After announcing that it would start charging for on-board food and drink Lufthansa has released the first images of the new short to medium-haul catering.
Lufthansa will partner with dean&david – an “a young gastronomy company” from Munich for food offerings. This will be available on flights with a duration of at least 60 minutes.
Gate Gourmet, Lufthansa’s new main caterer for Europe, prepares essential components of the assortment, such as salads, bowls, wraps and sandwiches, fresh daily according to dean&david recipes
What are they offering?
All sorts it seems. Let’s take a look at the product shots and gaze in wonderment.
Salmon Avacado Bowl
Falafel Tahini Salad
Crunchy Chicken Bowl
Birchermuesli.
And of course, cake
There will also be “Best of dean&david Boxes” with a fine selection from the dean&david assortment. The menu selection will be complemented by cake specialities and snacks from other manufacturers, such as vegetable crisps.
The prices for meals and snacks will range from two to about 12 Euros. The range of fresh products will be updated every three months.
Lufthansa will be expanding its long-standing cooperation with the traditional Munich-based company Dallmayr for hot beverages, confectionery and patisserie specialities.
There will also be a large selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. A bottle of tomato juice or orange juice, for example, will be available for three Euros, as will a cup of coffee, hot chocolate or tea.
Is everything buy on board?
Amazingly not. Lufthansa will offer a bottle of water and a small chocolate surprise to all economy passengers, free of charge. It’ll be interesting to see how long that offer lasts.
In Quotes
Christina Foerster, Executive Board Lufthansa Group Customer, IT & Corporate Responsibility, said
“Our partners dean&david and Dallmayr represent outstanding quality and responsible action. In addition to the satisfaction of our guests, the topic of responsibility for the environment is also very important to us. We use almost exclusively sustainable materials for our packaging. Furthermore, we ensure that less food is wasted through more accurate production. We are pleased to be able to offer our passengers fresh products on European flights that taste delicious.”
Coming Summer 2021
For those of you who don’t enjoy half sandwiches, The new food and beverage offer scheduled to be available on Lufthansa’s short- and medium-haul flights starting in the course of the summer timetable 2021.
You’ll need to order your food on-board – it seems the airline hasn’t worked out advanced ordering yet.
All Images – Lufthansa.
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The one thing ONE THING european airlines did better than US airlines was feeding people in economy, or at least offering SOMETHING for free food-wise. Now Lufthansa in a race to the bottom is doing this. Sigh.