In first class, meals are being eliminated on flights under two hours, or about 700 miles, she said.
Elaine Holt, the head of East Coast, said the 18 million annual passengers will soon notice improvements to facilities and complimentary first class meals.
Everyone gets a first-class meal.
The union is asking for a first-class meal, which is what pilots now receive.
"He had forked out an extra £1,500 to get bumped up into first class, only to be told there wasn't a first-class meal left," I'm told.
Guests at some events are invited to dress in fashions of the era, and Titanic-themed cocktails and re-creations of the elaborate first-class meal from the storied liner's last dinner will be served.
Skytrax estimates a first-class meal now costs carriers between $25 and $50, a significant jump from five years ago.
From Athens to Zurich, the combination of higher rents and energy costs, uneven exchange rates and increased demand is routinely putting the cost of a first-class meal, with wine, beyond the reach of all but the very rich, the very self-indulgent or the very fortunate with large expense accounts.
I hit the Internet looking for a really good restaurant, as we had not had what I would call a first-class meal the whole week.
Effective Sept. 1, 2014, we will be making changes to our first-class meal service on mainline flights within the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.... Later this year, we'll introduce new meals and amenity kits on international flights to offer a seamless travel experience across our combined network".
We did it in style, with porters and a cook called Primo, who lived up to his name, producing first-class meals.
