Jaunted

British Airways / Airlines / Airline Food / Premium Economy / → All Tags

British Airways' Premium Economy Food Gets the Upgrade to Business Class

Premium Economy gets a little less gross than this recent meal

It was only Wednesday that we were bemoaning our recent ride in British Airways’ premium economy product. One of the many things we objected to in the whole pay-double-the-price, get-nearly-nothing-extra saga was the food. Over the course of our 10.5hr flight to San Diego, we were fed:

· snack cracker things with a gin and tonic

· roast beef dinner (we may not have been able to establish what this was had there not been a label on it telling us it was a beef dinner)

· rubbery pasta salad

· pot of sugar, fat and additives called “cherry creamy delight” that was neither creamy, nor delightful, nor particularly reminiscent of cherries

· inedible sandwich

· p*ss-poor blueberry muffin

more ›

In-Flight Meals / Food Travel / Airline Food / Healthy Travel / Lists / Air Canada / Virgin America / → All Tags

A Doc Ranks Airlines with the Healthiest In-Flight Snacks of 2011

A snack in First Class on Virgin America

Over the next few days, millions of air travelers are going to sit down to eat something they likely wouldn't otherwise. It's called an in-flight meal and, as with the airlines themselves, the quality varies. Some will be stuck with "nuts or pretzels?" while others live in luxury with "chicken or beef?" What will you choose this holiday travel season? Allow a doctor to help out...

Dr. Charles Platkin, PhD, MPH is an assistant professor at the CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College in NYC and he's just published his "2011 Airline Food Survey" at DietDetective.com. Reviewing in-flight menus and nutritional information for offerings on Air Canada, American, Delta, JetBlue, Southwest, Spirit, United, US Airways and Virgin America, Dr. Platkin rated each airline out of four stars based on the protein, variety and calories of their onboard offerings. The findings are kinda shocking...

more ›

Airline Food / In-Flight Meals / KLM / Amsterdam Travel / Economy Class / → All Tags

A La Carte in KLM Economy Now Means Dutch Cheese, Japanese Soba and Veggie Falafel

Indonesian rice dish

Ordering off-menu while jet setting is not only limited to first and business class passengers, you know. Just as we last told you about American Airlines upgrading their menus, KLM is now offering specialty meals on intercontinental flights from Amsterdam. Last week, the Flying Dutchman announced the expanded dining offering in the back of the plane with a little pre-ordering and few extra euros.

The expanded menu is in addition to the gluten-free, kosher, and other special dietary meals that KLM usually stocks, but these will explore ethnic themes, like traditional Dutch fare, Japanese delights, Italian comfort food, Indonesian rice dishes and an upgraded veggie option. At 12-15 euros each, the meals will still give you spending money for bringing home souvenirs.

more ›

In-Flight Meals / Food Travel / Airline Food / Volaris / Jetstar / AirAsia / Brunch / Lists / Airlines / → All Tags

Three Airlines That'll Fulfill Your Krispy Kreme Donut Kravings

It's Wednesday—the middle of the week—and we're traveling. We need something to get through the rest of the week and you know what would do the trick? A sugar rush brought on by some Krispy Kreme donuts. It'd be even better if they were in-flight Krispy Kreme donuts.

Good news for us and everyone! Krispy Kremes aren't just limited to standalone stores and the occasional airport kiosk; some airlines actually do serve up the glazed masterpieces direct to your traytable. For this they get major brownie donut points!

Three airlines serving Krispy Kreme in the skies:

more ›

In-Flight Meals / Food Travel / American Airlines / Airline Food / → All Tags

Even Economy Has the Option to Order Off American Airlines' Fancy New Menu

The halibut with truffle corn salsa

The silver birds of American Airlines recently launched some new in-flight dining options, now featuring the culinary delights of Chef Marcus Samuelsson, winner of Top Chef Masters, and Celebrity Chef Richard Sandoval. The good news is...the upgraded food isn't just for First Class flyers.

We've already discussed the options from Samuelsson, so now let's talk Sandoval. Chef Sandoval's dishes are offered in premium cabins on AA flights between Europe, Latin America and Asia. Most of the offerings have a Latin and international influence, with the aim of freshening up the current dining options. Menu options that got us drooling are the halibut with truffle corn salsa and a lemongrass-marinated chicken breast.

more ›

Airline Food / American Airlines / In-Flight Meals / Food Travel / → All Tags

American Airlines Gets Chef Marcus Samuelsson to Make a Sammie

If you’re lucky enough to be flying up front, you’ll be in for a treat as American Airlines is upgrading its food and beverage options for the better half of the airplane. However, there’s still hope for those wedged back in coach, as there are actually some new options back there as well—they’ll just cost you some money.

