Originally Posted by
cmd320
Delta is obviously weighing the cost associated of offering meals. Rest assured, if competitors weren't offering meals and lie-flats on their longer Hawaii flights, Delta would be more than happy to fly you there with beer and wine only on a 739 (yes, I know it doesn't actually have the range).
Of course, right now they can't even keep their planes staffed properly, so maybe I'm giving them too much credit here.
AA, B6, and UA are all serving meals in premium transcon flights yet DL refuses to do so in D1... even when DL is assigning just 5 flight attendants to premium transcon flights operated by archaic 763s, given the fact that Y service is just a little bag with water and snacks, that's still plenty of crew to serve meals in D1.