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Ad-Supported (free) in-flight airline Food

jefferiestubes8

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This is a first.
"Carriers are turning an expense into a potential profit center," he said. "Air Advertainment is covering the cost of that food. And in some situations they may be compensated for giving us the opportunity."
The snack boxes were part of a marketing program from Air Advertainment in which marketers sponsor free meals or snack boxes for all passengers. Brands that take part in the program will be allowed to determine the list of snacks passengers receive.The snack boxes for the debut attempt -- on behalf of Creative Labs, a consumer-electronics company
Flight attendants will alert all those on board that their meals are being sponsored by Creative Labs.
It started yesterday with Horizon Air flight 2631 from Seattle to Portland.
He expects to be on 25 domestic routes by the end of the year, working with at least four major carriers and at least 25 marketers
Ad-Supported Food Lands on Horizon Air Flight

One of the things about doing it this way is the airline can be relieved of dealing with special dietary requirement when providing meals to customers. These are 'free' meals and not included as part of your ticket price so a vegan, or low-salt, kosher, or vegetarian meal I highly doubt will be happening.
Basically these 'free' meals are really just promotional advertising they are handing out. Sort of like giving away a magazine that has a DVD of a branded-short-film inside it.

This is the kind of thing that could really promote healthy food with a Campaign for healthy eating when flying like what Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution is trying to do on Disney's ABC: raise awareness of eating nutritous healthy food. Of course I doubt Disney would actually get involved with something like this unless they give away a Disney character toy inside it too which basically would become a 'Happy Meal' ala McDonald's complete with legal warnings 'for ages 3 and up' for the toy.

Sure we've all missed meals because of delays and connecting flights and too long of lines in airport eateries.
What do you guys think of this?
 
I have no problem with this. Given that the meals are free and not something you should actually expect to be provided, anyone with special dietary requirements should've made arrangements for those already.

If the sponsors want to score brownie points, though, they would have multiple options to accommodate the vegetarians, vegans, diabetics, etc. That's good PR! :techman:
 
At first glance this looks like a good idea. While healthy eating could ideally be promoted this way, this may backfire the way it did for Jamie Oliver regarding healthy school dinners in the UK. Straight out of the "you couldn't make this up" file, the UK news showed footage of parents passing burgers, chips, and other crap food to their secondary school kids through the gates surrounding the school ground because these kids refused to eat the healthy school meals. :cardie: I think what Oliver did was fantastic and will benefit kids in the long run, but just as kids don't want to eat their greens I reckon a lot of adults won't want to eat "icky green stuff" on flights and will smuggle burgers on board.
 
At first glance this looks like a good idea. While healthy eating could ideally be promoted this way, this may backfire
Considering in the article Air Advertainment allows
Brands that take part in the program will be allowed to determine the list of snacks passengers receive.
which mean salty, tasty, heavily processed foods. (think movie theaters and McDonalds).

I reckon a lot of adults won't want to eat "icky green stuff" on flights and will smuggle burgers on board.
and that is exactly why the brands will choose the tasty, salty unhealthy food.
 
This is a great idea. In-flight meals that pay for themselves. And the suppliers will no doubt offer various types of food in their desire to appeal to all demographics. Or the airlines will choose vendors who will do so in their desire to appeal to all demographics.
 
I'm against any sort of in-flight food. I get airsick and food on a plane makes for a highly unpleasant experience.
 
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