Mukadakhala kuti munali munthu woyamba wa TWA woyenda kuchokera ku Washington, DC, kupita ku San Francisco, California, mu Okutobala 1970, menyu yanu inali ngati phwando la Mfumu ya Dzuwa kuposa chakudya chophikidwa kale chotenthedwa mu uvuni.
Mwinamwake munayamba ndi crepe farcie aux zipatso za mer, ndi nkhanu, shrimp, nkhanu, ndi scallops mu msuzi wa kirimu, batala, ndi sherry, ndikutsatiridwa ndi nyama yamwana wang'ombe Orloff "yodzala ndi truffles." Pambuyo pake, panali tchizi, Grand Marnier gâteau, zipatso zokhala ndi kirsch, ndi cocktails pambuyo pa chakudya chamadzulo. TWA ikuyembekeza kuti izi zikhala zosaiŵalika mpaka zidapereka envelopu yapadera kuti mutumize mndandanda wanu kwa anthu akunyumba.
Inde, amenewo anali masikuwo. Nthawi zambiri apaulendo ankasiya zipinda zodyeramo zosiyana, mathebulo anali ndi nsalu zabwino kwambiri, ndipo ankatidalira kuti ndife ocheka. Cuisine idakhalabe chinthu chothandizira ndege, ndipo inali isanakhale malo a (zenizeni) zowerengera nyemba. (Osadandaula kuti tikiti yamtengo wapatali mu 1970 idagula pafupifupi $300 ulendo wobwerera, kapena $1,650 yosinthidwa chifukwa cha kukwera kwa mitengo.)
Mu 1978 zonse zinasintha. De-regulation hit ndipo Bungwe la Civil Aeronautics Board lidapereka ulamuliro pakukhazikitsa mitengo yandege. Kwa nthawi yoyamba, ndege zimayenera kupikisana ndi okwera omwe ali ndi mitengo yotsika komanso mapulogalamu a kukhulupirika. Mpikisanowo unachepetsa malire a phindu, ndikuyika zonyamulira zonyamulira zomwe zidapitilirabe mpaka zigawenga za 2001 zidasintha mavuto.
Povutika ndi kutayika kwakukulu kwachuma komanso kufunafuna zochepetsera zina, makampani a ndege adayamba kuyang'ana chakudya. Patangopita 9/11, American Airlines ndi TWA adasiya kupereka chakudya m'nyumba zawo zazikulu pamaulendo apanyumba, ndikutsatiridwa ndi pafupifupi onyamula ena onse aku US. Malinga ndi malingaliro, inali nthawi yaulendo ndi mtengo womwe umagulitsa matikiti - osati chakudya chake.
Masiku ano, pakati pa anthu asanu omwe amati ndi onyamula cholowa ku US, Continental yokha ndi yomwe ikuperekabe chakudya cham'ndege m'njira zapanyumba, zomwe ndegeyo yapanga kampeni yonse yotsatsa.
Koma pali kusintha kwatsopano mu mlengalenga lero. Pamene okwera amafunikira ndalama zambiri (makamaka mu chuma ichi), mpikisano uli pafupi kuti ugwire makasitomala omwe amalipira omwe salipiritsa mu gulu loyamba ndi la bizinesi pokweza zinthu kutsogolo kwa ndege.
A Lauri Curtis, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa ntchito zapaulendo ku American Airlines, akunena za maulendo apanyumba, "Tikugwiritsa ntchito madola ochepa omwe tikuyenera kuyikamo mu kanyumba koyambira. M'nyumba yayikulu, timayang'ana pazabwino. ”
M'malo mwake, ngakhale onyamula katundu aku US omwe akuvutika adachepetsa ndalama zomwe amawononga pazakudya kuchoka pa $5.92 mu 1992 mpaka $3.39 pamunthu aliyense (m'makabati onse) mu 2006, malinga ndi Bureau of Transportation Statistics, akusinthanso zofunikira. Onyamula katundu adachulukitsa ndalama zogulira chakudya ndi 2007 peresenti kuyambira 2008 mpaka XNUMX - ngakhale pomwe amavutika kuti achepetse ndalama poyang'anizana ndi kukwera kwamitengo yamafuta.
