Originally Posted by
Duke787
+1. I was shocked when we had our one EK F redemption (during the old AS/EK redemption days) and the soda choices were all Pepsi products. Thankfully they had some other, better drink options available in F but I was shocked to see a premium ME3 airline going with Pepsi over Coke
Due to a long standing, delicate and complicated set of not-very-good reasons including boycotts and public relations missteps, most of the Middle East has been divided up in soda brands across religious boundaries, with Coca-Cola being popular in the Jewish community and Pepsi cornering the market in majority Islamic markets.
This has faded quite a bit over the years and both companies operate in both markets since 1992, but the perception still exists, and it’s entirely unsurprising it would affect ME3 carriers’ drink choices onboard.