Chefs Richard Sandoval and Marcus Samuelsson have been working with the airline to develop some new tasty treats, and things debuted over the weekend on October 1. Premium class passengers—like business and first class—will be treated to the Sandoval-inspired menus on flights heading from the US to spots in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Some of the options include lemongrass marinated chicken—yum—along with a signature halibut entrée featuring truffle corn salsa and sweet potato puree.

more ›

Airline Food / United / Business Class Travel / Food Travel / BKK / NRT / In-Flight Meals / Airplane Food / → All Tags

United's Business Class Meals Between Tokyo and Bangkok

No warm nuts. No warm nuts! How dare an airline take away the pleasure of a little warm nuts before a long flight? Answer: when it's United between Tokyo-Narita and Bangkok Suvarnabhumi.

Following a $600+ upgrade to Business Class, an 11.5-hour flight from SFO to NRT and some filet mignon, we were excited for a little more local fare on the 6 hour and 30 minute flight. And we got it. Kinda. If Trader Vic's-recipe dishes can be considered thusly.

more ›

Photo Gallery / United / Business Class Travel / Food Travel / SFO / NRT / In-Flight Meals / Airplane Food / Airline Food / → All Tags

Hope You're Hungry: United's Business Class Meals Between San Francisco and Tokyo

"The 'Grilled Shrimp Brochette' looks nice, but then so does the 'Saté Spiced Chicken!'"

No, you are not in a restaurant. You are 38,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean, sitting in Business Class on a United 777, and you've got a printed menu open in your hands. Hard to believe? Hopefully not, because that was us recently after scoring a last-minute paid upgrade.

We've begun by telling you how we got it, now it's on to the experience of the flights themselves. Key to the fun of chilling in biz is enjoying the actual plated meals, instead of a plastic tray of "fish or meat" in economy.

more ›

Emergency Landings / Airlines / Airline News / Jetstar / In-flight Meals / Travel Hell / Airline Food / → All Tags

An In-Flight Meal Proves Deadly for One Jetstar Passenger

We’re always quick to criticize in-flight meals as hazardous to your health due to their taste, but a recent dinner aboard a Jetstar flight was actually deadly for one unlucky passenger.

During a flight from Singapore to Auckland, a passenger—Robert Rippingale—choked on his in-flight meal only an hour or two into the 11-hour journey. He was sitting next to his girlfriend, who initially thought he was just laughing, but soon the scene turned very serious.

more ›

Airline Food / In-Flight Meals / Dessert Travel / Chocolate Travel / Virgin Atlantic / Airline News / Airlines / Ice Cream Travel / → All Tags

Virgin Atlantic Knows What's Good for Their Passengers: POPSICLES.

It's official; summer 2011 is the summer of sweets in the sky. First bmi is handing out free slices of cake onboard, and now Virgin Atlantic has introduced popsicles in economy!

The new desserts—Skinny Cow Skinny Dippers—are caramel ice cream pops dipped in chocolate, and they're totally complimentary to passengers flying Virgin from Manchester, London-Gatwick and London-Heathrow to the US, Caribbean and Tokyo-Narita. Even better still: each Skinny Dipper is only 65 calories (that's less than a tiny airline cup full of regular soda). They're new onboard from this month, and they should last through the end of the warm weather.

more ›

Airline Food / bmi / Airlines / Airline News / In-Flight Comfort / Food Travel / In-Flight Meals / → All Tags

bmi Knows What You Want This Summer: Free Cake!

Even though you might not have British Midland International—or bmi to its friends—flying you anywhere soon, it’s still pretty exciting to hear about an airline adding food and beverage options instead of taking them away.

The airline—they are British after all—plans to introduce free cake to all economy passengers traveling within the UK and Ireland for both elevenses and afternoon tea. The choices will include some pretty decent offerings including victoria sponge, carrot cake, and lemon drizzle—we already are interested if we can request seconds. These treats will be for those flying in Flexible Economy and will be offered between 10am and 12pm and then again between 1:30pm and 5pm.

more ›

In-Flight Meals / Airline Food / British Airways / Food Travel / → All Tags

British Airways' Bacon Roll is Better Than All the American Airlines Croissants in the World

If you read Jaunted regularly, you'll be well aware of our obsession with airline food. What you're served onboard may cost or it may be complimentary; it could be three courses or a baggie of Biscoffs—whatever the case it's either going to go totally well or totally to hell. Typically it's the latter we focus on (here's a whole gallery if you're curious of the worst), but lately there's been something of a renaissance in airline cuisine and we're experiencing it dish by dish.

Dishes that stick out in our mind are: a Cathay Pacific steak, the $8 Continental cheeseburger and the recent discovery of Virgin Atlantic's non-yucky full English breakfast.

more ›