Juyin Halitta na abinci na jirgin sama

Idan kun kasance fasinja na farko na TWA da ke tafiya daga Washington, DC, zuwa San Francisco, California, a cikin Oktoba 1970, menu naku ya fi karantawa kamar liyafa ga Sun King fiye da abincin da aka riga aka dafa a cikin tanda.

Wataƙila kun fara da crêpe farcie aux fruits de mer, tare da lobster, shrimp, crabmeat, da scallops a cikin miya na kirim, man shanu, da sherry, sannan naman nama Orloff ya biyo baya "wanda yake tare da truffles." Bayan haka, akwai cheeses, Grand Marnier gâteau, 'ya'yan itatuwa da aka lakad da kirsch, da kuma bayan abincin dare cocktails. TWA ta yi fatan abin da ya faru zai zama abin tunawa har ma ya ba ku ambulan na musamman don aikawa da menu naku zuwa ga mutanen da ke gida.

Eh, kwanakin nan ne. Fasinjoji sau da yawa suna kange zuwa ware dakunan cin abinci, an kafa tebura da tarkacen lilin, kuma za a iya amincewa da mu da kayan yanka. Abinci ya kasance abin jin daɗin sa hannu na jirgin sama, kuma har yanzu bai kasance yanki na lissafin (a zahiri) na wake ba. (Kada ku manta cewa tikitin tattalin arziki a cikin 1970 ya kai kimanin dala 300 na tafiya zagaye, ko $1,650 da aka daidaita don hauhawar farashin kaya.)

A 1978, duk ya canza. Ƙaddamar da ƙa'ida ta bugu kuma Hukumar Kula da Jiragen Sama ta farar hula ta ba da izini kan saita farashin jirgi. A karon farko, kamfanonin jiragen sama sun yi gogayya ga fasinjoji tare da ƙananan farashi da shirye-shiryen aminci. Gasar dai ta rage ribar riba, inda ta yi matsi kan dillalan dillalai da suka ci gaba da tafiya har sai hare-haren ta'addanci na 2001 ya mai da matsala cikin rikici.

Suna fama da asara mai yawa na kuɗi da yunƙurin yankewa, kamfanonin jiragen sama sun fara harin abinci. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan 9/11, American Airlines da TWA sun daina ba da abinci a cikin manyan ɗakunansu a cikin jiragen cikin gida, sannan kusan kowane mai ɗaukar kaya na Amurka. Bisa ga hikimar, jadawalin jirgin ne da farashin da ke siyar da tikiti - ba abincinsa ba.

A yau, a cikin biyar da ake kira dakon kaya na gado na Amurka, Continental ne kawai ke ci gaba da cin abinci a cikin jirgin sama akan hanyoyin cikin gida, anachronism da kamfanin jirgin ya gina gabaɗayan kamfen ɗin talla.

Amma akwai sabon kuzari a sararin samaniya a yau. Yayin da fasinjoji ke buƙatar ƙarin kuɗin su (musamman a cikin wannan tattalin arziƙin), tseren yana kan kama abokin ciniki mai biyan kuɗi a matakin farko da na kasuwanci ta hanyar haɓaka abubuwa a gaban jirgin.

Lauri Curtis, mataimakiyar shugabar kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama na American Airlines, ta ce game da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama na cikin gida, “Muna amfani da ƴan daloli da ya kamata mu saka a cikin gida mai daraja. A cikin babban ɗakin, muna duban dacewa. "

A zahiri, ko da yake masu fafutuka na Amurka sun yanke kashe kuɗin da suke kashewa kan abinci daga $5.92 a 1992 zuwa $3.39 ga kowane fasinja (a cikin kowane ɗaki) a 2006, a cewar Ofishin Kididdigar Sufuri, suna sake canza fifiko. Masu jigilar kaya a haƙiƙa sun ƙara kashe kuɗin da ake kashewa kan abinci da kashi huɗu daga 2007 zuwa 2008 - duk da cewa suna fafutukar rage farashi ta fuskar hauhawar farashin mai.

