TAP shorthaul business class: labour dispute still affecting catering?
Jan 15, 2018, 2:51 pm
#1
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Join Date: Jan 2018
Programs: OW Emerald
Posts: 3
TAP shorthaul business class: labour dispute still affecting catering?
I’m planning a weekend in Lisbon from London and TP’s timings look much better than BA’s. Does anyone:
- have any recent experience of business class catering? (it seems that a labour dispute was affecting service ~7 months ago – see the One Mile At A Time blog for more details)
- know whether flights operated by Portugalia to London City are affected? (I’m assuming not as it’s a different crew base)
Jan 15, 2018, 5:05 pm
#2
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: LIS
Programs: FB LTPE, TP Gold, All Gold
Posts: 1,180
I’m planning a weekend in Lisbon from London and TP’s timings look much better than BA’s. Does anyone:
- have any recent experience of business class catering? (it seems that a labour dispute was affecting service ~7 months ago – see the One Mile At A Time blog for more details)
- know whether flights operated by Portugalia to London City are affected? (I’m assuming not as it’s a different crew base)
Jan 16, 2018, 3:28 am
#4
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: PEK
Programs: A3*G, UA Gold EY Silver
Posts: 8,956
Portugália is not affected by this.
Mar 12, 2018, 3:21 am
#5
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 36
Did anybody encounter the famous "no service due to reduced cabin crew" experience this year already?
Mar 13, 2018, 9:59 am
#7
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 36
Mar 13, 2018, 10:16 am
#8
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: MUC
Programs: TK Elite, FB Gold
Posts: 315
I think you'll be positively surprised. The food was absolutely excellent, as well as the service and drinks. One of the flights was 1h long but we were served a full breakfast that we had to rush to finish.
Mar 13, 2018, 10:58 am
#9
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 36
Mar 17, 2018, 8:37 am
#10
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Munich, Germany
Programs: Miles&More Blue, SPG Silver
Posts: 3,379
Same here. Flew TAP MUC-LIS and back twice in J. Service and food as well as condition of the cabin was better than for example Lufthansa. And the ticket was cheaper than LH. The TAP lounge at LIS is also nice. Good selection of food and nice bar.
Mar 18, 2018, 11:53 am
#11
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Rhineland-Palatinate
Programs: *A Gold (A3), HHonor Gold
Posts: 5,698
I flew over the weekend TAP VIE-LIS return and was nicely impressed. We had a 3 course meal for each flight, which is 3 hours long. The food was good quality: one of the main was sea bass with fennel and peas, the other was a full roasted duck leg with asparagus and brown rice. Desert were good, as well as starters (salad with some protein: salmon or chicken).
Good service too, specially the inbound with a more senior crew. Lounges at LIS was good, much better than BA at LHR. On the other hand, poor ground service, specially at VIE.