YEGaircanada From Canada, joined Mar 2004, 48 posts, RR: 1 Posted (9 years 1 month 4 weeks 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 3540 times:
I have one question, I will be travelling on United from YYC to SFO in April, and I am wondering if they would most likely serve a meal or not. The flight is about 2h 54min's long. Just wondering! Being fed is good.....especially for a starving college student
Andz From South Africa, joined Feb 2004, 8298 posts, RR: 11 Reply 1, posted (9 years 1 month 4 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 3486 times:
2:54 is short?? Guess it's all relative....
In case you ever come here, SAA, BA Comair and Nationwide will serve you a hot breakfast on their shortest sector which is JNB-DUR and less than an hour. I flew once on SA Airlink ELS-PLZ on a J41 and we got a meal box....35 min flight!
[Edited 2004-03-29 09:07:43]
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AFROTC From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 191 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (9 years 1 month 4 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 3477 times:
unless your flying on aeromexico, dont expect anything, aeromexico is one of the last airlines i know who still service inflight meals on short flights. They gave us a nice hot breakfast(mexican style) on our MMMX to culiacan flight.
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GuyBetsy1 From Canada, joined Aug 2001, 832 posts, RR: 6 Reply 3, posted (9 years 1 month 4 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 3447 times:
If you're flying on a US carrier, don't even expect to be served anything on flights over 3 hours if your flying time does not coincide with a meal service. ie breakfast, lunch or dinner. Even in First Class!
On European carriers, you can expect a small snack even in coach. On British Airways for example, you'd get a drink, a sandwich and coffee/tea on the LHR-CDG route. Which normally has a flying time of less than 45 minutes.
On Asian carriers, you can expect a hot, 2-3 course meal on flights in excess of 50 minutes. In coach!
Azmd80 From Italy, joined Nov 2003, 289 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (9 years 1 month 4 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 3434 times:
My shortest flight with meals are GOA MXP (20min of real flight) on D328 (now sometimes ATR42) operated by AZ ad LUX CDG on F50 or 737 500 operated by Luxair.
On this flight a sandwich is served before the take off, and the beverage after !!!!
Caravelle From Norway, joined Aug 2000, 666 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (9 years 1 month 4 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 3387 times:
SK, OSL - ARN, last Monday, 8.40 am. Within the 45 minute flight, cheese and ham, hot rolls with butter(2), yoghurt with muesli, orange juice, chocolate and two cups of coffee. All served at our seats by efficient and pleasant FAs.
But, sadly, this is about to change....
EIRob From Sweden, joined Aug 2001, 52 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (9 years 1 month 4 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 3363 times:
Caravelle - do you mean SK are going to stop their breakfast service? I had thought that SK after consulting frequent flyers and getting a "Don't touch the breakfast" message, had decided to keep it on early morning flights? Anyway - I got the same service on Friday ARN-GOT (SK2153 dep 0700 arr 0800). SK's breakfast is good! Especially when you haven't had time at home before you go to the airport!
Caravelle From Norway, joined Aug 2000, 666 posts, RR: 1 Reply 8, posted (9 years 1 month 4 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 3252 times:
EIRob, what I mean is SK is now going to cut prices even further, especially for business pax. So where are they going cut costs? Meals, is what I heard.
Rumour only from catering staff at OSL, but next step, breakfast only if flights start before 8 am.
My main point, though, was SK staff and management still see the value of offering their pax something that makes the company special. This is appreciated!
Just imagine being served a full breakfast with second helpings of rolls and coffee on a 45 min flight!
IndustrialPate From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 9, posted (9 years 1 month 4 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 3245 times:
WN has $49 fares from the Midwest/Eastern USA to Florida during May and June. Please tell me USA-based carriers should provide meals for those paying those fares...
MAH4546 From Sweden, joined Jan 2001, 31119 posts, RR: 74 Reply 10, posted (9 years 1 month 4 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 3225 times:
unless your flying on aeromexico, dont expect anything, aeromexico is one of the last airlines i know who still service inflight meals on short flights.
