Some good news on British Airways in-flight food

This article is closed to new comments. Feel free to ask your question in the HfP forums.

• The Original Nick. says:

  2 May2 May 07:31

  Flying BA TLL-LHR today. Will report back if any changes.

  • Genghis says:

    2 May2 May 07:53

    Flying the long way back?

    • The Original Nick. says:

      2 May2 May 18:01

      Genghis, flight was delayed so he’s out was the long way back..

• Genghis says:

  2 May2 May 07:43

  Coming back from KUL just now,
  we were supposed to have lobster and papaya salad, salmon roe and passion fruit sauce for amuse bouche per the menu but what turned up was a chicken, tomato and pesto affair. Also no flower in the toilets. Not a great (re)start.

  Rob, Please remove my OT from other article

  • CV3V says:

    2 May2 May 08:32

    I flew back from KUL a few months ago and was given, for the main, what looked like lobster and a bag of sweet potato crisps served on the plate.

    The one scoop of frozen solid ice cream (think size and texture of a golf ball) on the flight out was an awkward moment for both me and the member of cabin crew, who without prompting said she would bring more if no one else asked for it.

• Lostantipod says:

  2 May2 May 07:59

  “when he worked a flight one day to see how it was”

  And that, ladies and gentlemen, sums up how BA has ended up as the penny-pinching, customer-unfocused business that it now is. Eat your own dog food , BA – and from the economy seats if you don’t mind.

• Prins Polo says:

  2 May2 May 08:04

  How many months are needed to create storage space onboard Embraers? Half a year should surely be fine? The BOB items can’t take much more space than the existing catering does? So not sure if this is the real reason.

  • Rob says:

    2 May2 May 08:27

    50 packs of biscuits didn’t take up much space 🙂

    • Ben says:

      2 May2 May 08:40

      But 98 cooked breakfast trays presumably do? Seriously though I don’t know how a crew of 2 is going to manage both a CE cabin and BoB on shorter sectors – maybe this is more the issue.

      • Andy says:

        2 May2 May 09:35

        I think it ishould more likely a staffing issue. It will be cry difficult to operate CE and BOB with 2 staff members of many of the short LCY flights. AMS, DUS, EDI, GLA. Especially on early morning flights with a very high percentage of passengers on business claiming it back on expences.

  • Tina says:

    2 May2 May 08:33

    I agree. I think the reason BA has delayed the LCY BOB is to save their lousy lawyers from having to fight a court case.

    And then losing and being ordered to compensate the thousands of other pax when were affected

    • Rob says:

      2 May2 May 08:57

      BOB was announced in, when, September? How many people booked a flight for this Summer from LCY before September? Hundreds, no more.

      PS. Little known fact. I had the introduction of BOB as a HFP world exclusive story. Someone sent me all the details a few days before the announcement. I couldn’t verify a single word of it, though, and I don’t publish stuff I can’t verify unless I personally know the source, which I didn’t. There went my moment of PR glory!

      • the real harry1 says:

        2 May2 May 09:00

        me

        • Polly says:

          2 May2 May 12:31

          Harry, shame you missed out on the test case!

        • the real harry1 says:

          2 May2 May 16:09

          then I’ll be the test case! 🙂

          actually, the absence of any sort of case whatsoever is highly encouraging – it means everybody is being paid off & asked to sign a gagging order

  • Isa says:

    2 May2 May 09:03

    I flew from LCY last week and asked the CC about BoB start date – on both flights they told me that they didn’t know and that the issues were not enough storage space and staffing.

  • Lady London says:

    2 May2 May 09:12

    Err…. until the next legal judgment I guess.

    I’m wondering if BA should be required by the courts to fulfil all existing contracts, this would compel them to provide free food as promised when anyone bought a ticket. This could mean for up to 355 days since they first announced the withdrawal of free food. As they didn’t give proper notice of the date yet, perhaps the 355 days should start running again from when BA announces properly that tickets sold henceforth will not have any food or refreshments included.

    And can BA get away without delaying buy on board at Heathrow too?

• RIchard says:

  2 May2 May 08:57

  I flew Club LHR-TXL last week and had a very good vegan supper -a marked improvement on the previous offering. Plus I prefer the new mugs of coffee to the old cups. So I don’t think the changes are universally bad.

• IslandDweller says:

  2 May2 May 10:07

  I’ve chatted to crew on a recent LCY flight – and I know one conversation is not conclusive proof. But the crew view was that with up to 98 passengers, they wont be able to complete Club Europe service and then service the rest of the plane with BoB.

• Keith S says:

  2 May2 May 10:24

  Last week I forgot my usual razor and ended up using the supplied one out of the First amenity kit – I was surprised how poor it was – instantly scratchy and it really didn’t do the job I expected – now I’m not expecting it to do several shaves but for it to be so bad and cut me on the first try is just not good – have others tried it? similar experience. My view would be if you put something in that kit then it has to work otherwise don’t bother – they could probably shave some money off there

  • Graeme says:

    2 May2 May 15:43

    I shave my head and used it once – it led to several slices of skin being removed. Lovely.

    • Cat says:

      2 May2 May 17:51

      Have you tried the deodorant? It’s a great idea having a stick of deodorant in the amenity bag, but not if the deodorant easily pops out of the holder and rolls around the floor…

• Colin MacKinnon says:

  2 May2 May 10:40

  BoB, flowers, amuse bouche, food quality, champagne etc…..

  It is all rearranging the deck chairs.

  IB and AA have fully flat business seats transatlantic – with all on IB and many on AA, in cabins with direct aisle access.

  Until BA shows any signs of fixing that……they will never be my first choice.

  And I would rather IB and AA’s new business than BA First!

This article is closed to new comments. Feel free to ask your question in the HfP forums.