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Old Jan 14, 2019, 9:40 am
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Originally Posted by 3Cforme
It's not so much flight length but competition in a market that determines meal service on domestic routes. DL has no competition for non-stops on ATL-ANC, so there you are.

Select is the key word here. https://www.usatoday.com/story/trave...utes/97997860/
While you're correct that it's market driven, ATL-HNL, MSP-HNL, and soon DTW-HNL have no nonstop competition either, yet these routes do receive complimentary meals while conversely, DL does compete against HA on a few West Coast to Hawaii routes (HNL, OGG, KOA, and LIH) yet HA gives free meals in Y while DL does not, so it's more than just whether a route has "nonstop competition" or not.
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