Flapjack or banana bread? We try BA’s new short haul economy snacks!

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• Simon says:

  2 Oct2 October 06:19

  You do get a free bottle of water and a tiny chocolate on Lufthansa in economy.

  I kind of wish neither BA or Lufthansa gave out anything especially the water as it generates so much waste with the packaging and as it’s free almost everyone feels the need to take it regardless if they are thirsty or not. People who have already taken their own water on the plane end up taking one.

  • John says:

    2 Oct2 October 07:16

    Exactly. 300 ml water and a 10 g chocolate on LH. Not exactly less than what you get on BA.

    You can expect substantially more on TK (full hot main plus appetitizer plus dessert even in eco), A3 (hot snack plus free drink selection), or LO (more substantial cold snack and free still and sparkling water and coffee tea).

    Of course, there are rumors AF and KL will introduce buy-on-board, but for now there are free drinks (including wine and beer) and snacks.

    Rhys got it wrong that BA delivers about the best you can expect in Euro eco. I’d argue it’s the other way around: BA and LHG provide the least among European network carriers).

    • Andrew J says:

      2 Oct2 October 07:27

      Austrian give you a cup of water (which those who are into saving the planet might feel more comfortable with than a plastic bottle) and a small chocolate.

    • lumma says:

      2 Oct2 October 13:18

      I got a terrible cold sandwich on a 1 finger KitKat on Aegean last spring from LHR to ATH (if I’m right that A3 is them?)

• Mohamed says:

  2 Oct2 October 06:29

  European greediness at its best , fly 1 hour flight economy in Mideast whether MEA, Jordanian, Egypt air not to mention the big 3 and you will get something decent, BA don’t even serve anything decent to Istanbul, Cairo or Amman.

  • Jonathan says:

    2 Oct2 October 09:45

    Yep I made the mistake of using BA when I flew to Cairo then home from Amman, it was flight times that was the main draw for me though… doh ! 😑

    • vlcnc says:

      2 Oct2 October 09:51

      They reconfigured the BMI mid-haul A321 to standard short-haul layout and downgraded the service. Its been a grievance of Egyptian and Jordanian friends who had booked and not realised. Were appalled and have vowed never to fly BA again.

• Jack says:

  2 Oct2 October 06:45

  I think this looks like a good alternative, am curious though to know if it is only served on longer routes currently . Hope to get to try one soon they look very yummy especially as I prefer sweet to savory. I think it’s good they offer a snack and some water with the option to pre order other items online and get some onboard too

  • Rob says:

    2 Oct2 October 07:22

    Still pretzels on shorter routes as stocks are used up.

    • Andrew J says:

      2 Oct2 October 07:28

      Pretzels both ways to Gothenburg last week.

  • AL says:

    2 Oct2 October 14:39

    Deliveries for advance orders arrive so infrequently that I don’t bother any more, like most I know.

• Timothy Firmager says:

  2 Oct2 October 07:01

  Having flown a number of domestic BA flights over September, I can confirm the roll-out has not made it to those yet. The offering is still pretzels. Maybe the remaining stock is being used up on domestic flights before they also get these new baked goods.

• meta says:

  2 Oct2 October 07:05

  Last night, I still had pretzels. They must be going through stock, so it’s not yet fully rolled out.

• phantomchickenz says:

  2 Oct2 October 07:05

  Pretty sure mine was a ginger cake a few months ago to Prague (going again this evening so can compare).

  What exactly is “hand made” anyway? Because the thousands they’d need to churn out per day are most certainly not entirely made by hand!

  • Scott says:

    2 Oct2 October 07:13

    Someone empties a bag of pre-made mix into a mixer and presses the start button 😉

    • Mikel says:

      2 Oct2 October 07:19

      That about sums up “hand made” nowadays. Why do they feel compelled to feed us this rubbish.

      • Magic Mike says:

        2 Oct2 October 08:24

        Count yourself lucky it wasn’t described as “artisan”…

        • Hbommie says:

          2 Oct2 October 09:48

          They are on the supplier website, and ‘on the edge of the Cotswolds’ …a business park in Cheltenham.

        • Rhys says:

          2 Oct2 October 10:38

          What were you expecting? A shepherds hut?!

        • ankomonkey says:

          2 Oct2 October 09:56

          Or “gourmet”…

  • Hbommie says:

    2 Oct2 October 11:48

    Expecting? Not much really, and looks like I was correct by the size comparison.

• BJ says:

  2 Oct2 October 07:18

  If BA relaunched BKK they could fill the cargo hold daily with banana bread from 7/11 which is decent and costs only 10 or 12 Baht each. I wonder what they are paying for these bites.

  • Lady London says:

    2 Oct2 October 13:00

    Are those sounds of desperation I hear from you, for BA to bring back Bangkok@BJ? 🙂

    • BJ says:

      2 Oct2 October 18:48

      More frustration @LL? I could pay for AY but I’ve got avios I want to use up before they become less valuable. Only finding availability on AY or at standard pricing on QR is next to impossible.

• PeterK says:

  2 Oct2 October 07:20

  Just flew out & back from Athens on Aegean in economy. They still serve a hot meal to everyone in economy (irrespective of fare paid) plus free beer/wine and soft drinks followed by a tea or coffee. A very clever service whereby the crew make up each meal tray as they pass through. Great recycling of waste items too. The meal tray is small and when made up contains a salad starter plus a choice of two hot dishes (one veg). Once the tray is collected the crew hand out decent sized biscuits or full size muesli bars. This clever service also allows them to round trip cater even with a small rear galley.

  • TimM says:

    2 Oct2 October 08:04

    Excellent report, thanks PeterK. I will be travelling Aegean MAN-ATH-KLX in two weeks’ time. There is barely time for an orange juice on the second leg but I look forward to indulging on the first.

  • Coo says:

    2 Oct2 October 09:25

    Aegean is moving to buy on board as well.

    • George K says:

      2 Oct2 October 10:56

      I missed that, @Coo – where did you read this?

  • John says:

    2 Oct2 October 11:24

    The size of the A3 economy meal is about 25% of the size it was in 2019. Still better than other European airlines but hardly worth bothering with. If you don’t eat in the lounge you will be hungry. If you think the biscuits now are “full size” then what they had before was giant sized

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