Passenger slams tiny ‘cardboard-tasting’ meal during seven-hour flight

AN AER Lingus passenger has slammed the airline after he was given a tiny wrap that “tasted and looked like cardboard”.

Pat Phelan was on his way to New York from Shannon Airport when he was given an little snack.

He shared a picture of the small portion via his Twitter account, showing that the wrap fit comfortably in the palm of his hand.

To make things worse, he also said that no tea or coffee was available on the seven-hour flight, as there were no lids on board the plane.

Pat described the sandwich as being a “quarter of a wrap” and said it tasted very bland.

He told : “The snack before landing was a quarter of a wrap. It fitted in the palm of my hand and tasted and looked like cardboard.

“It wasn’t a cheap flight. I feel 7 hours is a long flight to get this kind of food to be honest.”

An Aer Lingus spokesman apologised for the small snack and said it was not the experience they wanted their passengers to have.

They said: “We are sorry to learn of the customer’s inflight experience which was not the level of service we seek to provide.

“The feedback has been passed on our Customer Experience team for review.”

Pat is not the only passenger to have been disappointed by their in-flight meal recently.

One passenger, who ordered a vegan meal for their flight, was instead served the “saddest plane food ever”.

The person was served a dry roll with two pieces of cucumber and tomato with a single piece of lettuce on it, and no dressing.

Lots of people on Reddit were just as stunned, with some calling it a “disgrace”.

One person wrote: “This might take the cake for saddest airplane food I’ve seen.”

This man divided opinion after telling his girlfriend she had ruined a flight with her choice of snack.

A Jet2 customer was also left disappointed with the sandwich they were given on board a recent flight.