The cost of special meals is usually already included in the ticket price, but if you use the services of some low-cost airlines, you may have to pay a small amount. Most often, meals served on board aircraft depend not only on the airline itself, but also on the direction and type of meal (breakfast, lunch or dinner). In addition to the standard VGML, some airlines provide other types of vegan meals:
VJML – a strict Indian diet without meat, fish, milk, eggs, mushrooms and root vegetables. In Russian airlines, it is interpreted as lean.
VOML – Oriental vegan food. Vegan options, mostly Chinese food. RVML – raw vegetarian food. Fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts and dried fruits, natural juices.
A pleasant trifle: passengers ordering special meals always have an advantage – they receive their order first. Most often, a standard vegan meal consists of salad, hot, bun and fruit salad, but combinations vary. Often, due to the incompetence of airline employees, a piece of cheese, butter or honey still creeps into vegan food – so the usual vigilance should not be turned off.
With the help of the list below, we’ll learn how to get a vegan meal on board, as well as some of the options that the most popular airlines have to offer to a vegan:
Aeroflot
How to order: by calling the company (no later than 36 hours before departure).
What do they feed:
Salad of tomatoes, green beans, cucumbers and corn
Steamed vegetables – broccoli, carrots, bell peppers and mushrooms / vegan cabbage rolls and ruddy potatoes / mushroom noodles.
bagel
Other vegan options:
VJML – fast food.
airberlin
How to order: by calling the company (no later than 48 hours before departure).
What do they feed:
Vegetable salad of cucumber, pepper, carrot and tomato with balsamic dressing
bagel
Fruit salad of grapes, pear and orange
British Airways
How to order: in your personal account on the website or by calling the company (no later than 24 hours before departure).
What do they feed:
Green bean, corn and tomato salad, bun, stewed spinach, potato patty, beans and fried mushrooms.
Other vegan options:
VJML
Cathay Pacific
How to order: on the company’s website using the reservation number or by phone (no later than 24 hours before departure).
What do they feed:
Vegetable salad with tomatoes, olives and peppers
Pasta with stewed vegetables/rice with sauce and vegetables, baked potatoes
bagel
Fruit salad with pineapple, melon and watermelon
Vegan coffee creamer
Other vegan options:
RVML, VJML, VOML
Emirates
How to order: when booking tickets or by calling the company (no later than 24 hours before departure).
What do they feed:
Vegetable salad with cucumber, pepper, tomato and olives
Mixture of white and wild rice with stewed zucchini, carrots, mushrooms and green beans
bagel
cracker
Fruit salad with grapefruit, grapes, orange and melon
Other Vegan Options: RVML, VJML, VOML
Transaero
How to order: when booking tickets.
What do they feed:
Sliced vegetables – celery, carrot and tomato
Rice with steamed vegetables (green beans, tomatoes, Brussels sprouts and cauliflower) / pasta in tomato sauce with zucchini / carrot cutlet or cabbage rolls with rice
Fruit narzek – grapefruit, orange, apple and pear
Bread
Jam
Dairy products (e.g. cheese in vegetable cuts) may be offered.
Other vegan options:
RVML
Lufthansa
How to order: when booking or by calling the company (no later than 24 hours before departure).
What do they feed:
Sliced vegetables with lettuce, bell peppers and tomatoes
Vegetable patties with broccoli and corn
bagel
Fruit salad of oranges, grapes and strawberries
Other Vegan Options: RVML
Singapore Airlines
How to order: by calling the company (no later than 24 hours before departure)
What do they feed:
Pasta with sauce and steamed vegetables (cauliflower, cherry tomatoes, green beans, carrots).
Other vegan options:
RVML, VJML, VOML
Swiss Air
How to order: when booking or by calling the company (no later than 24 hours before departure).
What do they feed:
A mixture of white and wild rice with tomato sauce, zucchini, mushrooms and green beans. Bun
Jam
Croissant.
Other vegan options:
VJML, VOML
Ural airlines
How to order: when booking tickets or by calling the company (no later than 24 hours before departure).
What is served:
Vegetable cut with lettuce, parsley, tomato and cucumber,
Dried fruit pilaf
Orange sliced, grapes
Ukraine International Airlines
How to order: by phone (no later than 48 hours before departure).
What do they feed:
Salad with tomatoes, olives and cucumbers
Rice with vegetables (carrots, peas, broccoli and fried mushrooms with peppers)
Fruit slices
Etihad Airways
How to order: by calling the company (no later than 24 hours before departure).
What do they feed:
Vegetable mix
A mixture of white and wild rice, zucchini and carrot rolls, green beans, mushrooms.
bagel
Fruit salad with tangerines and grapes
Other Vegan Options: RVML
S7
This airline pays for special meals. The price of vegan is about 150 rubles.
How to order: by phone (no later than 48 hours before departure). Payment at the airport.
What do they feed:
Salad of radishes, cucumbers and tomatoes
Red pepper stuffed with rice and peas
Fruit cut from grapes and grapefruit.
bagel
Jam
Delta
How to order: by calling the company (no later than 12 hours before departure).
What do they feed:
Vegetable Salad
Rice with stewed carrots and green beans / pasta with tomato sauce and vegetables
Sandwich with baked eggplant
Jam
bagel
You might get a jar of non-vegan margarine.
El Al
How to order: when booking tickets.
What do they feed:
Fresh vegetable salad with seeds
Rice with steamed vegetables and bean mix with sauce
jar of hummus
fruit salad
loaf
Nut and Dried Fruit Cookies / Vegan Pudding / Muesli (may contain honey)
Other Vegan Options: RVML
MIAT (Mongolian Airlines)
How to order: by phone (no later than 12 hours before departure).
What do they feed:
Salad from a mixture of cereals and vegetables
Roasted Peppers with Eggplant
vegan oil
crackers
bagel
Fruit salad
Russia
How to order: when booking tickets.
What do they feed:
Vegetable slices of bell peppers, cucumbers and spinach
Pasta in tomato sauce with green peas, carrots and broccoli.
Apples with cranberries and cranberries
List of other airlines providing vegan meals: Aerosvit, Alitalia, Air Lingus, Aerolineas Argentinas, Aeromexico, Air Canada, Air China, Air India, Air Malta, Austrian Airlines, Bangkok Airways, British Midland Airways, Continental Airlines, Estonian Air, Gulf Air, Finn Air, Japan Airlines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Lan Airlines, Malev Hungarian Airlines, Quatar Airways, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, TAP Portugal, Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines, Vietnam Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Moscow, Vladivostok Air, Russian Airlines.