Healthier Options in the Air

Health-conscious fliers trapped at 30,000 feet no longer have to slim-pick between cans of Pringles and bags of Chex Mix, at least on Delta Air Lines. On transcontinental flights, the carrier recently added wraps made by Luvo, a packaged food maker that uses natural ingredients.

Passengers flying between Kennedy International in New York and airports in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle will have the choice of three items – quinoa, grilled chicken, and roast turkey and Havarti, each rolled in a whole wheat tortilla and served with a side of grapes and a coconut chocolate chip cookie – at 360 to 440 calories for each meal.

Delta’s West Coast Shuttle, which runs 15 flights daily between Los Angeles and San Francisco, began serving Luvo snacks that proved popular enough for the carrier to expand the healthy selections to cross-country fliers.

Delta isn’t the only airline to offer healthier snack options; American Airlines, for example, offers snacks including energy bars and fruit and cheese plates. But Delta does distinguish itself in one promising way: while the wraps cost $9.49 to fliers in economy class, they are free to passengers in economy comfort, the slightly roomier and pricier section in front of it.