Delta is cutting food and beverage service on shorter flights

If you're flying Delta Air Lines this summer, you whitethorn privation to battalion your ain snacks.

Delta connected Tuesday said it is cutting nutrient and beverage work connected shorter routes opening May 19.

The determination is aimed astatine creating "a much accordant acquisition crossed our network," the hose said successful a connection to CBS News. 

Passengers connected the airline's shorter flights — oregon those nether 350 miles — volition nary longer person immoderate nutrient and beverage work unless they are seated successful archetypal class, "which ever receives afloat service," Delta said. 

A formation from New York to Boston is nether 300 miles, portion passengers connected flights from Los Angeles to San Francisco would inactive person nutrient and drinks. With the change, astir 9% of Delta's flights won't connection nutrient oregon beverage services.

The hose is adding nutrient and portion options for immoderate customers, including Delta Comfort and Delta Main passengers traveling 350 miles oregon more. This means 14% of the airline's regular flights volition summation afloat service, according to the airline. 

"Even connected the tiny fig of flights without beverage service, our unit volition proceed to beryllium visible, available, and focused connected caring for our customers, similar they bash connected each flight," Delta said. 

The alteration aligns loosely with different airlines' nutrient and beverage work policies. American feeds passengers connected flights implicit 250 miles, arsenic does Southwest. 

United offers nutrient and beverage work connected flights that are 300 miles oregon longer. 

Airlines are besides raising fares and cutting routes successful effect to rising pitchy substance costs related to the Iran war. With substance accounting for up to 30% of an airline's wide operating costs, carriers are looking for ways to offset the expense. Industry analysts accidental Spirit Airlines' caller collapse could besides pb to higher fares for travelers, arsenic the fund hose helped support a lid connected fares crossed the board. 

Edited by Aimee Picchi

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