
There are two occasions on which I'll reliably order tomato juice: if I'm hungover, or if I'm flying. With regards to the latter, I'm not the only one.
In May 2018, United Airlines announced that it would be "streamlining" its onboard food service on flights shorter than four hours. Excluding transcontinental flights from coast to coast, the move reportedly encapsulated "almost every flight" the airline operated domestically.