Dublin Airport is upgrading its airplane food and frequent flyers are rejoicing

Say goodbye to soggy airplane food, because it's about the get a makeover.

One of the world’s largest air services providers, dnata, a part of the Emirates Group, has announced its newest airline catering facility will arrive at Dublin Airport. The new facility will provide high-quality catering to airlines, focusing on premium, long-haul carriers for which the company can supply up to 4,000 meals each day. The president of the catering company made a statement and said that the meals on airplanes will now include food from local producers and suppliers. Gary Chapman, dnata president said: “Passenger traffic through Dublin Airport is up year-on-year since 2011 and it is just a matter of time before it reaches the 30 million mark. "In Dublin, we have identified a really strong opportunity to provide the growing number of long-haul carriers, and their customers, with great-tasting, high quality in-flight meals. "We see this as a real vote of confidence in the Irish market, which we will support further by sourcing from local food producers and suppliers." We are ALL for this. But as well as being delighted that rank airplane food will soon be a thing of the past, Gary also announced that 60 new jobs will be available in the facility, which will range from chefs to operations managers, logistics managers, drivers, stores and health and safety staff. If you fancy checking out the vacancies, visit this website.