Airline Codes for Safe Meals

Order Gluten Free, Non-Lactose & Special Airline Meals

Many global airlines provide special meals when traveling by air. The selection & quality of these meals significantly varies from airline to airline. When booking your flight, inform the airlines that you need to order a special meal & provide the standard special meal code.

Note: majority of airline computer systems can only address one meal code as a requirement. A few of the 25 standard meal codes used by the airline industry around the world for special dietary meals are provided below:

GFML (Gluten Free Meal)
Indicates no wheat, rye, barley or their derivatives

NLML (Non-Lactose Meal)
Indicates no milk, cheese, dairy or their derivatives

PFML (Peanut Free Meal)
Indicates no peanuts or its derivatives

FPML (Fruit Plate Meal)
Contains fresh fruits & possible bakery item

DBML (Diabetic Meal)
Indicates no refined sugars, syrups, jams, cakes, chocolates, etc.

VGML (Vegan Meal)
Indicates no meat, fish, seafood, eggs, honey, dairy products or their derivatives

SFML (Seafood Meal)
Contains only seafood items

RVML (Raw-Vegetarian Meal)
Indicates raw vegetables and fruit

Some international airline carriers specify on their websites if they offer the more commonly requested meals to travelers including: gluten free meals (GFML), non-lactose meals (NLML), peanut free meals (PFML), fruit plate meals (FPML) and seafood meals (SFML).

The following guidelines will help you to order and receive gluten free, allergy friendly, diabetic, vegan and healthy meals while traveling by air.

Although most airline carriers offer special diet meals, it is necessary to make airline personnel aware of your needs in advance.
Airlines that offer special meals typically need advance notification anywhere between 24 to 96 hours to ensure that your desired meal is ready at the time of your departure.
Confirm your meal request directly with the airline or with your travel agent prior to your departure.
Be sure to pack some snacks as a precautionary measure, just in case your flight is delayed, plans change or an error is made with your meal. Long haul flights can be particularly difficult if you do not have anything to eat during your travels!
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Global Airline Listing of Special Diet Meals

Below is a chart of global airlines indicating the availability of these five types of meals. Be sure to contact your preferred airline to order your desired special meal for your flight.

Airline Name	Country	Notification Policy	GF	NL	PF	FP	SF
Aer Lingus	Ireland	24 hours	•	•
Aeroflot	Russia	72 hours	•	•		•	•
Aerolineas	Argentina	When booking	•	•		•	•
AeroMexico	Mexico	48 hours
Air Canada	Canada	24 hours	•	•		•
Air France	France	24 - 48 hours for Kosher	•				•
Air India	India	When booking	•	•			•
Air Malta	Malta	72 hours	•
Air New Zealand	New Zealand	48 hours	•	•		•	•
Air Pacific	Fiji	When booking	•			•
Air Tahiti Nui	Tahiti	When booking	•			•	•
Air Transat	Canada	72 hours	•	•
Alitalia	Italy	When booking
American Airlines	USA	8-24 hours	•	•
America West	USA	Only in 1st class - 48 hours				•
Asiana Airlines	South Korea	When booking		•			•
Austrian Airlines	Austria	24 hours	•	•		•	•
Britannia Airways	UK	3 days	•		•
British Airways	UK	24 - 48 hours for Kosher	•	•		•	•
British Midland	UK	24 - 48 hours for Kosher	•	•			•
Cathay Pacific	Hong Kong	24 hours	•	•		•
China Airlines	China	24 hours	•	•
Continental Airlines	USA	24 hours	•			•	•
CSA Czech Airlines	Czech Republic	When booking	•	•		•	•
Delta Airlines	USA	12 hours	•			•	•
El Al	Israel	24 hours	•	•
Emirates	United Arab Emirates	24 hours	•	•	•	•	•
Estonian Air	Estonia	When booking		•
Eurowings	Germany	When booking	•	•
Eva Airways	Taiwan	When booking	•	•	•	•	•
Far Eastern Air Transport	Taiwan	When booking	•	•		•	•
Finnair	Finland	24 hours	•	•		•	•
Gulf Air	Bahrain	24 hours	•	•		•	•
Iberia	Spain	When booking	•				•
Iceland Air	Iceland	24 hours
Japan Airlines	Japan	24 - 72 hours	•	•			•
Kenya Airways	Kenya	24 - 48 hours for Kosher	•	•			•
KLM/Northwest	Netherlands / USA	36 hours	•	•		•
Korean Air	Korea	When booking	•	•		•	•
LAN Airlines	Chile	When booking	•	•
Lithuanian Airlines	Lithuania	24 hours
Lufthansa	Germany	When booking	•	•		•	•
Luxair	Luxembourg	When booking	•	•		•
Malev	Hungary	When booking		•
Olympic Airlines	Greece	When booking	•	•		•	•
Qantas	Australia	48 hours	•	•		•
SAS	Sweden	24 hours	•
SATA	Portugal	When booking	•	•		•
Saudi Arabian Airlines	Saudi Arabia	When booking	•				•
Singapore Airlines	Singapore	24 hours	•	•		•	•
South African Airlines	South Africa	72 hours	•	•			•
Swiss Int'l Airlines	Switzerland	72 hours	•	•
TAM Airlines	Brazil	When booking	•
TAP Air Portugal	Portugal	48 hours	•	•		•	•
Thai Airlines	Thailand	48 hours	•
Turkish Airlines	Turkey	When booking	•	•			•
United Airlines	USA	24 hours	•
US Air	USA	24 hours	•	•	•
Varig	Brazil	24 hours	•	•
Vietnam Airlines	Vietnam	24 hours	•	•		•	•
Virgin Atlantic	UK	72 hours	•		•