The Friendly Skies Get Properly Sauced

By Chuck Sudo in Food on Nov 17, 2010 9:40PM

One of our best flight ever was a British Airways flight from O'Hare to London's Heathrow Airport where we asked the Flight attendant for a Bacardi and Coke every 30 minutes until we passed out, then every fifteen after. We woke up at one point on the flight caked in drool with six rums and Coke in front of us. Those were the days.

More and more airlines are looking to booze as a revenue stream with some growth potential. American Airlines will be offering $5 beer, cocktails and wine on some domestic, Canadian and Caribbean flights throughout the holidays. That follows recent steps by United, Continental and Delta to offer specialty cocktails like mojitos at a discounted price (discounted for an airline, that is).

'Course, try enjoying that mojito with a three-year-old kicking the back of your seat and the guy next to you wanting to give you a list of things to do in Denver before you die. Then there's the problem if you wind up drinking too much, get off the plane if it's a stop en route to your final destination, then aren't allowed to get back on because you drank too much.