New Doha International Airport awards Inter-Roller Engineering in-flight catering contract

This is the Company’s second project for NDIA. The previous project won was for baggage handling. This is also the Company’s second in-flight catering project in the Middle East after the Emirates Flight Catering.



Slated for completion in 4th quarter 2009, this QAR 43million (USD11.8 million) project will see a handling capacity of 82,000 meal sets a day to meet with the future demands of the new airport.

New Doha International Airport’s In-Flight Catering Facility is a fully automated system, with customized design to ensure a seamless transportation of delicate cutlery and meal sets at high speed across areas within the facility. This system is RFID-enabled and it consists of 1.2km of conveyers, high speed lifters, Automated Sorting and Retrieval System units and Transport Units, all inter-controlled and made possible by Inter-Roller’s High Level Control Management System (CMS) and Store Management Control System (SMCS).

The Company’s in-flight catering systems can also be found at various airline catering centers located in the Asia Pacific region such as Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS), Korean Airlines, Emirates Flight Catering with handling capacity of 45,000, 37,000 and 115,000 meal sets a day respectively.

About Inter-Roller

Inter-Roller is in the provision of airport logistics systems with projects completed around the world. The Singapore Main Board listed company specializes in the design, engineering, manufacture, installation and support of airport logistics systems comprising of Baggage Handling System, Air Cargo Handling System, and In-Flight Catering System. Inter-Roller is headquartered in Singapore and has subsidiaries in Malaysia, China, the Middle East and United Kingdom.


About NDIA

The new airport, which has been described as "a small city within a city" will house a business park, a free trade zone, and a 3-storey terminal building with dedicated retail space and hotel facilities. Designed for a capacity of 24 million passengers a year, NDIA will be one of the largest airports in the Middle East.

(c) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation Premium. Date posted: 31-Jan-08.