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Photo taken by: Andras Deak
Route: BUD - LGW (MA612), 30 May 2006
Ticket price: ID
Flight duration: 2h 15m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Boeing 737-700 (HA-LOB)
Meal: hot breakfast - ham and cheese with tomato as a "main" meal, cake and than jam.
Drink: orange juice, coffee (not pictured) and tomate juice
Comments: It was really nice to have a real and hot breakfast on a such a short flight like that. Flight departed at 6:00 am, with arround 50% load factor, so it was comfy and relaxing to flight this morning. The meal services was quick, so i had time to sleep as well :) well done Malev!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

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Photo taken by: Andras Deak
Route: LGW - BUD, 26 May 2006
Ticket price: ID
Flight duration: 2h 05m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Boeing 737-800 HA-LOU
Meal: diner - ham and cheese sandwich and a orange flavoured chocolate...
Drink: beer (note the glass bottle !!!), tomato juice, coffee
Comments: not so much food, but you can not complain for more in Europe this days... Note the bottle of beer and the second drink service. F/As were really nice and friendly. Everything was tasty and good, but only a little portion...
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Adan Wong
Route: BUD - FRA, 5 May 2006
Ticket price:
Flight duration: 1h 40m
Class: business
Aircraft: 737-600
Meal: Light meal - Skyclub class - Plate of cold cuts - rolled ham with cream cheese, slices of salami, cheese and carrots on top of a bed of undercooked rice salad. Warm breads were offered from a basket. Fresh fruit side dish with grated coconut.
Drink: water
Comments: Not a very generous meal but service was excellent. Undercooked rice tasted awful. 7.5 for meal and 10 for service.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7.5

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Photo taken by: Adan Wong
Route: FCO - BUD, 3 May 2006
Ticket price:
Flight duration: 1h 45m
Class: business
Aircraft: 733-600
Meal: Lunch - Skyclub class - Cold chicken appetizer with fruits, Roast Turkey slices with potato croquettes and grapes in white sauce, chocolate layer cake and a piece of chocolate cherry.
Drink: Apricot juice
Comments: Generous meal coupled with superb service. It was odd to have savoury items mixed with fruits. 8 for meal and 10 for service.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: Kristof Barocz
Route: Budapest - Toronto Person, 20 May 2006
Ticket price: $750
Flight duration: 9h 05m
Class: business
Aircraft: Boeing 767-200ER
Meal: Pre-Landing snack - Cold Plate
Chicken Breast in a basil sauce with eggplant and paprika.
Fruit bowl
Warm bun and butter
Drink: all you want
Comments: A small portion but hit the spot perfectly. Tasted very fresh and full of flavor. But again who can complain when your upgraded from economy to business.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8.5

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Photo taken by: Kristof Barocz
Route: Budapest - Toronto Pearson, 20 May 2006
Ticket price: $750
Flight duration: 9h 05m
Class: business
Aircraft: Boeing 767-200ER
Meal: Lunch - Chicken Breast with Buttery Potatoes, Mixed Veggies and parsley
Steamed Baby and sliced Carrots with some sort of cheese.
Paprika salad in a sweet sauce with smoked Gouda cheese
Mixed salad
Strawberry cake and a warm bun.
Drink: all you want
Comments: This was not the regular business meal rather a substitute do to the fact that I was a last second upgraded. It was very fresh, tasty and incredibly filling. I even refused the fallowing cold plate because I was full.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

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Photo taken by: Csaba
Route: London LHR - Budapest BUD, 21 Mar 2006
Ticket price: 200 EUR return
Flight duration: 2h 20m
Class: economy
Aircraft: B737-600 NG
Meal: Afternoon snack - Cheese and salami slices, bread rolls, jam, butter, chocolate.
Drink: Anything you wanted. I asked for water and nice hungarian red wine
Comments: Very nice flight again with Malév. The meal wasn't bad, and I especially liked the cheese slices. They were tasty. Anyway what could you ask for more? Malév is still serving nice meals on short haul routes which enough to keep u up until landing!:)
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Csaba
Route: Budapest BUD - London LHR, 20 Mar 2006
Ticket price: 200 EUR return
Flight duration: 2h 10m
Class: economy
Aircraft: B737-700 NG
Meal: Breakfast - Crepe with vegetables, bread roll, jam, butter, chocolate, yoghurt.
Drink: Water, red wine and anything you wanted
Comments: Very nice breakfast on economy. Crepe was excellent and tasty. Nice job Malév! Flight attendants were also very nice and pretty!:)
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: Csaba
Route: London LHR - Budapest BUD, 21 Mar 2006
Ticket price: 260 USD return
Flight duration: 2h 10m
Class: economy
Aircraft: B 737-700NG
Meal: Snack - Salami, cheese, chocolate, bread and butter
Drink: Red wine and water
Comments: Flight was very smooth and pleasant. Malév flight attendants looked a bit tired and upset. Dont know why.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6

