AA ends food service on ALL domestic flights (incl. Hawaii)

Dimitri wrote:
No great loss - the crap they have served for the past 10 years is/was
garbage anyway.
Do you want a BISTRO MEAL in a bag? Not me thank you.

They need to save billions off their costs. Cutting 30 million isn't going to
do much.

I think they are more interested in making it *look* like they are a low cost
carrier rather that changing their structure to become a low cost carrier.


Now if they want to start selling meals on board, they should start to sell
real meals that are worth paying for.

rk wrote:
nobody wrote:
Now if they want to start selling meals on board, they should start to
sell real meals that are worth paying for.

Why? They aren't in the food business, they are in the transportation
business.

Ford is in the transportation business but they make money on selling
climate control and audio entertainment systems.

If AA can hook up with someone who can make desirable food for a decent
price, and sell that, everyone wins.

If they're going to sell me a bag of mayonnaise-soaked white bread and
greasy chips for $5, that just means someone in the airport gets my business
instead. It's extra hassle for me and lost revenue for AA.

miguel
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Hit The Road! Photos from 32 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu

rk wrote:
nobody wrote:
Now if they want to start selling meals on board, they should start to
sell real meals that are worth paying for.

Why? They aren't in the food business, they are in the transportation
business.

Ford is in the transportation business but they make money on selling
climate control and audio entertainment systems.

If AA can hook up with someone who can make desirable food for a decent
price, and sell that, everyone wins.

If they're going to sell me a bag of mayonnaise-soaked white bread and
greasy chips for $5, that just means someone in the airport gets my business
instead. It's extra hassle for me and lost revenue for AA.

miguel
--
Hit The Road! Photos from 32 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu

A Thu, 30 Dec 2004 01:20:05 -0600, (Miguel
Cruz) escribió:
rk wrote:
Why? They aren't in the food business, they are in the transportation
business.
Ford is in the transportation business but they make money on selling
climate control and audio entertainment systems.

That's Ford's choice.

If AA can hook up with someone who can make desirable food for a decent
price, and sell that, everyone wins.

And if they can't, they can't. Remarkably, lots of things
customers want are too costly to provide at the price
customers are willing to pay for them.


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bicker®

*bicker* wrote:
(Miguel Cruz) escribió:
rk wrote:
Why? They aren't in the food business, they are in the transportation
business.

Ford is in the transportation business but they make money on selling
climate control and audio entertainment systems.

That's Ford's choice.

Sure, but it's a choice they profitably make.

If AA can hook up with someone who can make desirable food for a decent
price, and sell that, everyone wins.

And if they can't, they can't. Remarkably, lots of things
customers want are too costly to provide at the price
customers are willing to pay for them.

The economics are obviously different in some ways, but in these parts,
low-cost carrier AirAsia provides edible food for a premium of maybe 30%
over what the same food would cost at an upscale mall food court (RM4 is
approximately equal to US$1):

http://www.airasia.com/english.php?f...ck.attack.en.1

miguel
--
Hit The Road! Photos from 32 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu

*bicker* wrote:
(Miguel Cruz) escribió:
rk wrote:
Why? They aren't in the food business, they are in the transportation
business.

Ford is in the transportation business but they make money on selling
climate control and audio entertainment systems.

That's Ford's choice.

Sure, but it's a choice they profitably make.

If AA can hook up with someone who can make desirable food for a decent
price, and sell that, everyone wins.

And if they can't, they can't. Remarkably, lots of things
customers want are too costly to provide at the price
customers are willing to pay for them.

The economics are obviously different in some ways, but in these parts,
low-cost carrier AirAsia provides edible food for a premium of maybe 30%
over what the same food would cost at an upscale mall food court (RM4 is
approximately equal to US$1):

http://www.airasia.com/english.php?f...ck.attack.en.1

miguel
--
Hit The Road! Photos from 32 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu

*bicker* wrote:
(Miguel Cruz) escribió:
rk wrote:
Why? They aren't in the food business, they are in the transportation
business.

Ford is in the transportation business but they make money on selling
climate control and audio entertainment systems.

That's Ford's choice.

Sure, but it's a choice they profitably make.

If AA can hook up with someone who can make desirable food for a decent
price, and sell that, everyone wins.

And if they can't, they can't. Remarkably, lots of things
customers want are too costly to provide at the price
customers are willing to pay for them.

The economics are obviously different in some ways, but in these parts,
low-cost carrier AirAsia provides edible food for a premium of maybe 30%
over what the same food would cost at an upscale mall food court (RM4 is
approximately equal to US$1):

http://www.airasia.com/english.php?f...ck.attack.en.1

miguel
--
Hit The Road! Photos from 32 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu

"Miguel Cruz" wrote in message
...
rk wrote:
nobody wrote:
Now if they want to start selling meals on board, they should start to
sell real meals that are worth paying for.

Why? They aren't in the food business, they are in the transportation
business.

Ford is in the transportation business but they make money on selling
climate control and audio entertainment systems.

If AA can hook up with someone who can make desirable food for a decent
price, and sell that, everyone wins.


does desirable food in mass produced quantities exist in the USA ?

"Miguel Cruz" wrote in message
...
rk wrote:
nobody wrote:
Now if they want to start selling meals on board, they should start to
sell real meals that are worth paying for.

Why? They aren't in the food business, they are in the transportation
business.

Ford is in the transportation business but they make money on selling
climate control and audio entertainment systems.

If AA can hook up with someone who can make desirable food for a decent
price, and sell that, everyone wins.


does desirable food in mass produced quantities exist in the USA ?

"Beachcomber" wrote in message
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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:40:26 GMT, "Dimitri"
wrote:


"KC" wrote in message
.. .
Those cheap *******s!

Oh well, doesn't affect me too much. I always travel with my Kim Chee.
I'll just bring some extra.

n ews wrote:

No great loss - the crap they have served for the past 10 years is/was
garbage anyway.
Do you want a BISTRO MEAL in a bag? Not me thank you.

It never ceased to amaze me just how creative they can be with
plastics....

Dimitri



Did you watch the news accounts of people stranded at airports for
days during the Christmas Holidays, often with the luggage sent to
who-knows-where?

That, along with the crappy food should inspire the public to rise up
and say "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore".

Basically, they should refuse to pay for crappy service and boycott
all the bad airlines until they fail and go bankrupt.

Those that survive and thrive will be the ones that know how to treat
their customers right.

Beachcomber

I won't be as blunt as Rod on this. Not many people will boycott an airline
because of the food issue. Eat before the flight, or take it with you. I
just have to get from point A to point B. I can eat anytime before, during
or after.