Helvetic catering and inflight meal reviews @ AIRLINEMEALS.NET

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Photo taken by: Gilles Roche-Reeves
Route: Züri ZRH, Switzerland to Antalya AYT, Türkiye, 24 Apr 2005
Ticket price: holiday package
Flight duration: 2h20
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 100, HB-JVG (widest seat pitch we’ve ever seen in economy!)
Business or leisure trip: holiday
Meal type: breakfast
Contents of the meal: For me a muffin and a croissant, for my father a
salami sandwich.
Drink: Coffee for both of us.
Comments: Very nice food, meal, catering served by a fantastic cabin crew. However the food isn’t complimentary, but the prices are fair.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10
Camera brand & type: Canon Ixus II

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Photo taken by: Cyrille Roche
Route: Marseille Provence MRS, France to Züri ZRH, Switzerland, 03 Jan 2005
Ticket price: Web special fare: 42 Euro (one way, taxes included)
Flight duration: 1h10 (19:00 – 20:10h)
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 100, HB-JVE, single class
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of the meal: Tuna sandwich
Drink: Quöllfrisch beer
Comments: For month I was told by a lot of friends to try helvetic’s tuna sandwich. On the outbound flight, it was sold out, but for my trip back it was available. I’ve got only one word to say about this sandwich: Great! While disembarking Senior F/A Marc gave me a lot of chocolates, I made the picture at home.
As I gave my Canon-Digital-Baby to my brother for his vacation to Mexico (check his pictures in the Belair section), I had to take my old cam for this trip, that‘s why the quality is that poor. Sorry guys!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10
Camera brand & type: Kodak APS

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Photo taken by: Cyrille Roche
Route: Züri ZRH, Switzerland to Marseille Provence, MRS, France, 30 Dec 2004
Ticket price: Web-Special Fare: 42 Euro (one way, incl. taxes)
Flight duration: 1h15 (16:55-18:10h)
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 100, HB-JVA named Winkelried, economy single class
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal type: dinner
Contents of the meal: As we had a start-up delay of 25 minutes (lack of ground staff...), helvetic offered us an orange juice with swiss
chocolates.
Later on I bought a tomato - cheese sandwich and a Quöllfrisch beer.
Comments: I really enjoyed the free juice to pass the time on ground. The sandwich was fresh and therefore good. As I gave my Canon-Digital-Baby to my brother for his vacation to Mexico, I had to take my old cam for this trip, that‘s why the quality is that poor. Sorry guys!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7
Camera brand & type: Kodak APS

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Photos taken by: Markus / Airlinemeals.net / H4T
Route: Vienna - Zurich, September 2004
Ticket: around 100 EUR incl. taxes
Meal: Mixed salad, apple-juice with (!) ice :-)
Comment: Not that fresh anymore, roll was too hard
Rate: Flight 10, crew 10, meal 3

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Photos taken by: Cyrille Roche
Route: Nice Côte d‘Azur NCE, France to Züri ZRH, Switzerland, 29 Oct 2004
Ticket price: 99 Euro (return incl. taxes)
Flight duration: 1h20 (20:15-21:35h)
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 100, HB-JVC, economy (single class)
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal type: Lunch
Contents of the meal: Triangle sandwich with tomato and mozzarella
Drink: Gin Tonic
Comments: We had the most impressive turbulences I‘ve ever experienced. I didn‘t order beer like I first wanted but a Gin Tonic to recover from my stomach ache. The sandwich was good, but I would appreciate a „Special of the Month“ on helvetics menu card, for frequent flyers these sandwiches starts to be a little bit boring.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
Camera brand & type: Canon Ixus II

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Photos taken by: Cyrille Roche
Route: Züri ZRH, Switzerland to Nice Côte d‘Azur NCE, France, 29 Oct 2004
Ticket price: 99 Euro (return incl. taxes)
Flight duration: 1h20 (07:15-08:35h)
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 100, HB-JVC, economy (single class)
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: Two croissants
Drink: Hot chocolate
Comments: Very good croissants, provided by „Bertschi“, which is a famous bakery in Zurich. The hot chocolate was really filling.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
Camera brand & type: Canon Ixus II

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Photos taken by: Cyrille Roche
Route: Roma FCO, Italy - Züri ZRH, Switzerland, 2L 337, 23 Sep 2004
Ticket price: Award
Flight duration: 1h50 (20:10 - 22:00h)
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 100, HB-JVA named „Winkelried“, single class
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal: dinner
tomato-mozzarella sandwich
Drink: Coke
Comments: The sandwich was very good and fresh, but a little small. The sandwich coast 5 Euros and the Coke 2.50 which is ok. Friendly crew.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
Camera brand & type: Canon Ixus II

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Photo taken by: Cyrille Roche
Route: Züri, ZRH, Switzerland - Roma FCO, Italy, 23 September 2004
Ticket price: Award
Flight duration: 1h30 (06:55 - 08:25h)
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 100, HB-JVB, single class
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: Two croissants
Drink: Cappuccino
Comments: Instant cappuccino was ok, the croissants were good. 2 Euros for the coffee and 1.50 for the croissant were fair prices. Very nice crew!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7
Camera brand & type: Canon Ixus II

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Photos taken by: Cyrille Roche
Route: Amsterdam AMS, Netherlands to Züri ZRH, Switzerland, OAW199, 25 Jul 2004
Ticket price: ID
Flight duration: 1h 35 min (20:45 - 22:20h)
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 100, HB-JVA (named Winkelried), single class
Business or leisure trip: leisure
Meal: lunch
salad
Drink: Quöllfrisch beer
Comments: Excellent salad, excellent dressing, the bread was a bit dry. This meal coasts you 9.50 Euro (6.50 for the salad and 3 for the beer) Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9
Camera brand & type: Canon Ixus II

