public industry in flight catering and support services founded dubai 2003 founder the emirates group headquarters deira dubai key people gary chapman director and alternate director huraiz almur bin huraiz president saeed mohammed ceo 1 owner public parent the emirates group subsidiaries linencraft food point website www.ekfc.com emirates flight catering arabic ekfc is an in flight catering service based in dubai united arab emirates which provides catering and support services for emirates airline and all other airlines based at dubai international airport . it is a subsidiary of the emirates group . ekfc directly employs over 8 000 staff and operates from emirates flight catering centre which has a capacity of producing over 115 000 meals daily . the company provided 22 million airline meals in 2006 and over 25.5 million meals in 2007 with a combined average daily meal uplift of 70 000 . contents 1 history 2 subsidiaries 2.1 food point 2.2 linencraft 3 references 4 external links history edit emirates flight catering at dubai international airport emirates flight catering was formed out of emirates abela catering company in 2003 . it now produces more than 26 million meals per year and has a fleet of 100 high loader trucks including a special vehicle for the airbus a380 . ekfc employs 5 400 staff . 2 in july 2005 ekfc began operations at its new food point facility a 10 000 m2 107 639 sq ft facility capable of producing 30 million meals annually . 3 in early 2006 ekfc began operations at a new catering facility dedicated to service the flights of emirates airline . the facility can produce over 115 000 meals daily . the older facility is now used to serve all 120 of the international airlines operating out of dubai airport . ekfc provided 22 million airline meals in 2006 and projected production of over 25.5 million meals in 2007 with a combined average daily meal uplift of 70 000 . 1 also in the 2006 ekfc opened its linencraft laundering plant . the facility has a total area of 10 500 m2 113 021 sq ft and a capacity to handle 50 tonnes of laundry and dry cleaning output per day . 4 subsidiaries edit emirates flight catering at dubai international airport food point edit food point is a catering facility based at dubai investment park that opened in july 2005 . it is another food production facility and can produce over 30 million meals annually . food point was designed and its project managed by european projects a uk based specialist food design company that has since become international food systems ltd. linencraft edit linencraft is a laundering facility located at dubai investment park with a processing capacity of 50 tonnes of laundry and dry cleaning per day . the facility was to have the capacity to handle 80 tonnes daily by 2010 . references edit a b http www.ekfc.com http www.theemiratesgroup.com english our brands airport aviation catering emirates flight catering.aspx http www.foodpointdubai.com http www.ekfc.com linencraft linencraft cream.htm 5 . http www.internationalfoodsystems.com external links edit official website parent company v t e the emirates group subsidiaries emirates airline subsidiaries emirates skycargo dnata dnata travel services dnata uk dnata singapore emirates flight catering related articles emirates fleet emirates business model emirates destinations emirates skycargo destinations dubai marriott harbour hotel & suites people ahmed bin saeed al maktoum maurice flanagan tim clark incidents emirates flight 407 emirates flight 521 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title emirates flight catering & oldid 733379942 categories the emirates groupcatering and food service companies of the united arab emirates2003 establishments in dubaicompanies established in 2003hidden categories articles containing arabic language text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 august 2016 at 11 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view