Is In-Flight Dining Available?

All airlines provide in-flight meals; however, depending on your flight seat reservation and the duration of your flight, meals may or may not be complimentary.

Do airlines offer complimentary meals during flights?

Does Vietnam Airlines serve complimentary meals?

Domestic journey

For short flights, such as: Ho Chi Minh City - Vinh/Dong Hoi/Da Nang/Hue/Quy Nhon, passengers will be served bottled water and cold towels.

For longer flights lasting 2 hours or more, such as: Ho Chi Minh City - Hanoi/Hai Phong, Hanoi - Can Tho/Phu Quoc, Vietnam Airlines provides complimentary meals.

If your flight coincides with lunch or dinner time, you will be served rice, noodles (with fish or meat), and dessert with fresh fruits and tea.

If your flight coincides with morning or late afternoon, you will be served cold meat sandwiches or fruits, and assorted roasted peanuts.

Meal service on Vietnam Airlines flights

International journey

For short flights like: Ho Chi Minh City - Thailand/Cambodia and vice versa, the airline will not provide complimentary meals.

For long-haul flights, passengers will be served a main meal consisting of rice, noodles (with fish, pork), and dessert with fresh fruits, tea, etc. Additionally, passengers will receive extra servings of buttered bread.

For long international flights from Vietnam to Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Myanmar: approximately 20 to 30 minutes after takeoff, passengers will be served complimentary meals.

For long-haul international flights, the Vietnam Airlines plane ticket to European and Australian countries includes a menu with 2 hot meals, and light snacks will be served upon request.

Does Jetstar Pacific provide complimentary meals?

When purchasing a Jetstar flight ticket in business class, the airline provides a complimentary 3-course meal.

Additionally, you can pre-order or directly purchase meals on the flight. In case you want to cancel and choose a new dish, you will have to pay for both the canceled and the new meal. However, what types of food and drinks will be served on Jetstar flights? Some notable options chosen by many passengers include: Five-flavor chicken stir-fry, colorful noodle stir-fry, roasted chicken noodle soup, roasted chicken sticky rice, stir-fried vermicelli, mixed rice. Moreover, some snacks that cannot be overlooked are Jetstar bread, almond cake, cream puff, etc.

Does Vietjet Air provide complimentary meals?

For Vietjet flight tickets in Skyboss class, passengers will be served complimentary meals.

Other economy classes will not be provided with complimentary meals. However, the airline still offers fee-based meals on each flight segment. To ensure health during the flight, passengers can order meals when buying tickets online or directly on the flight. Some in-flight food options from Vietjet include seafood stir-fried noodles, spaghetti, salty sticky rice, banh chung sticky rice cake, beef rice, coconut rice, etc.

Does Bamboo Airways provide complimentary meals?

Most Bamboo flight bookings come with corresponding meals and beverages for each flight segment.

Whether meals are complimentary on the plane depends on each flight segment and customer preferences. Typically, for standard class tickets on domestic flights lasting over 2 hours, Bamboo Airways provides complimentary meals, such as flights from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi to Can Tho, and vice versa.

Meal service on Bamboo Airways flights

For regular short flights, the airline will provide bottled water and cold towels. Additionally, passengers can order custom meals and pay extra. These meals will be served based on the seat class.

For economy class seats, passengers will be served culturally rich Vietnamese dishes such as braised fish in clay pot, vegetable soup, fruit juice, etc. Passengers with special meal requests should contact the airline or ticket agent 24 hours in advance for better service.

For special economy class seats: In addition to traditional dishes, passengers will be served additional items like bread, sandwiches, and seasonal fruit juices.

For business class seats: As a high-paying class, special attention is given to the meal preparation. Passengers will be served both traditional and international dishes. The menu is constantly updated, including age-appropriate options for children such as purees and porridge. Additionally, passengers can request wine to accompany their meal and pre-order 24 hours in advance for optimal service.

For a deeper understanding of issues related to in-flight meals or what we playfully call 'what to eat in the sky?', please contact the hotline at 19002605 for assistance and advice on in-flight dining in the best way.

Author: Len Ninh + Daisy Ng

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