7 facts about airline catering

1. British Airways passengers consume 40.5 tonnes of chicken each year
2. LSG Sky Chefs is the world's largest airline caterer serving 427 million meals in 2001
3. Singapore Airlines is the second largest buyer of Dom Perignon champagne in the world
4. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.
5. Virgin Atlantic says catering is its third biggest cost after fuel and engineering-maintenance
6. Instructions on packets of American Airlines peanuts read: 'Instructions: Open packet, eat nuts'
7. In-flight catering is an $18 billion worldwide industry employing up to 200,000 people