QACC prepares 0.2 million meals daily

Doha: The award winning Qatar Aircraft Catering Company (QACC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Qatar Airways Group, prepares 200,000 meals per day on av...

Doha: The award-winning Qatar Aircraft Catering Company (QACC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Qatar Airways Group, prepares 200,000 meals per day on average, serving the national carrier as well as several other global airlines operating from Doha.

QACC not only provides in-flight catering for Qatar Airways and other carriers, but it also provides catering for hub lounges as well as Amiri flights and ad hoc VVIP flights, according to Qatar Airways Group annual report 2023-24. QACC was launched in August 2002 at Doha International Airport.

The catering company occupies an impressive 69,000 square metre purpose-built, state-of-the-art facility at Hamad International Airport (HIA). It is the largest single-building airline catering unit in the world.

“Providing on average 200,000 meals from more than 70 international cuisines, QACC has played an instrumental role in the Group’s consistent international recognition – most notably earning the prestigious titles of ‘Global Best Food & Beverage’ in the 2024 APEX Awards and ‘Best In-flight Food & Beverage’ in the 2023 Business Traveller Awards,” the report said.

As part of its commitment towards environmental sustainability and social responsibility, QACC donated more than 110,000 portions of dry foods and condiments, and more than 75,000 blankets and duvets to people in need around the globe. It also recycled more than 3,000 tonnes of solid waste during 2023/24, reducing waste going to landfills while generating revenue through sales of the recycled waste. “These achievements speak volumes of QACC’s unrelenting drive towards environmental sustainability excellence, and its ambitious goal of zero waste to landfill by 2030.”