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Photo taken by: Csaba
Route: Budapest BUD - London LHR, 20 Mar 2006
Ticket price: 260 USD return
Flight duration: 2h 20m
Class: economy
Aircraft: B 737-700NG
Meal: Breakfast - Hot crepe with vegetables, bread, butter, jam
Drink: Anything you want, I've had red wine (yummy hungarian!) and water
Comments: I was suprised that they had hot breakfast on this route. Was delicious and filled me up well. Flight attendants were not really pleasant.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6.5

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Photo taken by: Csaba
Route: BUDAPEST (BUD) - ZURICH (ZRH), 14 Mar 2006
Ticket price: 300 USD
Flight duration: 1h 20m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Fokker 70
Meal: Snack - Hungarian speciality "Turo Rudi" (cottage cheese rool in chocolate), ham and cheese sandwich
Drink: Red wine and water
Comments: The sandwich was too dry and tasted like paper. Turo Rudi was cool to have on a plane. Wines are always very good on Malev and you can have as many as you want.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5.5

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Photo taken by: Jan Ackermann
Route: BUD - TXL, 8 Jan 2006
Ticket price: 124 EUR
Flight duration: 1h 25m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Canadair Jet CRJ 200
Meal: Snack - Cream cheese/tomato sandwich, chocolate bar.
Drink: Orange juice, tea and coffee.
Comments: Sandwich was inedible: couldn't have been drier. Chocolate bar was very tasty. Beverage choice was poor - what about those delicious Hungarian wines? On the one hand, I am seduced to say: "Hey, the ticket is rather cheap. Who cares?". One the other hand, full fare economy passengers are being served the identical crap! So: price is no excuse here!
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 2

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Photo taken by: Volker Waelz
Route: BUD - TXL, 8 Jan 2006
Ticket price: 124 EUR
Flight duration: 1h 25m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Canadair Jet CRJ 200
Meal: Snack VLML special meal - Cheese and coleslaw sandwich, orange cereal bar.
Drink: Water, tea and coffee.
Comments: Boring meal, just the same as one the inbound flight. The beverage choice is pathetic for a evening flight.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 3

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Photo taken by: Volker Waelz
Route: TXL - BUD, 6 Jan 2006
Ticket price: 124 EUR
Flight duration: 1h 25m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Boeing 737-600
Meal: Snack VLML special meal - Cheese and coleslaw sandwich, orange cereal bar.
Drink: Water, tea and coffee.
Comments: Boring meal.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 4

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Photo taken by: Jan Ackermann
Route: TXL - BUD, 6 Jan 2006
Ticket price: 124 EUR
Flight duration: 1h 25m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Boeing 737-600
Meal: Snack - Cream cheese/red pepper sandwich, orange cereal bar.
Drink: Orange juice, tea and coffee.
Comments: Nothing special, but OK for this short flight.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6

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Photo taken by: Csaba
Route: Budapest BUD - Zurich ZRH, 12 Oct 2005
Ticket price: 200 USD return
Flight duration: 1h 20m
Class: economy
Aircraft: B 737-600NG
Meal: Breakfast - Chocolate waffles, hamd and cheese sandwich, yoghurt, almond cake in a box.
Drink: Coke and water
Comments: Was nice for such a short flight.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Csaba
Route: New York JFK - Budapest BUD, 24 Apr 2005
Ticket price: 400 USD return
Flight duration: 8h 10m
Class: economy
Aircraft: B 767-200ER
Meal: Dinner - Scampi salad, beef stroganoff with rice, broccoli and carrots, rakoczi cake.
Drink: Water and red wine (not pictured)
Comments: Very nice flight and good quality and quantity foods. After dinner I was sleeping in the whole way and woke up very refreshed at landing. Just before landing they gave us nice chocolates and refreshing tissues.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7.5

