Bland Meals

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What is a Bland Airline Meal?

A bland airline meal is a meal type that airlines offer to passengers who have trouble digesting herbs, spices and other well-seasoned sauces and flavourings. A bland meal is often plain or mildly seasoned, with meat, some form of carbohydrate and steamed vegetables. If an airline doesn't offer the bland meal type, a fruit platter is a good alternative.

 

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What is the Bland Airline Meal Code?

The meal code that IATA has given to a Bland airline meal is BLML.

 

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How do I order a Bland Airline meal?

To order a Bland airline meal, you must contact the airline directly and put in a request. Alternatively, if you've bought your flights with Alternative Airlines, you can contact us and we'll put in the request for you. 

If you'd like to order a Bland airline meal at the time of booking, you can put a request in with Alternative Airlines. We'll forward this request on to the airline but its approval will be subject to availability. 

 

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What is an Example of a Bland Airline Meal?

A bland airline meal will usually consist of a piece of meat such as chicken, beef or pork, rice or potatoes and steamed vegetables. All food in a bland meal is either mildly seasoned or completely unseasoned and excluding of all herbs and spices. The meal is usually served with water, a dessert and a salad.

 

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Are Bland Airline Meals Better?

Bland airline meals are designed to meet dietary requirements for people whose metabolism cannot handle spices, herbs and other flavourings. As a result, the meals are very plain. If you're looking for a flavoursome meal, it's not recommended to order a bland meal. 

 

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Which airlines offer Bland airline meals?

 

AIRLINE NAME	BLAND MEAL (BLML)	MIN HOUR BEFORE FLIGHT FOR PREORDER
Adria airways	x	48
Aegean airlines	-	-
Aer Lingus	x	48
Aeroflot	-	-
Aerolineas Argentinas	x	72
Aeromexico	-	-
Air Astana	x	24
Air Baltic	-	-
Air Canada	x	24
Air China	x	48*
Air France	x	48
Air india	x	72
Air New Zealand	x	24
Aire serbia	x	48
Air Tahiti Nui	-	-
Transat de aire	-	-
Aircalin	x	48
Alitalia	x	24
All Nippon Airways	x	24
American Airlines	x	24
Asiana Airlines	x	24
Austrian Airlines	x	48
Avianca	-	-
Azul Airlines	-	-
Bangkok Airways	x	24
British Airways	x	48
Brussels Airlines	-	-
Caribbean Airlines	-	-
Cathay dragon	x	24
Cathay Pacific	x	24
China Airlines	x	24
China oriental	x	24
China Southern	-	-
Condor Airlines	-	-
Copa Airlines	x	24
Aerolíneas de croacia	x	24
Delta Airlines	x	24
Egyptair	-	-
EL AL	-	-
emiratos	x	24
Etihad	x	72
Eva Air	x	72
finnair	-	-
Garuda indonesia	x	24*
Gulf Air	x	24
Hainan Airlines	x	48
Hawaiian Airlines	-	-
Hong Kong Airlines	x	24
Iberia	x	24
Icelandair	-	-
Índigo	-	-
Jet airways	x	24
Jetstar	-	-
KLM	-	-
Aire coreano	-	-
La Compagnie	x	51
lufthansa	-	-
Malaysia Airlines	x	24
Middle East Airlines (MEA)	-	-
Oman Air	x	24
Pakistan International Airlines	x	24
Philippine Airlines	x	48
Qantas	-	-
Qatar Airways	x	24
Real jordano	x	24
Aerolíneas escandinavas sas	x	24
Shenzhen Airlines	-	-
Silk Air	x	32
Aerolíneas de Singapur	x	24
Vías aéreas sudafricanas	x	48
Spicejet	-	-
Sri Lankan Airlines	-	-
Swiss International Airlines	x	24
TAP Portugal	x	24
Tarom Airlines	-	-
Aerolínea tailandesa	-	-
Turkish Airlines	x	24
Aerolíneas Unidas	-	-
Líneas aéreas de vietnam	x	24
VIRGIN ATLANTIC	-	-
Virgin Australia	x	48
Vistara	x	24
Xiamen Airlines	-	-
XL Airways	-	-