Don yin kira ga haɓakar fahimi, ƙarin kamfanonin jiragen sama na cikin gida suna ɗaukar alamu daga dillalai na duniya, waɗanda suka shahara da neman taimakon sunaye masu ƙarfin zuciya don tsara abinci.

Shekaru da yawa Ba'amurke ya dogara da mai dafa abinci na Kudu maso Yamma Stephan Pyles da abokin aikinsa na Dallas Dean Tsoro don tsara menus na cikin jirgin. Kwanan nan, United ta fara aiki tare da Charlie Trotter don ƙirƙira abinci mai kyau tare da karkatacciyar ƙasa, kamar risotto naman daji da kajin da aka goge ganye. Delta, a halin da ake ciki, ta yi amfani da basirar Michelle Bernstein, mai Michy da Sra. Gidan cin abinci na Martinez a Miami, tare da ɗan kasuwan rayuwar dare Rande Gerber yana ba da shawara game da hadaddiyar giyar kuma maigidan sommelier Andrea Robinson yana ɗaukar giya.

Wannan ba yana nufin cewa Trotter's a cikin galley yana yin risotto na ku ba. Waɗannan mashahuran masu dafa abinci suna aiki tare da kamfanoni kamar Gate Gourmet - waɗanda wuraren dafa abinci ke fitar da abinci ga fasinjoji miliyan 200 a shekara a cikin manyan kamfanonin jiragen sama na duniya - don fassara hangen nesansu zuwa wani abu mai aiki da ƙafa 30,000. Wannan ba ƙaramin aiki ba ne, idan aka yi la’akari da cewa abincin zai yi tafiya ta cikin layukan sanyi da na taro, a kan kwalta, da kuma cikin aƙalla tanda biyu kafin ya isa wurin zama.

A halin yanzu, la'akari da sararin samaniya a cikin tanda na kan jirgi da kuma kan teburin tire yana haifar da wata matsala. (Shahararriyar Pyles's Cowboy kashi-a cikin haƙarƙarin ido, alal misali, dole ne a daidaita shi zuwa fillet.)

Ƙara wa waɗannan matsalolin fasaha gaskiyar cewa ta wasu ƙididdiga, in ji Bob Rosar, babban shugaba na Gate Gourmet Arewacin Amirka, "za ku iya rasa kashi 18 cikin 18 na bayanin ɗanɗanon ku, ko kuma jin daɗin dandano, a cikin ɗakin da aka matsa." Amma bayan shekaru da yawa na kimiyyar abinci da gwaji da kuskure, ya ce, rama asarar da aka yi ba yana nufin ƙara kashi XNUMX cikin XNUMX na gishiri da barkono a abinci ba. "Muna amfani da ganyaye da ruwan inabi masu ɗanɗano don gina daɗin dandano a kowane mataki. Maimakon ka gasa kazar, sai mu toya ko a gasa shi.”

Tabbas, 'yan dillalan dillalai na Amurka za su iya ba da abinci daidai da sikelin jiragen sama na ƙasa da ƙasa, waɗanda ba su fuskanci matsalolin kuɗi kwatankwacinsu ba. Wasu dillalai, irin su Australiya Airlines da Gulf Air, a zahiri suna sanya masu dafa abinci a cikin jirgi don shirya abinci a cikin azuzuwan kuɗi, kuma yawancin kamfanonin jiragen sama, ciki har da Austrian da Singapore, suna horar da ma'aikatan jirgin a matsayin masu tafiya.

Masu jigilar kayayyaki na kasa da kasa kuma galibi suna baje kolin kayan abinci na kasarsu: Jirgin dakon kaya na Abu Dhabi Etihad Airways yana hidimar tiramisu da aka yi da kofi na Larabci. Lufthansa yana da kayan aikin Jamusanci na yanki kamar Filder-Spitzkraut kabeji da Bamberger Hörnla dankali. Kuma kamfanin jirgin saman Japan ya janye dukkan tashoshi, yana shirya abinci na gargajiya a cikin injinan girki na musamman na kan jirgin.

