"Kosher" is one of several options for special meals offered to air travelers.[1] Similarly styled meals that are packaged in double wrapping with verifiable kashrut certification are offered in a variety of other settings, such as cruise ships, hospitals, or catered events.[2] The double wrapping allows for the meals to be heated in a non-kosher oven.[3]
On airlines, kosher meals are the most commonly requested special meal.[4] Kosher meals have become popular even among non-Jewish passengers who perceive kosher foods to be cleaner and healthier. As they cost approximately twice as much as standard meals, airlines may charge more for them.[5]
Kosher airline meals started appearing as an option in the 1960s for Orthodox Jewish travelers.[6]
Issuesedit
Costedit
A kosher airline meal offered on a Cathay Pacific flight
Kosher meals cost the airline nearly twice as much as standard meals, even as they are offered at no additional cost to the traveler.[5]Smithsonian Magazine has reported that kosher airline meals are the most expensive type of airline meal served.[7]
^ abEidlitz, Eliezer (2004) [1992]. Is it kosher: encyclopedia of kosher foods : facts & fallacies (5th ed.). Jerusalem/New York: Feldeheim Publishers. p. 169. ISBN1-58330-616-1.
^Engel, Margaret (November 30, 1986). "Airline meals are fewer and colder, but are they getting better?". Gainesville Sun. Washington Post News Service. p. 40.
^ abDallos, Robert E. (January 12, 1974). "Everything Kosher Up and Above; Jewish Fare A Favorite On Airlines". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 23.
^Diamond, Etan (2000). And I will dwell in their midst: Orthodox Jews in suburbia. University of North Carolina Press. p. 139. ISBN978-08078-4889-0.
^Epstein, Donneal (2000). Halachos for the Traveler. Jerusalem/New York: Feldeheim Publishers. ISBN1-58330-439-8.
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Media related to Kosher in-flight meals at Wikimedia Commons
EL AL Israel Airlines: Food and Beverages on EL AL Destinations
OUKosher.org: Flying the Kosher Skies
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