"pete" wrote in message
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This is something that continually amazes me. That pax feel the need
to eat while flying - even though most flights to holiday destinations
are only 3 - 4 hours max (Spain even less from the S of Eng.) AND they've
just spent an hour or two at departures - with not much to do there except
eat and drink, too.

Ryanair (and other airlines) didn't open the check-in desks until two hours
before departure.

Queuing for check-in, queueing for security, queueing for a paper, a coffee,
a sandwhich, just walking from one place to another, can easily take all of
the 90 minutes you have before you're supposed to be at the departure gate.

Some airports won't tell you the gate number until last minute (so you to
keep your eyes glued to the screens), others have shuttles to the gates, an
unknown quantity to factor for.

You really haven't got time to sit and relax anymore. Getting earlier to the
airport doesn't help when your flight is at 6.30am, as most of mine seem to
be, as you probably don't normally have breakfast in the middle of the
night, and the outlets will be shut anyway.

If you've spent an hour or two with nothing to do, then you've been lucky! I
haven't had that luxury for years.

With a busy time at the other end with baggage, taxis, traffic, all the
hustle and bustle, the couple of hours in the air is an ideal time for
eating and drinking, or would be if food and drinks were good quality and
reasonably priced.

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Bartc

In message , at 17:27:51
on Tue, 13 Oct 2009, bartc remarked:
Getting earlier to the airport doesn't help when your flight is at
6.30am, as most of mine seem to be, as you probably don't normally have
breakfast in the middle of the night,

That's a good point.

and the outlets will be shut anyway.

Not in the UK, but when I was in Geneva last week they were only just
opening the food joints as the first flights of the day were departing.
The other shops were firmly shut (but they also shut well before the
last flights leave).

If you've spent an hour or two with nothing to do, then you've been lucky! I
haven't had that luxury for years.

It only happens on transfers - I have 4hrs at CDG later this month. Oh
joy.

With a busy time at the other end with baggage, taxis, traffic, all the
hustle and bustle, the couple of hours in the air is an ideal time for
eating and drinking, or would be if food and drinks were good quality
and reasonably priced.

It's all the same quality you'll get at an average Starbucks/Costa/
Nero/Pret on the High Street.
--
Roland Perry