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Novosibirsk International Airport (Tolmachevo)

  • PAX: 5,909,078
  • IATA: OVB
  • ICAO: UNNT

New catering facility was launched at Novosibirsk airport

December 20 a new catering facility was opened at Novosibirsk International Airport. The first tasters of new products were passengers of UTair flight from Novosibirsk to Nizhnevartovsk.

Tolmachevo Catering LLC is a joint project of Airport Tolmachevo JSC and a leading global manufacturer and operator in the field of flight catering - LSG Lufthansa Service Europa/Afrika GmbH (LSG Sky Chefs). The company has passed the necessary certification and provides a full range of qualitative flight catering services to airlines.

Plant with capacity of 3,000 meals per day is equipped with modern and high-tech equipment, including deep freezing refrigeration chambers allowing to store products up to 6 months, and Blast chillers which keep taste, quality and other properties of finished meals.

Catering facility applies the international standards of quality control system HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points), in connection with which there is conducted a strict control of product safety.

Responsibility for range and quality of Tolmachevo Catering meals rests with Tomas Muncel, the exclusive chef of LSG Sky Chefs for Eastern Europe/Africa. The menu, composed by leading chefs of LSG Sky Chefs, includes dishes of various world cuisines, as well as specialized meals: vegetarian, low-calorie, children’s, Muslim, etc. Personnel of Tolmachevo Catering certified in accordance with international standards.

Novosibirsk International Airport (Tolmachevo) is the largest air hub east of the Urals on major transit routes between Europe and Asia. The airport has two runways. Capacity is 1,800 passengers per hour on domestic flights and 750 passengers per hour on international flights. The airport has been nominated for World Routes Awards in the category "The Best Airport of CIS 2012".