The document traces the history of catering activities in the aviation industry from 1919 to present day. It notes that the first passenger flights in 1919 served teas and sandwiches. During the 1920s, airlines began providing more substantial meals served on trays. By the late 1920s and 1930s, airlines introduced hot meals, movies, and designed planes with galleys to serve food. Catering continued to expand with a variety of meals to meet different diets and tastes. Major catering companies were founded to serve the growing airline industry.

1. The Short History of
Catering Activities in
Aviation Industry
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2. • The first regular passenger
service by airplane began in
August 1919 in Europe,
between England and France.

3. • Game and cream teas were served during
the two hour flight.

6. • During 1920s, KLM was
developing. Initially, their
catering service consisted of
only sandwiches with tea or
coffee.

7. • on 30 July 1927.
• ~The first recorded
full-in-flight mail
service is served by
Air Union

8. • ~1928.
• PanAm employed
uniformed stewards
and restaurant
style tables
adorned with vases
of flowers and
silver cutlery
Western Airlines.

9. • 1929~
• PanAm
introduced
movies on its
flight between
Miami and
Havana.

10. • The first full-hot-food service was on Sunday, 29
April 1928 when Lufthansa introduced their
on the Berlin- Paris route.

11. • 1933
• The Marriot Group
contract caterers
saw a gap in the
market and decided
to serve food from
one of their
«Hot Shoppes» to
passengers.

12. • Later in 1934, Dobbs
International Service Inc.
one of America’s largest
inflight caterers was
founded in Memphis, USA.

13. • From 1936, the DC-3
was designed with a
galley to enable hot
meals to be served to
passengers, thus
replacing sandwiches
and tea or coffee.

14. • The airlines were face with
meeting a wide-range of
ethnic tastes and special
diets.

15. • Japan Airlines have introduced an in-
flight sushi bar.

16. • Air Canada has promoted Nutri Cuisine
its brand name for low-salt, low- sugar
meals and Flex-Meal, as cold plate
available anytime during a flat.

17. • DO&CO started catering activities
for Lauda Air in 1987.

18. • Gate Gourmet was founded in 1992, and
is the world's largest independent airline
catering, hospitality and logistics
company.

19. adopted a gate buffet
programme in 1996 on select
routes within Scandinavia.

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