Yuck! An awful omelette for breakfast on British Airways to Skiathos

After a very grey summer in 2023, I booked a week away on Skiathos in Greece for the following year. British Airways service the route from London City Airport, so I used Avios to book the flight. Everything looked promising, until the awful omelette appeared as part of the breakfast service.

You can check-in your bag the evening before at London City Airport, so when I arrived from Dublin I headed straight to the check-in desks. The bag was swiftly sorted out and I left for my hotel for the night, the Courtyard London City, a short walk away.

After a sleep, I was up at sparrows fart to get to the airport. LCY prides itself on people being able to rock up close to departure and I think I got there about an hour before flight. After buying a couple of books, I headed down to the gate and soon enough we boarded.

BA2225 – London City to Skiathos (LCY-JSI)
2 July 2024
Embraer 190 – G-LCAB
Seat: Club Europe 1A
Departure: 07:15 Arrival: 12:35

Happily there was nobody sat beside me, which I always like, especially on a plane with two by two seating. Business class was fairly well patronised on this flight and I think I overheard them saying there were 70-odd on board in total.

Time To Go

I love flying into London City, but I rarely fly out of the airport as there are no lounges. Often I’ll fly in to LCY and out of Heathrow for this very reason.

Settling in, I watched the safety demonstration and then we headed to the runway and off into the grey sky. To say I was looking forward to some Mediterranean sun would be an understatment.

An Awful Omelette For Breakfast

Look, I am predisposed to hating airline “omelette”. It’s always a yellow shaped thing that looks like it was produced from a baby’s anus. Naturally, I wasn’t disappointed when this was the only thing offered to me. It came with bacon, mushrooms, potato and a tomato ratatouille, plus a Greek yoghurt starter and fruit salad.

Everything was great except for that ugly, hideous, bland with a capital B sorry excuse for an omelette. The enticingly grey interior made it far from a moreish proposition. Yes, I still ate it, as I know airline catering hygiene is very high, but I despised every tasteless bite. There are SO MANY OTHER THINGS THEY CAN SERVE yet they always go with this crap. Ugh!

A Pleasant Flight Otherwise

Of course, the crew were friendly and obliging, as British Airways crews invariably are. I had some Champagne, gazed out the window at the world passing by, indulged in some Green Tea, and had some more Champagne.

Our approach was quite fun as we did a number of turns, flying low over islands and getting a fabulous view of all that below us. Thoroughly enjoyed it!

Overall Thoughts

When it comes to breakfast on a plane, this awful omelette is literally the single worst item you can serve. I’ve hated it since I first had it and it has kept appearing over the last 20 years I’ve been in Europe. Clearly it’s cheap as chips to make, which is why I have to endure it. Give me a poached egg on spinach or some kind of egg on a muffin, or anything else, but not this! It’s just so grim.

What do you think of the British Airways omelette of doom? Clearly I think it sucks arse, but perhaps someone out there is a fan. If you are, please explain what I am missing! Thank you for reading and if you have any comments or questions, please leave them below.

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