Service ICN - AMS on KL856
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Service ICN - AMS on KL856
Hi all, I am flying ICN - AMS on KL856, departing 00:55 on Thursday 18th January (arrives AMS 04:30, then connecting on to LHR on KL1001). Given the unpleasant timings of this flight, does anyone know what onboard service would be provided in terms of meals? Luckily I am travelling back in business, but even then a meal at 2am sounds odd. I have only flown KLM once before, and that was within short haul EU, so it will be a new experience all round.
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Flew KUL-AMS a while ago, same sort of timing. Got a complete hot meal, bit lighter than at normal times, but filling enough. It was done very quickly. Many passengers skipped the service, which in the case of the shorter ICN-AMS leg could be advisable.
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It is.
I don't have dinner in the dead of night, and I'm always amazed at the number pax that do. Even on JNB - AMS, where few, if any, pax are likely to be connecting from distant time zones and therefore have their body clocks out of kilter, roughly half the J cabin tucks in at 1h30 a.m.
AMS-JNB-AMS, by the way, has the new flexible meal service, although it is more limited on the return night flight. If I ever get around to it, I shall post a full report with menus.
Johan
I don't have dinner in the dead of night, and I'm always amazed at the number pax that do. Even on JNB - AMS, where few, if any, pax are likely to be connecting from distant time zones and therefore have their body clocks out of kilter, roughly half the J cabin tucks in at 1h30 a.m.
AMS-JNB-AMS, by the way, has the new flexible meal service, although it is more limited on the return night flight. If I ever get around to it, I shall post a full report with menus.
Johan
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Thanks all for your information. I will only have been in Seoul for 2 days when I get back on the plane, so maybe 2am local time will still feel like 6pm UK time! Incidentally, it looks like I will be on the last Skyteam flight out of ICN Terminal 1, as the 18th is the day that skyteam move to the new Terminal 2.
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Hi all, I am flying ICN - AMS on KL856, departing 00:55 on Thursday 18th January (arrives AMS 04:30, then connecting on to LHR on KL1001). Given the unpleasant timings of this flight, does anyone know what onboard service would be provided in terms of meals? Luckily I am travelling back in business, but even then a meal at 2am sounds odd. I have only flown KLM once before, and that was within short haul EU, so it will be a new experience all round.
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Of course, before EBC it was called "Europe Select" which did indeed drop the "class" nomenclature.
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Regardless of schedules, I can't think of a single J service with KLM that doesn't start with 'dinner' service (sometimes called lunch, but same meals and order and amenities) right after takeoff. Second service right before arrival. Sometimes the second service is breakfast-ier than other times, but the first service is always the same.
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Regardless of schedules, I can't think of a single J service with KLM that doesn't start with 'dinner' service (sometimes called lunch, but same meals and order and amenities) right after takeoff. Second service right before arrival. Sometimes the second service is breakfast-ier than other times, but the first service is always the same.
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