Airlines throughout the world are struggling with the impact of global economic slowdown, declining passenger numbers, looming regulatory costs and soaring fuel prices. As a consequence, many airlines have cut back their catering services over recent years. This does not apply to the expanding aviation market in the Gulf where in-flight catering plays a vital role in the key airlines’ marketing strategies. A report by Bettina Quabius.
Despite the trend towards healthy living and all the various meat scandals, vegetarian cuisine has so far not had a great impact on the European restaurant scene – and this although the number of vegetarians is growing steadily in many countries. It would seem that vegetarians do not go exclusively to vegetarian restaurants but can also find what they are looking for on the menus of ‘normal’ restaurants...