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Photo taken by: Federico Permutti
Flying from: Keflavík to Amsterdam, 28 June 2003
Ticket price: €688.00
Flight duration: 3h 00min
Aircraft type & class: B757-200 economy
Meal: breakfast - Sausage (lamb?), omelette and potatoes,
Icelandic butter, bread.
Drink: Pure Icelandic water, coffee, tea, orange juice etc.
Comments: This time around the meal was actually warm. The
sausage
was very good, but unfortunately it could not save the insipid omelette
and potatoes. Orange juice OK, coffee less so. Again, I hardly saw any
smiles from the cabin crew. It’s a shame that they are such poor
ambassadors to the fantastic country that Iceland is....or maybe I was
just unlucky and got the bad crews?
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5-
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Photo taken by: Federico Permutti
Flying from: Amsterdam to Keflavík, 28 June 2003
Ticket price: €688.00
Flight duration: 3h 00min
Aircraft type & class: B757-200 economy
Meal: lunch - Chicken on potato salad and tomato, Icelandic
butter, Toblerone chocolate, bread roll.
Drink: Pure Icelandic water, coffee, tea, orange juice etc.
Comments: Chicken was as cold as the flight attendants on this
flight. The tray is ridiculously small, and I thought the cutlery had a weird
shape, not too comfortable. I have to say I was very disappointed by Icelandair,
I had heard good things about them but the food was appalling and the flight
attendants less than enthusiastic – I did not see one smile. Only the
Toblerone bar managed to cheer me up a little.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 4
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Photo taken by: Peter M. Turner
Flying from: Reykjavik to Minneapolis, 8 June 2003
Ticket price: $460 US
Flight duration: 6.5 hours
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 757-200, coach
Meal: Regular, chicken - Chicken, diced potatoes, mixed
vegetables, roll and butter, cheese, and carrot cake.
Drink: $4.00 US for a not bad Australian white wine
Comments: Not too bad, but both on this flight and the way
over there was no choice of entrée by the time the stewardess got to
us (halfway down the plane).
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7 – Nothing special, but nothing
objectionable. The coffee served afterwards was excellent, as it consistently
was throughout Iceland
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Photo taken by: J Gregory Quinn
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Flying from: KEF to BWI , 1 June 2003
Flight duration: 5hrs55m
Aircraft type & class: B-757-200, Business [Saga] Class
Meal: Dinner - The dinner service started with a bag of
cheese-flavored sticks. Don't people know that the adjective "cheesy"
in English is not necessarily complimentary?! On each tray the starter was identified
as Pheasant Wellington with sun-dried tomatoes and slices of portabello mushrooms.
The main course choices were halibut and lamb tenderloin. (The 3rd option was
duck-breast but I didn't get a picture of that.) There were also grapes and
cheeses on each tray. The usual array of breads and rolls were available. Dessert
was what Icelandair called "Opera Cake," a rich chocolate confection.
Initially I'd thought the portion-size to be skimpy, but it was so rich I could
hardly finish it.
Drink: Spirits, wines, juices, soft-drinks, coffee, tea.
Comments: Passengers in Icelandair's Saga Class have access
to its business-class lounge at the airport in Keflavik, which features a nice
variety of sandwiches and bakery items. Since most flights to North America
leave in the late afternoon one is hungry enough by 3-4pm to sample the lounge's
offerings; by the time dinner is served on the flight it almost seems to be
too much food! Overall, Icelandair is not about to leave any of its business-class
passengers go hungry.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9
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Photo taken by: J Gregory Quinn
Flying from: BWI to KEF, 28 May 2003
Flight duration: 5h20m
Aircraft type & class: B757-200, Business [Saga] Class
Meal: Dinner - The starter was smoked salmon and a salad
of field greens. Choices (each pictured) were an Asian shrimp plate, pork tenderloin,
and pan-fried turkey cutlets. Each tray also included grapes and cheeses. Dessert
was a simple lemon tart. Various breads and rolls were also available.
Drink: Available were the usual spirits, wines, juices, soft-drinks,
coffee and tea.
Comments: The cabin staff were more than professional, the
presentation fine. Nothing was offered prior to landing; on the other hand,
we arrived at Reykjavik's international airport only a short time after the
dinner service had ended.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9
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Photo taken by: Rev. Dr. Randolph W. B. Becker
Flying from: Keflavik (KEF) to BWI, 25 March 2003
Ticket price: $589 RT
Flight duration: 6 hours
Aircraft type & class: 757-200, Economy
Meal: dinner - Lasagna, seafood salad, roll & butter,
chocolate bar
Drink: water, and some delightful french red wine
Comments: "The main dish could not make its mind whether
it was Lasagna or Moussaka, but the identity confusion actually worked into
a tasty dish. The seafood salad was awesome . . . freshly marine in taste -
Yum! Inexplicably, the rolls which had been heated to be served with the cold
lunch on the connecting flight from LHR, were cold when served with the heated
dinner. Overall, a pleasant dinner albeit on the small side."
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7
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Photo taken by: Oliver Tessmann
Flying from: Keflavik (Iceland) to Frankfurt FRA, 19 January
2003
Class: Economy
Meal: Breakfast - scrambled eggs, susages, asparagus,
vegetables
Drink: Orange juice, Coffee
Comments: Very nice green asparagus and heatry sausage, the
scrambled eggs with cheese were a little bit insipid
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7
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Photo taken by: Mrs.Winterstar
Flying from: Keflavik (Iceland) to New York JFK, 14 September
2002
Class: Economy
Meal: Dinner - Chicken, rice, vegetable medley, crab salad,
choco bar, bun.
Drink: Water
Comments: "No, it is not a potato. It is a multi-grain
roll. The crab salad was inedible."
Rating 1-10: 4
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Photo taken by: Mrs.Winterstar
Flying from: New York JFK to Keflavik (Iceland), 6 September
2002
Class: Economy
Meal: Dinner - Chicken, rice, vegetable medley, salad,
Kit-Kat
Drink: Water
Comments: "Less than stellar but not revolting."
Rating 1-10: 5
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Photo taken by: Mrs.Winterstar
Flying from: Keflavik Iceland to New York JFK, 14 September
2002
Class: Economy
Meal: Dinner - "lLasagna", crab sald, choco
bar, bun
Drink: Juice
Comments: "Nasty, although the chocolate bar was good"
Rating 1-10: 3
