BA European in flight catering
 

We've just got back from a trip to Florence from London City airport on BA and were slightly surprised, but delighted, to have a meal and an alcoholic beverage on both legs of the journey. We were in 'Eurotraveller' so nothing special.

I thought we were going to have the 'buy an M&S sandwich' experience?

"We’re proud to be partnering with Marks & Spencer, another iconic British brand, to offer you the M&S on board menu in our Euro Traveller cabin to and from London Heathrow and London Gatwick."

https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb...economy-dining

Ah .. so just Heathrow and Gatwick then, I did wonder. Have to say the City airport experience was tip top.

Obsession with cost reduction is not confined to BA nor Europe. Have a look at the bizarro configuration some spreadsheet cowboy dreamed up for his equally silly ' CEO at Qantas on the 'game changing' 787 configuration....

When this current period in business ends, probably with a substantial correction, MBA driven accounting will be yanked from the seat. Hopefully the more insightful airlines are realising that a value proposition means less PR and spin and more value. This generate yield and return patronage.

We live in Bucks and went City > Florence last year but it's a long way to City.
This year seven of us went LHR > Pisa. We were going to hire a couple of cars* in Italy anyway so just drove up. Little roads N of Florence, Fiesole etc can be a bit of a PITA as can Florence with roadworks confounding GPS plans; fined last year for inadvertently entering bus lane.

If we lived in London or to the east LCY would be great.

Anyway, on the return PSA>LHR they ran out of everything but snacks. I hope their stock planning is a bit better now.

* Hired from Avis via BA and all went well with not a single problem. In fact, I didn't accept GPS and took TomTom but the cars were fitted with SatNav anyway.