Jul 25, 2024, 4:33 pm
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UA Catering by Airport
Gate Gourmet – Newark, Denver, Honolulu, San Francisco, Washington (IAD)Sky Café – Cleveland
Newrest – Houston
Air Fayre - Los Angeles
LSG SkyChefs - Chicago, Guam
GateGourmet pending strike? 30 July 2024 (Deal reached? pre-order not returned yet?)
Jul 24, 2024, 12:03 pm
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GateGourmet pending strike? 30 July 2024 (Deal reached? pre-order not returned yet?)
So Gate Gourmet workers are set to go on strike on July 30th unless last minute deals are reached.
How does this affect Polaris service?
I read that even beverage -- booze -service could be disrupted.
Japan Air Lines is going to serve some cold and packaged food for their premium cabin meals from BOS to Tokyo.
How does this affect Polaris service?
I read that even beverage -- booze -service could be disrupted.
Japan Air Lines is going to serve some cold and packaged food for their premium cabin meals from BOS to Tokyo.
Jul 24, 2024, 12:45 pm
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Jul 24, 2024, 8:04 pm
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So Gate Gourmet workers are set to go on strike on July 30th unless last minute deals are reached.
How does this affect Polaris service?
I read that even beverage -- booze -service could be disrupted.
Japan Air Lines is going to serve some cold and packaged food for their premium cabin meals from BOS to Tokyo.
How does this affect Polaris service?
I read that even beverage -- booze -service could be disrupted.
Japan Air Lines is going to serve some cold and packaged food for their premium cabin meals from BOS to Tokyo.
Jul 24, 2024, 11:45 pm
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So Gate Gourmet workers are set to go on strike on July 30th unless last minute deals are reached.
How does this affect Polaris service?
I read that even beverage -- booze -service could be disrupted.
Japan Air Lines is going to serve some cold and packaged food for their premium cabin meals from BOS to Tokyo.
How does this affect Polaris service?
I read that even beverage -- booze -service could be disrupted.
Japan Air Lines is going to serve some cold and packaged food for their premium cabin meals from BOS to Tokyo.
Last edited by bluedemon211; Jul 25, 2024 at 12:50 am
Jul 25, 2024, 8:36 am
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That would be a nice upgrade from the standard offerings on United. But I bet it would get vetoed for breaking the F&B budget allocated to Polaris if United did that 😆
Jul 25, 2024, 8:48 am
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I know (from visiting the Gate Gourmet facility a few years back) the airlines store their beverages at Gate Gourmet facility.
Interesting to see what UA's contingency plan is.
Jul 25, 2024, 9:34 am
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I think "no" is an extreme case "limited" is more likely.
Do we have a list of which airports UA uses GGG for catering vs its competitors (NewRest, Sky Cafe, LSG, AirFayre, etc)?
I know IAH is NewRest and CLE is SkyCafe (with horrible branding)
Pretty sure EWR is GGG, not sure about IAD or ORD.
Do we have a list of which airports UA uses GGG for catering vs its competitors (NewRest, Sky Cafe, LSG, AirFayre, etc)?
I know IAH is NewRest and CLE is SkyCafe (with horrible branding)
Pretty sure EWR is GGG, not sure about IAD or ORD.
Jul 25, 2024, 9:55 am
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I think "no" is an extreme case "limited" is more likely.
Do we have a list of which airports UA uses GGG for catering vs its competitors (NewRest, Sky Cafe, LSG, AirFayre, etc)?
I know IAH is NewRest and CLE is SkyCafe (with horrible branding)
Pretty sure EWR is GGG, not sure about IAD or ORD.
Do we have a list of which airports UA uses GGG for catering vs its competitors (NewRest, Sky Cafe, LSG, AirFayre, etc)?
I know IAH is NewRest and CLE is SkyCafe (with horrible branding)
Pretty sure EWR is GGG, not sure about IAD or ORD.
Jul 25, 2024, 10:21 am
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No one has ever flown under those conditions, and nobody will.. It's illegal to operate a flight without potable water.
Food, on the other hand -- I rarely eat on a plane, including on TPAC flights, which are much longer than TATL flights.
Food, on the other hand -- I rarely eat on a plane, including on TPAC flights, which are much longer than TATL flights.
Jul 25, 2024, 10:31 am
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Jul 25, 2024, 10:53 am
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As a reference, here's how it played out when GateGourmet struck at YYZ earlier this year.
https://www.torontopearson.com/en/wh...et-strike-2024
https://www.torontopearson.com/en/wh...et-strike-2024
Jul 25, 2024, 11:27 am
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