Airline service trolley

An airline service trolley, also known as an airline catering trolley, airline meal trolley, or trolley cart, is a small serving cart supplied by an air carrier for use by flight attendants inside the aircraft for transport of beverages, airline meals, and other items during a flight.

The airline service trolley system was introduced in the late 1960s at the same time as a new generation of large "widebody" aircraft were entering into service with the airlines.

The significantly larger number of passengers on these aircraft meant that meals could no longer be efficiently delivered by hand, as they had been until that time.

Full size ATLAS trolleys are generally about 0.3 m (11+3⁄4 in) wide, 1.03 m (3 ft 4+1⁄2 in) tall, 0.81 m (2 ft 7+7⁄8 in) long, and weigh about 15 kg (33 lb) unladen.

Lighter weight designs are also available and they also exist in half size (0.405 m (1 ft 3+15⁄16 in) long)