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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 :
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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
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #2340 on: July 26, 2019, 11:00:41 AM »
Almost. The main course is in foil containers and a sealed plate provided which can be put in their oven to be hot. Yuyo can either plate it yourself by tipping out the foil containers onto the plate (probably preferable kashrus-wise) or get them to plate it for you (reminding them that they must only use the utensils from the kosher pack, of which there are ample).
Nice! That's got to be the best all-around KSML experience offered by any airline. It's a shame more airlines can't do something similar, especially in F.
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #2341 on: July 29, 2019, 02:28:31 PM »
Almost. The main course is in foil containers and a sealed plate provided which can be put in their oven to be hot. Yuyo can either plate it yourself by tipping out the foil containers onto the plate (probably preferable kashrus-wise) or get them to plate it for you (reminding them that they must only use the utensils from the kosher pack, of which there are ample).

Yes, this is how I asked them to do it. I didn't think of asking them to do it in my seat. Not only is that probably an invitation to a mess, it would be uncomfortable to sit there while they did it over my lap.

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #2342 on: July 29, 2019, 02:42:13 PM »
Airline and class: Norwegian (UK) Air Shuttle, Premium
Route: LGW-LAX
Caterer: Hermolis
Flight date: July 28, 2019
Meal in pics: Lunch/Lunch
Rating: 7.5, 5.5

First meal served around 4pm, didn't realize there was a hot entree and mostly filled up on the other items, including a surprisingly tasty cold beef salad. The rest was a little too cold/soggy, like the vegetables. The chocolate cake had an orange undertaste to it and I didn't love that. I only had a bite of the duck with Shanghai noodles as I was already full, but it tasted pretty good. Overall I'd give it a 7.5, especially since this wasn't a true business class meal (even though "Premium" is the highest class on this flight).

Second meal was delivered before landing, at around 4pm local time but midnight at originating destination. It came with warm rolls that were delicious, but wish they'd included some jam or cream cheese to put on it. Instead they included ketchup which is totally weird given the selection. There were two halves of a tuna on a bagel which wasn't great, as the bagel was cold and hard and the tuna almost invisible. There was a half a bagel with smoked salmon that was better, but again could have been improved with some cream cheese. The cake was ok but not outstanding.

If this was a business class Hermolis meal I would have been disappointed; if Economy I would have been thrilled. So I guess since it was Premium it fits perfectly. :P Pics are here: https://imgur.com/a/EDx0LTX

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #2343 on: July 29, 2019, 09:04:50 PM »

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #2344 on: July 31, 2019, 07:40:31 AM »
Anyone know what AA serves in Y CDG-JFK? Good? Reliable?
Also what about MIA-CDG?
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #2345 on: July 31, 2019, 09:06:04 AM »


Anyone know what AA serves in Y CDG-JFK? Good? Reliable?
Also what about MIA-CDG?
Never when talking about KSMLs, but it'll probably be Borenstein.
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #2346 on: July 31, 2019, 09:13:42 AM »
Never when talking about KSMLs, but it'll probably be Borenstein.
What about ex-CDG?

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #2347 on: July 31, 2019, 11:46:00 AM »
Never when talking about KSMLs, but it'll probably be Borenstein.
I think he meant kashrus wise.
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #2348 on: July 31, 2019, 12:23:10 PM »
I think he meant kashrus wise.
And I think you may be right now that you say, but hey, I wasn't the vague one.
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #2349 on: July 31, 2019, 12:53:12 PM »
And I think you may be right now that you say, but hey, I wasn't the vague one.
Sorry for being unclear. I meant Kashrus wise. Thanks everyone for your help

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #2350 on: August 01, 2019, 06:07:00 AM »
I'm flying JAL NRT-MEL J.  Does anyone know what meals we will be getting?  We fly a lot (and LOVED QF from MEL-HND) and the kids are picky.  Better to take meals from home (in Tokyo) or brave the food?
So I report back after the first leg of the trip (JAL J NRT-MEL).  We got weirdly salty (presumably from the chemical dip to keep the fruit fresh looking) fruit plates for the kids with melon, apples, grapes, mango, pineapple, bananas, kiwi.  The kids still didn't eat much of it. 

