For whatever reason, yesterday I was reminded of a claim made by an airline executive over a decade ago. It’s of absolutely no consequence, but I imagine that some people may find this to be interesting…
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When talking about caviar, there is obvious a huge range in prices. Just take a look at this article:
https://straitsresearch.com/statistic/top-nations-driving-the-global-caviar-market
I am quite sure Emirates and Lufthansa were not/are not/will most likely not be serving any Almas Caviar in first class on any route.
Lufthansa management has just announced an alternative caviar: Balls O' Fire. (The fisherman in the crowd will appreciate the humor.)
With their pricing scheme for the new business class, Lufthansa appears to be pursuing the inverse strategy of extracting more money as clients spend more, rather than investing more.
Spohr has become a 1980s caricature of a bloodless, uncaring, cruel, paranoid and petty CEO who is penny wise and pound foolish and stunningly incompetent at directing even a semblance of a long term strategy for his airline.
No wonder Porsche has pulled out. They
I am not sure if Carsten Spohr's claim was true 10 years ago. Though I could picture that it was accurate in the 70s and 80s, based on caviar stories that my aunt told me, who worked for Lufthansa back then.
You could apparently get very big caviar servings in First Class back then. No questions asked.
I am not even sure Spohr's claim was true back in 2013. Emirates' longhaul fleet was already much larger than LH's and Lufthansa did not exactly provide generous portions in first class back then.
As per LH's on data, the 2023 consumption was 2.6 tons: "First Class guests clearly enjoy the delicacy – in 2023, they ate 24,150 cans of caviar weighing 100 grams each."
2024 production was around 600 tons. Production in 2012 was around 240 tons, so LH would have had to use up 12 tons of caviar to make up 5% in 2012.
Spohr's usual MO is to minimize / downplay problems until they can't be ignored. This approach has often led to problems becoming more severe before being properly addressed. Throughout this he will often behave as if he is a disengaged observer rather than a main character in his own story.
Rather rare to see a person who is simultaneously so self aggrandizing and also self diminishing. Probably a lot for him to unpack in therapy there, if he can find a provider who will allow a bodyguard to be present during sessions.
Nor should they, unless they really want to advertise the fact they serve it.
Bold flavors can work very well in the air, but the absolute finest ingredients lose their differentiation.
That's why curry is such an excellent dish to serve in the air. It keeps well, it reheats well, and it tastes almost as good at altitude as on the ground.
84% of the world's caviar production comes from Chinese farmed sturgeons. Good luck with your lifespan.
Who like Caviar? It seems like an AvGeek hobby to "like" it while secretly detesting it.
Havent flown EK F in a while but the caviar LH serves in F is terrible. Really low quality stuff.
In 2013 Lufthansa still had LSG SkyChefs. Perhaps 5% of the world production purchased by them is totally plausible, at the end they had a massive network of kitchens