THE stereotype of a barely edible inflight meal appears to be a thing of the
past.
In today's highly competitive aviation industry, airlines are willing to make
the investments to hire leading chefs to help differentiate their
offerings.
Flight search website Skyscanner reveals the airlines with the best inflight
food and who better to give feedback than the passengers themselves.
It surveyed more than 100 passengers from around the world and asked them to
score the airline food based on presentation and taste.
More than half of the 19 international airlines, which were ranked according to
scores given by the panel of travellers, achieved 70% or more.
Contrary to the common stereotype about bad airline food, many reviewers
described the food as 'delicious' or 'tasty'.
“This investment in food appears to have been successful," said Mary Porter,
Skyscanner's food expert, in a press release.
So which airlines came out tops? We reveal more details in the next few pages.
maryanns@sph.com.sg
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LEAST APPETISING AIRLINE FOOD (with scores less than 70 out of
100)
19. American Airlines
Score: 47.5
18. Lufthansa
Score: 53
One of the leaders of the pack last year in second position fell to
18th.
Reviewer feedback: "Sufficient meal but presentation was poor."
>17. Alitalia
Score: 54
Reviewer feedback: "Service wasn't bad but there's room for improvement with
the food."
16. Virgin Atlantic
Score: 57
Reviewer feedback: "Food was nice but abit salty."
15. Qatar Airways
Score: 57
The airline dropped to 15th from fifth spot last year.
14. British Airways
Score: 60
Reviewer feedback: "Surprisingly tasty but a little on the mean side."
13. United Airlines
Score: 62
12. Scandinavian Airlines
Score: 64
11. Iberia
Score: 65
