Q: How do you know what you’ll get to eat on a flight?On a recent mid-morning flight from London City Airport to Zurich in BA economy I was provided with a sandwich. On the return flight (to Gatwick), scheduled to depart at 7pm, there was nothing but a packet of nibbles – even though it was dinnertime. The stewardess told me the flight was too short for meal service. Why the inconsistency?
JC, UK-based consultant.
A: There doesn’t appear to be any reliable, central source of information on the type of food you’ll get. It appears airlines are anxious to keep their options open. For example, information on one flight provided by timetable specialist OAG showed there might either be no meal service or catering “appropriate to the time of day”. And an early-morning flight from Edinburgh to Amsterdam, presented as an option via KDS self-booking tool, showed passengers would be offered a “snack or brunch”.
