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EasyJet apologizes for bacon and ham sandwich kosher meal on Tel Aviv route
In a massive case of cultural insensitivity, London Luton based EasyJet has been forced to issue an apology to its Jewish customers on the London-Tel Aviv route. On a recent flight,the available dinner options were bacon baguettes and ham melts. Needless to say, this did not go down too well with its passengers.
Accountant Victor Kaufman says he couldn't beleive his ears when he heard the options - and wrote a complaint letter to the airline after his flight.
When EasyJet launched their new Tel Aviv route, they had advertised a full range of kosher meals on their planes, offering dishes like salmon bagels and egg and tomato sandwiches. Their policy prohibits the catering company from loading any pork products on the plane. Obviously, in this specific event, someone messed up.
According to EasyJet, the wrong catering carts had been loaded, and they issued an apology for the screw up. As usual, they say they'll do everything they can to prevent this from happening in the future.
Filed under: Food and Drink, Europe, Israel, United Kingdom, Airlines, Middle East
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Marko Feb 20th 2011 2:10AM
Well usually the Airline catering officers or companies that provide catering on different (airports) stations have a sound knowledge of specific requirements for specific routes eg. Middle East- option for halal food choice or kosher to Tel Aviv in this case, however the responsibility does not lie only with catering provider as the crew operating should have known as well this route-flight requirements ? if they knew about it and failed to advise - it will damage the company in many ways and generate negative public perception on specific markets.The other question is if they knew what was in those meal carts in the first place -and this would raise the question of this airline commitment to safety.If the carts were not checked then we could conclude that anything could be placed on the aircraft and not just wrong meals........
Cheryl Rhodes Feb 27th 2011 6:52PM
people eat what they want when nobody is looking but they do a show of display when in public if you celebrate pagan holidays you might as well eat every thing