01/23/2012 - Servair and Lagardère Services, the world’s leading travel retailer, are working together and strengthening their ties.

The two companies already have a strong relationship thanks to the partnership between SERVAIR and AELIA (Lagardère Services Group), and now join forces to present a full Duty-Free offer to the aircraft and airport sector. Together, they have created a joint venture held at 50% by each group.

Drawing on the support of the Servair and Lagardère Services synergies, the joint venture obtained the franchise rights to the Duty-Free store on Reunion Island, located within the international Rolland Garros airport.

The airport accommodates 2 million passengers each year and should see its air traffic rise over the coming months and years following the opening of new airways to Asia.

This new partnership will be continued in the airports of the Africa, Indian Ocean and Caribbean zones.

01/06/2012 - Servair Gabon provided the catering for the election of Miss Gabon, an event held at the Cité de la Démocratie in Libreville on December 29.

540 guests were able to sample dishes prepared by Servair GABON. These included the international football star SAMUEL ETO’O, Malika BONGO-DOSSOU, President of the Miss Gabon Committee, Leila Lopes, Miss Universe 2011, in addition to big names from the Gabonese government.

Servair Gabon deployed its full resources in addition to 55 waiters for the occasion, with a menu including semi-cooked escalope of foie gras and quenelle of fresh pineapple chutney, gingerbread and caramel melba bread fingers with balsamic vinegar. These teams planned the preparation of all dishes in advance at the centre, using their extensive knowledge of "optimal temperature" sous vide cooking and laid out some 1620 place settings at the venue including 540 warm dishes, all served hot.

This evening event further demonstrated Servair’s expertise as an event caterer. Among others, the company provided catering for the Gabonese Employers’ Confederation in June 2011 during its summer conferences.

Following the summer conferences of the Gabonese Employers’ Confederation in June and the election of Miss Gabon, Servair Gabon is now preparing to contribute its unique expertise as an event caterer for the ACN 2012 (the Africa Cup of Nations) which will begin in mid-January and will last for 4 sports-packed weeks.

12/22/2011 - Air France is inviting world-renowned French Chefs to “autograph” the food served in Business Class aboard the company’s long-haul flights. From December 1st, Joël Robuchon, world acclaimed Chef to 27 Michelin stars, will pioneer the trend for six months! Of the four hot meals offered to passengers, one meal will be a signature dish by Joël Robuchon, to be renewed every 10 days: chicken fillet with green curry sauce accompanied by rice with poppy seeds, carrots with shiitake mushrooms, crayfish pasta with Nantua sauce, etc.
To create these recipes Joël Robuchon worked alongside Servair Chefs, professionals with whom he was "able to share and find innovative and delicious solutions in the unique environment of airline catering."

Discover here the presentation film "Joël Robuchon aboard Business Class", produced by Air France.

12/21/2011 - CPA, a Servair subsidiary, has seen its Halal certification renewed for one year.

The catering unit, which specialises in Halal food production, was audited over the course of three days between 7 and 9 December. At the end of this audit, which was conducted by Malaysia Airlines, the company scored 95 points out of 100, which was two points higher than its score in 2010.

Today, CPA is the only airline catering business with Halal certification in the Ile de France region.

12/21/2011 - The gastronomic restaurant, La Toque Caraïbes, has re-opened after three weeks of refurbishment.

Located in Pointe-à-Pitre airport, the newly redecorated restaurant invites travellers from all over the world to discover its new Creole-inspired menu: foie gras crème brulée, strips of beef with turmeric and coconut or even fillet of red snapper are given pride of place.

To celebrate the event, customers, artists and the whole restaurant team came together to enjoy a grand opening event on the evening of November 9.

Amongst the guests was the local artist Angela Davis, whose works decorate the walls of the restaurant.

12/15/2011 - Logair, the joint subsidiary of Aelia and Servair, becomes Dutyfly Solutions.

Servair, 3rd largest airline catering and logistics group worldwide and Aelia, European leader for duty-free sales, consolidate and rename their subsidiary Logair, which now becomes Dutyfly Solutions.

Dutyfly Solutions, which offers a unique service in managing on-board duty-free sales, is based on the complementarity of two businesses: Aelia's expertise in airline services and marketing and Servair's expertise in air transport logistics.

Dutyfly Solutions, owned 50/50 by the two companies, is responsible for selecting the products, in agreement with the airlines, buying them, deciding on their retail prices and managing their bonded storage. Several international airlines have already placed their trust in Dutyfly Solutions, including Air France, Air Caraïbes, Iberia, and others.

11/25/2011 - Servair and City One have joined forces to create a subsidiary dedicated to the design and management of "wellbeing areas" for passengers.

By combining their respective expertise, these two leading companies now offer “turnkey” welcome areas to airports and airlines enabling customised services for passengers.

