No meals on AI flights less than 90 minutes

January 31, 2012 13:56

Cash-starved Air India today said it will be following the industry practice on in-flight catering services on all short-haul economy class flights from tomorrow, which will see the national carrier offering only pre-packed snacks and not full meals as done earlier. "In line with the industry practice, AI has decided to revise the on-board catering services in the economy class for short duration domestic flights with effect from February 1," the airline said in a statement.

For flights up to one-hour duration, the service will be of pre-packed dry snacks, water and juice in tetra packs. Coffee/tea will be served on request, it said. For flights up to 90 minutes duration, the service will be of snack boxes containing of sandwiches, brownie and water in addition to coffee/tea, the statement said.

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