AirlineMeals.net news overview related to inflight catering
| 2003 |
27 Dec
Jordan
to privatise aviation support services
The Jordanian Government has announced its intention to sell two aviation support
services concerns that were established as a result of the restructuring of
Jordan's flag carrier, Royal Jordanian Airlines [...]
AME Info
23 Dec
Food
on planes not plain
Shetia Mays decided she'd take a nap when she heard food would be sold on her
flight between Atlanta and Los Angeles. "I didn't like the idea that I
was going to be paying for something that used to be free," the marketing
executive said [...]
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17 Dec
Gate Gourmet Signs Letter of Intent
with Iberia
ZURICH, Switzerland, Dec. 17, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Gate Gourmet and Iberia have
signed a Letter of Intent for the purchase by Gate Gourmet of 70 percent of
the shares of the airline catering company Iber-Swiss, presently owned by Iberia.
Gate Gourmet already owns the other 30 percent of the shares. The value of the
sale amounts to 23.5 million Euro. The transaction remains subject to the approval
by the Competition Authorities [...]
primezone
16 Dec
ACS-LSG
Sky Chefs joint venture to yield $6.5m investments
NIGERIA’S Airline Catering Services (ACS) has entered into joint partnership
with the world’s largest in-flight catering provider, Germany’s
LSG Sky Chefs, in a deal that would inject at least $6.5 million into the economy,
and boost its services of providing quality catering for airlines operating
in the country [...]
vanguard nigeria
11 Dec
RBC
unveils new menu for Haj flights
Officers from the Haj Affairs Department, Darussalam Holdings, Brunei Association
for Umrah and Haj (PERAHU) and the Brunei Association for Travel Agents (BATA)
yesterday sampled and selected the meals that will be served on board its Haj-chartered
flights [...]
borneo bulletin
9 Dec
Air
NZ to reinstate business class frills
Air New Zealand is bringing back hot meals to its "Tasman Express"
service, in a bid to win back business travellers turned off by its budget-style
service [...]
nz herald
4 Dec
TORONTO - Cara Operations (TSX:CAO.a) has reached a new agreement to
continue providing in-flight meals and commissary service for Air Canada, the
companies announced late Wednesday [...]
cbc news
27 Nov
Raya
surprise for MAS passengers
SEPANG: Passengers of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) were greeted with a pleasant surprise
when the national carrier held a Hari Raya open house at the KL International
Airport (KLIA) on Tuesday [...]
the star online
26 Nov
Bonus
with mustard and onions
Air Canada rewards top customer-service workers with $3.78 hamburger coupons
it got for nothing [...]
cnn money
25 Nov
Cara
cancels vote to take company private
Food service giant Cara Operations Ltd. said Monday it has decided a shareholder
vote on taking the company private will not proceed due to the repudiation of
a key contract with Air Canada [...]
ottawa business journal
23 Nov
Lufthansa
/ LSG Sky Chefs to cut 2 000 jobs
FRANKFURT - German airline Lufthansa is to cut a further 2 000 jobs as it seeks
to make savings to cope with the crisis affecting the aviation industry [...]
finance 24
18 Nov
LanChile
Unveils New Wine List
MIAMI - LanChile is continuously improving the overall travel experience for
its passengers by providing excellent service in order to be recognized as one
of the top 10 airlines in the world [...]
business wire
18 Nov
Airline
food is nothing to write home about, but some carriers try
On a midday flight from Las Vegas to Detroit two weeks ago, Northwest Airlines
offered about 150 passengers in its tightly packed coach section a $7 bag lunch
instead of a meal [...]
the detroit news
15 Nov
Attendant
who spiked child's juice sentenced
DETROIT -- A Northwest Airlines flight attendant who spiked a toddler's apple
juice with an antianxiety drug to stop her crying was sentenced yesterday to
four months of home confinement [...]
boston.com
11 Nov
Air
Canada kills Cara food deal
TORONTO (CP) - Air Canada, in an unexpected move, has "repudiated"
its contract with Cara Operations Ltd., forcing the food service company to
either accept a new deal on less favourable terms or lose its largest customer
[...]
national post
5 Nov
Agents discover cocaine among in-flight snacks
A drug-sniffing dog alerted authorities to packages with $20K worth of illegal
drugs.
Federal agents inspecting a Colombian passenger plane Thursday found the powdery
drug concealed in dozens of travel-sized peanut bags [...]
miami herald / herald.com
31 Oct
United Airlines launches test with Gate Gourmet
Gate Gourmet will partner with United Airlines on a 90-day test of an in-flight
food-for-sale program in economy class beginning Oct. 31. Gate Gourmet will
be preparing food for more than 200 flights per day from 10 U.S. cities United
serves. The test is the largest ever from a U.S. airline [...]
memphis business journal
31 Oct
Emirates Flight Catering bags Air France award
DUBAI - The Air France third 'Best Worldwide Caterer Award' was presented to
Emirates Flight Catering Co. L.LC. at a special awards presentation ceremony
held in Paris on 22nd September 2003 [...]
khaleejtimes.ae
17 Oct
Job losses in catering
ZURICH - Gate Gourmet, the world's second largest airline catering company,
is to close two factories in Switzerland, leading to 91 redundancies [...]
swisspolitics.org
10 Oct
Lufthansa Plans to Cut 2,000 German Jobs
FRANKFURT, Germany - German airline Lufthansa plans to cut some 2,000 jobs in
its home country over several years as it tries to reduce costs. About 1,000
jobs are likely to go at the LSG Sky Chefs catering division, while other [...]
mercurynews.com
8 Oct
LSG Sky Chefs expands In-flight Cafe(SM) onboard
meal sales concept through exclusive partnership with Hard Rock Cafe
Menu items from popular, global restaurant brand to Be adapted as part of program;
Branded menus to rotate among participating airlines.
yahoo.com
8 Oct
Innovative low-fare service offers: pre-order
meal service
Song(TM), Delta Air Lines' new service developed to change customer expectations
for high-quality, low-fare air travel, announced today that it will offer pre-order
meals on all of Song's 142 daily flights.
gamblingmagazine.com
7 Oct
What's airplane food worth?
Airlines try programs, partners, to sell food rather than spending billions
on free passenger meals.
CNN.com