What's the shortest flight on which a full, complimentary hot meal was served to all passengers?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 11 Aug, 2023
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I’ve had a full cooked breakfast on British Airways flights from Manchester to London Gatwick, back in the 1990s. It’s about 200 miles, and while the flights are generally scheduled to take about an hour, it can be not much more than half an hour in the air.
50 Min – Jet Airways Bangalore to Chennai
I remember back in 2010, I flew for 50 minutes from Bangalore to Chennai on Jet Airways and was given Paneer Burji. Oh so yummy.
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30 minutes
(7.45a-8.15a) Flight: Air India 469, Raipur to Nagpur
Flew this leg in June 2019. Probably the shortest flight I’ve ever been on, which wasn’t an ATR. The breakfast was quite fulfilling with Aloo Parantha and Chole in the main course, bread and butter on the side, a bowl of fruit salad, yogurt and a bottle of water, served on a tray on par with long-haul flights and with disposable cutlery. The flight makes a stopover in Nagpur en route to Delhi and I’m not sure whether Air India serves breakfast again for passengers traveling to Delhi.
The flight was scrapped in late March 2020 — probably due to cost overruns and a new nonstop flight to Delhi which began operating with the same flight number.
(Also, I don’t have pictures of the meal)
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1 hour 40 minutes
Flight: Air India 627, Mumbai to Nagpur
I flew this in November 2019, and was served a full meal of idli sambar, complete with a side of yogurt and a package of Frooti mango juice drink. The meal was served on a tray with wrapped utensils, similar to how a typical long-haul meal is served. This was the only option for the meal, though those flying first/business class could choose from multiple options.
Incidentally, I flew the same flight in the summer of 2012, and was served a very crappy cold sandwich. The service had improved quite a bit since then…
(Unfortunately, I don’t have pictures of the meal.)
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