Had enough Airline food? So has Qantas after 93,000 meals a day

Qantas Airways agreed to sell its catering division to an Emirates Group business to divert cash to areas such as premium lounges and ultra long-haul routes. About 1,200 Qantas employees will transfer to Dnata, the Australian airline said Wednesday. Dnata, an aviation-services company, will supply catering for Qantas flights for an initial period of 10 years. The transaction value wasn’t disclosed. Qantas has sold non-core assets in the past few years including a military aircraft services division as it focused on bolstering earnings through premium customers and direct flights to far-flung destinations. The carrier’s catering division, with facilities in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, is a capital-intensive operation that requires specialist vehicles to load aircraft and food-preparation sites to be near an airport. Dnata serves more than 320,000 meals a day. The Australian carrier says its catering business produces more than 34m meals annually for Qantas and other airlines each year, equivalent to about 93,000 a day.<br/>