The adults got Stoegel frozen/fresh meals!  For lunch, salmon, rice, carrots and peas, a slaw with maybe kohlrabi and carrots(?), mezonos roll, margarine, a candy, and chocolate cake and fruit (grapefruit and orange).  For dinner, an omelette with mushroom sauce, a chocolate rugelach pastry, melba toast, the mezonos roll, jam, cheese, margarine, couscous (maybe!), and grapefruit and mandarine oranges in fruit juice.

Overall, the kosher meals were pretty OK.  My husband liked the salmon more than the omelette and I liked the omelette more than the salmon (and my daughter ate most of the omelette!). 

We still ate our many (tehina, peanut butter and jelly, scrambled egg) sandwiches and my favorite mini grapes from Japan. 

Now we are in MEL for a week and hope the meals are yummy going back to NRT.  Thank you everyone!

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #2351 on: August 05, 2019, 12:46:51 PM »
Special meals on Elal

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   THE ELAL UNIQUE SPECIAL MEALS NOW APPLICABLE FOR REQUEST IN THESE SYSTEMS ARE :                                                                 
                                                                               
   CNML     CHICKEN MEAL                                                       
   FSML     FISH MEAL                                                           
   GRML     GREEK FASTING FOOD                                                 
   GVML     REGAL GLATT VEGETARIAN                                             
   KCML     STRICLY KOSHER CHILD MEAL                                           
   KFML     SPECIAL KOSHER FISH MEAL                                           
   RFML     REGAL FISH MEAL                                                     
   RGML     REGAL MEAL                                                         
   SKML     STRICLY KOSHER MEAL                                                 
                                                           
  DEADLINES FOR REQUESTING THE FOLLOWING MEALS ON EWR/JFK-TLV FLIGHTS:         
                                                                               
    RFML, RGML, GVML, KFML, SKML AND KCML FOR EWR/JFK-TLV FLIGHTS DEPARTING     
  SUN THRU FRI:  7HOURS                                                         
                                                                               
    RFML, RGML, GVML, KFML, SKML AND KCML FOR EWR/JFK-TLV FLIGHTS DEPARTING     
  SATURDAY:  36HOURS                                                           
                                                                               
  DEADLINE FOR BOOKING SPECIAL MEALS ON YYZ / LAX - TLV FLIGHTS:               
                                                                               
    SKML FOR FLIGHTS DEPARTING SUN THRU FRI:   7HOURS                           
                                                                               
    SKML FOR FLIGHTS DEAPRTING SATURDAY:      36HOURS                           



 CHILD MEALS                                                                   
                                                                               
 THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF CHILDREN'S MEALS ON LY FLIGHTS:                         
   CHML - REGULAR CHILD MEAL                                                   
   KCML - STRICTLY KOSHER CHILD MEAL                                           

Feedback on which one of these is the most edible?

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #2352 on: August 07, 2019, 06:07:27 PM »
Airline and class: DeltaOne
Route: MSP-LHR
Caterer: Borenstein
Flight date: July 22, 2019
Meal in pics: Breakfast, Lunch
Rating: 6

Not pictured was a breakfast of rubber cheese omelette, potatoes, salsa, and a bagel. Your usual domestic dreck. Pic are here for the lunch which was a bit better: https://imgur.com/a/V187Yqu


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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #2353 on: August 12, 2019, 01:05:05 PM »
I was able now online to order kosher meals on JFK-SAN route basic economy is that a glitch?

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #2354 on: August 19, 2019, 03:59:27 PM »
i flew MAD-LAX in IB J and the food was from some swiss place and the tray of stuff was pretty good but the hot meal was regal style garbage
I know this post is from way back when but anyone has any current info on the hechser MAD-JFK in J?

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #2355 on: August 19, 2019, 04:10:52 PM »
what to expect delta one kosher meal jfk-tlv?

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #2356 on: August 20, 2019, 02:19:21 AM »
CX serves Hamasbia Ex-TLV

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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #2357 on: August 20, 2019, 02:20:06 AM »
what to expect delta one kosher meal jfk-tlv?
Borenstein like every other flight ex JFK
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #2358 on: August 20, 2019, 04:00:46 AM »
I know this post is from way back when but anyone has any current info on the hechser MAD-JFK in J?
Italian stuff. Potentially problematic. Been discussed in a few places.
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Re: KSML (Kosher Airline Meals) Master Thread
« Reply #2359 on: August 22, 2019, 12:03:02 PM »
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