Jul 18, 2022, 11:37 am
Last edit by: lkrt
On ARN flights, a cold sandwich with beverages is served. On all other SH flights, the service includes "a hot main meal, something sweet and beverages".
Beverages include sparkling wine (Bernard-Massard Cuvée de l'Ecusson), white wine, red wine, beer, cognac, whiskey, vodka, cream liquor and soft drinks.
Iberia-operated MAD and BCN flights have Iberia service with starter, hot meal and proper dessert. On these flights, a different set of beverages is served (IB selection).
Destinations with sandwich:
ARN
Destinations with hot meal only (no starter) and something sweet:
AMS BER BGO BLL BLQ BRU BUD CPH DBV DUS FRA GOT HAM KRK MUC NAP NCE OSL PRG SPU TOS TRD VCE VIE VNO WAW ZAG
Destinations with starter, hot meal and something sweet:
AGP ALC CDG DUB EDI FCO GVA KEF LHR LIN LIS MAN MXP OPO TLV
SPML - Special meals, examples and links (incomplete list)
SFML - Seafood meal, eg Salmon lasagna, Smoked salmon. Discontinued as of 23-09-27
VLML - Lacto-ovo vegetarian meal. Example 2
RVML - Raw Vegetarian meal. Discontinued as of 23-09-27
VGML - Vegetarian / Vegan
FPML - Fruit platter meal
Beverages include sparkling wine (Bernard-Massard Cuvée de l'Ecusson), white wine, red wine, beer, cognac, whiskey, vodka, cream liquor and soft drinks.
Iberia-operated MAD and BCN flights have Iberia service with starter, hot meal and proper dessert. On these flights, a different set of beverages is served (IB selection).
Destinations with sandwich:
ARN
Destinations with hot meal only (no starter) and something sweet:
AMS BER BGO BLL BLQ BRU BUD CPH DBV DUS FRA GOT HAM KRK MUC NAP NCE OSL PRG SPU TOS TRD VCE VIE VNO WAW ZAG
Destinations with starter, hot meal and something sweet:
AGP ALC CDG DUB EDI FCO GVA KEF LHR LIN LIS MAN MXP OPO TLV
SPML - Special meals, examples and links (incomplete list)
SFML - Seafood meal, eg Salmon lasagna, Smoked salmon. Discontinued as of 23-09-27
VLML - Lacto-ovo vegetarian meal. Example 2
RVML - Raw Vegetarian meal. Discontinued as of 23-09-27
VGML - Vegetarian / Vegan
FPML - Fruit platter meal
Finnair Shorthaul Business Class Food
May 8, 2019, 1:46 pm
#961
Join Date: Mar 2018
Programs: AY+ Platinum / FlyingBlue Gold
Posts: 835
For the past 3 months or so I have always been offered the exact same two options on the AMS-HEL route (about 6 flights total...)
-Beef and pea mash
-Salmon lasagna
I wonder: how often do they change the shorthaul menu? I'm definitey not going to change to a vegan or glutenfree meal or so and end up with something super bland.
-Beef and pea mash
-Salmon lasagna
I wonder: how often do they change the shorthaul menu? I'm definitey not going to change to a vegan or glutenfree meal or so and end up with something super bland.
May 8, 2019, 2:11 pm
#962
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Switzerland
Programs: AY+ Platinum, SK Gold, BAEC Silver, airbaltic VIP, Radisson VIP
Posts: 6,530
For the past 3 months or so I have always been offered the exact same two options on the AMS-HEL route (about 6 flights total...)
-Beef and pea mash
-Salmon lasagna
I wonder: how often do they change the shorthaul menu? I'm definitey not going to change to a vegan or glutenfree meal or so and end up with something super bland.
-Beef and pea mash
-Salmon lasagna
I wonder: how often do they change the shorthaul menu? I'm definitey not going to change to a vegan or glutenfree meal or so and end up with something super bland.
May 8, 2019, 3:07 pm
#963
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Platinum, TK Elite, BT VIP, AA, BA, SK, DL, NT, WB + hotels
Posts: 8,749
I've tried a special meal only once in Euro J. What I ordered was a gluten free meal, but the meal was suited for, like, everybody. Among other things, it was vegan. And it was superbland, up to the point where I actually didn't eat the main course, only tasted it. I think it's the only time I've accepted the meal tray and then haven't eaten the main course.
However, this is not a rant. If I was running AY, this is exactly what I would do make those special meals so terrible that no one orders them unless they absolutely have to. Huge money savings compared to many/most J pax making up dietary restrictions for the flight just to get better, and a lot more expensive, food. (And I do feel sorry for that celiac person who actually needs a special meal, but not so for someone who themselves have chosen to follow some special diet out of will rather than medical necessity.)
However, this is not a rant. If I was running AY, this is exactly what I would do make those special meals so terrible that no one orders them unless they absolutely have to. Huge money savings compared to many/most J pax making up dietary restrictions for the flight just to get better, and a lot more expensive, food. (And I do feel sorry for that celiac person who actually needs a special meal, but not so for someone who themselves have chosen to follow some special diet out of will rather than medical necessity.)
Also the presentation is an abomination.
May 13, 2019, 3:54 pm
#966
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Durham, NC (RDU/GSO/CLT)
Programs: AA EXP/MM, DL GM, UA Platinum, HH DIA, Hyatt Explorist, IHG Platinum, Marriott Titanium, Hertz PC
Posts: 33,857
May 27, 2019, 1:41 pm
#968
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: HEL
Programs: lots of shiny metal cards
Posts: 14,105
C meal on a 44 minutes flight today - think HEL-ARN. Hot towels and pre-flight drinks not photographed, champers on the armrest table, outside the frame 
(actually IST-OTP, which is 25km longer than HEL-ARN. Some with sharp eyes will note the leg-room. Yes, this route is flown twice daily with A333s - there were 11 C pax + 2 dead-heading crew taken care of by 3 FAs)
(actually IST-OTP, which is 25km longer than HEL-ARN. Some with sharp eyes will note the leg-room. Yes, this route is flown twice daily with A333s - there were 11 C pax + 2 dead-heading crew taken care of by 3 FAs)
Jun 17, 2019, 1:41 pm
#972
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Platinum, TK Elite, BT VIP, AA, BA, SK, DL, NT, WB + hotels
Posts: 8,749
An omelette should be served right away, not after 15 minutes and certainly not after 15 hours. It just doesn't work, and it's impossible to make it work.
But SH lunch/dinner catering has improved.
Jun 17, 2019, 11:23 pm
#973
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: C2
Programs: AY ex-Lumo, TK Elite, BT VIP, ITA Executive
Posts: 1,157
I'm surprised you even got real glasses. Considering the tray content, I'd expect standard plastic cups. Supposedly, you were just unlucky, but what you received definitely is a joke.
Jun 18, 2019, 4:01 am
#974
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Unio Europaea
Programs: BA GGL, AS, Hertz Cirque Présidentielle
Posts: 1,445
Haha, I at least recently had a proper china plate for the breakfast dish.
It's so cheap to serve it from that package. Unlike you, I didn't open the Apetit fruit box for the picture, because it would've skewed the feeling you have upon receing the tray. But sure, it's still better than any/most shorthaul AA breakfasts I've had.I can't be without smirking at the lonely, sole piece of broccoli. Looks like a destitute orphan to me.
Last edited by Flying Yazata; Jun 18, 2019 at 4:07 am
