Noi Bai Catering Services (NCS)

Noi Bai Catering Services Joint Stock Company (NCS) is an inflight catering company based at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam. It prepares meals for airlines flying from the airport, including business class and government flight catering. The company says it has more than 30 years of experience in aviation catering.

Services

• Inflight catering with Eastern and Western cuisine, business class meals and government flight catering
• Halal-certified meals, as reported on its website
• Equipment cleaning and industrial laundry for airline service items
• Warehouse management, storage and preservation of products in its facilities
• Non-airline food products such as milk tea, bread, European-style pastries, pasta, mooncakes and Tet specialities, sold under the Lotus Deli brand

Customers and markets

The website quotes feedback from Japan Airlines, Vietnam Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Korean Air, China Airlines and Air China. Malaysia Airlines and Qatar Airways are also named in the company history as regular customers.

Company facts

• Inflight catering at Noi Bai began in 1978 when the airport started commercial flights
• NCS was established as a joint stock company in 2004 after the equitisation of the state catering enterprise
• The company history lists Vietnam Airlines as the majority shareholder at establishment, with 60 percent of shares
• A new catering production facility opened in 2007
• The site lists airline awards received between 2010 and 2016