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Beijing Air Catering Co Ltd has provided meals for China's aviation industry for 26 years, serving more than 50 airlines with 40,000 meals a day.

It is now building a second air meal production center, Wu says. The new facility, due to open in 2008, will be able to produce 45,000 meals per day. The company also plans to expand its Japanese and Muslim kitchens, says Liu Ying, the company's general manager.

The company now supplies food such as salad and sandwiches to Pacific Coffee, a Hong Kong-based coffee chain in Beijing. It is also bidding to provide catering services to athletes, officials and staff workers during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.