Products and services of the Company can be divided into core businesses and segments as follow
Bangkok Air Catering Co., Ltd.
Shareholding percentage 90.0%
BAC, provides in-flight catering for passengers on our own flights as well as for passengers on other airlines. The AOT granted BAC the right to operate in-flight catering services under a build transfer-operate project agreement dated (the “Catering Project Agreement”) for a period of 20 years commencing from September 28, 2006.
Bangkok Air Catering’s facility is located at Suvarnabhumi Airport with a size of approximately 20,000 sq.m. It is divided into a 10,000-sq.m. area for Halal meals preparation; 3,000-sq.m. area for general meals preparation, and 400 more square meters for Kosher meals preparation. BAC is capable of producing meals for all flights of The Company as well as other airlines including charter flights as in the following details.
As of December 31, 2021 | ||
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2020 | 2021 | |
Amount of produced and uplifted meals for our flights (million meals) | 1.00 | 0.24 |
Amount of produced and uplifted meals for other airlines (million meals) | 1.06 | 0.38 |
Average of produced and uplifted meals (meal) | 5,635 | 1,684 |
BAC produces all meals in international standards namely the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) global standards. In addition, BAC is also Halal certified by the Central Islamic of Thailand and Kosher certified by the Thai Kashrut Services Ltd.
Apart from “the Company”, BAC now serves 26 airline clients with contracts typically for terms of one to three years. Such contracts are mostly priced in Thai Baht. Besides the in-flight catering service, BAC also provides meals and refreshments at The Company’s passenger lounge, both in Business and Economic Class, as well as the Business Class Lounges for the other airlines at Suvarnabhumi international Airport.
BAC is among three other in-flight catering service providers at Suvarnabhumi international Airport which are namely Thai Airways International Public Company Limited, and LSG Sky Chefs Co., Ltd.
In 2021, aviation businesses had been heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, “the Company” which produces meals for airlines was also affected, as can be seen from 2021 meals production statistics above. However, public health authorities predicted that COVID-19 omicron variant will be categorized as endemic within this year. In that case, the company is confident that the business will return to normal with more positive growth when the situation is resolved.