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BA Drastically Reduces Business Class Meals
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BA Drastically Reduces Business Class Meals

Things haven’t been going exactly as planned for British Airways over the last few weeks. The UK’s national carrier was voted one of the best airlines in the world by both countries. Telegram And Condé Nast TravelerBA in early October had to cancel hundreds of long-haul flights to contain All flights from London Gatwick to New York.

Now BA is facing backlash—some—on another issue: changes to business class benefits. The airline has decided to stop serving three-course dinners to business class passengers on flights departing after 21:00. Instead, BA will only serve main courses and desserts.

BA justified the move by saying that at that time of night most passengers ate in the Club Lounge and preferred to sleep on the flight. Moreover, British Airways will offer a new ‘brunch’ menu on flights departing between 8.30 and 23.29.

Some customers are angry about onboard meal changes. one of them Daily Mail He said: ‘I’d like to see how much is saved per passenger from these cost-cutting measures… Surely it’s not worth the damage?!’

inside IndependentSome adverts said they thought the changes were ‘cheap’ and a ‘big downgrade’.

A BA spokesperson said: ‘We are incredibly proud of our world-class dining experience, which includes a wide range of dining options to suit our customers’ preferences depending on the time of day they travel.

‘We have trialled our new brunch offering with thousands of customers across multiple routes and received overwhelmingly positive feedback on both the quality and variety of options on offer.’

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