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付费定制飞机餐兴起 旅客愿为空中美味买单?

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中秋国庆假期临近,国内多家航司推出付费定制飞机餐,从煲仔饭到鱼子酱拼盘丰富机上餐饮选择。旅客普遍接受付费选项,但担忧免费餐品质可能被变相降低。航司称付费餐可减少浪费并精准匹配偏好,专家强调须在原有基础上做加法而非减法,保障消费者知情权和公平交易权。

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Why It Matters

过去,航空餐付费通常是廉价航空的做法,而全服务航司只要航程达标,经济舱旅客就能获得免费飞机餐。如今,国内民航市场竞争激烈,部分航线全服务航空公司的票价甚至已经接近廉价航空的水平,再叠加油价高企,全服务航司开始寻求一条更加精细化管理的新路。

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中秋国庆假期临近,在预订机票的时候,大家有没有发现除了以往的免费飞机餐,还可以选择付费购买一份更符合自己口味的飞机餐。这两年,国内多家航司集中布局付费定制飞机餐,煲仔饭、牛排、冒菜、鱼子酱拼盘陆续“飞”上云端。在出行的时候,你是否愿意为一顿空中美味额外买单呢?

在社交平台上,不少网友晒出了自己“云端大餐”。煲仔饭、牛排、烟熏三文鱼以及各式地方小吃打破了大众对传统飞机餐的固有印象。以往提起飞机餐,大家的印象往往是“给什么吃什么”,选择单一,口味平平。近年来,国航、东航、南航等多家航司密集加码付费飞机餐赛道。从十几元的平价轻食、四五十元的家常套餐,到数百元的高端鱼子酱大餐,机上餐饮告别“千机一味”的时代。

旅客:我感觉这是挺好的一个事情,尤其是我们经常坐飞机,跑来跑去的,有时候吃饭没有点,所以能提供这种服务的话,对于我们来讲还是蛮好的。

航空公司的飞机餐“生意经”

过去,航空餐付费通常是廉价航空的做法,而全服务航司只要航程达标,经济舱旅客就能获得免费飞机餐。如今,国内民航市场竞争激烈,部分航线全服务航空公司的票价甚至已经接近廉价航空的水平,再叠加油价高企,全服务航司开始寻求一条更加精细化管理的新路。

近年来,随着旅客运输量的稳步增长,航食成本在航空公司整体营业成本中的占比虽不足5%,但支出总额却在持续攀升。以三大航为例,2023年航食总支出达到86亿元,2024年增长到128亿元,到2025年已超过140亿元,两年累计增幅超过60%。

与此同时,单份航食的成本也在增加。国内经济舱长途免费正餐成本约为25至30元每份,即便是短途简餐,成本也在10元左右。

航科院航空运输研究所主任经济师 钟山:在传统的无差别的配餐模式下,大量旅客直接不吃或仅少量食用,食材、冷链还有人工等成本都被无效消耗了。对于航司而言,成本投入和旅客体验都严重失衡。

专家表示,正是在这样的背景下产生了付费餐食模式,旅客通过线上提前预订付费餐食,航空公司便可同步取消对应的免费餐食配置,从而减少无效备餐和食物浪费,提升餐食资源的投入产出比。同时也让旅客获得更加精细化的服务。

航科院航空运输研究所主任经济师 钟山:基于旅客的一些消费偏好,来反哺航食的研发模式。通过提前选餐行为的数据分析,也可以精准分析不同航线、不同时段旅客的口味偏好,并且针对性地开发有地域特点的细分餐品,进一步强化常旅客体系的黏性,还有权益的感知。

免费飞机餐会不会“明存暗降”?

面对付费飞机餐的兴起,中国航协早就表示,免费飞机餐不会取消。而在消费分化的趋势下,免费飞机餐的品质底线又能否守住?

记者在采访中发现,大部分旅客对付费飞机餐提供更多一种选择都表现出了较高的接受度,但有部分旅客对免费飞机餐是否会品质下降提出了担忧。

旅客:在原有的服务的基础上,提供了多了一种选项,我觉得也可以接受,但是一定要保障原有的。

旅客:降级一般人肯定是接受不了。所以如果航空公司想要大家没有这种困扰的话,就要做好信息公开。

而相关法律专家也表示,航空公司在推出付费飞机餐的同时,如果通过变相手段降低原有免费飞机餐的标准或者强制旅客购买付费餐食,则是损害消费者合法权益的行为。

中国法学会消费者权益保护法研究会副秘书长 陈音江:会损害消费者的知情权,消费者开始不知道这个标准降低了,比如以前是热食,现在是普通的凉食。还有一种情况就是,变相地强制消费者购买,这样的行为可能会损害消费者的公平交易权。

陈音江认为,航空公司为旅客提供更多选择,一定要在原有基础上做“加法”,而不能做“减法”,让旅客在充分知情的情况下去自主选择。

What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • 付费定制飞机餐将在国内更多航司推广,成为常规服务选项。

    Likely · Within months

  • 监管部门可能出台指引,规范付费餐与免费餐的关系,防止变相降低免费餐标准。

    Possible · Within months

Open Questions

  • 付费飞机餐的推广是否会导致免费餐标准实际下降?
  • 航空公司如何确保付费餐与免费餐的资源分配公平透明?
  • 长期来看,付费餐模式是否会成为国内航司的主流服务方式?

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