Airline food and drink

Airport Parking and Hotels (APH), the long-established travel extras experts, has put together a table telling us whether or not food and drink is included when flying and if not how much we can expect to spend onboard.

The research found the majority of airlines include a small snack and drinks on short haul flights.  Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Qantas Group, Thai Airways and Virgin Atlantic provide a range of meal options, hot, cold and alcoholic beverages all inclusive in the price of a ticket.  At the other end of the scale, bmi, easyJet, Flybe and Ryanair ensure that passengers pay for everything.  Other carriers including Japan Airlines, Monarch and US Airways charge for snacks and meals but do provide complimentary coffee and tea.

On short haul Continental, Delta, easyJet and United include money saving deals in the form of snack boxes which typically include crisps, chocolate, crackers and cheese.  Monarch offer an online discount if you order your meal online at least 24 hours before your flight.  Vegetarian options are generally available.

All airlines that include a complimentary in-flight catering offer speciality meal options, for example: vegetarian, low fat, diabetic, halal, kosher and child meals. www.aph.com/airlinemeals

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