United Airlines will soon add a new sparkling water drink onboard from AHA…and also cut an existing passenger-favorite.
United Airlines Adds AHA Sparkling Water
A flight attendant let Live and Let’s Fly know that United will discontinue Dasani Lime Sparkling Water onboard and replace it AHA Orange Grapefruit Sparkling Water. No reason was given for the change. United will still offer Dasani still water onboard in individual bottles as well as Seagrams Seltzer Water.
This will be a soft crossover, so expect to see the Dasani Lime Sparkling Water for several more weeks, perhaps with the AHA Orange Grapefruit Sparkling Water on the same flight.
I’m just one customer, but I am a big sparkling water fan (thank living in Germany for that…). Personally I never order the Dasani Lime Sparkling Water because even though there is no sugar added, the lime tastes too “fake” to me. Prior to the pandemic, I would always order seltzer water and just add a real lime (or lemon) wedge.
I will give the AHA water a try, but strongly doubt I will find an orange/grapefruit-flavored water any more appealing. That said, I am happy to see United add sparkling water versus sugary soft drinks or juices. These are far better alternatives and contain no added sugar or artificial sweeteners.
CONCLUSION
United caused great uproar when it silently discontinued tomato juice, only to bring it back after sufficient customer feedback. While more people are drinking sparkling water these days, I’m not sure we’ll see the same “save our Dasani Lime” campaign we saw with tomato juice…
Do you prefer AHA Orange Grapefruit Sparkling Water over Dasani Lime Sparkling Water?
I believe AA did the same recently to a different flavor AHA sparkling. I think it has to do with the contract with Coke.
AHA is a Coca-Cola product.
Dasani Lime has been discontinued, with Coke steering it’s airline customers to Aha.
Yes, AA just switched out Dasani Lime for AHA Watermelon Lime. I experienced that on a flight earlier this week, the first leg of mine from EWR-CLT had the Dasani Lime, but on the second leg from CLT-ORD when I asked for that again, the FA told me that they don’t have it anymore and offered me the new AHA one instead.
Another FA walked by my seat a few min later and saw it and asked what it was and where I got it. She was surprised to hear that I actually got it from them! She went into the galley to check it out and then she and the rest of the crew popped one open and did a tasting! (I was in 1A so I watched the whole thing go down, it was actually kinda funny!)
FWIW, I much preferred the Dasani Lime as the AHA one had a very artificial flavor. I’m gonna be on UA on Sunday, so I’ll be curious to see if they have this yet, and how it measures up.
Coke discontinued Dasani Lime.
Why?
Why? Money would be my first guess. AHA isn’t that bad. But agree club soda and lime/ lemon wedge, the best.
Nothing wrong with a carbonated beverage eg Coke once in a while but I for one don’t understand the flavoured water. Thing. If I want to have water I would rather just have water.
To each their own I guess
Dasani Lime was discontinued via Coca Cola with production only remaining for the airlines. They are now seizing production and so we are moving to the aha option in order to continue providing a sparkling water option.
Anyone with heart issues, taking heart meds is not supposed to drink grapefruit juice. That’s makes this a poor carbonated flavor choice, as a fair percentage of their fliers shouldn’t have it.
Grapefruit juice and grapefruit flavored carbonated water are hardly the same. Even if this is made from actual grapefruit, the amount of juice is going to be negligible. The reason you can’t mix statins and many other meds with grapefruit juice is because the juice is a CYP3A4 inhibitor so it will increase the bioavailability of the drug in question. The event from this product will be negligible at worst.