Loss-making government-run Air India will not serve non-vegetarian food to its economy class passengers on flights upto 90 minutes duration January 1st onward. The national carrier has also decided to strike off both tea and coffee from its lunch and dinner menu.
"We have, in fact, upgraded and improved the meals. So far, we were serving only sandwiches and cakes, which have now be replaced with hot meals," a senior airline official said. He said, with 150-odd passengers on-board and just two crew cabin members to serve, "at times it becomes difficult to cater as per the passenger's choice in such short-duration flights."However, according to travel industry expert Rajji Rai, the state-owned airline should have first carried out a passenger survey, which is an industry practice, before affecting any change in the menu."Airlines world over carry out customer surveys before taking such decisions. Unfortunately, Air India is very poor in such practices. This decision to discontinue non-vegetarian food on these non-metro flights is just one-sided," he said.Air India had flown 1.18-million passengers with a market share of 16.2 per cent in the previous month.
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"We have, in fact, upgraded and improved the meals. So far, we were serving only sandwiches and cakes, which have now be replaced with hot meals," a senior airline official said. He said, with 150-odd passengers on-board and just two crew cabin members to serve, "at times it becomes difficult to cater as per the passenger's choice in such short-duration flights."However, according to travel industry expert Rajji Rai, the state-owned airline should have first carried out a passenger survey, which is an industry practice, before affecting any change in the menu."Airlines world over carry out customer surveys before taking such decisions. Unfortunately, Air India is very poor in such practices. This decision to discontinue non-vegetarian food on these non-metro flights is just one-sided," he said.Air India had flown 1.18-million passengers with a market share of 16.2 per cent in the previous month.