australia - best airline for nut allergy?

[tatt]

anyone know if there are airlines that are best avoided? Generally we avoid exotic food because other cultures are more likely to use nuts in cooking. Although the children aren't small anymore I like the sound of singapore arilines but I wonder if it would be safer to stick to BA?

a lot of airline will lay on special foods if you require them, maybe you should have a chat with travel agents and see who they think is best.

I would speak to the airline directly re meal concerns and look closely at their website re in flight meals.

British Airways Meal types available:

• Asian Vegetarian - Does not contain fish, shellfish, meat, poultry nor eggs. Its is a meatless meal cooked and seasoned Indian style.
• Lacto Vegetarian - Does not contain meat, fish or seafood but may contain eggs or dairy products (i.e. milk, butter, cheese etc)
• Vegan Vegetarian - Does not contain meat, fish, fowl, eggs, dairy products nor derivatives or honey. If 'Vegan' is not specified by you then a 'Lacto' meal will be provided.
• Hindu - Does not contain beef, meat derivatives, veal or pork but this is not a Vegetarian meal. If you are Hindu and request a Vegetarian meal, the best suggestion for you would be an Asian Vegetarian meal.
• Muslim - Does not contains pork or by-products of pork and no foodstuffs containing alcohol. All meals come from ritually slaughtered animals. Note: Muslim meals are not available on European flights when the aircraft has night-stopped away from the UK.
• Kosher - These meals are prepared to comply with Jewish dietary laws. Note: Kosher meals are not available on services from the Middle East - Amman, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Dhahran, Doha, Dubai, Jeddah, Kuwait, Riyadh, Tehran and Muscat.
• Childrens Meal - These are available on all longhaul services for children aged 2-12 years, and should be booked in advance to avoid disappointment as aircraft only carry a limited supply of extra Childrens Meals - they contain a combination of familiar foods and take-way food. Certain shorthaul routes also provide Childrens Meals. These meals come in a re-usable plastic picnic box which your children can take away with them.
• Seafood Meal - contains a selection of seafood for passengers who, for dietary or medical reasons, are restricted to eating seafood only.

TBH if nut allergy is an issue then I would take your own prepared food on board and not rely at all on them to provide. The problem is as well that these meals are made up on a site that perhaps cannot provide a totally nut free environment.

www.singaporeair.com/saa/en_UK/content/before/plan/mealrequest/specialmeals.jsp

This is a link for Singapore Airlines special meals page

on short flights we always take our own food. On a long haul flight I don't really see that as feasible. I'd either have to take food that would need to be in a fridge (do them have them?) or a can of something to heat. As our recent scare involved a can I'm rather nervous of prepared food of any type. I'd aim to take food for the first few hours of the flight.

I've e-mailed singapore airlines and got the sort of response that puts them back on the list