chrisny2

Oh come on...there's not a single brand on this list (upcoming CDG-ATL) that isn't from a big corporation:

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Delta® Elevated H.A.Z.Y. IPA by SweetWater®
SweetWater® 420 Extra Pale Ale
Miller Lite®
Red Wine
White Wine
Champagne
Bacardí® Superior Rum
Baileys® Original Irish Cream
Bombay Sapphire® Gin
Courvoisier® V.S.O.P. Cognac
Grey Goose® Vodka
Jack Daniel's® Single Barrel Select Tennessee Whiskey
Jack Daniel's® Tennessee Whiskey
WhistlePig Old Fashioned
The Glenlivet® 12 Years of Age Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Woodford Reserve® Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

NYC Flyer

Problem solved (at least for long-haul)?

LikeaGVI

I’m confused by this post. According the wiki DL only serves hot meals in DL1 flights and select FC domestic flights (JFK-SEA, BOS-SEA/SFO), but yet here’s examples from ATL-LAX and LAX-LIH with hot meals. Did something change?

Minnyappleus

Yes, according to Delta's recent press releases - and not DL.com - "select routes" greater than 900 miles will see hot meals return. In this instance, "select" is a combination of Delta's mercy and airports that have their s*** together.

https://news.delta.com/hot-meals-and...t-delta-flight

LeisureOnlyMSP

Had that delicious quiche MSP-CUN in March. Nice breakfast!

LikeaGVI

Thanks for the update as I thought I'd read somewhere that hot meals were coming back to routes over 900 miles during meal hours. Last week we flew JFK-STT at 8:30am which is almost 4-hours and would have very much appreciated a hot breakfast. This route is well over 900-miles. Is JFK an airport that doesn't have its s*** together?

With all the D1 flights out of JFK I would suspect there's no excuse why they couldn't cater actual meals vs those pathetic boxes. The only box option they had was a cranberry bread with a couple blueberries and a single strawberry and some sort of whipped cream. More like a breakfast appetizer than a full breakfast.

FlyAO2

Probably same as my AUA flight....excuse is they don't give meals unless BOTH the Destination & Arrival is able to cater. Ridiculous logic

DLASflyer

This would make sense given my 63 segments since March 1 and 0 hot meals. There seem to be only a handful of stations catering actual F meals.

KDCAflyer

We should start a list in the wiki of stations that are serving hot meals (if it's even consistent).

I'm doing LGA-DEN and MSP-DCA in first in a few weeks during meal times (breakfast and dinner respectively).

Minnyappleus

Agreed. Routes maybe?

Aloha1

Of course they like the fake meat. It has 30% more calories and 500% the sodium of a regular meatball or burger. You can look it up, That stuff is NOT healthy.

hidecar

Just had the red snapper. It literally tasted like they air fried the red snapper sans any seasoning, threw in some mushrooms, then submerged everything in warm flavorless water. Adding lots of salt and pepper didn’t help.

To anyone else debating getting this. Get something else. Not worth it.

p.s. May upload photo later since I need 5 posts to upload photos apparently..

SirJohnCard

Quick follow up on this: TATL Westbound MUC-DTW meals offered were "Chicken" and Tortellini. I put Chicken in quotes because that is how it's being presented by the flight attendants. It is in fact Thai Chicken Curry, which is how I think it should be offered.

The pre-landing meal offering were Pizza Twists (BBQ Chicken or Goats Cheese).

Dawgfan6291

Delta (and American/United) are having all kinds of issues with consistent catering. All of the caterers did a lot of cutting expecting COVID to last a lot longer than it did and it is taking a long time for them to hire and expand to cover everything.

I think I saw somewhere that American is going to bring some aspects of catering back in-house in their hubs to do all the issues they are having. Like a lot of other things, this is an industry wide issue that no one has a solution too.
I don't think a single station for a single US carrier has its stuff together if we are being honest but as said, they general rule seems to be that if they can't do proper catering on the out AND back, then no one is getting it.

I know some Fters wont like this, and I am not standing up for the airlines per say, but they are all having a hell of a hard time with staffing. Either they point blank can't get people to work or they are getting new people to work but that area saw A LOT of brain drain at the start of COVID. Just a non catering example, reservations has been a total .... show for a few years now. Delta literally has open positions at every reservation center they have (and I think open work from home spots as well).
But not only do they need bodies, even the people they are bringing in don't know all the little tips and tricks like someone who has been working their for 15-20 years, much less the people who worked there 30+ years that all retired. Frankly the staffing issues thanks to COVID (and some of it due to airlines still thinking they way they thought in bankruptcy) will be felt for a LONG time.

jrmoore

Has anyone flown ATL-VEN D1 lately? I'm wondering if the catering on this route is back up to speed or not. Thanks for any info.