Servair is a subsidiary

Subsidiary

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 of the French

France

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 airline Air France

Air France

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, specialised in airline catering

Catering

Catering is the business of providing foodservice at a remote site or a site such as a hotel, public house , or other location.-Mobile catering:A mobile caterer serves food directly from a vehicle or cart that is designed for the purpose...

. Servair has its head office in the Continental Square

Continental Square

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 complex in Roissypôle, Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and in Tremblay-en-France

Tremblay-en-France

Tremblay-en-France is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.More than one-quarter of Charles de Gaulle Airport lies on the territory of the commune of Tremblay-en-France, in particular terminals 2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D...

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Servair is a French company with around 8,000 employees, providing restaurant services, equipping and cleaning. It has 130 customer companies. A subsidiary of Air France, Servair and its subsidiaries have a turnover of more than 489 million euros.

The Servair network, composed of Servair, its partners (Alpha, Flying Food Group, Servair Air Chef and Eurest Servair) and its technical support, has more than 100 units throughout the world.

Trades at the service of airlines

Servair’s has 4 main activities:

• Catering, i.e. in-flight food services.
• Handling, i.e. equipping and logistics, which is the loading/unloading of aircraft (pillows, blankets, trolleys, etc.) and the management and storage of hotel products (preparation of drinks, food, tax free products,…).
• Ramp, i.e. airport assistance, going from runway assistance to terminal assistance..
• Cleaning, i.e. cabin service, to prepare a clean and comfortable aircraft.

• 9,150 employees
• 755 million euros in turnover
• 7.8 million euros of net consolidated result
• More than 100 units around the world, with its partners

Catering

• 45 million meal trays prepared per year
• 200 000 trays per day
• 16,300 tonnes of food products delivered every year
• More than 100 cooks
• 1,000 menus and 5,300 different recipes

Cleaning and logistics

• 365,000 aircraft handled every year
• 39,000,000 seats cleaned per year
• 47 km² of carpet cleaned per year
• 217 vehicles including 41 heavy duty vehicles
• 365,000 interventions with reduced mobility passengers
• 40.5 million newspapers and 11 million magazines supplied per year

Quality

• 40 hygiene, microbiology and quality experts
• 17 units certified ISO 9001 v2000
• 50,000 analyses per year realised by the Servair laboratory, COFRAC accreditation award
• 7 international experts monitoring the scientific committee

Main competitors

• Gate Gourmet
  Gate Gourmet
  Gate Gourmet is an airline catering firm with headquarters on the grounds of Zürich Airport, Switzerland, near Zürich.Gate Gourmet was founded in 1992, and is the world's largest independent airline catering, hospitality and logistics company...
  
  
• LSG Sky Chefs
  LSG Sky Chefs
  LSG Sky Chefs is the brand name of LSG Lufthansa Service Holding AG, which is the world's largest provider of airline catering and in-flight services. It is a subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa AG. A part of the company was formerly owned by AMR Corporation, parent company of American Airlines...
  
  
• SATS Catering
• Dnata
  Dnata
  Dnata is one of the largest suppliers of combined air services in the world offering ground handling, cargo, travel, and flight catering services across five continents. With a global footprint of 37 countries, Dnata employs over 20,000 employees for its operations worldwide.-History:Dnata was...
  
  

History

1971: Creation of Servair.

1974: Servair has 520 employees.

1975: Creation of Servair Lyon

1986: Servair provides restaurant services for Presidential journeys.

1990: Creation of ACNA, a company specialising in cleaning and equipping aircraft.

1990: 20 million trays served per year.

1990: Servair continues its establishment in Africa with the creation of DAKAR Catering

1991: Opening of Jet Chef at Le Bourget

1992: Opening of the units Servair 2, Orly Air Traiteur (OAT) and CPA at Roissy

1995: Servair is present in 14 countries.

1999: Creation of CAP (Culin’Air Paris) with Star Airlines and Bruneau Pégorier Catering

2000: Servair serves 40 million meals per year

2001: Opening of Special Meals Catering, a kosher production unit in Paris

2002: Opening of Mali Catering in Bamako Airport

2003: Opening of the new Servair laboratory

2004: Inauguration of a new kitchen in Mauritania

2005: CPA has transformed itself into a catering centre specialized in long-haul activity

External links

• Official site