This is an on-going ranking of airlines based on my experiences with their in-flight business class meals, as featured on GMTD.
As always, I am grateful for and respectful of the opportunity to travel internationally, whether for fun or for work, whether economy or business class, especially business class, including airport lounge access.
- Turkish Airlines: MNL > IST (8.046 Grilled Seafood Selections); GVA > IST (8.051 Fresh Herb Baby Chicken); IST > MNL (8.052 Köfte + Piliç); MNL > IST > GVA (9.050 Grilled Seafood Selection); GVA > IST (9.055 Grilled Lamb Chop); ICT > MNL (9.056 Pide); MNL > IST (9.330 Parrot Fish with Sweet & Sour Sauce); BEY > IST > MNL (9.336 Sea Bass en Papilotte)
- Qatar Airways: MNL > DOH (5.279 Assorted Hot Mezzah); DME > DOH > MNL (5.286 Chili Mango Prawns with Asparagus Couscous); MNL > DOH > TUN (10.168 Mini Sliders); TUN > DOH > MNL (10.174 Chicken Kabsa)
- Qantas Airways: MNL > SYD > NAD (10.217 Stir-Fried Salt and Pepper Tofu); NAD > SYD > HKG (10.230 Seared Humpty Doo Barramundi)
- Singapore Airlines: MNL > SIN > BNE (6.237 Coconut Panna Cotta); BNE > SIN > MNL (6.243 Ggongchi Kimchi Jjigae); MNL > SIN > CHC (10.287 Lamb Meatballs in Spiced Tomato Sauce); CHC > SIN > MNL (10.293 Skinless Chicken Skewers Served with Barley and Porcini Salad, Light Sage Jus)
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines: GVA > AMS > ICN (6.311 Beef & Beetroot Meatballs)
- Korean Air: ICN > NAD (5.175 Smoked Salmon Salad); MNL > ICN (6.021 Bibimbap); MNL > ICN > NAD (6.101 Coconut Carrot Cream Soup); NAD > ICN > MNL (6.111 Asparagus Cream Soup); ICN > NAD (6.314 Bibimbap); NAD > ICN (6.319 Seared Seafood…); MNL > ICN > JFK (7.032 Manhattan); JFK > ICN (7.039 Sauteed Cod Fillet); ICN > MNL (7.041 Gom Tang); MNL > ICN (9.012 Chicken in Tomato Sauce with Pasta); MLE > CMB > ICN (9.191 Grilled Beef Tenderloin); ICN > MNL (9.193 Roasted Halibut with Dill Cream Sauce); MNL > ICN > NAD (9.284 Feta Cheese with Sliced Fig and Parma Ham); NAD > ICN > MNL (9.287 Spicy Squid & Bean Sprout Stir-Fry with Rice); ICN > LAX (9.349 Pea Sprouts with Garlic); LAX > ICN (9.361 Beef Bulgogi); ICN > MNL (9.362 Bibimbap); ULN > ICN (10.061 Stock Soup of Bone and Stew Meat); MNL > ICN > NAD (10.110 Grilled Beef Tenderloin with Rosemary Sauce); ICN > NAD (10.185 Mixed Seafood with Beet Emulsion); ICN > MNL (10.196 Bibimbap); ICN > SFO (16.221 “Walnut Shrimp” (Candied Pecans with Jumbo Prawns)); SFO > ICN (16.228 Korean Beef Short Rib with Vegetables Wraps); ICN > CGK (16.277 Nasi Goreng Kampoeng); CGK > ICN (16.288 Fried Chicken Nusantara (Quarter Chicken Package))
- Asiana Airlines: MNL > ICN (2.036 Sautéed Seafood Delights in Mandarin-Style XO Sauce); MNL > ICN (4.272 Chicken Curry with Raisin Biryani); ICN > MNL (6.048 Ssambap); MNL > ICN (6.305 Chicken Congee); ICN > MNL (6.321 Ssambap); ICN > MNL (8.261 Ssambap)
- Etihad Airways: MNL > AUH > AMM (6.154 Shakshouka); AMM > AUH > MNL (6.160 Zaalou-Crusted Chicken Breast); AUH > AMM (9.261 Prawns Machboos); AMM > AUH (9.267 Dukkah-Spiced Salmon); AUH > MNL (9.268 Malabar Grouper); ICN > AUH > MLE (14.050 Sea Bass Fillet); MLE > AUH (14.061 Garudhiya Meal); AUH > ICN (14.062 Sautéed Sword Lettuce (Three Times))
- Thai Airways: MNL > BKK > DEL (7.306 Fried Black Cod …); DEL > BKK > MNL (7.313 Braised Pork Balls)
- Cathay Pacific Airways: HKG > MNL (5.182 Steamed Shrimp Dumplings); HKG > MNL (10.049 Termite Mushroom Steamed Halibut); HKG > MNL (10.231 Wonton Noodles in Soup)
- Deutsche Lufthansa: ICN > MUC > GVA (6.307 Chicken in Cream Sauce)
- Fiji Airways: NAD > HKG (5.181 Sliced Roast Lamb); HKG > NAD (10.042 Grilled Peri Peri Chicken Thigh); NAD > HKG (10.049 Termite Mushroom Steamed Halibut); NAD > AUK (10.118 Awhi Farms Savannah Grass-Fed Beef Bone-In Sirloin)
