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Re the concerns about whether the plane was chartered or not, the articles are all quite silent on that point but we can come to some conclusions by piecing a few things together.

From the AP article:

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"For a feast of onion bhajees, chapati breads, biryanis, pappadums, a specially prepared fish dish and vegetables on the side, the bill will top $3,900, plus travel and accommodation for the restaurant's head chef."

and later in the article:

"From there, the chef is to hop a flight to New York — monitoring the food's temperature all the way — clear customs, and head for Manhattan, where the meal is to be served during a meeting Wednesday."

From this, it SOUNDS to me that this was not a matter of using a regularly-scheduled commercial flight, putting the Chef in a First Class seat and the food in the plane's cargo hold. How would he be able to "monitor the food's temperature all the way" and, if necessary, adjust it?

It sounds to me that the only way that this would be possible would be for the chef to have continuous access to the food, which sounds almost like having the food set up in chafing dishes.

This won't be possible in a standard commercial flight, not even in First Class.

It sounds as though it would only be possible on a private chartered jet with special equipment set up for all of this in the cabin.