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TheMoodieReport.com: "Alpha takes flight with The Aviator at Dublin Airport � 16/09/05
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By Martin Moodie
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IRELAND. Following Dublin Airport�s decision to make its main catering offer accessible from the airside departures lounge, Alpha Retail Catering has taken over the landside Thomas Reed Skyview Caf� renaming it The Aviator.

The Foodhall, Nude, Brasserie and Bar have all been transferred to airside over the departures floor passenger security area, by virtue of new screening and passenger routing. Meanwhile, Alpha�s landside Bewley�s offer has been enhanced with the addition of The Aviator, thereby ensuring its presence throughout the airport is maintained.

The changes will provide more convenient access for departing passengers to a broad range of waiter-service dining facilities as well as hot and cold buffet and deli options from the retail Shopping Street. Access to the newly-located facilities will be clearly signposted from the Shopping Street.

Jerry Robinson, Managing Director of Alpha Retail Catering, said: �The changes at Dublin are already proving popular with passengers and we expect to see this reflected in increased revenue.

�By working together to implement these changes, our relationship with Dublin Airport has been strengthened considerably. We very much look forward to developing our partnership with the airport in the future.�

Director of Dublin Airport Robert Hilliard said: �This move is a direct response by Dublin Airport to recent customer surveys which indicated to us that departing passengers desired a greater range and choice of catering facilities, once they had passed through our passenger security screening areas. I have no doubt that the relocation of the"