Pofuna kukopa chidwi chambiri, ndege zochulukirachulukira zapadziko lonse lapansi zikutenga njira kuchokera kumayiko onyamulira mayiko, omwe adapempha mayina olimba mtima kuti akonzekere chakudya.
Kwa zaka zambiri American wakhala akudalira wophika zakudya waku Southwestern Stephan Pyles ndi mnzake waku Dallas, Dean Fearing kuti akonzekere mindandanda yazakudya zapaulendo. Posachedwapa, United idayamba kugwira ntchito ndi Charlie Trotter kuti apange zakudya zopatsa thanzi komanso zopotoka zapadziko lonse lapansi, monga risotto ya bowa wakuthengo ndi nkhuku yothira zitsamba. Delta, panthawiyi, adagwiritsa ntchito luso la Michelle Bernstein, mwini wa Michy ndi Sra. Malo odyera a Martinez ku Miami, ndi wochita bizinesi wausiku Rande Gerber akukambirana za cocktails ndi master sommelier Andrea Robinson akutola vinyo.
Izi sizikutanthauza kuti Trotter ali mu galley kupanga risotto yanu. Ophika odziwikawa amagwirira ntchito limodzi ndi makampani ngati Gate Gourmet - omwe khitchini yawo imatulutsa chakudya cha anthu okwera 200 miliyoni pachaka m'makampani akuluakulu a ndege padziko lonse lapansi - kumasulira masomphenya awo kukhala chinthu chomwe chimagwira ntchito pamtunda wa 30,000. Sichinthu chaching'ono, poganizira kuti chakudyacho chidzadutsa mumsewu wozizira kwambiri ndi mizere ya msonkhano, kudutsa phula, ndi mu uvuni osachepera awiri chisanafike pampando wanu.
Panthawiyi, kuganizira za malo mu uvuni wapaboard ndi pa tebulo la tray kumabweretsa vuto lina. (Pyles wotchuka wa Cowboy bone-mu nthiti diso, mwachitsanzo, anayenera kusinthidwa kukhala fillet.)
Kuwonjezera pa zovuta zaukadaulo zimenezi, kuyerekezera kwina, akutero Bob Rosar, wophika wamkulu wa Gate Gourmet North America, “mukhoza kutaya 18 peresenti ya kakomedwe kanu, kapena kakomedwe kanu, m’kanyumba kopanikizidwa.” Koma pambuyo pa zaka makumi asayansi yazakudya ndi kuyesa ndi zolakwika, iye akutero, kubweza zotayika sikumatanthauzanso kuwonjezera 18 peresenti ya mchere ndi tsabola pazakudya. "Tikugwiritsa ntchito zitsamba ndi vinyo wosasa kuti tipange zokometsera pamlingo uliwonse. M’malo mophika nkhuku yako, timaiphika kapena kuiwotcha.”
Zachidziwikire, onyamula ndege aku US ochepa atha kupereka chakudya pamlingo wofanana ndi ndege zapadziko lonse lapansi, zomwe sizinakumanepo ndi zovuta zandalama. Onyamula ena, monga Austrian Airlines ndi Gulf Air, amayika ophika m'bwalo kuti aphike chakudya m'makalasi apamwamba, ndipo ndege zambiri, kuphatikiza Austrian ndi Singapore, amayendetsa oyendetsa ndege ngati oyendetsa ndege.
Onyamula katundu wapadziko lonse amawonetsanso zakudya zakudziko lawo: Etihad Airways yonyamula Abu Dhabi imapereka tiramisu yokhala ndi khofi wachiarabu. Lufthansa ili ndi zokolola zaku Germany monga Filder-Spitzkraut kabichi ndi mbatata ya Bamberger Hörnla. Ndipo Japan Airlines imatulutsa zoyimitsa zonse, ndikukonza zakudya zachikhalidwe muzophika zapadera za mpunga.
