There are some free meals on the plane and some don't, depending on the specific flight.

"On a global scale, it is becoming a trend that ordinary domestic flights do not provide free meals, and the supply of on-board meals in China's aviation industry will also transition from the free era to the paid purchase." Zhang Wu' an, a spokesperson for Spring Airlines, believes.

High cost and food safety are the double pressures that airlines feel increasingly heavy when providing meals. The passengers also complained a lot about it.

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Free meals on the plane have always been an important symbol of airline service superiority. Coffee, beer, all kinds of fruit juice are optional, and box lunch is accompanied by fruit, cake or yogurt. Such standard catering was once commonplace on major domestic routes.

But nowadays, mineral water with snacks or baked wheat cakes has become the mainstay of air meals. Unless Ke Kemao can catch up with the meal, passengers can have a full meal, and there are more and more complaints about "bad taste" and "fewer and fewer kinds".

"Free airline meals are chicken ribs, which is a serious waste. It is better to cancel them altogether." Many netizens suggested on Weibo. In fact, in the eyes of airlines, free meals are also regarded as a thankless service.

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