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Dec 14, 2023 | 8:14 pm

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Originally Posted by MrAndy1369

The question is, if AS offers meals on 650+ mile flights, why hasn't the US3 followed? It used to be that if a competitor introduced a new policy/fee, others would often follow in lockstep (with rare exceptions, such as when US charged for water a la Spirit in 2008-2009). Is it because AS isn't such a major player? I do miss AA's old meal parameters of 1.5 hours or so that remained until the merger with US.

This. AS is the 5th largest US airline by passengers carried, but 7th by destinations and 8th in fleet size. Adding HA won’t change that disparity all that much.

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