- Emirates: MNL > DXB (10.295 Tofu & Mushroom Spring Roll with Hoi Sin Sauce); DXB > MNL (10.301 Fish Harra)
- United Airlines: ICN > SFO (15.173 Sauteed Pea Sprouts with Garlic); SFO > ICN (15.183 Turbot Fillet)
- Philippine Airlines: MNL > MEL (5.335 Chicken Tausi); AUK > MNL (10.118 Awhi Farms Savannah Grass-Fed Beef Bone-In Sirloin)
- Garuda Indonesia: CGK > AMQ (16.280 Buntut Goreng)
AIRPORT CODES
- AKL (Aukland Airport): Auckland, New Zealand
- AMM (Queen Alia International Airport): Amman, Jordan
- AMQ (Pattimura Airport): Ambon, Indonesia
- AMS (Amsterdam Airport Schipol): Amsterdam, Netherlands
- AQJ (King Hussein International Airport): Aqaba, Jordan
- AUH (Zayed International Airport): Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- BCN (Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport): Barcelona, Spain
- BEY (Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport): Beirut, Lebanon
- BIO (Bilbao Airport): Bilbao, Spain
- BKI (Kota Kinabalu International Airport): Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
- BKK (Suvarnabhumi Airport): Bangkok, Thailand
- BNE (Brisbane Airport): Brisbane, Australia
- CDG (Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport): Paris, France
- CEB (Mactan-Cebu International Airport): Cebu, Philippines
- CGK (Soekarno-Hatta International Airport): Jakarta, Indonesia
- CHC (Christchurch Airport): Christchurch, New Zealand
- CJU (Jeju International Airport): Jeju, Korea
- CMB (Bandaranaike International Airport): Colombo, Sri Lanka
- CNX (Chiang Mai International Airport): Chiang Mai, Thailand
- DEL (Indira Gandhi International Airport): New Delhi, India
- DOH (Hamad International Airport): Doha, Qatar
- DME (Domodedovo Mikhail Lomonosov International Airport): Moscow, Russia
- DXB (Dubai International Airport): Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- GUM (Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport): Guam, USA
- GVA (Geneva Airport): Geneva, Switzerland
- HAN (Noi Bai International Airport): Hanoi, Vietnam
- HIR (Honiara International Airport): Honiara, Solomon Islands
- HKG (Hong Kong International Airport): Hong Kong, China
- HND (Tokyo Haneda International Airport): Tokyo, Japan
- ICN (Incheon International Airport): Incheon/Seoul, Korea
- IST (Istanbul Airport): Istanbul, Turkey
- JFK (John F Kennedy International Airport): New York, USA
- KIX (Kansai International Aiport): Osaka, Japan
- KUL (Kuala Lumpur International Airport): Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- LAX (Los Angeles International Airport): Los Angeles, USA
- MEL (Melbourne Tullamarine Airport): Melbourne, Australia
- MLE (Velana International Airport): Male, Maldives
- MNL (Ninoy Aquino International Airport): Manila, Philippines
- MUC (Munich Airport): Munich, Germany
- NAD (Nadi International Airport): Nadi, Fiji
- NRT (Narita International Airport): Tokyo, Japan
- PEK (Beijing Capital International Airport): Beijing, China
- PNH (Phnom Penh International Airport): Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- POM (Port Moreseby Jacksons International Airport): Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
- PVG (Shanghai Pudong International Airport): Shanghai, China
- SFO (San Francisco International Airport): San Francisco, USA
- SIN (Changi Airport): Singapore
- SUV (Nausori International Airport): Suva, Fiji
- SYD (Sydney Airport): Sydney, Australia
- TPE (Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport): Taipei, Taiwan
- TSJ (Tsushima Yamaneko Airport): Tsushima, Japan
- TUN (Tunis-Carthage International Airport): Tunis, Tunisia
- VTE (Wattay International Airport): Vientiane, Laos
- ULN (Chinggis Khaan International Airport): Ulaanbataar, Mongolia
- WLG (Wellington International Airport): Wellington, New Zealand