It looks like American Airlines has gone through a change of heart when it comes to catering, not surprisingly. American Airlines brings back hot foodJuly 19th @xJonNYC shared how American Airlines will bring back “real meals” in first class this fall.
He’s usually a very accurate source and shares things before they’re public and we now have confirmation that he was right. As noted by View from the Wing, an American Airlines spokesman has confirmed that hot meals are returning on more domestic first class flights, and the details are being worked out:
In connection with this, American Airlines currently only serves domestic hot meals within the lower 48 on four premium transcontinental flights. Presumably with this change, many more routes would get hot meals. On American flights other than transcontinental premium flights, the best thing to do is to find a “Fresh Bites” snack box. Why this is a significant developmentUnderstandably, all airlines reduced in-flight service during the pandemic and worked to gradually restore service. For example, we’ve seen United reintroduce hot meals on flights over 1,500 miles and hub to hub over 800 miles. Delta is also gradually restoring hot meals. This has not been the case with American before. In August 2020, American’s then-SVP of Flight Service said the following about the future of in-flight catering, suggesting that these types of cuts could be permanent:
Everything we heard suggested that Americans would avoid bringing hot meals as much as possible. So why is America pulling back on its planned cuts in premium meals?
As you can see, I’m not particularly enthusiastic about this one way or another. I think this is a positive move, but the reality is that pre-pandemic Americans’ domestic first class meals were pretty terrible, as were the current snack boxes. Bottom lineWhile details remain to be seen, American plans to resume hot meals in domestic First Class this fall. We’ll see the exact schedule, eligible flights, and quality (it can’t be worse than before the coronavirus, right?) But it seems there are plans for that to happen. I look forward to hearing the details. Are you surprised to see Americans bring back hot meals in first class?
Via https://globalconnekt.com/warm-food-back-in-american-airlines-first-class/
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