Popular airline's retro food menu sparks 'golden age' flying comparisons as passengers react

American Airlines is marking its upcoming 100th day with a nostalgic motion to its past. 

Capitalizing connected today's fashionable retro nutrient trend, the hose is introducing luxury paper offerings inspired by the Roaring Twenties. Beginning Feb. 9, travelers are capable to preorder peculiar dishes, with menus appearing connected prime flights starting successful March, the hose said successful a quality release.

Adding decadent dishes similar beef Wellington and prawn cocktail isn't conscionable a measurement backmost successful time. The determination besides seemingly addresses a increasing vexation among travelers that in-flight eating has been little than satisfactory successful caller years.

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"Pan Am and akin airlines offered spacious seating arrangements, due cutlery and good dining," a Reddit idiosyncratic posted connected the "r/aviation" forum not agelong ago. "Not to notation [that] being an hose unit [member] was prestigious."

"These amenities and circumstances are highly cost-intensive … Today it is truthful acold from the luxury it erstwhile was, [given that] cost-cutting and firm civilization reign supreme," the Reddit idiosyncratic added.

American Airlines is present offering a limited-time in-flight paper inspired by the 1920s. (iStock)

American Airlines travelers whitethorn soon consciousness differently. 

Appetizers volition see a prawn cocktail and a Waldorf salad, with caviar, blinis and a deviled ovum topped with crème fraîche added successful April. 

In home First Class, a Boursin pick food dip volition besides beryllium offered connected prime long-haul routes, the hose said.

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The entrée selections proceed the throwback theme, led by beef Wellington served with roasted vegetables and asparagus topped with béarnaise sauce.

A pecan tart volition beryllium among the dessert offerings. 

Chicken Florentine roulade paired with mashed potatoes and mushroom condiment volition beryllium different entrée option. A pecan tart volition beryllium included successful the dessert offerings, the hose said successful its release.

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The menus volition debut connected prime planetary and transcontinental flights successful American’s Flagship First and Flagship Business cabins, with home First Class work added successful April.

The offerings are for a constricted clip only, the hose noted. 

The limited-time menus volition rotation retired connected prime planetary and transcontinental flights successful the company's flagship archetypal and concern classes, expanding to home archetypal people successful April, the hose said.  (iStock)

"Our centennial twelvemonth is simply a accidental to bespeak connected however acold we’ve come," said Rhonda Crawford, American’s SVP of Customer Experience Design and Strategy, successful the release.  

"These menus observe the flavors that defined the aboriginal days of American Airlines successful a mode that feels peculiar and memorable for today’s travelers."

Said 1 societal media idiosyncratic connected Reddit, "Different days indeed."

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"Old feline here," the idiosyncratic continued a fewer years agone successful a post. 

"Went connected my archetypal formation astatine 6 years aged successful 1970 from Chicago to Florida. Each summons outgo $500 (equivalent of possibly $2,500 now). We went retired and bought peculiar ‘airplane clothes,’ the equivalent of religion attire. I retrieve eating steak connected the plane."

Appetizers successful the caller paper see a prawn cocktail and Waldorf crockery (not pictured), with caviar to beryllium added successful April. (iStock)

Commenters reacting to American Airlines' quality took a assortment of stances.

Writing connected Instagram, 1 idiosyncratic said, "Caviar? I'll judge it erstwhile I spot it."

Someone other wrote, "How astir they bring backmost bully service?"

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Fox News Digital reached retired to American Airlines for further remark astir the caller paper offerings.

During 2026, "customers volition proceed to spot further centennial touches — from limited‑edition amenity kits and pajamas to different celebratory moments — with much initiatives to beryllium announced passim the year," the hose said successful its release.

Ashley J. DiMella of Fox News Digital contributed reporting.