This meal is a winner! Pegasus, SAS and KLM have come out on top for serving the best European airline food. And British airlines BA, easyJet, Monarch and Flybe all make the top five in Skyscanner’s in annual European Airline Food Awards.
More than 550 travellers and bloggers took part as food critics in Skyscanner’s second annual study of the quality of on-board culinary offerings. In the low-cost airline category, Turkish airline Pegasus (meal above), which operates flights from London to many destinations in Turkey, came No1. Flybe was in second place, Monarch in third, and easyJet in fourth. Spanish airline Vueling also scored highly, taking the number five spot.
In the short-haul category, it was Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) that triumphed. Germany’s Lufthansa came second and last year’s winner Turkish Airlines took third place ahead of British Airways. Russia’s Aeroflot also ranked well, coming fifth.
In the long-haul dining category, Dutch airline KLM came No1, followed by Aeroflot, SAS, Air France and BA. Overall, SAS, Aeroflot and British Airways performed well, each appearing in the top five for both their long and short haul meals.
A Skyscanner survey of more than 1,500 international travellers also revealed that 55 per cent of air travellers believe the overall quality of airline food is currently good, while three-quarters think that it is improving. In fact, airline food now appears to be so good that 43% admitted to being envious of their neighbour’s choice of meal.
Skyscanner’s Victoria Bailie said: “Airline food used to have a reputation for being bland, but the quality of in-flight meals has improved massively as airlines place greater importance on serving good food at altitude. The majority of airlines have now realised that the quality of the meals does play an important part in airline choice and can sway regular flyers to travel with them.”