Ko da kamfanonin jiragen sama na cikin gida suna sake ƙirƙira menu na fasinja na gaba-da-jirgin, waɗanda ke baya suna shaida zuwan menu na ƙirar sayayya a kan jirgi. Abin da ya fara da siyar da akwatunan ciye-ciye na yau da kullun ya shiga gasar tseren makamai tsakanin kamfanonin jiragen sama don samar da sabbin sandwiches masu lafiya da salati ga fasinjojin cikin gida. Kwanan nan United ta ƙara abubuwa kamar su turkey da naman bishiyar asparagus da salatin kajin Asiya, $9 kowanne, kuma sabon haɗin gwiwar Amurkawa da Kasuwar Boston ya haɗa da Carver Chicken da yankakken salatin Italiyanci, da sauransu (dukkan su $10), akan zaɓin hanyoyi.

Chef Todd Turanci, a halin yanzu, ya ƙirƙiri jerin jita-jita kamar cukuwar akuya da salatin kayan lambu ($ 8) don babban ɗakin gidan Delta. JetBlue, wanda ya shahara yana ba da kayan ciye-ciye kyauta, har ma yana binciken yiwuwar sayar da abinci a cikin jiragensa; ya gwada shirin saye-sayen jirgi a farkon wannan shekarar.

A cewar binciken da kamfanonin jiragen sama suka yi, fasinjojin sun fi jin daɗin biyan abin da suke so su ci maimakon samun abincin da ba sa samu kyauta. Budurwa Amurka tana nuna bincike wanda ya nuna cewa fasinjojin tattalin arziki suna shirye su kashe har $21 akan ayyukan kan jirgin (ciki har da abinci da nishaɗi), amma abincin yana buƙatar sabo da hadaddiyar giyar mai inganci.

Ko da yake kamfanonin jiragen sama sun dage cewa shirye-shiryensu na siyan kan jirgi an yi niyya ne da farko don baiwa fasinjoji mafi kyawun gogewa a cikin jirgin, suna kuma cikin wani babban yunƙuri na haɓaka kudaden shiga ba na jirgin sama ba. (Daga cikin dillalai na Amurka, Virgin Amurka ce kawai za ta tattauna farashin tushe na akwatunan ciye-ciye-kimanin rabin farashin siyan $6 - kuma ta tabbatar da ribar shirin abincinta.)

Amma cimma daidaito ba shi da sauƙi; Wasu kamfanonin jiragen sama suna gano hanya mai wuya lokacin da suka yi nisa a la carte. A shekarar da ta gabata, United ta yi watsi da shirin gwajin saye-sayen jiragen sama a kan jirage masu tsattsauran ra'ayi makonni bayan sanar da shirin, saboda zanga-zangar fasinjoji. Kuma kamfanin na US Airways dole ne ya sauya manufarsa na cajin kayan marmari da ruwan kwalba a cikin jiragen cikin gida bayan watanni bakwai kacal.

Ga dukkan rukuninsu na masu ba da lissafi da manyan masu ba da shawara, reams na bincike, da mashahuran masu dafa abinci, kamfanonin jiragen sama sun ce babban burinsu shi ne su nemo wannan wuri mai dadi inda fasinjojin da ke cikin farashi ke jin daɗin hidimar da za su biya ƙarin, fasinjoji a cikin kocin suna jin gamsuwa ( kuma watakila ma farin ciki) tare da kwarewarsu, kuma masu ɗaukar kaya zasu iya zama masu ƙarfi. Idan sun gane daidai? Anan fatan abincin jirgin sama na cikin gida wata rana zai sake yin kyau don rubutawa gida game da shi.