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American Airlines offers special meals to meet specific dietary needs at your request on select flights. Specifications for all medical-needs diets are approved and monitored by a Registered Dietitian. Nutritional requirements are based on the whole meal rather than individual components.

Special Meal Availability

Special meals are available on Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack and Breakfast Snack flights when ordered in advance.

Order at least 24 hours prior to the flight:
Meal Service Tray

  • In First and Business Classes on transcontinental flights in the U.S.
  • In all classes to or from Europe and Asia
  • In all classes to or from Rio de Janeiro or Sao Paulo, Brazil; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Santiago, Chile or Montevideo, and Uruguay.

Special meals are currently not available on flights from Moscow. In addition, flights from Europe to New York-JFK or Boston in Economy class offer a special meal option for the first meal service only. Special meals are not offered prior to landing as part of the Follow-on Snack meal service.

Japanese Meal Pre-Order Option

Meal Code — JPML

Seasonal Japanese appetizer tray, featuring Duck Roll with Asparagus

As an added benefit for our First and Business Class passengers traveling to and from Japan, we now offer the option to pre-order our Flagship Service Japanese meal up to 24 hours in advance. Passengers who do not pre-select a Japanese-style meal will be offered a choice between Japanese-style and Western fusion dishes. Learn more about pre-ordering and view the sample menus.

How to request a special meal

The meal service provided will be comparable to the meal scheduled for your flight based on the flight departure time, the length of the flight and the meal service offered.

  1. Confirm a reservation on a flight with scheduled meal service.


  2. Check the information on this page to determine the availability of special meals.


  3. Check the information on this page to determine the minimum time required for ordering meals.


  4. To reserve your special meal call American Airlines at 1-800-433-7300 in the U.S. and Canada or your local American Airlines office. If you booked through an authorized agency, please contact your agency directly for special meal requests.


  5. When you check in, advise the gate agent and a flight attendant that you ordered a special meal.


777 Flagship Suite
777 Flagship Suite
Flight attendant With First Class Food 767 Business Class
767 Business Class

Special Dietary Meals

Diabetic - Meal Code - DBML Suitable for reduced sugar, hyperglycemic, hypoglycemic and carbohydrate controlled meal requests.

Gluten Free - Meal Code - GFML also known as gliadin-free, non-tropical sprue, Celiac disease, wheat free, gluten restricted diet. A Gluten Free Meal eliminates all foods prepared with wheat, rye, barley and oats.

Vegetarian (Non Dairy) - Meal Code - VGML also known as Vegan diet. Non dairy. Vegetarian Meals are suitable for pure vegetarians who prefer food preparation without animal, egg or dairy products. Peanuts or nuts may be used as a protein substitute.

Asian Vegetarian (Non Dairy) - Meal Code – AVML –
Available to/from Delhi, India only. This meal is the same as the Vegetarian Meal but seasoned Indian-style.

Special Religious Meals

Kosher - Meal Code - KSML Meals are Orthodox approved by the Jewish Orthodox Union. Kosher meals are adapted during Passover. Kosher Meals are not served from Delhi, India.

Moslem - Meal Code - MOML Halal Meals are available on International flights only. Entrees may contain fish or poultry from Halal sources. No pork, lard or alcohol is used in meal preparation. On domestic flights, where Special Meals are offered, MOML meals are substituted with Vegetarian Meals (VGML).

Hindu - may we suggest our delicious Vegetarian Meal - VGML


Sample Menus

Click the meal code to see examples of each special meal. Note: All food items are examples of menus that fit the dietary requirements of each meal category. Actual food items served may be different.



 




 
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