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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 #1200 on: June 07, 2017, 11:38:04 AM »
What does TK  serve ex ORD C C class?

PLEASE!

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1201 on: June 07, 2017, 07:42:24 PM »
Realized I didn't post VIE>TLV.

Bernholtz
Hechsher Rabbi A. Y. Schwartz from Vienna-I am told by someone who I consider to be a good source that he is a very reliable hechsher.

The only thing I ate from it were the hot dish and the brownie. It was a baked chicken cutlet with mashed potatoes. Nothing to write home about but certainly edible. Tasted like the type of thing served at a cheap catered bar-mitzva or a yeshiva with decent food.

In the triangle bowls are tuna (which looked totally unappetizing) and a brownie which was good.

« Last Edit: June 07, 2017, 08:01:20 PM by aygart »
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1202 on: June 08, 2017, 06:28:13 PM »
LX TLV-ZRH
Breakfast from Masbia

ZRH-JFK
Schalom also under hechsher of R' A Y Schwartz
Was excellent.

Lunch




Before landing
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1203 on: June 08, 2017, 06:42:22 PM »
Last one looks like some cheese hiding under the meat ;)

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1204 on: June 08, 2017, 08:03:28 PM »
Last one looks like some cheese hiding under the meat ;)

Lol...I think it's mayo but it doesn't address that the meat really looks like canned SPAM  ;D

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1205 on: June 08, 2017, 08:07:28 PM »
Last one looks like some cheese hiding under the meat ;)
It is some sort of dressing
Lol...I think it's mayo but it doesn't address that the meat really looks like canned SPAM  ;D
LOL I guess that is what swiss deli looks like.

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1206 on: June 09, 2017, 02:34:46 PM »
What does ElAl (I know  :( but my excuse is that the ticket cost me nearly 1/2 price) serves on EWK to TLV and how is the quality of food?
Also, would ElAl allow to heat the food, we normally order from Pomegranate?

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1207 on: June 09, 2017, 02:44:28 PM »
What does ElAl (I know  :( but my excuse is that the ticket cost me nearly 1/2 price) serves on EWK to TLV and how is the quality of food?
Also, would ElAl allow to heat the food, we normally order from Pomegranate?
Which class of service?

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1208 on: June 09, 2017, 02:56:16 PM »
What does ElAl (I know  :( but my excuse is that the ticket cost me nearly 1/2 price) serves on EWK to TLV and how is the quality of food?
Also, would ElAl allow to heat the food, we normally order from Pomegranate?
Wouldn't ELAL by definition serve Borenstein, which they own?

Without knowing anything, I would think ELAL would be the last airline to be expected to heat any food that you bring (and rightfully so - if they consider all their food to be Kosher, why would they allow anything from the outside to go into their ovens, unless their own Rabbi was there to tell them it's OK).
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1209 on: June 09, 2017, 03:53:50 PM »

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1210 on: June 09, 2017, 07:52:54 PM »
W and N
Borenstein except if you ordered Regal

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1211 on: June 09, 2017, 07:54:42 PM »


What does ElAl (I know  :( but my excuse is that the ticket cost me nearly 1/2 price)

And people here need to stop excusing themselves for flying LY, they are an airline Good and Bad as all the others out there.

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1212 on: June 13, 2017, 02:56:42 PM »
What does ElAl (I know  :( but my excuse is that the ticket cost me nearly 1/2 price) serves on EWK to TLV and how is the quality of food?
Also, would ElAl allow to heat the food, we normally order from Pomegranate?
Where are you flying on ElAl that you need POM meals?

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1213 on: June 13, 2017, 03:58:59 PM »
Borenstein except if you ordered Regal

Regal is just Borenstein with a different label and Hechsher.

Most food items are the same/very similar, except the bread, since they use "mezonos rolls"

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1214 on: June 14, 2017, 11:00:32 AM »
What's with NYC-LAX? Which airlines allow KSMLs in coach now?
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1215 on: June 14, 2017, 11:38:23 AM »
What's with NYC-LAX? Which airlines allow KSMLs in coach now?

Delta.

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1216 on: June 14, 2017, 11:44:00 AM »
Anyway to request KSML on CX J within 24 hours of the flight?

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1218 on: June 14, 2017, 05:51:06 PM »
Leaves a lot to be desired

:) maybe for lunch or dinner it's better.

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #1219 on: June 14, 2017, 08:23:03 PM »
:) maybe for lunch or dinner it's better.
I tried timing my flights right to try out all options but the weather wasn't working in my favor