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Roundup Of Routes Where Kosher Meals Are Served By North American Airlines - http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/89484

Here's a google docs where people could input their inflight kashrus experience :
http://kshr.us/KosherMeals 


AA KSML availability:

-Most domestic routes where meals are served (in J or F)
-Flights to Europe or Asia in all classes.
-Flights to Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Sao Paulo, Brazil in all classes.
-Flights to Asuncion, Paraguay in all classes.
-Flights to Buenos Aires, Argentina in all classes.
-Flights to Santiago, Chile in all classes.
-Flights to Montevideo, Uruguay in all classes.

UA KSML availability:

-EWR-SFO in J
-EWR-LAX in J
-BOS-SFO in J
-Flights between the US mainland or Guam and Hawaii in J or F.
-Flights to Europe or Asia in all classes.
-Flights to Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Peru in all classes.

Please Include:
Airline:
Class:
Route:
Caterer:
Hechsher:
Flight date:
Meal in pics:
Stogel-Hermolis Scale Score (1-10):

Stogel-Hermolis Scale:
1. Inedible, wouldn't feed to a dog. (Stogel [long-life])
2. Disgusting, would only eat if starving
3. Barely edible, would only eat if very hungry
4. Below average, but would eat if hungry (Stogel [fresh-frozen])
5. Average/typical KSML, would eat if hungry (Borenstein?)
6. Above average KSML (Borenstein?)
7. A good KSML, might even eat if not hungry.
8. A very good KSML
9. An excellent KSML, could pass for something served in a decent restaurant.
10. Top of the line KSML, would be happy eating this at a decent restaurant. (Hermolis)


AirlineRouteClassMeal
BALHR-JFKJDinner
BALHR-PRGJBreakfast
CM           TGU-PTY          J              Lunch
CM           PTY-JK          J              Dinner
CO           EWR-TLV          BF              Dinner
COEWR-TLVBFBreakfast
COHNL-EWRBFDinner
COHNL-EWRBFBreakfast
COIAH-HNLBFLunch
COIAH-HNLBFSnack
LHFRA-VCEJSnack
LXORD-ZRHFDinner
LXZRH-TLVYDinner
SNBRU-VCEJBreakfast
SNTLV-BRUJDinner
SNTLV-BRUJBreakfast
TPJFK-LISYDin/Break
TPLIS-JFKYDinner



United Airlines
USA-Australia routes (economy): Koshair, O-U, Hamotzi, CS.
USA-Sydney  (First): Regal - meat and chicken meals.
Australia-USA routes (economy): Lewis Continental, K-A, Hamotzi, CY.
LH EWR-FRA Y Regal Chicken
LH MUC-EWR Y Sohar Hot meat meal and cold sandwich
LH FRA-VIE C Sohar Cold Meal (fish)
OS VIE TLV C VIE Local Co (hechser Rabbi Schwartz) Hot
US TLV PHL C Hamasbia
UA(CO) EWR-TLV Y Regal Beef meal (2010)
SA JNB-CPT-JNB Y Hot Meal from Joburg Beth Din
MN(BA) JNB-VFA Meal from Joburg Beth Din
SQ JFK-FRA Suites very poor Borenstein meal, labeled business class, chicken, no real dishes, very little food.
EK SYD-AKL  F    Lewis, no hot meal.
NZ AKL-LAX  Y    Gray's deli, fish meal.
TK CPT-IST  J/Y    Norries Caterers - CPT Beth Din - Milk Snack (Sandwich & Muffin CPT-JNB leg) Meat Dinner, Milk breakfast
« Last edited by zow on May 22, 2019, 02:37:01 PM »

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1920 on: January 06, 2019, 02:40:50 PM »
any1 know who caters rj on amm-ord, and jfk-amm, and what their hechsher is?

