands, while economy babies get slop?

(I can almost see the BA Baby Food Enhancements thread now!)
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mikeyfly

Imagine in these parts the uproar if it was served on china !

aidy

When we took the little un to both YYZ and HKG she was provided with Ellas Kitchen (but this was for under 2s)

Flier74

from what I remember when I was Crew there was very limited stock of baby food loaded and it was the same for the whole Aircraft, no difference between First! Club or WT. in fact there were 3-4 cans of baby food for the entire Aircraft, so if I was a parent I would not rely on the Airline to provide food for a small child.
some parents thought it was a good idea to order a CHML for small children but you can imagine their shock and horror when it turned out treat the parents meal was a CHML as no airline caters for Infants under 2, well none I know of may I add.

So self catering for the baby is by far the best direction to take.

corporate-wage-slave

There are various threads available relating to travelling with small children, which are definitely worth search for. But Boots have a large range of infant food in their airside branches, so if all else fails this is all after security and is one of the reasons why HAL tried to keep Boots' branches open even during the first Lockdown.

cvm0093

Out of curiosity have you tried mumsnet? Might be something there, all loads of discussions in various topics around children.

There is a travel section if I remember correctly.

markle

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Tiger_lily

It’s always best to self cater for under 2’s, you’ve got complete control over everything offered and eaten with no nasty surprises.

Atacama40

Thanks Mikey, yes I did see that page but honestly speaking it was so thin that I thought I must have overlooked something more significant.

That said, it's better to know than assume there would be something and find there isn't. Weight isn't so much of an issue on that particular flight and class but it just looked very light compared with the ME carriers etc.

Cheers

The thinking here at Atacama Towers was that they would have a relationship with someone like Ella's Kitchen for baby food ..... bit like they do with M&S.

So far I'm seeing nothing. You'd think the costs of doing that were minimal with minimal costs and a fair amount of goodwill and positive spin.

Didn't no. I think she will but think she was coming from the angle of asking 'Dad' who'd spent was too many years flying assuming a. he'd know and b. a major like BA would have goodies rather than having to do herself.

But is a good call as the answer seems be that the 'under 1's cupboard is bare' on BA. :-)

Certainly worth a read. Thanks

Useful data, many thanks and yes it was indeed the Ella's Kitchen type stuff we thought would be there .... seems not. Not a deal breaker but just a surprise that so little is provided or considered of some important.

Quite lucky actually .... my kids did long hauls since maybe 2 y.o and I was lucky in that they loved it! Their first flight was LHR-LAX. The only terror we had was getting them off the bloody plane. Think they thought it was a new home. Well it was for one of us :-)

Is the conclusion I'm coming to Tiger Lily and the advice I'll be passing on to No.3.

hydro001

BA carries a selection of infant food onboard (two flavours of Ella Kitchen), nappies, and infant milk. If the crew look a bit lost- tell them its in a cannister in the economy galley. A lot of crew forget its there as that cannister is not often used.

Redhead

Definitely bring your own food. If you are using formula, try to get the child used to room temp formula. I carried the travel size formula and bottles of water with me (again, bring your own water) and would mix and serve in her bottle right on board. The water being room temp was never an issue for her but I know friends whose kids insisted on warm bottles

Im a new user

What special meals do they offer? Like vegan baby food, kosher baby food, halal baby food and such things.

Flexible preferences

The provision for under 2's is on the light side, but worth noting so is the fare at 10% of adult fare.