Special meals – is one of the additional services that airline companies offer their passengers. Usually on scheduled flights the booking of special meals is a free bonus. However, depending on the flight or the type of airline company it can be both free and for a separate charge or unavailable at all. In addition, airline companies can provide not all types of the menu listed. In each case, it is necessary to verify with the operator the possibility of ordering and book meals in advance.
Typically, for those routes on which the hot meals are provided, whether breakfast, lunch or dinner, the airline companies also offer special menus. If on Your route there will be only snacks, then the special menu order is, most likely, not possible.
The special menu differs from the ordinary one in the fact that the routes with two or more meals, it will be the same all times. Herewith, the usual one may be different.
Special meals, as well as the usual one, corresponds to the class of service.
When buying a ticket for a child, baby food must be ordered separately. For babies, flying with a ticket without a seat, You can only order the meals for infants. In addition, bringing a baby food into the cabin is almost unlimited, both in terms of volume and quality.
All airline companies have their own rules of special meals order, but the order, in any case, is carried out in advance. Besides, You should check out a mark of it in the boarding pass.
Each type of meals is indicated in the system with the 4-letter code, awareness of which can simplify your order.
Ritual meals – the meals with a consideration of the religious restrictions.
| HNML | Hindu menu (Hindu): not a vegetarian, does not contain beef, veal, pork, may contain lamb, poultry, fish, milk – spicy and hot meals. |
| JNML | Meals for the followers of Jainism: strict vegetarian Asian-style, without roots, onions and garlic. |
| KSML | Kosher menu: the package contains the print and mark of the compliance with kashrut. |
| MOML | Halal (Muslim) menu: without pork, gelatine and alcohol. |
Children’s menu
| BBML | Meals for infants under 2 years: usually a jar of baby food produced locally. |
| CHML | Meal sets for children aged from 2-3 to 10-12 years: mild food in an interesting shape (cubes of cheese, vegetables, fruit, often potatoes and chicken), sometimes with toys. |
Menu for highly allergic individuals
| GFML | Meals without gluten (vegetable protein): the meals of wheat, rye, barley, oats and dairy products are excluded. |
| NFML | Dishes without fish and fish products. |
| NLML | Meals with the low content of the milk protein (without lactose). |
| PFML | Without peanuts, butter and products with their use. |
Medical and dietary meals
| BLML | Gentle menu: stomach and/or digestive tract diseases |
| DBML | Diabetic meals: without fried foods, products with the high content of fructose, sugar, fatty products. |
| HFML | Meals with the high fibre content: includes products of whole meal, fruit, vegetables, legumes or nuts. |
| LCML | Low-calorie menu: lean meat, low-fat dairy products, fruit and vegetables. |
| LFML | Meals with the low content of fat and cholesterol: lean meat, fresh fruit, vegetables, vegetable oil, non-fat dairy products. |
| LPML | Meals with the low protein content. |
| LSML | Meals with the low salt content. |
| NSML | Salt-free dietary meals. |
| PRML | Low Purine Meal. |
Vegetarian meals
| AVML | Vegetarian Hindu/Asian vegetarian: no meat or fish with limited use of dairy products. |
| INVG | The menu in Indian style with curry and dairy products. |
| RVML | Products without cooking: raw vegetables and fruit. |
| VGML | Strict vegetarian (vegan): no products of animal origin. |
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Other types of meals
| FPML | Fruit bowl: fresh or canned fruit occasionally with baking. |
| JPML | Japanese dishes. |
| ORML | Oriental menu: spicy in the eastern style (of meat, poultry, fish). |
| SFML | Seafood. |
