Qantas stops serving vegetarian food except Perth, social media users say

On domestic flights except Perth, vegetarian meal options have been stopped by Qantas. On Twitter, environmentalist Jon Dee wrote that the crew told him one size fits all when he asked for vegetarian food on the Adelaide to Sydney flight. Soon after Dee's tweet went viral, users condemned the airline for neglecting the religious beliefs of several passengers in the name of cost cutting.

Dee tweeted, I am on the Adelaide to Sydney flight- I m informed that Qantas no longer serves vegetarian food on domestic flights except Perth Crew said one size fits all - Joyce has really screwed Qantas. Is Alan Joyce deliberately trying to run Qantas into the ground? What kind of airline stops serving vegetarian food to its passengers? This is sad and underwhelming, a user named Chirag Thakkar wrote in response to Dee's tweet. I fly with Qantas a lot and have been asked to pre-request vegetarian meals each time. Qantas hasn't provided any vegetarian meal. Another user tagged Qantas and wrote, So Qantas, I am a vegetarian and I have diet restrictions. Your new cost-cutting venture excludes me and people who don't eat meat for religious reasons. A large portion of the population is in favor of this. My advice would be to cost-cut Alan Joyce and not future customers who will be going elsewhere. Passengers now have to book vegetarian and other food well ahead of the flight as the crew no longer have such meals in reserve, according to Paul Watt, a user who has also replied to Dee's tweet. An airline spokeswoman said we now offer a single meal snack option per flight on shorter flights, such as chicken pie or a zucchini and onion frittata. If the option on a particular flight is not suitable for vegetarians, we try to offer an alternative to a small sweet or savoury snack that is vegetarian.