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19 March 2024

Emirates to build catering facility in Dubai South

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Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC), a subsidiary of Emirate Group, will build a facility to provide inflight catering and support services to private and business flights operating at Dubai South.

The alliance comes in context of several aviation-related facilities that are being developed at Dubai South, including the VIP Terminal, Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) hangars, aircraft fit-out and painting facilities, and the establishment of fixed-base operators (FBOs).

Khalifa AlZaffin, Executive Chairman, Dubai Aviation City Corporation (the parent organization of Dubai South), said: “Traditionally, the demands of business aviation passengers for food are highly bespoke and catering companies are unable to meet these very specific requirements. Given the expected business aviation traffic and our vision of creating a world class aviation hub at Dubai South, we have awarded the contract to Emirates Flight Catering Company to provide dedicated executive in-flight catering services for General Aviation within the Aviation District to meet current and potential future catering demand of all FBOs.”

It is expected that the majority of the business jet operations will relocate to Al Maktoum International Airport which is forecasted to see double digit growth over the coming years, leading to almost 18,000 annual movements by 2018.

Dubai South, rebranded to Dubai World Central, is an emerging 145 sq. km. city situated within the emirate of Dubai that will ultimately sustain a population of one million.