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Photo taken by: Csaba
Route: Budapest BUD - New York JFK, 20 Apr 2005
Ticket price: 400 USD return
Flight duration: 9h 15m
Class: economy
Aircraft: B 767-200ER
Meal: Lunch/Dinner - Lunch:
- paprica salad, ham sandwich, pork in gulyas sauce,boiled rice
and apple cake

Dinner:
- Cheese, mayo and ham sandwich, chocolate waffles
Drink: Red wine, water, coke and anything u wished for anytime
Comments: Malév is still one of the best airlines in Europe. Their long-haul routes services are very good, very nice crew, delicious hungarian foods and wines. I've had a very pleasant journey on the whole way. Only weak point was the poor in-flight entertainment.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 8

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Photo taken by: r Gabor
Route: Budapest - Istanbul, 5 Oct 2005
Ticket price: apx. 47.000HUF ~ 188EUR
Flight duration: 1h 50m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Boeing 737-7Q8 (HA-LOR)
Meal: dinner - A french roll filled with a slice of cheese, and some pepper was the main part of the dinner, and a bar of chocolate was also included as dessert.
The paper box also contained a plastic cup for the coffe/tea and a small butterfat.
Drink: Soft drinks and/or coffe, tea
Comments: The meal would be good on a low cost airline for 4EUR but not abord on a national airliner flight.
I had the same type of meal on the return flight on 10th October only the aircraft changed to CRJ 200.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6

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Photo taken by: Andras Deak
Route: Budapest BUD - Paris CDG, 15 Jun 2005
Ticket price: ~160 EUR return
Flight duration: 2h 00m
Class: economy
Aircraft: Boeing 737-7Q8 (HA-LOJ)
Meal: breakfast?? - They called it: Thof. In my opinion it was notthing more than few slices of ham and some souce for it. They also served a little chocholate with it.
Drink: Coke
Comments: Malev says they have a very wide range of menu for inflight food, meal, catering. I had this kind of meal 4 times within 3 months (and there were 2 within a week). I don't think so, it's so wide range...
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 3

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Photo taken by: Andras Deak
Route: Paris CDG – Budapest BUD , 20 Jun 2005
Ticket price: ~160 EUR retur
Flight duration: 2h00min
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-700 (HA-LOB), economy
Business or leisure: leisure (Paris Air Show)
Meal type: dinner (?)
Contents of the meal: 3 slices of ham and another 3 slices of cheese was the “main” part of it. Moreover they put a chocolate in the box also. Rolls were offered by the crew.
Drink: 33cl Coke, 33cl apple juice and a tea.
Comments: Nowadays it is very common to give a little box, with a very little amount of food, so I can’t say anything bad about it. The ham was very tasty and the crew was also nice.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): quality: 8; amount: 4
Camera brand & type: Canon 10D (DSLR)


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Photo taken by: Tamas Mezei
Route: Budapest - Larnaca, 28 Mar 2005
Ticket price: 230,- EUR
Flight duration: 3 hours
Aircraft type & class: 737-600 Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure trip
Meal type: Dinner Cold Snack
Contents of the meal: Two slices of smoked ham and horseradish sause, smoked cheese, little lettuce and a tomato, one breadroll and a chocolate bar.
Drink: Hot tea in a paper cup
Comments: For the money i payed i was expecting something else it was a real low-cost airline feeling for not low-cost price!!! But that was the only solution for straight flight.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 3
Camera brand & type: Panasonic Lumix FZ 10


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Photo taken by: Jeyan Heper
Route: Budapest-Bucharest, 23 Jan 2005
Ticket price: 297 Euro
Flight Duration: 1hour 15 minutes
Aircraft Type& class: Fokker, economy
Business or leisure: Leisure (to see REM live in Budapest!)
Meal type: Dinner
Contents of meal: A cheese and ham sandwich, cookie, orange juice
Drink: Orange juice
Comments: Very average dinner package, most terrible cookie I have ever tasted, Malev does not serve beverage other than the orange juice found in the dinner box. Even for water, you need to ask.
Rating 1 to 10 (worst best) : 4
Camera brand & type: Sony, DSC-P1


