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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 #760 on: December 08, 2015, 07:37:13 AM »
Airline: BA
Class: J
Route: LHR-OSL
Meal: Breakfast
Caterer: Hermolis
Flight date: Dec-03-2015

Bagel and danish served hot!
Sausage is parev

The warm bread they serve on the European flights is great. I don't know why they don't serve it on long-haul. I've had crossaints with the bread as well.

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #761 on: December 08, 2015, 07:40:02 AM »
I've had crossaints with the bread as well.

Had that with breakfast

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #762 on: December 08, 2015, 12:06:13 PM »
Airline: AA
Class: J
Route: LHR-JFK
Meal: Lunch
Caterer: Hermolis
Flight date: Dec 7, 15
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #763 on: December 08, 2015, 12:09:08 PM »
Airline: AA
Class: J
Route: LHR-JFK
Meal: Lunch
Caterer: Hermolis
Flight date: Dec 7, 15
What about the other way? JFK-LHR?

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #764 on: December 08, 2015, 12:18:30 PM »
What about the other way? JFK-LHR?
Didn't take pics.. was a night flight and I slept though breakfast.  Dinner was decent, some sort of chicken.
Return flight was great though.  The smoked salmon appetizer pictured below was delicious.  Steak was very decent and the wine was a nice touch.  They also had chanuka gelt which was a nice festive idea.   
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #765 on: December 08, 2015, 12:34:37 PM »
Didn't take pics.. was a night flight and I slept though breakfast.  Dinner was decent, some sort of chicken.
Return flight was great though.  The smoked salmon appetizer pictured below was delicious.  Steak was very decent and the wine was a nice touch.  They also had chanuka gelt which was a nice festive idea.   
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #766 on: December 09, 2015, 10:58:52 AM »
Was anyone successful in getting BA to provide Hermolis KSML for JFK-LHR in F?

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #767 on: December 10, 2015, 05:41:54 PM »
Was anyone successful in getting BA to provide Hermolis KSML for JFK-LHR in F?
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #768 on: December 15, 2015, 03:42:05 AM »
Does Tam have kosher food from jfk to yyz in j ?

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #769 on: December 15, 2015, 09:16:20 AM »
No meal served on the flight.

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #770 on: December 15, 2015, 09:57:37 AM »
Anyone that can comment on KSML ex-DOH/ex-BKK (both QR)? Is it still being done by Rabbi Kantor out of BKK? Any good?
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #771 on: December 15, 2015, 10:04:27 AM »
Anyone that can comment on KSML ex-DOH/ex-BKK (both QR)? Is it still being done by Rabbi Kantor out of BKK? Any good?
Ex-BKK is Rabbi Kantor and was relatively very good

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #772 on: December 15, 2015, 10:12:24 AM »
Ex-BKK is Rabbi Kantor and was relatively very good

Thanks. I read that he also does the ex-DOH meals that come in from BKK.
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #773 on: December 20, 2015, 06:42:02 AM »
JFK-BCN AA Business Class
November 2015
My seatmate was flying to TLV via BCN, seems like some decent deals in paid Business Class ex TLV on that flight.
Here is a photo of a "chicken"? dish.

Full trip report (non-kosher food) here:
http://www.premiumcabindeals.com/2015/12/american-jfk-to-bcn.html

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #774 on: December 21, 2015, 02:23:59 AM »
Will hamasbia cater the BA first GLATT meals from TLV when the first cabin returns soon?
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #775 on: December 24, 2015, 08:53:09 AM »
Looking for info on KSML on Iberia jfk - madrid - tlv. Who is the caterer and what hechsher. Thanks

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #776 on: December 28, 2015, 10:48:09 AM »
Anyone had the Kosher meal on RJ J? (DXB-AMM-TLV)

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #777 on: December 28, 2015, 01:03:13 PM »
Anyone had the Kosher meal on RJ J? (DXB-AMM-TLV)

Yes ...its not glatt....made in TLV on all their flights.

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #778 on: December 28, 2015, 03:21:57 PM »
Yes ...its not glatt....made in TLV on all their flights.

Thanks! Is it safe to assume they are Rabbanut?

Irrelevant if the hechsher isn't good, but was it decent food?

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #779 on: December 28, 2015, 03:41:16 PM »
Yes ...its not glatt....made in TLV on all their flights.
maybe theres a way to request fish or a vegetarian (dairy) Kosher meal.