British Airways will no longer provide a second meal for economy travellers on flights under eight and a half hours.
The cutting of food service is among a number of changes being made for economy, premium and business class passengers.
The biggest change is the removal of a second meal service for World Traveller Plus (premium economy) passengers on flights of seven hours or less, and for World Traveller (economy) customers on flights of eight and a half hours or less. This will affect a number of routes including those to the US East Coast.
The carrier also confirmed:
- Newspapers will be removed from the gates on inbound short-haul services – they will continue to be available to all customers on flights leaving London, and in the airline’s lounges for premium passengers
- Bottles of water will no longer be offered to World Traveller passengers – to be replaced by cups of water
- The pre-meal snack service is being removed in First cabins
- Blankets will no longer be placed on seats for First passengers on day flights, although they will still be offered
A spokesperson for British Airways said:
“We offer customers on all of our transatlantic flights a three course meal, bar service and snacks and on our longer transatlantic flights, including to the west coast, customers are offered an extra meal during the flight.
“We regularly review our catering to ensure we are investing where it matters most to our customers.”
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