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Air Canada’s inflight product improvements
While minor individually, Air Canada has just rolled out a series of thoughtful food & beverage improvements, which I’m sure many will appreciate. These changes include the following:
- For travelers in all cabins, Air Canada will offer oat milk from Earth’s Own, offering guests a non-dairy alternative
- For travelers in all cabins, Air Canada will introduce Blue Moon Belgian White and Hop Valley IPA craft beers, as well as Vizzy Strawberry Orange Mimosa Hard Seltzer (available for purchase in economy, and complimentary in premium cabins)
- For travelers in Signature Class on international flights, Air Canada will offer aperol spritzes and rose
- For travelers on select economy and premium economy flights, Air Canada will introduce new food menu items, including butter chicken with rice pilaf and cauliflower peas masala, among other things
These are all fantastic changes that I’m happy to see. However, if we’re doing things like aperol spritzes, oat milk, and rose, how about some iced coffee or cold brew?!
I love when airlines put effort into drinks
Admittedly airlines operate with tight budgets for inflight offerings, though I just want to throw out some appreciation to airlines that put some effort into their drink selection, whether it’s alcoholic or non-alcoholic. Take JetBlue Mint, as an example.
For non-alcoholic drinks, the airline has an amazing selection of espresso-based options, like iced cappuccinos.
The airline even has actual cocktails on the menu, like dirty martinis, which are shaken and poured at your seat.
I understand these things cost a little bit of money and take some time for the crew to prepare, but if you ask me, they make a big difference in terms of the passenger experience. I love whenever airlines serve something other than drip coffee, generic wine, and the typical selection of liquor with canned mixers. So I’m happy to see what Air Canada is doing here.
Bottom line
Air Canada is rolling out a few positive passenger experience initiatives, including introducing oat milk on all flights, and adding rose and aperol spritzes on long haul business class flights. Here’s to hoping more airlines follow Air Canada’s lead, and think a bit outside the box.
What do you make of these Air Canada initiatives?
Just flew on AC today and they claimed oat milk was only for business class. Then they left my checked bag behind.
The drinks is not the reason most people choose an airline.
Honestly these items are nice to have but in reality, Air Canada needs to focus on more basic things:
1. On time, On time and on time
Please run a reliable and realistic operation and they damn know that their schedules are unrealistic to begin with. There is no way that your plane will not break, no matter how new they are. Like most machines, they break.
2. Business class catering -...
Honestly these items are nice to have but in reality, Air Canada needs to focus on more basic things:
1. On time, On time and on time
Please run a reliable and realistic operation and they damn know that their schedules are unrealistic to begin with. There is no way that your plane will not break, no matter how new they are. Like most machines, they break.
2. Business class catering - how about bringing back fresh breads as part of your pre-arrival meal services? No more plastic wrapped supermarket quality croissant! They are nasty! Just load more fresh breads! Then please restore the cheese, fruit and dessert trolley. I am tired of fighting with F/As in getting all three. Each F/A interprets things differently. Bring back the trolley so everyone gets fruit and cheese, and then a separate dessert trolley with tea and coffee.
Honestly I drink mostly oat milk now so it is a nice addition, but Air Canada has bigger issues that it needs to address before they can focus on these small items!
Adrian
Anyone downwind of lactose-intolerant passengers should be grateful for the dairy alternative.
When will they introduce a phone line that picks up and flights that leave on time?
Maybe non deflating business class seats too?
Agreed.
Finally some half decent beer, but seems like an odd choice for Air Canada to serve American beers in flight? You'd think they could feature a Canadian product?
They are all owned by MolsonCoors and brewed in Canada which kinda qualify them as Canadian beers.
But I agree they should be offering real Canadian craft beers
I remember dining at a very revered, Quebec-centric Montreal restaurant back in 2016. Great food, great service. End of the meal, waiter asked if we wanted any after dinner drinks. I requested whatever Canadian whiskey he preferred, served neat, expecting a revelation. He brought it over and I took a sip, raised an eyebrow. What's this whiskey called?
"Crown Royal" he said, and walked off.
Good. But I hope they are properly prepared, with an orange slice and prosecco instead of wine. Nowadays all too many restaurants and bars cheap out of a proper mixing relation and you just get what feels like the cheapest wine with some stale soda and three drops of aperol.
I’m sure they’re using the canned/bottled Aperol Spritz brand product you can buy in a store.
The slice of orange will be up to AC.
I initially read that as one item…a spritz made with oat milk and Aperol.
Sounds disgusting.
Me too :)
Indeed. Maybe reverse the two items in the headline.
I read it that way, too.
As a tea drinker, the first airline that takes a step beyond tea bags and tepid water gets kudos from me. Steeped loose leaf Keemun black tea from Anhui would be a Wow. Tea bags are basically the sweepings from the tea house floor.