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Photos taken by: Cyrille Roche
Route: Züri ZRH, Switzerland - Amsterdam AMS, Netherlands, OAW198, 23 Jul 2004
Ticket price: ID
Flight duration: 1h 35 min (18:30 - 20:05h)
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 100, HB-JVC, single class
Business or leisure trip: leisure (AirlineMeals.net meeting :-)
Meal: Lunch
Salmon sandwich
Drink: Quöllfrisch beer
Comments: A good sandwich (5 Euro) but the beer (3 Euro) wasn‘t cold enough. The crew apologized and said, they had not enough dry ice on board.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
Camera brand & type: Canon Ixus II

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Photos taken by: Marco / AirlineMeals.net
(015 by Andy)
Route: OAW198, Zürich ZRH - Amsterdam AMS, 24 June 2004
Ticket price: FOC
Flight duration: 1h35
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 100, one class only
Business or leisure trip: yes :-)
Meal: dinner service, I guess... (departure time 18:30)
"Helvetic sandwich", with lettuce, tomato, mozarella and basil
Comments: €5 but worth it, very tasty (bit soggy sandwich okay, but try to keep a sandwich dry when you put tomatoes on it..!)
The complimentary - special service - chocolate bars were a very nice touch, good to keep an UM busy ;-))
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8
Camera brand & type: Sony DSC-P12

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Photo taken by: Andy
Route: OAW033, Palma de Mallorca PMI - Zürich ZRH, 24 June 2004
Ticket price: FOC
Flight duration: 2h
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 100, one class only
Drink: Bitter Lemon
Comments: €2.50
Camera brand & type: Sony DSC-P12

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Photos taken by: Marco / AirlineMeals.net
Route: OAW033, Palma de Mallorca PMI - Zürich ZRH, 24 June 2004
Ticket price: FOC
Flight duration: 2h
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 100, one class only
Business or leisure trip: yes :-)
Meal: late "lunch" (departure time 15:05)
Drink: Orange juice with 5cl Smirnoff
Comments: €3 for the juice, €4 for the Russian spirit
Additionally, I think I can say the following without any risks: in terms of crew, Helvetic is Europe's answer to Virgin Blue!!!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5cl ain't much, better than nothing though ;-)
Camera brand & type: Sony DSC-P12

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Photos taken by: Marco / AirlineMeals.net
Route: OAW032, Zürich ZRH - Palma de Mallorca PMI, 23 June 2004
Ticket price: FOC
Flight duration: 2h
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 100, one class only
Business or leisure trip: yes :-)
Meal: lunch (departure time 12:15)
"Helvetic sandwich": baguette with butter, ham, pickles
Drink: Coke Light
Comments: €5 for the sandwich, €2.50 for the coffee, all served by Helvetic's lovely crew members, in this case the same as on the AMS-ZRH flight (pics 004-007)
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7.5 for the sandwich
Camera brand & type: Sony DSC-P12

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Photos taken by: Marco / AirlineMeals.net
(006 by Andy)
Route: OAW197, Amsterdam AMS - Zürich ZRH, 23 June 2004
Ticket price: FOC
Flight duration: 1h35
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 100, one class only
Business or leisure trip: yes :-)
Meal: breakfast, sort of... (departure time 09:35)
"Budget sandwich" (don't kille me, that's the name they gave it!) with cheese, tomato, pickle.
Drink: Coffee
Comments: €3.50 for the sandwich, €2 for the coffee. Helvetic just started a new service to Amsterdam (AMS-ZRH: €25) in June 2004.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7 for the sandwich, 6.5 for the coffee
Camera brand & type: Sony DSC-P12

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Photo taken by: Cyrille Roche
Flying from Alicante / Alacant ALC to Zürich ZRH, OAW 37, 30 Dec 2003,
15:00-17:25
Ticket price: free (I won this ticket)
Flight duration: 2h25min
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 100, HB-JVA (Winkelried), economy (one class)
Meal: Snack (Onboard sale) - Pringles
Drink: White wine
Comments: A good wine, the F/A folded the napkin to put it around the
bottle, very nice. 4 Euros for the wine, 2 for the Pringles.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

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Photo taken by: Cyrille Roche
Flying from Züri ZRH to Alicante / Alacant ALC, OAW 36, 26 Dec 2003,
11:10-13:40
Ticket price: free (I won this ticket)
Flight duration: 2h30min
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 100, HB-JVA (Winkelried), economy (one class)
Meal: Snack (Onboard sale) - My neighbours meal: Pringles
Drink: Prosecco
Comments: He was very satisfied
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: Cyrille Roche
Flying from Züri ZRH to Alicante / Alacant ALC, OAW 36, 26 Dec 2003,
11:10-13:40
Ticket price: free (I won this ticket)
Flight duration: 2h30min
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 100, HB-JVA (Winkelried), economy (one class)
Meal: Snack (Onboard sale) - Salmon sandwich
Drink: Quöllfrisch beer (Swiss beer)
Comments: Very good sandwich with a lot of salmon in it. And the beer they have for sale is very nice as well. Rather expensive, though (5 Euro for the sandwich, 3 for the beer) but cheaper than the onboard sale of Swiss International.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8 (two points minus due to the price)