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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ural Airlines has started delivering in-flight meals to private travel Russians who lose the thrill of a catering cart rolling down the aisle due to coronavirus blockages.
The airline, which is delivering meals on board to customers in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg, said the initiative was intended to provide people with “the flavor of traveling without leaving home.”
“Everything is like on the plane except the view,” he wrote on his Instagram page Thursday.
Russia has closed its borders to foreigners and international flights to land, except those that repatriate Russians or foreigners who return to their country of origin.
Many Russians have been confined to their homes for weeks, going out just to buy food or medicine, take out the trash, or walk their dog.
However, food delivery services continue to operate and residents of major cities have used them extensively to replenish their supplies.
The Ural Airlines service offers airline staples: chicken, meat, and fish, as well as orange, apple, and tomato juice. The food is served on a traditional airplane tray.
In Moscow, a business class chicken meal costs 1,250 rubles ($ 16.65), while an economy class meal costs 550 rubles ($ 7.33).
Airline seat occupancy rates fell 92% last month in Russia, the Russian Association of Air Transport Operators said this week.
On Friday, Russia reported a record daily increase in confirmed coronavirus cases that brought the national count to 114,431. The country has registered 1,169 deaths from the virus.
The increase in daily cases came a day after Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said he had been diagnosed with the new coronavirus and was temporarily retiring to recover.
($ 1 = 75.0850 rubles)
(Reported by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Gareth Jones Edition)
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