City One’s knowledge of the reception business and Servair’s experience in catering and airline logistics have already won over ten airports and airlines in France and abroad, which have decided to take advantage of the joint venture’s management skills.

Servair and City One intend to continue their collaboration and development beyond a simple business relationship, in order to become a leading player in this market in the airline industry.

10/24/2011 - Servair, catering partner of the Solidarity for Water In Niger Basin Countries forum, held on 17 and 18 October in Bamako.

Servair is a major airline caterer on the African continent and provided services for the forum held in the Malian capital under the auspices of the Fondation Chirac and the Republic of Mali.

For this occasion Servair organized a cocktail lunch for a hundred guests at the Bamako International Conference Centre.

This partnership between the airline catering company and the Fondation Chirac is in harmony with Servair's policy of international growth, especially as it concerns Africa, where the company has been present since 1989.

10/10/2011 - For the 5th consecutive year, Servair has been voted best European caterer by the US magazine PAX International.

Readers of this benchmark US magazine dedicated to the airline catering industry have just awarded Servair for its continuous efforts in bringing improvement and innovation to airline catering. Each year, PAX International subscribers vote for the best caterers by geographic region. In 2011, readers cast their votes between 1st January and 1st October.

Servair, the leading airline caterer in France, ranked 3rd in the world, places high quality service at the heart of its business.

Today, Servair is proud to contribute to the culinary offerings of more than 100 client airline companies around the world.

10/07/2011 - For the 78th Montmartre Harvest Festival, Servair is teaming up with Chef Antoine Heerah on this year’s theme: "Montmartre celebrates the islands".

From Wednesday the 5th to Friday the 7th of October 2011, a programme of fun activities for children and professionals will be offered by the restaurant, the Chamarré. Every morning, Chef Antoine Heerah, in collaboration with the chefs at Servair, will offer various activities on overseas cuisine focussing on bananas and exotic fruits to around thirty or so children in the 18th arrondissement. Ice cream makers, chocolate fountains and cotton candy will be featured on the restaurant terrace.

Every day from noon to 5 p.m., the chefs at Servair, Chef Antoine Heerah and other chefs of the 18th arrondissement will also be celebrating the gastronomic heritage of the French Overseas through workshops on the cuisines of the islands. These will represent an opportunity to combine culinary tradition and creativity, in the very heart of the world’s food capital.

09/01/2011 - The 23rd of September 2011, Servair and Aéroports de Paris will be commited to celebrate the french gastronomy.

During this event, the Chefs de Servair will welcome the passengers with some french products coming from French particular lands. In all the arrival terminals of Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports, usability and generosity will be the values highlighted by this original and unique event. *The feast for the gastronomy

More details for this event, visit the dedicated site 

03/15/2011 - Delta recently announced its global caterer awards for 2010 and CPA has received the first prize for caterers in the global “Business Elite cuisine” category, excluding the United States.

Delta bases its caterer awards on a set of stringent criteria: aviation safety (provisioning, aircraft damage, ground operations), punctuality, evaluation of the flight reports, ability to manage unforeseen events & inspection visits of catering facilities by Delta teams.

A spokesperson for Delta commented that: “Delta Airlines is a major operator, with complex catering requirements. We are delighted to work with reliable partners, such as CPA, which provide high-quality services on board our flights on a daily basis, contributing to making Delta the best possible choice for our passengers.”

02/23/2011 - 23 February 2011, in Paris, SERVAIR, French leader and 3rd international player in catering and air transport logistics received two prizes at the 2011 Corporate Business TOP/COM, the Communication Congress that rewards the best initiatives and creations of the year.

> GOLDEN TOP/COM, Logo Creation category The panel of judges, made up of communication professionals from major companies, was particularly impressed by the company's risk-taking in terms of changing their logo at a time of economic unrest to lend extra value and visibility to the brand and to give a new boost to the network and sales.

> SILVER TOP/COM, Business to Business Advertising Category The new B to B press advertisement conveys and emphasises the two key points of SERVAIR's external communication strategy: the international vocation of its network and its culinary identity. By way of a striking, surprising and appealing visual, SERVAIR hopes to convey an image that is resolutely modern and dynamic.

02/14/2011 - Air Asia X chose Paris as its second city after London to launch its long-haul flights from Europe! Since February 14th, this lowcost airline, a subsidiary of Air Asia, flies to Kuala Lumpur four times a week from Orly.

The company turned towards Servair, and more precisely OAT and ACNA, to handle its on-board purchasing catering (fresh dishes, sandwiches, pastries, drinks and wines) and aircraft cleaning.

01/01/2011 - Already servicing Kenya Airways out of Paris CDG, the Seychelles and many African stopovers, last December 16th Servair won a three-year contract for the catering and cleaning of the airline’s four weekly flights from Roma.