Airline food is the butt of endless bad comedy routines, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t maximize the experience of dining on a plane. With Qantas upgrading its in-flight meals this week, here’s what’s on offer and how you can get the best from it.
Qantas this week announced that it is going to change its approach to meals on domestic flights, offering a choice of either a boxed meal or a “substantial salad” for lunches and evening meals on longer-haul flights and all flights between Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Australian Business Traveller reports that the serves offered will also be larger.
Qantas is one of the two domestic airlines which offers free food routinely on all flights; prior to this change it only offered a single choice. If you fly outside of mealtimes, you’ll usually get a snack and a drink. Virgin Australia offers free basic meals on east coast and WA flights. On Jetstar or Tiger, you’ll be paying for any drinks or snacks you want. (Flying in business class invariably gets you a free meal).