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1921 on: January 06, 2019, 03:26:20 PM »
Airline: LH
Class: J (European)
Route: TLV-FRA
Caterer: Hamasbia
Flight date: 01/06/19
Meal in pic: Dinner

All looked very unappetizing, tried just the chicken and rice and it was actually surprisingly good, but that may be because I was starving
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1922 on: January 07, 2019, 04:16:39 PM »
Airline: LH
Class: J (European)
Route: TLV-FRA
Caterer: Hamasbia
Flight date: 01/06/19
Meal in pic: Dinner

All looked very unappetizing, tried just the chicken and rice and it was actually surprisingly good, but that may be because I was starving

Alcohol can make a lot of things look good @JTZ

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1923 on: January 07, 2019, 04:32:02 PM »
Airline: SQ
Class: F
Route: FRA-JFK
Caterer: Hermolis
Flight date: 01/07/19
Meal in pic: Breakfast

Cornflakes-cruchy, but the milk was frozen.
Yogurt drink-frozen (still good)
Granola- solid
Fruit-soggy as always
Pickle-tasted like cheese
Cheese-tasted like olives
Olive-looked like a pickle
Bagel cream cheese and lox-was great
Main was sea bass, as not such a big fish fan I tried this and tossed.
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1924 on: January 07, 2019, 09:29:37 PM »
Airline: SQ
Class: F
Route: FRA-JFK
Caterer: Hermolis
Flight date: 01/07/19
Meal in pic: Brunch
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1925 on: January 08, 2019, 04:17:31 AM »
My wife and I recently flew AF, JFK-> CDG business.

Both meals were completely frozen and inedible....
Has anyone had success with submitting a complaint and receiving some type of compensation?

Thanks!

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1926 on: January 08, 2019, 04:23:59 AM »


My wife and I recently flew AF, JFK-> CDG business.

Both meals were completely frozen and inedible....
Has anyone had success with submitting a complaint and receiving some type of compensation?

Thanks!

They are not obligated to give you compensation, but you can always try anyways. My brother got insane comp from TK for lack of meal.
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1927 on: January 09, 2019, 10:50:38 AM »
Interesting. Funny thing is both Schalom and the Vienna caterer carry the same Hashgacha. (R Shwartz from Vienna)
I got Schalom ex ZRH

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1928 on: January 09, 2019, 10:55:38 AM »
Any info on meals for RJ ORD- AMM?

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1929 on: January 09, 2019, 11:09:12 AM »
I still maintain that the worst catering in the sky is the stuff out of Bangkok. Had the same meal twice on ET, TLV-ADD and ADD-GRU
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1930 on: January 09, 2019, 11:09:39 AM »
Although stuff out of GRU wasnt too great either
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1931 on: January 09, 2019, 11:11:47 AM »
I still maintain that the worst catering in the sky is the stuff out of Bangkok. Had the same meal twice on ET, TLV-ADD and ADD-GRU
Looks light years better than Stogel long life.
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1932 on: January 09, 2019, 11:12:38 AM »
Looks light years better than Stogel long life.
Might look better, but Stogel in the end of the day is edible, unlike this stuff

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1933 on: January 09, 2019, 11:18:40 AM »
Might look better, but Stogel in the end of the day is edible, unlike this stuff
Maybe you're talking about frozen Stogel, the shelf stable Stogel is not edible.

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1934 on: January 09, 2019, 11:26:28 AM »
Maybe you're talking about frozen Stogel, the shelf stable Stogel is not edible.
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1935 on: January 09, 2019, 11:27:16 AM »
but Stogel in the end of the day is edible
Joke?
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1936 on: January 09, 2019, 11:50:36 AM »
Hey, no one said it looks good. Although I dont recognize the stuff on top. I dont think Ive ever had it

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1937 on: January 09, 2019, 12:19:29 PM »

They are not obligated to give you compensation, but you can always try anyways. My brother got insane comp from TK for lack of meal.

How insane?

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1938 on: January 09, 2019, 12:28:35 PM »
How insane?
Mentioned it a few times.

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1939 on: January 09, 2019, 12:56:00 PM »
Joke?

The applesauce and crackers are better than anything in the Bangkok meal. Even the roll is inedible