Egypt Air - business/first class
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Does this still hold good??! I imagine things have changed in the last 5-ish years?
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Pulling out a bottle mid-flight risks upsetting fellow passengers. Some will have selected the airline because it is alcohol free.
As for opening bottles in the lounge, best look for the airside bar.
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Those unable to survive a journey without booze are probably best advised not to fly a dry airline. If you're seduced by the low fares, accept eight hours without alcohol as the quid pro quo of that bargain.
Pulling out a bottle mid-flight risks upsetting fellow passengers.
Pulling out a bottle mid-flight risks upsetting fellow passengers.
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Well, while I think it´s not about the indispensable absence of alcohol I´d rather think about the inconvience to some about not being able to get a glass of wine with dinner or an after-dinner drink. So bringing your own bottle of wine should be a situation everybody can live with, no? And from my experience, even FAs are willing to pour you a glass if you open the bottle by yourself...
Booze isn't missing by oversight: it's absent because presenting an alcohol-free cabin is the policy of the airline. And it's a policy appreciated by many of the airline's passengers.
The very simple solution to getting a drink on board is to fly with an airline that isn't dry. Plenty of them around
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Well, while I think it´s not about the indispensable absence of alcohol I´d rather think about the inconvience to some about not being able to get a glass of wine with dinner or an after-dinner drink. So bringing your own bottle of wine should be a situation everybody can live with, no? And from my experience, even FAs are willing to pour you a glass if you open the bottle by yourself...
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Those unable to survive a journey without booze are probably best advised not to fly a dry airline. If you're seduced by the low fares, accept eight hours without alcohol as the quid pro quo of that bargain.
Pulling out a bottle mid-flight risks upsetting fellow passengers. Some will have selected the airline because it is alcohol free.
As for opening bottles in the lounge, best look for the airside bar.
Pulling out a bottle mid-flight risks upsetting fellow passengers. Some will have selected the airline because it is alcohol free.
As for opening bottles in the lounge, best look for the airside bar.
Sounds like they are not entirely offended by the alcohol, but whether the FAs would continue to serve if a fellow pax complained is uncertain. I doubt if one would be able to assert one's right (for lack of a better word) to a glass of wine with one's meal on a dry airline.
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With regard to opening bottles inflight, one needs to remember the long standing ban on taking liquids from landside to airside. Therefore the only way you can take your own alcohol onboard is to purchase it in the duty free shops, once you get airside (Does anyone else find it really annoying that a lot of airports force you to walk through the duty free outlets before you can get to the lounge proper, these days?).
However, it is also deemed to be illegal by many countries to open your duty free booze before reaching your destination.
There again, most airlines, even the non-dry ones tend to frown on passengers partaking of their own alcohol inflight.
On another point Egyptians are not as conservative in their attitude to alcohol as, for example Saudis, and are not only used to seeing non-Muslims drinking, but the country has a thriving beer, wine and spirits industry; the lagers being most welcome in an evening, after a hot day, but the airline apparently went dry out of respect for the beliefs of their more conservative passengers, from other countries.
Who knows, perhaps they may decide to revoke this policy in order to attract more western passengers?
Otherwise, the range of soft drinks is perfectly adequate and a nice glass of fruit juice can be a fine alternative to wine, when dining.
However, it is also deemed to be illegal by many countries to open your duty free booze before reaching your destination.
There again, most airlines, even the non-dry ones tend to frown on passengers partaking of their own alcohol inflight.
On another point Egyptians are not as conservative in their attitude to alcohol as, for example Saudis, and are not only used to seeing non-Muslims drinking, but the country has a thriving beer, wine and spirits industry; the lagers being most welcome in an evening, after a hot day, but the airline apparently went dry out of respect for the beliefs of their more conservative passengers, from other countries.
Who knows, perhaps they may decide to revoke this policy in order to attract more western passengers?
Otherwise, the range of soft drinks is perfectly adequate and a nice glass of fruit juice can be a fine alternative to wine, when dining.
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Yes, and yes, and the seats are a generation (or more) old. However, the price is reasonable so...
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