Is there a way to find out meal timing in a long-haul flight?
I'm taking the NH171, which leaves at 12.45 and takes roughly 11 hours. The airline's "My booking" page does not contain any information regarding when meal will be served.
Is there some kind of database where I can figure out this info? Or do airlines have conventions regarding how their meals are scheduled?
It kind of matters, e.g. it would be very horrible if I come expecting lunch, and it turned out they will only start serving meals at dinner time.
Best Answer
As mentioned in an answer to another similar question, the best source for this kind of information is the website of the airline itself. In your case, ANA has a page, where you can choose your route and it will give you the menu for the flight.
As it is called 'lunch/dinner', you can probably safely assume that the food will be served not too long after departure but in any case before dinner time. For more details on how meals are usually timed, you can see again the answer I linked to.
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How do I know if my flight will serve a meal?
Check your flights itinerary and it'll either specify what, if any meals are served, or it will say "food for purchase." Non-alcoholic drinks are still free on airlines.What time is food served on a flight?
Breakfast/Snack: 7 a.m. - 9 a.m. Lunch/Snack: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Dinner/Snack: 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. If your flight is not during the scheduled breakfast, lunch and dinner hours, a light snack may be offered on flights longer than three hours in economy class.Do you get a meal on a 10 hour flight?
You probably won't get your first meal until 60 to 90 minutes after takeoff. There are snacks in between you can grab from the galley. Then as mentioned, you will get a lunch 1.5 hours or so before landing. Glad to hear you enjoyed London Khoff.Are meals served on long flights?
On long-haul international flights, economy passengers receive an entree, a snack and packaged dessert, as well as pre-packed midflight and pre-arrival snacks. In Polaris and Premium Plus, the entire meal is served on one tray, either prepackaged or covered for you to unwrap instead of in courses.HOW TO SURVIVE A LONG FLIGHT // 17 Tips for Long Flights ♡
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Answer 2
Generally, on long-haul flights food is served shortly after start and then again shortly before landing. As a rule, the higher the class, the closer to takeoff/landing the food will be served. Because there are less people in higher classes, it's faster to go around with the drinks first.
The airline usually try to have the longest possible time in which the passengers are not disturbed by food service. They will "wake you up" again about 1-2 hours before the landing and serve the Breakfast.
But whatever their method is, it might be a good idea to have some food in the airport just because it will take some time to serve you food, even if they try to serve you as fast as possible.
If this flight takes off at 12:45, it will take roughly one hour until the airplane is in the air and has the fasten-seat sign off. Then they will start serving food. Starting with drinks and so on, it can take another hour or even two until you get your food on the back-most seat in Economy class. So if you did not have lunch, it might be challenging to wait until as late as 15:00. So having something for lunch first might be a good idea.
Answer 3
To add to the excellent answers above: you should always bring some food onto the plane in case you get hungry during mid-flight. Some of the common food I seen are bread, sandwiches, and instant noodles (the flight staff should be able to provide hot water).
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