Qantas (961 pictures & videos)

4/10

m320

Canada (YQY) to Australia (BNE), 02 Mar 2003

Economy Class

“Breakfast” – 6.30am departure - What was in the meal?: Bowl of Just-Right cereal, freezing cold very small red apple, soggy tasteless “fruit” muffin. (Menu Card)

Orange juice, tea / coffee, milk for coffee, separate milk for cornflakes.

"It’s impossible to stuff up cereal, but not very satisfying either. The muffin was deceptively glue-like and flavourless (just a filler) and stuck all over my fingers. I had to wash it off with my orange juice. Knowing that hot meals are extremely rare on domestic flights, I won’t complain.. but others did. “Did you see that apple? 2 bites and it’s finished!” and “They could have at least served us something hot!”. If you’d paid full fare you would have been a little peeved, considering this was a 6.30am departure. The aircraft had no spare seat, was in need of an interior refurbishment, and an external paint-job. The in-flight entertainment however was good. (an Australian comedy + newspapers). Tea and coffee came through twice. I fully support Qantas in their efforts to take on the world but this was not one of my better experiences. Qantas, unlike Qantaslink, calls itself a full-service airline. 2 years ago, a Qantas breakfast consisted of a hot sausage, bacon, hot eggs with mushrooms & grilled tomato. Sigh, since the collapse of Ansett and Impulse, we’re back to a cosy duopoly down under… but this time without a hot breakfast."

Date added: 2008-05-21   //   Flight: 1:0   //   Aircraft: Boeing 737-400 (VH-TJW), 2 class aircraft.