Airline catering
Airline catering is an imperative element in the aviation industry, as it distinguishes one airline from another, due to the fact of meals’ high impact on passengers’ satisfaction, and the overall experience of passengers’ flights.
Sky N jet appreciates the different tastes of passengers and takes into account these nuances when our provider prepares food.
This means that our partner cater to specific dietary needs in a special way.
- Stringent safety protocols
- On-time delivery
- Customized meals
- High hygiene standards
Airline catering process
Airline catering is often considered one of the most complex operating systems today.
since It requires a high level of coordination and management in order to operate effectively, The process involves methodical stages such as:
Menu planning & engineering
Before this process, the airline determines the type of food and drinks included in meals, taking into consideration different classes of passengers, their different cultures, their number, and the overall food cost.
Ingredients preparation
In this stage, the cook prepares the various ingredients needed for certain meal items. Like freshly chopped vegetables, relishes, sauces, spices, cuts of chicken and meat, fruits, desserts, and soft drinks. Taking quantity into account.
Cooking
Chefs begin cooking food once the ingredients have been prepared.
Bearing in mind that the low-pressure on-board reduces the sensitivity of human taste buds.
So they customize the receipt due to this fact and other standards.
Food packaging
Post-cooking, a Packaging Operator starts packing food to preserve it from microbial contamination, spoilage, and pests, using trays covered by a laminated polyester film that retains food heat.
retains food heat. And eases the process of reheating on-board and serving time.
Airline catering Loading arrangement
After food packaging, quantity, and safety checkups.
The airline catering provider’s loading team starts to load trays into trolleys, and trolleys into catering trucks.
Airline catering food safety
Airline catering has high standards for food safety. Food safety is regulated by several agencies, including the international flight service association (IFSA), the association of European Airlines (AEA), and the World Health Organization (WHO).
This work seeks to protect public health by ensuring that the food supply is safe and uncontaminated.
Sky N Jet understands that food safety standards are very significant to you.
Therefore, our airline catering provider takes food safety very seriously, and on all aircraft from small executive jets to Airbus A380, we have an established system in place to ensure that your chef-prepared foods will be given the utmost attention before serving it to passengers.