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AARON WONG
JUN 25, 2022
LAST UPDATED: JUNE 30, 2022
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In December 2020, Singapore Airlines debuted a radical new Economy Class meal concept on its short-haul flights. Passengers on flights of 3.5 hours and below would receive meals in paper boxes with bamboo cutlery, instead of the traditional plastic casseroles, aluminium foil and plastic-wrapped metal cutlery.
SIA’s new Economy Class meal concept
This new concept has been in the wild for more than a year now, but it’s only recently with the surge of revenge travel that passengers are beginning to encounter it in earnest.
While Singapore Airlines has cited numerous environmental and practical benefits of the new meal concept, it was always bound to divide opinion. Indeed, there’s been numerous complaints regarding the boxes, with at least one going viral enough to warrant an official response.
But could we now be seeing a temporary return of the casseroles? I’ll get to that in a bit, but first, here’s what the storm in a meal tray is all about.
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Love it or hate it: Singapore Airlines’ new Economy Class boxed meals
AARON WONG
JUN 25, 2022
LAST UPDATED: JUNE 30, 2022
43
SIA Economy passengers on short-haul routes have been receiving meals in paper boxes. Is this the future, or an experiment doomed to fail.
In December 2020, Singapore Airlines debuted a radical new Economy Class meal concept on its short-haul flights. Passengers on flights of 3.5 hours and below would receive meals in paper boxes with bamboo cutlery, instead of the traditional plastic casseroles, aluminium foil and plastic-wrapped metal cutlery.
This new concept has been in the wild for more than a year now, but it’s only recently with the surge of revenge travel that passengers are beginning to encounter it in earnest.
While Singapore Airlines has cited numerous environmental and practical benefits of the new meal concept, it was always bound to divide opinion. Indeed, there’s been numerous complaints regarding the boxes, with at least one going viral enough to warrant an official response.
But could we now be seeing a temporary return of the casseroles? I’ll get to that in a bit, but first, here’s what the storm in a meal tray is all about.
