First Class Dining

Waited on hand and foot…
and stomach 

When flying First Class on select flights over 1,500 miles, you'll be served fresh entrées created by our team of celebrity chefs. In addition to world-class meals on long-haul flights, we offer complimentary, high-quality, name-brand snacks on Delta and Delta Connection® carrier flights within the United States, Canada and select Latin America/Caribbean¹ destinations.

Food Service

The food and beverage service you receive onboard is based on your flight's time and distance. Here's what you can expect on a particular flight.

Flight Distance:

0-250 Miles (up to 1 hour)
Choose from a selection of complimentary snacks: peanuts, pretzels or Biscoff cookies.

251-899 Miles (1 to 2 hours)
Choose from a selection of complimentary snacks. Morning flights (departures 05:00-09:45) offer peanuts, pretzels, Biscoff cookies, biscotti, bananas, Otis Spunkmeyer muffins and Quaker Oats chewy granola bars. All other flights offer peanuts, pretzels, apples, Twix, Toblerone, Sun Chips and Walkers shortbread cookies.

900-1,499 Miles (about 2-3.5 hours)
A delicious meal will be served during meal times2, in addition to our snack selection.

More than 1,500 Miles (3.5 hours +)
A delicious meal will be served, in addition to our snack selection.

Flights between New York (JFK) and Los Angeles and San Francisco
You'll enjoy our transcontinental BusinessElite dining experience, a three-course menu designed by renowned Chef Michael Chiarello. His distinctive creations include an antipasto plate, entrée and dessert course, featuring fine cheeses and gelati.

Alaska, Hawaii and International Flights
You'll enjoy a delicious meal on select Alaska and Hawaii flights (based on flight times).

Beverage Service

Nonalcoholic Beverages
The following complimentary nonalcoholic beverages1 are offered in all classes of service on all flights:

  • Coca-Cola® Classic
  • Diet Coke
  • Coca-Cola Zero
  • Sprite
  • Fresca
  • Bottled water
  • Seagram's Club® Soda
  • Seagram's Tonic Water
  • Seagram's Dry Ginger Ale
  • Milk
  • Tea
  • Seattle’s Best regular and decaffeinated coffee
  • Minute Maid® Orange Juice
  • Minute Maid Cranberry Apple Cocktail
  • Minute Maid Apple Juice
  • Motts Tomato juice
  • Mr. & Mrs. "T" Bloody Mary mix

 1Nonalcoholic beverage selections are subject to change and availability. All items may not be available on all flights.

Alcoholic Beverages
A selection of complimentary beers, wines, spirits and cocktails are offered in the First Class cabin. And for our Delta Shuttle travelers, complimentary beer and wine is offered throughout the cabin and complimentary cocktails are offered in First Class on all Delta Shuttle flights.

Special Meals

Gluten-free? Kosher? Diabetic? No problem. We accommodate all types of diets. These special meals are available in First Class and Economy Class on flights where complimentary meal service is offered.

  • Asian
  • Baby
  • Child
  • Bland
  • Diabetic
  • Gluten-free
  • Hindu
  • Kosher
  • Low-calorie
  • Low-cholesterol
  • Low-fat
  • Low-sodium
  • Muslim
  • Passover
  • Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)
  • Vegetarian (pure)

Please make all special meal requests through My Trips at least 24 hours before your scheduled flight departure. Once you check in, let the gate agent and a flight attendant know that you ordered a special meal.

Delta Shuttle Flights

Fresh complimentary snacks are served on all weekday Delta Shuttle® flights, based on the time of day.

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