BA Euroflyer upgrades its food options from London Gatwick

BA Euroflyer, the new subsidiary operating British Airways short haul flights from London Gatwick, has announced an upgrade to its food options.

The ‘Speedbird Cafe’ buy on board option will now have fresh food available for impulse purchases. To date, you have only been able to eat something fresh if you had pre-ordered and pre-paid prior to departure.

New options include Tom Kerridge Chicken Coronation sandwiches and Sweet & Spicy Falafel wraps.

Club Europe menus have also been refreshed for Spring with new options including lemon pepper roasted chicken salad, wild mushroom risotto and a chickpea and curried coconut salad. Breakfast options remain as a traditional English breakfast, cheese omelette or a charcuterie board.

I was pleasantly surprised by the Club Europe lunch I had flying back from Salzburg in February, which if anything was better than many Heathrow Club Europe meals I’ve had in the past year.

If you fly from Heathrow ….

Rather shockingly, the buy on board options from ‘low cost’ BA Euroflyer at Gatwick are now better than the options from Heathrow, where no fresh food is available for an impulse buy.

This is due to change in the next couple of weeks. Fresh food will be available for buy on board impulse purchases on routes of 3+ hours from Heathrow. Nothing is changing on shorter routes for the moment

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