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Route: Budapest - London LHR, 14 Nov 2004
Ticket price: ID90
Flight Duration: 2 h 20 mins
Aircraft Type: Boeing 737-700
Business Trip
Meal Type: Dinner
Class: Y
Contents: Roll, ham and cheese etc
Drink: wine and tea
Comments: ok, but nothing special
Rating: 5

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Malev Hungarian operated by Carpatair
Photo taken by: M. Ouchi
Route: Zagreb - Budapest, 14 Nov 2004
Ticket price: ID90
Flight Duration: 1 h
Aircraft Type: Saab 340
Business Trip
Meal Type: Snack
Class: Y
Contents: Sandwich with ham and cheese
Drink: White wine and coffee
Comments: not bad for such a short flight on the 30 seat turboprop and excellent service from the crew
Rating: 8

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Photo taken by: Cornelis Kloppenburg, 18 Oct 2004
Ticket price: € 365
Flying time: 2 hrs
Airline type / class: Boeing 737-800 - HA-LOC economy
Leisure trip
Type: Lunch - Sandwich with ham - chocolate
Drinks: wine or softdrinks -coffee or tea (served twice)
Comments: A sandwhich tasting better as i have ever tasted in the air - A very good wine.
Rating: 9
Camera: Fuji finepix 2800

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Photo taken by: Roland
Route: BUD-JFK, Oct 2004
Ticket price: 450 000 HUF / 2300 USD / 1800 EUR "D" (Business) Class
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 767-200ER, Business Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Dinner and Supper
Contents of the Dinner: 1. Mixed green salad with shrimp 2. Tenderloin
with Budapest ragout steamed rice and potatoes 3. Cheese with fruits
4. Eszterhazy cake (Vanilla cream cake) + a bit later ice cream,
marzipan sweets
Contents of the Supper: 5 (before landing) Cold Plate with goose liver,
ham, Hungarian salami, fruit salad
Drink: Everything you wanted
Comments: The food was excellent but the staff was moody
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9
Camera brand & type: Nikon Coolpix 3100

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Photo taken by: Roland
Route: JFK-BUD, Oct 2004
Ticket price: 450 000 HUF / 2300 USD / 1800EUR "D" (Business) Class
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 767-200ER, Business Class
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal type: Supper + Breakfast
Contents of the supper: 1. Green mozarella salad with bacon and
proscuitto ham. 2. Beef with onion, and potato peppers and bean. 3.
Cheese plate with carrot and celery. 4. Cheesecake
Contents of the breakfast: 5. Assorted cold plate, cheese ham fruit
salad, yoghurt swiss strawberry jam...
Drink: Wide choice of drinks
Comments: it was too lot and indigestible, except the cake, which was
super
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 5
Camera brand & type: Nikon Coolpix 3100

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Photo taken by: Szilard
Route: Szilard
Route: Budapest - Amsterdam, 25 Apr 2004
Ticket price: 52,500 HUF
Flight duration: 2 h 35 min
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-600, HA-LOE, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Lunch
meat with curry and rice, pudding. roll with butter.
Drink: coffe, tea and juice.
Comments: Everybody can see that there is much more room in that blue box, so why so little food? Anyway, it was good.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: Szilard
Route: Amsterdam - Budapest, 28 Apr 2004
Ticket price: 52,500 HUF
Flight duration: 2 h 00 min
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-400, HA-LEY, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Breakfast
meat, two types of ham, vegetable and fruit. Roll with butter. Extra roll on request.
Drink: tea, coffe and juice.
Comments: Fair size for a breakfast, but there should have been some cheese, milk as well, and some kind of sweet.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 7

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Photo taken by: T I
Route: Agadir - Budapest, 23 Aug 2004
Ticket price: 135 849 HUF / 549 EUR / 661 USD
Flight duration: 4 hours
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-800, Full Economy (HA-LOC)
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Supper
Cold meal, containing chicken brest slices, smoked cheese, and "malev" chocolate...
Drink: Orange juice and what you wanted
Comments: It was fine, but not so much
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

