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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 »

Author Topic: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread  (Read 704305 times)

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #780 on: December 28, 2015, 03:43:50 PM »
Thanks! Is it safe to assume they are Rabbanut?

Irrelevant if the hechsher isn't good, but was it decent food?
So your saying The Rabbanut isnt a good hechsher?? :P

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #781 on: December 28, 2015, 04:08:04 PM »
So your saying The Rabbanut isnt a good hechsher?? :P

You are free to eat whatever you like without fear of judgement by me.  ;)

Anyway, I'm not the person flying.

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #782 on: December 28, 2015, 04:37:16 PM »
So your saying The Rabbanut isnt a good hechsher??
Correct

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #783 on: January 06, 2016, 03:04:55 AM »
Hello all

Anyone know what company meals korean air serves in First class jfk iCN SYD?

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #784 on: January 06, 2016, 07:43:03 PM »
Hello all

Anyone know what company meals korean air serves in First class jfk iCN SYD?
Borenstein

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #785 on: January 06, 2016, 08:05:10 PM »
Thank you! Is it always? It is good? When was the last time you flew it?

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #786 on: January 06, 2016, 08:06:58 PM »
Thank you! Is it always? It is good? When was the last time you flew it?
12/23 was pretty ok for airline food. Though TBH from NYC its so easy to get good food nearby, that id just bring something with me.

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #787 on: January 13, 2016, 01:36:01 PM »
Is there any chance to get fresh bornstien food from PHL AA Business class?
According to the chef, AA only orders fresh food from JFK (although i doubt the food we had JFK-LHR was fresh) Also, it appears they have two hechshers OU and Velova or something like that.
He told me to contact AA direct and try to request fresh meal with a more stringent hechsher. However, he did mention he doubts I'll be successful...
does anyone have experience with this?

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #788 on: January 13, 2016, 01:53:10 PM »
Isn't volova regal catering?

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #789 on: January 13, 2016, 09:47:50 PM »
Who is Rabbi Kuber?

 "I fought with the airline long and hard to have them arrange for me to check the kitchen, but they demurred."

I don't think the airline has any kitchen here. Its the kitchen of Sohar in FRA...
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #790 on: January 13, 2016, 10:51:57 PM »
I'm going la to phl first class with American airlines on the red eye.
do they have kosher meals for that flight?
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #791 on: January 13, 2016, 11:39:46 PM »


I'm going la to phl first class with American airlines on the red eye.
do they have kosher meals for that flight?

No
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #792 on: January 14, 2016, 12:43:53 AM »


According to the chef, AA only orders fresh food from JFK (although i doubt the food we had JFK-LHR was fresh)

Fresh by AA means 3 months old

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #793 on: January 14, 2016, 11:00:30 AM »
Flew DL in DeltaONE JFK-FCO last week and meal was by Bornstein. The meal was not good.
On the AZ leg to TLV they forgot our kosher meals but on the return today they remembered but the hechsher said some rabbanut which held by Heter Mechira so we only had the yoplait  yogurt and achva muffin.
The DL meal in DeltaONE on my flight back FCO-JFK was Stogel and actually was pretty good for the most part.

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #794 on: January 14, 2016, 11:15:52 AM »
did anyone here ever ask their Rav if its permissible to eat a fruit meal?

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #795 on: January 14, 2016, 11:27:46 AM »
did anyone here ever ask their Rav if its permissible to eat a fruit meal?

What could possibly be the problem? Unless it's El Al and you're worried about terumah, maiser, etc.

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #796 on: January 14, 2016, 11:28:54 AM »
What could possibly be the problem? Unless it's El Al and you're worried about terumah, maiser, etc.
donno, treife knives?

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #797 on: January 14, 2016, 09:59:06 PM »
donno, treife knives?
A knife would only be a problem if its a Davar Charif.
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #799 on: January 15, 2016, 02:20:32 PM »
who caters NY-LHR on AA & BA and who gives the hashgacha?