Jan 22, 2021, 4:50 pm
Last edit by: Enigma368
Modified COVID-19 catering, effective 20 January 2021 until further notice.
Previous discussion: COVID Friendly Catering Revealed By British Airways
A reduced service has resumed in all cabins, including steel cutlery, glassware and chinaware in premium cabins. Choice may be limited in some cabins and on some routes. Some elements may be delivered covered for safety. All meals apart from First are served on single trays. Portion sizes, particularly in Club World, have been significantly reduced compared to pre-Covid.
On BA CityFlyer full service has resumed, with the exception of hot towels and warmed bread in Club Europe. See dedicated wiki thread for full details.
Details of the current service are available on BA.com
Changes from pre-COVID service:
Euro Traveller
Previous discussion: COVID Friendly Catering Revealed By British Airways
A reduced service has resumed in all cabins, including steel cutlery, glassware and chinaware in premium cabins. Choice may be limited in some cabins and on some routes. Some elements may be delivered covered for safety. All meals apart from First are served on single trays. Portion sizes, particularly in Club World, have been significantly reduced compared to pre-Covid.
On BA CityFlyer full service has resumed, with the exception of hot towels and warmed bread in Club Europe. See dedicated wiki thread for full details.
Details of the current service are available on BA.com
Changes from pre-COVID service:
Euro Traveller
- Buy-on-board M&S menu replaced with pre-order Tom Kerridge menu
- Complimentary bottle of water and packaged ambient snack offered to all passengers
- Band 1 now receives the same service as Express (light breakfast > brunch > lunch > afternoon tea > dinner)
- Band 2 now receives the same service as Bands 3 and 4 (breakfast > rest of the day)
- Band 3 should still have a drinks run before serving lunch and dinner
- No hot towels
- No menus on Band 3 / Band 4 services
- Dessert served in ceramic dish rather than plastic pot
- No starter for Express / Band 1 lunch and dinner services
- No cheese for Band 3 / Band 4 rest of the day services
- One fewer sandwich for afternoon tea services
- One type of (warm) bread roll available, wrapped in sealed plastic, served from a basket
- No roll/butter served with main meal, cheese and crackers also not provided
- Inflight snack (previously took the form of a Magnum ice cream) and tuck box suspended - replaced with Walkers shortbread o/r from galley.
- TBC
- No hot towels
- Meals served on one tray at the same time
- No choice of starter or dessert
- Portion sizes have been substantially reduced. Starters, cheese and dessert are all served in mini ramekins
- No hot towels
Modified COVID-19 catering, effective 20 January 2021
Dec 28, 2021, 5:57 am
#901
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Dec 28, 2021, 6:37 am
#902
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Dec 28, 2021, 7:22 am
#903
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Nice photos Mikeyfly!
Hubby likes the look of the afternoon tea. Not sure whether this will be served on our flight next week.
Which meals are normally served on BA11, Lhr to Sin?
I asked YouFirst for the menu. They told me the January menus have not been released yet but should have them at the start of the new year.
Hubby likes the look of the afternoon tea. Not sure whether this will be served on our flight next week.
Which meals are normally served on BA11, Lhr to Sin?
I asked YouFirst for the menu. They told me the January menus have not been released yet but should have them at the start of the new year.
we were on BA11 a couple of days ago in first, and here was our menu - dinner and a light meal before arrival. Not the most exciting sounding menu, but it was well presented by the CC and surprisingly good
Dec 28, 2021, 10:54 am
#906
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Just be thankful that you still get a menu in CW/F that gives you some inkling of what the food is meant to be. BA seems to have stopped the menu card in WT+, probably because it doesn't resemble what is served.
Dec 29, 2021, 4:52 am
#908
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Or maybe they’re too embarrassed to write “Half a sandwich” for the second service..
Dec 29, 2021, 5:35 am
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Dec 29, 2021, 9:17 am
#910
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Afternoon tea on BA104 from DXB-LHR today.
Clotted cream was in the plastic tub which although a more generous portion than the tiny Rodda’s tub which we use to get Pre-Covid, it definitely didn’t look classy and not as good quality as Rodda’s.
Clotted cream was in the plastic tub which although a more generous portion than the tiny Rodda’s tub which we use to get Pre-Covid, it definitely didn’t look classy and not as good quality as Rodda’s.
Dec 29, 2021, 11:10 am
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