The Next Wave in Airline Food: Carry On Gourmet Meals
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 06.26.02 | 11:45 PM ET
How amazing is this: Two former television executives actually have a decent idea. Next Monday, Richard J. Katz and Alan M. Levin will launch SkyMeals, a food delivery service for travelers who don’t care for traditional airline food. Customers can access a menu at the SkyMeals Web site and order a meal, which will be packed and delivered to their home or office in time for their flights. Meals will cost $35 to $40. “We’re looking to reach a demographic that is used to good food and good restaurants,” Levin told Los Angeles Times writer Mimi Avins. “We don’t expect this to only appeal to first-class passengers. People who are content to pick up a Big Mac and fries at the airport won’t be our customers. We’re looking for the traveler who likes to eat well and can afford to.” Only travelers originating on Los Angeles’s Westside will be able to use the service at first, but Katz and Levin aim to serve seven cities eventually.
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