Ngakhale ndege zapanyumba zikuyambitsanso mindandanda ya anthu apaulendo apandege, omwe ali kumbuyo akuwona kubwera kwa mindandanda yazakudya zogulira. Zomwe zidayamba ndikugulitsa mabokosi oyambira zokhwasula-khwasula zafika pa mpikisano wa zida zankhondo pakati pa oyendetsa ndege kuti apereke masangweji athanzi, athanzi ndi saladi kwa apaulendo apanyumba. United posachedwapa anawonjezera zinthu monga Turkey ndi katsitsumzukwa katsitsumzukwa ndi Asian nkhuku saladi, $9 aliyense, ndi mgwirizano watsopano American ndi Boston Market zikuphatikizapo Chicken Carver ndi Italy akanadulidwa saladi, mwa zina (zinthu zonse ndi $10), pa njira zosankhidwa.
Pakadali pano, Chef Todd English wapanga zakudya monga tchizi ya mbuzi ndi saladi yamasamba ($ 8) m'chipinda chachikulu cha Delta. JetBlue, yomwe imadziwika kuti imapereka zokhwasula-khwasula zaulere, yakhala ikufufuzanso kuthekera kogulitsa chakudya paulendo wake; idayesa pulogalamu yogulira koyambirira kwa chaka chino.
Malinga ndi kafukufuku wa makampani a ndege, okwera ndege amakhala osangalala polipira zinthu zomwe akufuna kudya m'malo mopeza chakudya chaulere chomwe sapeza. Virgin America ikuwonetsa kafukufuku yemwe adawonetsa kuti okwera azachuma ali okonzeka kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zokwana $ 21 pazantchito zapaulendo (kuphatikiza chakudya ndi zosangalatsa), koma kuti chakudyacho chikuyenera kukhala chatsopano komanso ma cocktails apamwamba.
Ngakhale oyendetsa ndege amaumiriza kuti mapulogalamu awo okwera ndege amangopangidwa kuti apatse anthu okwera ndege mwayi wabwinoko waulendo wandege, alinso gawo limodzi lakuyesetsa kwakukulu kuti apeze ndalama zosagwirizana ndi ndege. (Mwa zonyamula zochokera ku US, Virgin America yekha ndiye angakambirane za mtengo woyambira wa mabokosi ake okhwasula-khwasula-pafupifupi theka la mtengo wogulira wa $ 6 - ndikutsimikizira phindu la pulogalamu yake yazakudya.)
Koma kufika pamlingo woyenerera sikophweka; ndege zina zimapeza zovuta pamene atenga à la carte kwambiri. Chaka chatha, United idasiya zolinga zoyesa kugula paulendo wapaulendo wodutsa panyanja patangotha masabata angapo atalengeza za pulogalamuyi, chifukwa cha zionetsero zonyamula anthu. Ndipo US Airways inayenera kusintha ndondomeko yake yolipiritsa zakumwa zozizilitsa kukhosi ndi madzi a m'mabotolo pamaulendo apanyumba pakatha miyezi isanu ndi iwiri yokha.
Kwa magulu awo onse aakaunti ndi alangizi amphamvu kwambiri, kafukufuku wofufuza, ndi ophika otchuka, oyendetsa ndege amati cholinga chawo chachikulu ndikupeza malo okoma omwe okwera mtengo amasangalala ndi ntchitoyo kuti apereke ndalama zambiri, okwera pamakochi amamva kukhutitsidwa ( ndipo mwina osangalala) ndi zomwe adakumana nazo, ndipo zonyamulira zimatha kukhala zosungunulira. Ngati akumva bwino? Apa ndikuyembekeza kuti chakudya chapanyumba cha ndege tsiku lina chidzakhalanso chabwino kuti tilembe kunyumba.
