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Air Canada Restoring Meal Service, Introducing Celebrity Chef Meals In Economy Class

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 20, 2020November 14, 2023 9 Comments

a hand holding a tray of food

Good news for Air Canada flyers as the airline will re-introduce meal service across its network and introduce new chef-inspired meals on longhaul flights even in economy class.

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  • Meal Service Returning To Air Canada
  • Air Canada Adds Celebrity Chef Meals To Economy Class
  • Air Canada’s Celebrity Chef Line-Up
  • CONCLUSION

Meal Service Returning To Air Canada

By the end of July, meal service will return on Air Canada, including on domestic and transborder flights. Premium cabins will receive a meal on many flights while pre-order meals will be available in economy class on flights longer than two hours. The specific details have not been released, but it won’t exactly be like old times:

All meals onboard Air Canada’s flights will be presented in a custom paper box in accordance with current service protocols streamlining interactions. Air Canada is working closely with suppliers to ensure the most environmentally friendly packaging is used whenever possible. Customers will also be offered an expanded selection of alcoholic or non-alcoholic drinks adapted by cabin and route.

Based upon this, I would not expect ceramic dishes, glasses, and cutlery, but I do expect we will see a return to some form of hot meals in premium cabins.

Air Canada Adds Celebrity Chef Meals To Economy Class

Air Canada will partner with Montreal-based Chef Jérôme Ferrer, who will design meals for economy class and premium economy class longhaul flights.

Often, these chef-inspired dishes suspiciously resemble exactly what has been served for years onboard. Thus, let’s not celebrate the new meals themselves until we taste them. But what is worth celebrating is that meal service is returning. That’s a great step, especially as American Airlines just announced it was cutting more meals.

Air Canada’s Celebrity Chef Line-Up

A congress of chefs will offer input on meals depending upon the class and destination:

  • Chef David Hawksworth’s Canadian-themed dishes will be showcased in Signature Class on flights to Europe and Israel, as well as to Australia
  • Chef Antonio Park’s meals will be featured in Signature Class on flights to Asia and South America and in Signature Class and Business Class within North America
  • Chef Jerome Ferrer’s meals will be presented in Premium Economy and Economy Class on international flights departing Canada
  • Chef Vikram Vij’s creations will be featured on flights to India

These meals, of course, will be dependent upon service resuming. Service to many destinations remains suspended.

CONCLUSION

I’m so glad to see Air Canada take the opposite approach of American Airlines and take steps to bolster its meal service. Let’s see how this plays out. With Air Canada an attractive option to U.S. customers via its Vancouver, Toronto, or Montreal hubs to many destinations in Asia and Europe, we will soon see if product actually matters to customers.

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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9 Comments

  1. Mark in Ithaca Reply
    July 20, 2020 at 3:51 pm

    Which celebrity chef is responsible for the carrot shavings on that cardboard box of instant ramen?

    Also, how likely is it that U.S. customers will be welcome to cross the border into Canada to fly out of Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal any time soon?

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      July 20, 2020 at 3:56 pm

      Mark, transit is not a problem. I could do LAX-YVR-PVG and the sterile transit in Vancouver would be permitted, even if I was not allowed to enter Canada.

    • Sharon jhirad Reply
      July 21, 2020 at 10:13 am

      Vikram Vijs butter chicken on FLIGHTS TO India is a joke. More like puree chicken in tomato sauce.

      • Rohan Anand Reply
        July 21, 2020 at 10:34 pm

        i wouldn’t say they were too bad! i flew YVR-DEL in February this year and the meal was so delicious, I asked for a second one! i love how Air Canada always has South Asian snacks and chai on their Canada-India flights.

  2. Kenneth Reply
    July 20, 2020 at 8:12 pm

    “All meals onboard Air Canada’s flights will be presented in a custom paper box”

    ‘Nuff said.

  3. Arthur Reply
    July 20, 2020 at 9:55 pm

    For frequent flyers, I think the service differentials will make a difference – once we start having reasons to fly again. Unfortunately, I don’t expect many work reasons to fly for at least the rest of the year.

  4. KK Reply
    July 20, 2020 at 10:26 pm

    How about leaving the widebody planes to 9 abreast instead of packing 10 per row? Improve the hard product before focusing on the soft items. To me, it’s an easy sell for flying any 777 that is 9- versus 10-across…. and give us more legroom. North Americans and Europeans are barely comfortable in the seats designed for a smaller Asian frame on longer haul flights.

  5. Gary Reply
    July 21, 2020 at 12:14 pm

    Are the meals to go? I don’t want to take off my mask.

    • Matthew Klint Reply
      July 21, 2020 at 1:05 pm

      Not sure yet. We’ll soon find out.

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