A British Airways passenger who requested a special vegan meal was served it with butter and cheese.<\/p>\n
Markwas travelling on British Airways flight BA288 on 1 March from Phoenix, US, to London Heathrow.<\/p>\n
He tweeted a picture of his VGML vegan meal, which had a special meal sticker on it, next to a butter sachet and cheddar cheese triangle.<\/p>\n
Sharing the full story, not just the headlines<\/p>\n
He captioned the image: 15 years ago I would have expected it, but youre *still* serving cheese and butter with VGMLs at a time when veganism has never been so popular and well catered for elsewhere.<\/p>\n
What happened to quality control and crew awareness?<\/p>\n
A cockroach was found in an Air India breakfast meal.<\/p>\n
Twitter\/Manoj Khandekar <\/p>\n
Avianca's idea of a vegetarian meal was an apple and a pear on board one flight.<\/p>\n
Twitter\/Steve Hogarty<\/p>\n
Emirates served this disappointing Cajun chicken and cheese sandwich on a flight to Dubai<\/p>\n
Paul Carlin<\/p>\n
Martin Pavelka was handed this banana, complete with \"gluten-free\" label, as his inflight meal on an ANA service from Tokyo to Sydney.<\/p>\n
Martin Pavelka\/Evening Standard<\/p>\n
Oman Air's finest: presenting something approximating a mushroom sandwich on a flight to Heathrow.<\/p>\n
Nick Boulos<\/p>\n
Aegean Airways served up some raw pepper and carrot sticks as its veggie option on one flight.<\/p>\n
musterknabe<\/p>\n
An Air India passenger wasn't impressed when she found this in the business class lounge.<\/p>\n
Twitter\/Harinder Baweja<\/p>\n
Not everyone turns their nose up at plane food - this Urumqi flight attendant was suspended after a video of her eating leftovers went viral.<\/p>\n
Viral Press<\/p>\n
A cockroach was found in an Air India breakfast meal.<\/p>\n
Twitter\/Manoj Khandekar <\/p>\n
Avianca's idea of a vegetarian meal was an apple and a pear on board one flight.<\/p>\n
Twitter\/Steve Hogarty<\/p>\n
Emirates served this disappointing Cajun chicken and cheese sandwich on a flight to Dubai<\/p>\n
Paul Carlin<\/p>\n
Martin Pavelka was handed this banana, complete with \"gluten-free\" label, as his inflight meal on an ANA service from Tokyo to Sydney.<\/p>\n
Martin Pavelka\/Evening Standard<\/p>\n
Oman Air's finest: presenting something approximating a mushroom sandwich on a flight to Heathrow.<\/p>\n
Nick Boulos<\/p>\n
Aegean Airways served up some raw pepper and carrot sticks as its veggie option on one flight.<\/p>\n
musterknabe<\/p>\n
An Air India passenger wasn't impressed when she found this in the business class lounge.<\/p>\n
Twitter\/Harinder Baweja<\/p>\n
Not everyone turns their nose up at plane food - this Urumqi flight attendant was suspended after a video of her eating leftovers went viral.<\/p>\n
Viral Press<\/p>\n
British Airways responded: Were sorry you were given dairy products with your vegan meal, Mark. Were grateful youve made us aware of this.<\/p>\n
A British Airways spokesperson told The Independent: We take pride in delivering thousands of special meals daily to our customers across the globe to the highest of standards. We are extremely sorry that our customer has had a negative experience. The reported issue is being investigated with our catering partner and we will take action to ensure this does not occur in the future.<\/p>\n
Veganism is not just a diet, but a deeply held ethical conviction that harming animals is wrong, so it can be really upsetting for a vegan to be given animal products when they have specifically ordered a vegan option, Matt Turner, spokesperson for The Vegan Society, told The Independent.<\/p>\n
Vegan meals often have to be ordered in advance and sometimes dont make it on board the plane. We are campaigning to see a vegan option added to standard inflight menus across the board so that everyone has the choice to order them.<\/p>\n
Vegan passengers should always be able to fly with ease and confidence that they will be catered for.<\/p>\n
Its not the first time a passenger with dietary requirements has been served an inadequate inflight meal.<\/p>\n
Last November, a newlywed returning from his honeymoon was left hungry and disappointed after Tui failed to provide a gluten-free meal for him on the 10-hour flight home.<\/p>\n
James Howe had paid for premium seats and pre-booked special meals as he suffers from coeliac disease, meaning he cant process gluten.<\/p>\n
However, the 39-year-old from Watford was given just popcorn and crisps to survive the long-haul flight from Cancun, Mexico to Gatwick airport on 18 October.<\/p>\n
In 2018, a vegan passenger was left feeling distressed and humiliated after it transpired there were no vegan meals available onboard her flight from Manchester to New Yorks John F Kennedy airport.<\/p>\n
Trilby Harrison, 54, was given nothing but nuts and crisps to eat during the seven-hour Thomas Cook flight on 15 October, despite having prebooked a vegan meal through tour operator Gotogate.<\/p>\n
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