Friday, October 5, 2007

Airline food

BusinessWeek has a rundown on the current state of airline food offerings. Of course, you have to pay for anything except snacks on most of the airlines the article profiles. Continental is the exception, offering complimentary coach meals. I also did a little additional research. All information was taken from the company Web site. Snacks (including sandwiches) don't count as meals. I only counted food as a meal if it included an entree.

Airline: American
Meal Web page: http://www.aa.com/aa/i18nForward.do?p=/travelInformation/duringFlight/dining/domesticMealService.jsp
Highlights: Can pay with credit or debit card. Complimentary coach meals on Europe, Latin America, Japan, and Hispaniola flights. Complimentary first class meals on all flights over two hours.
Chefs: Nancy Brussat-Barocci, Stephan Pyles, Dean Fearing

Airline: Continental
Meal Web page: http://www.continental.com/web/en-US/content/travel/inflight/dining/default.aspx
Highlights: Complimentary coach meals on Europe, Latin America, Asia and Caribbean flights. Complimentary coach meals (lunch and dinner) on domestic flights over 3 hours. Complimentary first class meals on all flights system-wide with flying times over two hours.
Chefs: James Canora, Michael CordĂșa, Paul Minnillo, Roy Yamaguchi

Airline: Delta
Meal Web page: http://www.delta.com/traveling_checkin/inflight_services/food/index.jsp
Highlights: Complimentary first class meals on Alaska, Hawaii and international flights over five hours.
Chefs: Michelle Bernstein

Airline: Northwest
Meal Web page: http://www.nwa.com/services/onboard/special/meals.html
Highlights: Complimentary first class meals. Complimentary coach meals on international flights.

Airline: USAir
Meal Web page: http://www.usairways.com/awa/content/traveltools/intheair/default.aspx
Highlights: Complimentary first class meals on flights over 3 1/2 hours.

Airline: United
Meal Web page: http://www.united.com/page/middlepage/0,6823,1057,00.html
Highlights: Complimentary first class meals on longer flights.

UPDATE:
Airline: Midwest
Meal Web page: http://www.midwestairlines.com/MAWeb/travelPlanner/customerExperience/menu.aspx Highlights: No complimentary meals, but the free chocolate chip cookies (for flights after 10AM are an excellent snack. Can ONLY pay for meals with credit or debit card (genius).

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