Industry Update
ONBOARD CATERING
ONBOARD CATERING
dnata grows at Changi Gate Gourmet focuses on Auckland
dnata has added Qatar Airways and SWISS to its catering operations at Changi Airport and has renewed its catering contract with Lufthansa for another five years. dnata will serve 1,500 meals a day to passengers on three daily flights departing from Singapore. The contracts are for SWISS Air’s daily Singapore-Zurich service and Qatar Airways’ daily flight to Denpasar and its twice-daily service to Doha and dnata expects to hire at least 10 additional staff to fulfill the contract commitments. David Loft, vp, dnata international catering, commented: “The partnerships are great indicators of dnata’s strong catering operations at Changi. Our business in Singapore uplifts more than 4.5 million meals a year, and that number continues to grow.” dnata works closely with customers to create menus specifically suited to the airline, customer profile and regional tastes.
dnata.com
Gate Gourmet is expanding its presence in New Zealand to a full-service catering and provisioning operation in Auckland. Gate Gourmet upgraded from its operation by taking on the assets of catering provider Pacific Flight Catering (PFC). At the 7,000 square-metre facility, Gate Gourmet will serve carriers such as Fiji Airways, Cathay Pacific, Malaysian Airlines, Air Tahiti Nui, China Airlines, Thai Airways, China Southern and Jetstar. The expansion is part of gategroup’s focus to strengthen its catering and in-flight services portfolio. It will retain catering for Malaysian Airlines’ Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur flight, sandwiches for airberlin by Supplair, and Jetstar crew meals in Australia, as well as launching catering and provisioning services for Emirates’ new nonstop service out of Haneda, Japan, and Los Angeles.
gategroup.com
ONBOARD CATERING
Alpha LSG to create premium kitchen
Work has commenced on a state-of-the art ‘Premium Kitchen’ incorporating purpose- built production and logistics centres for Alpha LSG customers at London Heathrow. Alpha LSG has committed over £9 million to the project, a key element of which is the creation of the ‘Premium Kitchen’ at Heston incorporating a ‘Centre of Culinary Excellence’ and a Halal premium kitchen. Alpha LSG customers are scheduled to move into the Premium Kitchen facility in the first quarter of 2014.
Spokesperson Wayne Gandy said: “We want to encourage young people to consider airline catering as a career and raise the culinary benchmark for in-flight catering.” The centre will also provide space for chef training, cooking demonstrations, menu workshops and promotional events.
alphalsg.co.uk
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