ADAC Awards In-flight Catering to LSG Sky Chefs

 

Best-in-class partnership to establish Abu Dhabi as a benchmark airport

Abu-Dhabi, UAE / Neu-Isenburg – Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) and LSG Sky Chefs announced today that ADAC has awarded, subject to contract, a three year deal to LSG Sky Chefs for the management of its in-flight catering facilities at Abu Dhabi and Al-Ain International Airports.

This deal is the first of many initiatives ADAC is planning to introduce in the future to transform the existing Abu Dhabi Airport into a best-in-class facility that can effectively cater to the needs of the Emirate’s  prospective growth. Important milestones are the opening of the new Terminal 3 (due in mid-2008) with an additional capacity of 5 million passengers and the new Midfield Complex raising the airport’s annual capacity to 20 million passengers in 2010.

H.E. Khalifa M. Al Mazrouei, Chairman of ADAC said: “We are absolutely delighted to announce that the successful bidder is LSG Sky Chefs – a company whose reputation for quality, innovation and first-class food is certain to ensure that airline customers from and through Abu Dhabi will enjoy mouth-watering menus of truly world-class in-flight cuisine.”

Walter Gehl, LSG Sky Chefs Chief Executive Office added: “We are dedicated to making Abu Dhabi Airport Catering a first class airline catering facility in the Middle East and we are very excited about having a long lasting partnership with ADAC, Abu Dhabi and the region.”

Abu Dhabi Airports Company, ADAC, is a public joint-stock company wholly owned by Abu Dhabi Government. It was incorporated by Emiri Decree number 5, of March 4th, 2006, to spearhead the development of the Emirate's avi ation infrastructure. ADAC has officially taken over the operation and management of Abu Dhabi and Al Ain international Airports, as of 28/09/2006. Under its mandate will be the re-development and expansion of Abu Dhabi International Airport, which includes the new midfield terminal designed to increase the overall capacity of the airport to 20 million passengers by 2010. www.adac.ae

Media contact: Paul Haines, General Manager – Catering, phone +97125757623, e-mail: phaines@adac.aephaines@adac.ae

LSG Sky Chefs is the world’s largest provider of in-flight services. These include airline catering, inflight equipment and logistics as well as the management of onboard service and in-flight retail. LSG Sky Chefs partners with 270 airlines worldwide and operates some 190 customer service centres in 47 countries. www.lsgskychefs.com.

Media contact: Josefine Corsten, SVP Corporate Communications, phone +49 6102-5999-120 e-mail josefine.corsten@lsgskychefs.com