UAL Corp.’s United Airlines said that they would stop serving free meals on-board international oversea flights to coach passengers. United is the first airline to do this, however I would expect US Airways and others to follow suit. The carrier does not plan on charging coach passengers for meals on-board transcontinental flights.
It seems a little silly to charge for food for transatlantic flights but not for transcontinental flights. United has said that they will be starting this on flights in-and-out of Washington’s Dulles International. They did say that they will evaluate how effective it is.
Meal quality, on-board any American airline, usually can be much better than it is. Along with the new fees for meals, passengers will no longer have as many flight attendants on-board. Cranky Flier reports that United may be decreasing the number of flight attendants in the coach cabin, of international flights, by about 1 or 2.
Any thoughts?