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MALEV Hungarian Airlines - Charter Services
Photo taken by: T I
Route: Budapest - Agadir, 16 Aug 2004
Ticket price: 135 849 HUF / 549 EUR / 661 USD
Flight duration: more than 4 hours
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-800, Full Economy (HA-LOC)
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Dinner
Pork in hot and spicy (chili) souce with beans and rice. For dessert one "malev" chocolate. (Chocolate with raisins)
Drink: what you wanted
Comments: It was a little bit hot for me, but I'm not suprised, Hungarian cuisine uses a lot of paprika
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): Excellent, 10

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Photo taken by: Roland I.
Route: Copenhagen - Budapest, 15 Aug 2004
Ticket price: 44 440 HUF / 179 EUR / 216 USD
Flight duration: 1h 50min
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-600, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Breakfast
meat- coated like wiener snitzel, spagetti with carrot(?), and chocolate cake filled with jam
Drink: whatever you wanted
Comments: everything was icy cold, and thats why uneatable
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 4

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Photo taken by: Roland I.
Route: Budapest - Copenhagen, 12 Aug 2004
Ticket price: 44 440 HUF / 179 EUR / 216 USD super sale tourist class
Flight duration: 1h 50min
Aircraft type & class: Fokker 70, Business (I was upgraded due to capacity reasons)
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Breakfast
Scambled eggs with mushrooms. Fruit salad with musk melon, orange and grapes. The mushrooms were bitter (because it was overcooked) and the fruit wasn't fresh enough
Drink: whatever you wanted
Comments: Hm... I thought it will be better. There was no sweets no yoghurt and no meat on the business class menü in that day...
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 6

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Photo taken by: Tomi
Route: New York JFK - Budapest, 17 Apr 2004
Ticket price: approx. 130 200 HUF / 510 EUR / 600 USD
Flight duration: 7 h 50 min
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 767-200ER, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Breakfast
Cold plate with ham, cheese, 1/4 egg vegetables, 2 sort of bakery products, one was a sweet croissant and the other was a roll.
Drink: Tomato juice
Comments: Substantial breakfast over Dublin
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

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Photo taken by: Tomi
Route: New York JFK - Budapest, 17 Apr 2004
Ticket price: approx. 130 200 HUF / 510 EUR / 600 USD
Flight duration: 7 h 50 min
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 767-200ER, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Supper at 01:30 am
Beef with cooked potatoes and boiled carrots, peas. Tortellini stuffed with meat, special tasty cheese. In the end creamy cake filled with cherry
Drink: wide choice of drink
Comments: Everything was ok except the tortellini which was cold and tasteless
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

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Photo taken by: Tomi
Route: Budapest - New York JFK, 12 Apr 2004
Ticket price: approx. 130 200 HUF / 510 EUR / 600 USD
Flight duration: 9 h 40 min
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 767-200ER, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Dinner
Cold meal, containing chicken breast with ham and smoked cheese. For dessert we received fruit salad
Drink: Kinley tonic water
Comments: 2nd meal on board during this flight. It was a little bit cold, but on the whole it was ok.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 9

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Photo taken by: Tomi
Route: Budapest - New York JFK, 12 Apr 2004
Ticket price: approx. 130 200 HUF / 510 EUR / 600 USD
Flight duration: 9 h 40 min
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 767-200ER, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Lunch
Beef cutlet with rice and baked potatoes for garnish fresh salad, pre packed bread and one slice of tiramisu
Drink: Everything what you wanted
Comments: It was fine
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10

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Photo taken by: Nagy Roland
Route: Budapest - Amsterdam, 26 Mar 2004
Ticket price: approx. 73 000 HUF / 285 EUR / 340 USD
Flight duration: 2 h
Aircraft type & class: Boeing 737-300, Economy
Business or leisure trip: Leisure
Meal: Breakfast
Vienna sausage, chips with mustard sauce, rye roll, yoghurt jam
Drink: Tea, coffee, orange juice and alcoholic drinks as well
Comments: It was a full and tasty breakfast.
Rating 1-10 (worst-best): 10