Yum: Delta Air Lines Adds Shake Shack Burgers To First Class Menu

Delta Air Lines will add Shake Shack burgers to its first class menu, offering its premium passengers comfort food at 35,000 feet.

Delta Air Lines Partners With Shake Shack To “Upgrade” First Class Menu

While the debate over whether In-N-Out, Five Guys, or Shake Shake offers the best burgers may be forever inconclusive, I know I speak for many in saying that we do love Shake Shake…no question about it.

So the choice of Delta to offer this comfort in first class is excellent news, as far as I am concerned, and I suspect most passengers will be happy to at least have this additional choice.

Here are the particulars:

The partnership will begin on flights out of Boston (BOS) on December 1, 2024
Then in 2025, the partnership will expand to “other US markets”
Passengers seated in First Class on routes over 900 miles will be able to pre-select a Shake Shack Cheeseburger as their meal option (orders must be placed at least 24 hours prior to departure, so last-minute upgrades will not be eligible)
The Shake Shack Cheeseburger features a 100% Angus beef patty, topped with cheese and served on a toasted potato bun
You can customize your burger with ShackBurger tomatoes, lettuce, and Shake Shack’s ShackSauce, all served on the side
The meal also features chips, a Caesar salad, and a dark chocolate brownie reminiscent of “Shack Attack” flavors from some of the brand’s dessert offerings

Now I’m expecting In-N-Out burgers next year, United!

Should We Be Pushing Fast Food On Airplanes?

I don’t want to get political here…I wish it was a unifying issue…but I wonder (and I have to stop and ask myself every time I eat an airline burger too) that with the obesity epidemic spiraling out of control in the USA if we should be encouraging people to eat foods that will certainly have to be highly processed in order to maintain their freshness with Delta. Are we ever going to come together as a nation to realize that obesity is an existential crisis that threatens our healthcare system and even our national security?

On the other hand, if burgers are like alcohol and make people happy and quiet, maybe it’s worth the downside…and maybe I should start first by eliminating those burgers from my diet, even though I do not have a weight problem (at least not yet).

CONCLUSION

Delta Air Lines will add Shake Shack burgers on first class flights out of Boston starting next month and later expand to more US markets. I think most folks love Shake Shake so I’ll just leave it at that…nad hope I have the willpower to order a salad instead…

Who am I kidding?

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