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Photo taken by: Philippe Roquet
Route: OPO - ZRH, 16 May 2005
Ticket price: 300 Eur (Return)
Flight duration: 2h 30m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Fokker 100
Meal: Lunch - Ham & cheese Sandwich - Chocolate Mousse
Drink: Red Wine, water & coffee
Comments: Excellent sandwich and delicious chocolate mousse. Very good red wine (Mateus tinto). Courteous and efficient service
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: Joop
Route: Porto (OPO) – Amsterdam (AMS), 08 May 2005
Ticket price: EUR 342,-
Flight duration: 2 hours 20 minutes
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 100, economy class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Breakfast
Contents of the meal: Entrée: Omelette with grilled tomato and sausages
Side dish: mini croissant, warm roll, butter, jam
Dessert: yoghurt drink
Drink: coffee, thee, juices (orange and pineapplie), practically anything you want.
Comments: wholesome breakfast
Rating 1-10 (worst – best): 8, considering this is an intra-European flight nowadays.
Camera brand & type: Canon Digital Ixus 430


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Photo taken by: Joop
Route: Amsterdam (AMS) – Porto (OPO), 05 May 2005
Ticket price: EUR 342,-
Flight duration: 2 hours 20 minutes
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 100, economy class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Lunch
Contents of the meal: Entrée: Rice with tripa da moda do Porto (Porto’s speciality with sausage, beans and meat)
Side dish: warm roll (two!), cheese, butter, crackers
Dessert: strawberry mousse
Drink: red wine (two rounds!), coffee, thee, practically anything you want.
Comments: very nice and delicious lunch
Rating 1-10 (worst – best): 9, considering this is an intra-European flight nowadays.
Camera brand & type: Canon Digital Ixus 430


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Photo taken by: Luc Bereni
Route: LIS/MAD, 26 Sep 2004
Ticket price: 250€
Business or leisure trip: Business
Meal type: Cold meal
Contents of the meal: Prawn cocktail with lettuce and tomato, two open face sandwiches with cold meat and vegetable salad with mayonnaise sauce, grape, small cheese portion, crackers, bread and butter.
Drink: White and red Mateus wine, Porto wine, choice of liquors, cold drinks, coffee or tea.
Comments: In addition to the high class treatment received at Portugalia business lounge at Lisbon airport, including unlimited self service half bottles of Ruinart champagne (!!!) and generous food, this good quality cold meal served at an unusual meal time for portuguese and spanish customers (6:00 pm) on a very short flight confirms that award winning "Private Club" of Portugalia really has to be recongnized as one of the best european in-flight product.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10
Camera brand & type: Canon Digital Ixus II

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Photo taken by: Luc Bereni
Route: MRS/LIS, 25 Sep 2004
Ticket price: 450€ one way
Flight duuration: 2hrs 10min
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 100, Business Class ("Private Club")
Business or leisure trip: Business
Meal type: Hot Lunch
Contents of the meal: 1/ snacks, 2/ main meal : prawn cocktail with lettuce and tomato, hot chicken slices with basquaise sauce and curry rice, small cheese portion, bread and crackers, 3/ portuguese pastries.
Drink: Mateus red and white wine, Porto wine, choice of cocktails and liquors, mineral water (sparkling and plain), coffee or tea.
Comments: Positive : "Long-haul style" meal with three separate trays (apero, main meal and dessert), large choice of drinks, courteous and efficient service by multi-lingual cabin crew. Negative : No hot course choice, no printed menu, plastic cutlery.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9
Camera brand & type: Canon Digital Ixus II

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Photo taken by: Luigi Vallero
Route: Oporto to Bilbao, 21 May 2004
Flight Duration: 1hr 10min
Class: Economy/Business class on SAAB2000 turboprop.
Meal type: Hot Lunch
What was in the meal?: A small size tray featuring a cole slaw on salad, a hot main of beef cassarole with baby potatoes and carrots, spreadable cheese and crackers.
Drink: Signature 2000 Mateus Portuguese red wine and sparkling water out of a good range of drinks.
Comments: A pleasant hot light lunch on this lightly laden flight. This is
sort of an upgraded Economy product, featuring hot meals partly served on Business Class china, using Portugàlia's very classy design on Vista Alegre porcelainware. a cotton napkin was provided as well, but glasses and cutlery were plastic.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): +8,5

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Photo taken by: Luigi Vallero
Route: Madrid to Oporto, 21 May 2004
Flight Duration: 1hr
Class: Economy class on Embraer 145 jet.
Meal type: Cold snack/Late breakfast
What was in the meal?: A small size tray featuring an array of cold cuts and cheese, tomato wedge and prune, a yogurth drink, strawberry jam and butter, a roll, a croissant.
Drink: Pineapple juice out of a good range of drinks.
Comments: A nice snack for such a short flight, though not very impressive.
Full marks, anyway, being 2004 and economy class in Europe!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): +8

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Photo taken by: Luigi Vallero
Route: Turin to Madrid, 21 May 2004
Flight Duration: 1hr 50
Class: Economy class on Fokker 100 jet.
Meal type: Hot breakfast
A small size tray featuring a hot dish of omelette, served on a slice of pork loin, with spinach, mushrooms and cherry tomato, a roll, strawberry jam and butter, a strawberry cheesecake yogurth, multiple hot croissants offerings.
Drink: Pineapple juice and lemon tea out of a good selection of juices and other beverages.
Comments: Portugalia still provides its economy class passengers with a completely satisfying food, meal, catering product. I'd say the quality has even improved over last year, on this same route: the hot plate was excellent, the yogurth was tasty and yummy, and the croissants very fresh and offered meny times. Very nice pineapple juice and great service from the three ladies attending the flight.
Considering this was economy class, full applause to Portugàlia.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): +9,5

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Photo taken by: Luigi Vallero
Flying from: Madrid to Turin, 9 June 2003
Flight Duration: 1hr 50
Class: Economy class on Fokker 100 jet.
Meal type: Hot Dinner - A small size tray featuring a julienne of carrots
with two cucumber slices and a baby corn cob, a hot main meal of beef
casserole with rice and peas, spreadable cheese and crackers.
Drink: Signature 2000 Mateus Portuguese red wine and sparkling water
out of a good range of drinks.
Comments: Not really a full dinner. In this case Portugalia has been
cutting a bit too much around the costs: the beef casserole was really
tiny - and just average quality - and there was no trace of fruits or a
dessert. Good thing, though, that they still provide a hot meal in
economy on flights lasting less than two hours.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): +6,5

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Photo taken by: Luigi Vallero
Flying from: Turin to Madrid, 9 June 2003
Flight Duration: 1hr 50
Class: Economy class on Fokker 100 jet.
Meal type: Hot breakfast - A small size tray featuring a hot dish of scrambled eggs with cheese, served on a bread slice, diced potatoes and rolled bacon, strawberry jam and butter, a banana yogurth, multiple hot croissants offerings.
Drink: Orange juice and lemon tea out of a good selection of juices and other beverages.
Comments: Despite also Portugalia having cut on food, meal, catering costs - at least in economy - this was still a really enjoyable full hot breakfast, quite a rarity these days on a flight lasting slightly less than 2 hours. Scrambled eggs and bacon were very tasty and well cooked. Pity that stainless cutlery has been replaced by disposable plastic ware and the offering of cream puffs that followed the tray service when I flew this same sector less than two years ago has been cut.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): +8