Dietary Required Meals
Dietary required meals can be requested for customers with dietary or medical needs, for religious beliefs and for children.
Use this guide to assist you in booking and servicing your customer's dietary required meal requests.
We provide a broad selection of meals to suit most dietary requirements. Customers may bring their own food to ensure their specific dietary requirements are met. Unfortunately we are not able to refrigerate or heat their meal onboard. The meal must comply with local security screening requirements.
All the listed meals can be booked via your Technology Partner connected to the Qantas Distribution Platform and other technology systems.
Important
Qantas requires dietary required meals to be requested a minimum of 24 hours prior to scheduled departure. Kosher meals should be requested a minimum of 36 hours prior to scheduled departure.
Your Customer's Dietary Required Meal
General Information
Medical Meals
| Code | Dietary required meal | Description | Can contain | Does not contain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DBML | Diabetic meal | Low sugar Low salt Low fat |
Balanced complex carbohydrates, dietary fibre; low in fat; low in salt | Fried foods, added sugar, peanuts, tree nuts or nut products |
| GFML | Gluten and dairy friendly meal | Gluten Restricted Gluten Intolerance Coeliac Disease Wheat Free Low lactose |
Gluten free breads, grains, soy milk | Wheat, rye, oats, barley or malt, any milk or milk products, peanuts, tree nuts or nut products |
Religious Meals
Disclaimer: *Kosher meals are currently not available on Delhi and Bengaluru sectors.
Vegetarian Meals
| Code | Dietary required meal | Description | Can contain | Does not contain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGML | Vegan Vegetarian Meal |
Strict Western Vegetarian No animal products or animal by-products No egg and dairy products Pure vegetarian Vegan Contains nuts |
Rice, fruits, vegetables, grains, soy, pulses, tree nuts or nut products | Any animal products such as meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, milk or honey, dairy products or peanuts |
| VJML | Jain Vegetarian Meal | Indian style No root or bulbous vegetables No animal products or animal by-products, no egg and dairy products |
Fruit, non-root vegetables, rice, tofu or pulses | Any eggs or egg products, dairy products, bulbous vegetables, peanuts, tree nuts or nut products |
Children's Meals
| Code | Dietary required meal | Description | Can contain | Does not contain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBML | Baby Meal | 0-11 months Standard on board stores used i.e.: Baby foods / strained. Baby formula. |
Mashed, strained or pureed meals that can be easily eaten with a spoon | Gluten, wheat, rye, fish, seafood, eggs, solid foods, peanuts, tree nuts or nut products |
| CHML | Child Meal | 2-11 years Food suitable to be eaten with a fork and spoon. |
Lean meat, fish, poultry, dairy products, egg products, potato, pasta or rice | Fish, poultry or meat with bones, seeds, rich sauces, high seasoned foods, peanuts, tree nuts or nut products |
Qantas no longer guarantees ‘allergy’ free meals. Customers with allergies should select a suitable alternative from the standard dietary required meal list.
Our dietary required meals do not contain peanuts. With the exception of VGML, our dietary required meals also do not contain tree nuts and nut derivatives. However, we cannot guarantee that the environment in which the meals are prepared in is completely nut free.
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Please refer to your Technology Partner for any additional information regarding dietary required meal requests via the Qantas Distribution Platform.
Alternatively, please use the example entry formats below when requesting dietary required meals:
| Customer Type | Amadeus |
Travelport - Galileo |
Sabre | Travelport - Worldspan |
| Infant | SRBBML/P1 |
SI.P1/BBML |
3BBML1-1.1 |
3SAN1.1BML |
| Child | SRCHML-08YRS/P2 |
SI.P2/CHML*08YRS |
3CHMLA/08YRS-3.1 |
3SAN1.2CHML |
| Adult | SRGFML/P1 |
SI.P1/GFML |
3GFMLA-1.1 |
3SAN1.1GFML |
Important!
- Baby meals should be customer related to the accompanying adult for infants not occupying a seat.
Dietary required meals are available on Australian domestic services as follows:
Domestic Dietary Required Meals
- Business class – A limited selection of dietary required meals are available on all domestic and Trans-Tasman flights in Business.
- Economy class – A limited selection of dietary required meals are available on domestic flights more than three and a half hours. Dietray required meals are available on all Trans-Tasman Economy flights.
Important: Trans-Tasman - currently not available for flights between Cairns and Auckland
QantasLink Dietary Required Meals
- Dash 8 – Turboprop – On flights operated by QantasLink Dash 8 aircraft, snacks are offered all day, therefore, dietary required meals are not provided.
- B717/F100/A320/E190 – On flights operated by QantasLink aircraft dietary required meals are only available on flights offering a main meal (this includes morning, daytime and evening)
Your Customer's Dietary Required Meal
For Qantas Operated Flights Dietary Required Meal Requests
For Codeshare Flights Dietary Required Meal Requests
- Can be requested using the standard IATA meal codes through your GDS or Technology Partner. Please refer to the operating airline for further information.
As dietary required meal requests are associated to each flight sector, they will be cancelled if the flight is changed. You will need to request the dietary required meal again within the above time frame.
If your customer's Frequent Flyer Classic Upgrade Reward is confirmed, the dietary required meal may not be available in the upgraded class of travel.