AIRLINE FOOD INDUSTRY TOUGHS OUT ECONOMIC TURBULENCE
December 1st, 2006
BY MARK ROWE
IN-FLIGHT catering has experienced a turbulent ride in recent years. Self-evidently, this sub-sector of the food industry's fortunes are inextricably linked to those of the aviation industry and, put simply, fewer passengers, means fewer food sales.
Yet as the aviation market has recovered in the wake of the terrorist attacks on New York in 2001, in-flight caterers have seen an upturn in business - and new demands, many of which feed into additional demands and opportunities for food manufacturers, who, along with processors and cooks have to be ...
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