No they are not. Many airlines continue to serve meals on short flights, not just AeroMexico.
Air France, for example, serves hot breakfeast on MIA-PAP, less than a two hour flight.
Kempa From Brazil, joined Aug 2003, 372 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (9 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 3170 times:
I was served a light lunch once on a CWB-CGH flight on TAM. Flight time was less than one hour. Almost as soon as we were airborne, the flight attendants started box lunch and beverage service. A little before we landed, they came back with bombons, and a just before landing, picking up the trays.
Cory6188 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 2686 posts, RR: 6 Reply 12, posted (9 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 3168 times:
CO still serves some form of a meal on flights within the US...on my flight from PBI-EWR in November I got a sandwich, carrots, and chocolate. It wasn't bad considering that Song sells food and B6 offers nothing.
AFROTC From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 191 posts, RR: 1 Reply 14, posted (9 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 3084 times:
unless your flying on aeromexico, dont expect anything, aeromexico is one of the last airlines i know who still service inflight meals on short flights.
I said ONE of the last not THE last.....
[Edited 2004-03-31 07:00:23]
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Dantiger From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 92 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (9 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 3050 times:
Yes Peter. They will give you something to eat, but if it is a short flight you only get a half bag of peanuts. Get a burger at the airport if you are hungry pal.
InnocuousFox From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 2805 posts, RR: 16 Reply 16, posted (9 years 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 3003 times:
I just had lunch on DEN-SJC the other day as well as dinner on SJC-DEN... both of them were about 2:30. It was buy on board, by the way. A fantastic Bennigan's club sandwich on the first and a Friday's Buffalo Chicken Salad on the latter.
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InnocuousFox From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 2805 posts, RR: 16 Reply 18, posted (9 years 1 month 3 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 2932 times:
7 bucks. It was a helluva sandwich, too. I was trying to do the whole "snake unhinging the jaw" thing. It's about as much as I would have paid in the airport but this was a lot less rushed.
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Timf From United States of America, joined Mar 2003, 954 posts, RR: 1 Reply 19, posted (9 years 1 month 3 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 2904 times:
Buy On Board is only available on select flights to and from Denver and Chicago. A complete list is available on United's website at the link below. This means no food service on YYC-SFO.
B747skipper From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 20, posted (9 years 1 month 3 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 2889 times:
With Varig - Shuttle
xxx
Taking often that flight - GIG to GRU... as a passenger.
55 minutes block time... 737...
Boarding, sitting, then a first drink, before taxi. NO CHARGE...
Gear up, meal set up. Hot meal, wine, beer is served. Metal knives/forks.
Coffee and cognac is served after meal, FREE by the way.
Gear going down, all trays removed, cleared to land.
Four flight attendants with smiles. Outstanding service...
xxx
Soon a coke and peanuts will be $5.oo.
Served by morons on these U.S. air carriers.
xxx
Happy contrails
(s) Skipper
Aussie747 From Australia, joined Aug 2003, 1161 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (9 years 1 month 3 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 2830 times:
Well if it was an AA flight you would get a small packet of Pretzels and a drink nothing else I have even found this even on flight 3 1/2 hours in length.
In the case of Qantas Domestic you get a boxed meal (chocolate / water/ sandwich or tart and crackers) for flights under 2 hours in length. For over this it is a proper tray servce. Or at meal times there is sometimes hot meals served even for short flights as well.
All long haul domestic flights out of PER - feature their international style meal service.
Espion007 From Denmark, joined Dec 2003, 1691 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (9 years 1 month 3 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2792 times:
Well if it was an AA flight you would get a small packet of Pretzels and a drink nothing else I have even found this even on flight 3 1/2 hours in length.
wow,now i see the contrast between european and US carriers.Recently i flew Alitalia FCO-CDG.I dont know the exact time,but it was around 2 1/2 hours. We got served a drink,bags of chips,and a small sandwich which was infact edible-and kinda good too.By the way,does anyone know the point of the really narrow seat between the window and isle seat on alitalia's a320s?
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