In August, Tolmachevo Airport inaugurated a new factory complex for in-flight catering.
The event dedicated to the beginning of the construction of the new complex was held exactly a year before the opening, on 29 August 2018.
The opening ceremony was attended by the Governor of the Novosibirsk region Andrey Travnikov, the regional Executive Director of LSG Sky Chefs for operating activities in Africa, Eastern Europe, India, the Middle East and Turkey, Alfred Rigler, the General Director of LLC “Novaport Holding”, Sergey Rudakov, the General Director of JSC “Airport Tolmachevo”, Evgeniy Yankilevich, representatives of airline partners of Tolmachevo airport and other officials.
The new in-flight catering facility covers an area of more than 5,000m². It is equipped with modern high-tech equipment and is the largest enterprise beyond the Urals, providing aviation catering services. The design capacity of the factory is 16,000 food rations per day; the number of jobs is 350 with the prospect of increasing to 500.
This project has been implemented in the framework of cooperation between the Novaport airport holding and one of the world’s leading manufacturers and operators in the field of in-flight catering LSG Sky Chefs.