Newrest wins airline catering contract with Air Canada at Montreal Airport

Toulouse, September 11th, 2018 – Newrest, a French specialist in out-of-home food services serving 1.1 million meals a day globally in 49-countries, has been awarded a contract to provide airline catering services to Air Canada from Montreal Trudeau Airport as from December 1st, 2018.

This new inflight catering and related services contract further establishes Newrest’s presence in Canada, where Newrest has been established since 2009 and currently operates from Toronto, Calgary, and Montreal International Airports.This new award demonstrates our ability to design and deliver innovative solutions for our customers. Newrest Group has constructed a new catering facility in Dorval in order to serve approximately 20 long-haul and 60 short/medium-haul flights per day from Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport on behalf of Air Canada. This facility contains modern and innovative equipment and will be opening in November 2018.

Olivier Sadran & Jonathan Stent-Torriani, co-CEOs of Newrest Group said: “We are honoured to have been chosen to serve Air Canada at the station where they are headquartered and thankful for their trust and commitment towards extending our partnership. We are committed to providing Air Canada’s customers with top quality products and services from our new Montreal facility.”

About Newrest

Founded in 1996 under the name Catair, the Newrest Group, chaired by Olivier Sadran and Jonathan Stent-Torriani, is currently the only catering company operating in all catering and related service sectors: inflight catering, buy-on-board, onboard duty-free, rail catering, airport and highway retail concessions, group catering, remote site management and support services.

With 30,800 employees in 49 countries, the Newrest Group, whose turnover totaled €1.8 billion in 2017, is also the leading independent airline catering company in the world.

At the end of the 2017 financial year (September), 88.6% of the Group’s capital was management-owned (310 employees). Newrest’s minority shareholders are: Naxicap Partners (5.2%), Ardian (formerly Axa PE) (2.8%), Duti Participations (1.9%) and BNP Paribas Dvpt (1.4%).

Newrest is committed to continuously improving and innovating the services it offers to its clients, as well as to the well-being and progress of its employees and executives. Sustainable development and full adherence to social and environmental values lie at the heart of the company’s activities.

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