New United package: Uno’s pizza and Miller Light. (Image: United)
We recently provided an in-depth look at United’s cheeseburger , introduced in January and now the most requested item in the airline’s Bistro on Board menu. Now United is refreshing its food-for-purchase options starting July 1, Delta is expanding its free economy class meal options on transcon routes, and JetBlue is offering a new set of boxed snacks for sale.
United is rolling out another likely winner in the comfort-food category: pizza. If you’re a pizza aficionado and you travel to Chicago, you’ve probably dined at the iconic deep-dish pizzeria Uno’s (or its sister location, Due’s). And that’s the vendor United will use for its in-flight pies.
The spinach-and-garlic pizza from Uno’s (sorry, no substitutions) will be available for purchase on United flights of more than three and a half hours. They’ll be priced at $9.99 – or you can add a Miller Light for a total cost of $13.99.
Elements of United’s protein box. (Image: United)
Other selections coming to United’s Bistro on Board menu July 1 include a Thai-style chicken ciabatta sandwich, an egg-white flatbread, and a “protein box” with hummus, tabbouleh salad, almonds and pretzel sticks. The cheeseburger will still be there, and so will United’s breakfast sandwich (egg, cheese and sausage).
Delta just announced it is increasing the number of free Main Cabin meal offerings on a dozen transcontinental routes from the current six options to 18. The airline said it will offer “distinct breakfast, lunch and dinner menus that vary on eastbound and westbound flights.” Some of the items on the new menu include a cheese plate, a Luvo Harissa roasted veggie wrap, a Greek Meze plate, a beef pastrami sandwich and a sesame noodle salad. You can see the full menu here.
A fruit, cheese and cookies plate from Delta. (Image: Delta)
In March, Delta started offering free meals in coach on its prime transcon routes between JFK-San Francisco and JFK-Los Angeles. A month later, it expanded the service to Boston-San Francisco, Boston-LAX and Boston-Seattle; Washington Reagan National-LAX; JFK-Seattle and JFK-Portland; Seattle-Ft. Lauderdale, Seattle-Orlando and Seattle-Raleigh/Durham.
JetBlue, meanwhile, is coming out with new “EatUp” boxed snack selections July 1 on flights of more than two hours, available for purchase by passengers who can’t seem to fill up on the airline’s free and unlimited snacks.
JetBlue’s new boxed snack selections. (Image: JetBlue)
The new boxed snacks include the Big Up (an RXBAR bar, coconut toffee candy, turkey jerkey, roasted chickpeas and parmesan cheese crisps); the MixItUp (a KIND granola bar, ranch crackers, a turkey stick and fruit snacks); the AmpUp (gluten-free, vegan and kosher items including red pepper hummus Mary’s Gone crackers, a MadeGood chocolate crispy rice square, Greek olives, roasted almonds and a fruit bar); and the CatchUp (salt and pepper cashews, popcorn, brownie crisps and jellybeans).
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The food that Delta is offering is for their twelve long transcon routes and they are giving it away. And unlike United, they are actually giving the food away to everyone in Y, not just to those in the Economy Plus/Comfort+. IMO, this puts Delta ahead of United since even if you get stuck in the back due to IROPS or have no status, you will still give food on Delta.
Seriously? You think United is the pioneer in making photos of food look better than the reality of what you’re getting? There are plenty of legit reasons to criticize United, but this is something that is common throughout many different industries.
Some how the flights from PDX are always missing.
I venture to guess that the PDX – JFK flights carry as many or more than SEA – JFK.
Not sure what palet Delta is addressing but none of their offerings is anything I would select let alone pay for. YUK! At least United is starting to address what people really want to eat, some real comfort food when forced into the cramped uncomfortable 17″ seat economy section.
Whatever turns your crank.
Just find it funny when ATL people whine about the good old days and feeling left out.
You must be in politics with that interesting statistic … Delta doesn’t have as many wide bodies ….but…whatever. I’m specifically talking ATL to LAX and Vegas…and they don’t fly as many two aisle jets on those routes. Internationally I never take Delta because they’re terrible over the pond. Just a preference, but I assume I struck a nerve. Just took the A380 to London….now that was a nice jet.
Ya it’s true, hardly any flights left at ATL, have to connect thru a larger hub to get anywhere and usually stuck on a tiny regional jet. Makes you wonder if Delta is gonna throw in the towel soon and completely shut down ATL!
Ok, back to reality now. Turns out ATL is the largest hub in the world, and gets more Delta widebodies that any other airport in the world. 🙂
What are we here in Atlanta, chopped liver? I remember the days when there were larger planes on ATL-LAX and ATL-LAS. Now smaller jets (but nice!) and the incredible shrinking legroom. Then we get blamed for not being sweet and charming 7/24. 🙂