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Photo taken by: Marco Carcioffo
Route: Turin (TRN) - Amsterdam (AMS), 2 Dec 2005
Ticket price: Eur 9 + taxes
Flight duration: 1h 45m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Airbus A319-112 (EI-DFP)
Meal: Breakfast - Brioche with cream; four large cacao biscuits.
Drink: Coke and coffee
Comments: Very satisfactory in terms of both quality and quantity; one of the very few times that airline food didn't leave me hungry. Excellence is reached as this high quality service was provided with an extremely low fare.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

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Photo taken by: Luigi Vallero
Flying from: Olbia to Paris CDG, 18 April 2003
Flight Duration: 1hr 45 minutes
Class: Economy on MD82.
Meal type: Lunch/Snack - No longer tray service or lunch box. A sandwich offering was kindly handed out by the flight attendants. The filling was
roast turkey, cheese, tomato and salad. Later on a new offering was served along with your choice of tea or coffee: in this case it was a nice looking packet containing three typical Sardinian pastries (one macaroon and two "pabassinos" sort of shortbread containing sultanas).
Drink: I had Raìm (Red Sardinian wine) from a selection of soft drinks, juices, mineral water (still/sparkling), followed later by lemon tea.
Comments: The sandwich was very tasty with very fresh bread and yummy filling. The Sardinian sweets are very good and come in a nice looking
packet which is nice to carry along as a memento of your flight.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): +7

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Photo taken by: Luigi Vallero
Flying from: Verona to Catania, 4 April 2003
Flight Duration: 1hr 35 minutes
Class: Economy (Italian domestic flights on most carriers have only Y class) on MD82.
Meal type: Refreshment - Your choice of savoury snack and/or biscuits. This time it featured a bag of round slightly salted crackers and sugarless "Buonicosì" (Italian for so good) biscuits.
Drink: I had pear juice from a selection of soft drinks, juices, mineral water (still/sparkling) or tea/coffee.
Comments: "Same fare on all Meridiana domestic services, independently of flight length or time of day. Appropriate easy-go accompaniment to your drink."
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): +6 1/2

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Photo taken by: Luigi Vallero
Flying from: Olbia, Sardinia to Paris CDG, 18 October 2002
Class: Business
Meal type: Aperitif/Lunch - First of all an individual bottle of Italian Chardonnay, which was followed by a hot lunch. The meal included a platter of cold cuts, including smoked turkey, Parma ham, air-dried veal and roasted vegetables, a hot entree of ricotta and spinach ravioli served with a light sauce, assorted cheese with grapes/crackers and a nice fresh berries tartlet with custard cream. Everything was washed down with a cup of tea. The meal was served on good quality china.
Drinks: I had a glass of Raìm (very pleasant Red sardinian wine) and sparkling mineral water.
Comments: "A very nice meal: food quality and quantity was more than adequate, and the ricotta ravioli were warmed at the right temperature."
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8.5

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Photo taken by: C J Leonard
Flying from: Florence to Amsterdam, 7 October 2002
Class: Economy
Meal type: Snack - Ham, cheese, salad baguette - muffin
Drink: Can Peroni beer
Comments: "Looks nicer than it was. Ham was very low quality. Muffin was sweating in its plastic bag. Beer was the best thing about the whole meal."
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 3

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Photo taken by: C J Leonard
Flying from: Amsterdam to Florence, 28 September 2002
Class: Business
Meal type: Snack - Warm turkey slices, roasted courgettes and unidentified pastry thing/Bread roll, cream cheese/tastless biscuits with jam & chocolate blobs
Drink: Pleasant Sauvignon Blance
Comments: "The turkey and courgettes were OK - everything else was tasteless."
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 4