ABU DHABI AIRPORT SERVICES (ADAS) claims to hold a world record for the fastest full turn-around of a widebody aircraft. The record was achieved when a British Airways flight, using a Boeing 777 arrived from London and needed to depart on time.
AMERICAN AIRLINES spent about $425 million on food for domestic passengers in 2001.
CATHAY PACIFIC started the "Best Chinese Food in the Air" promotion in 2001, which offers passengers more than 60 dishes from some of Hong Kong's famous restaurants.
A KLM 747-400 flight from Amsterdam to Australia carries an average of just over 1,000 kilograms of food, and some 1,324 litres of drink - from mineral water to wine and whisky.
Extra supplies are often taken onboard in Singapore, and for Business Class passengers alone there are close to a hundred bottles of champagne on board.
In-flight catering is an $18 billion worldwide industry employing up to 200,000 people.
AMERICAN AIRLINES saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.
VIRGIN ATLANTIC says catering is its third biggest cost after fuel and engineering-maintenance.
LSG SKY CHEFS, the world's largest airline caterer, served 427 million meals for 260 airline customers worldwide in 2001.
Delta Air Lines spends $8 million a year on wine alone.