UK budget airline easyJet apologized Tuesday to Jewish customers after the only food choices served on a flight from Israel were ham melts and bacon baguettes.
Passengers who follow the faith’s ban on eating pork were forced to go hungry for the four-and-a-half hour journey from Tel Aviv to London.
The airline introduced the route in November, proudly promising that in-flight menus would feature kosher food that met Jewish dietary laws.
So Victor Kaufman, 25, was stunned when cabin crew announced the meal choices on his flight last weekend.
An easyJet spokeswoman said company policy bans even taking pork products aboard planes on the route.
She added, “It appears that a mistake was made on this flight and that incorrect food canisters were loaded. We would like to apologize to the passengers.”
(YWN-112 / YWN Desk-NYC)
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Whoever edited this article certainly has a flare for the dramatic. This is a story of an airline that made a mistake, recognized it, and apologized. (Perhaps that’s the real news in this story.) But in the hands of a skillful (if not a fully truthful) editor, it became a serious drama.
Airline passengers are generally among the more fortunate people on the planet, and no airline passenger, except possibly a diabetic or someone with similar medical or nutritional requirements, would ever “go hungry” by declining to eat for 4-and-a-half hours. But according to this article, that’s what happened when an airline made a mistake, in a city that probably has an above-average number of kosher-observant passengers. This kind of editing makes YWN a good place for drama, but news – not so much.
I wonder if they ever commit a same “mistake” on a flight from Dubai.
Will ElAl apologize for their providing their passengers with food that isn’t too kosher. After all Bosor She’nisalem Min Ha’ayin IS a MAJOR problem!
I am very suprised that YWN has taken an article from the Sun newspaper. It is not the most kosher of newspapers Vamavin Yovin. As for easy jet, this must have been a one-off error. However, I would point out that most of the passengers on easy jet’s flights to Tel Aviv bring their own meals and would hadly have starved! It is also worth noting that not only do easy jet encourage the holding of Mincha or Maariv minyanim on the planes but will also tolerate two separate minyanim if there are too many mispalleleim for one minyan. El Al please note!
I didn’t know people still use ham radios. I think it was nice that this airline supplied them.
#1 i do enjoy the drama. YWN, keep it up