State-owned SriLankan Airlines has dropped pepper and salt packs from its food dishes served for economy class passengers since late last year and made it on demand, witnesses and officials say.
However, the airline has been continuing the supply of both products to the business class, they say.
Earlier, the national carrier served pepper and salt in small packs branded with the SriLankan logo. However, the airline has decided to drop the salt and pepper from its dishes given to economy class passengers.
“According to an internal survey, we found that the majority of the passengers travelling on economy class do not use pepper and salt,” a SriLankan Airlines source explained when asked for the reason for dropping one of the top most export spice.
“As a result, we were compelled to throw the unused packets as a waste,” the source said.
“On the other hand, the food dishes that are served in the economy class, especially Sri Lankan food contain salt and pepper. So any passenger travelling on economy class is provided salt and pepper if they ask for it. If not, we do not serve them.”
-economynext.com
