Top International In-flight Caterer of 2014 Named at Gala in Santiago, Chile

Montreal (ots/PRNewswire) -

When it comes to quality and safety, which in-flight caterers are
the world's best? The 2014 awards for the world's top in-flight
caterers were announced at a day-long gala celebration at the Cousino
Macul winery in Santiago, Chile on February 26th, 2015. This year the
Platinum Award for Worldwide Excellence - the ceremony's highest
honour - went to LSG Sky Chefs at Munich Airport (MUC). It was the
first time in 2 years that Platinum had gone to a caterer outside of
Asia.

The awards were presented by a global roster of major airlines and
railway operators participating in the Quality and Safety Alliance
In-flight Services (QSAI), a programme developed and managed by
Medina Quality. Awards are given across three geographic regions:
Asia, the Americas, and Europe/Africa/Middle East. Gold, Silver and
Bronze awards are named for each geographic region, making for a
total of nine honorees excepting the Platinum Worldwide winner. There
were over 200 catering facilities located across more than 80
countries in the running for awards.

Guests at this year's gala were invited on a tour of Santiago by
motor coach followed by a vineyard visit and wine tastings at Cousino
Macul. They proceeded to the awards ceremony held on the vineyard's
grounds which included cocktails, dinner and wine pairings.

The 2014 QSAI Excellence Awards winners are:

Platinum Worldwide: LSG Sky Chefs - Munich Airport, Munich,
Germany

Gold Asia: Kansai In-Flight Catering Co., Ltd. - Kansai
International Airport, Osaka, Japan

Gold Americas: LSG Sky Chefs, Ministro Pistarini International
Airport, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Gold Europe/Middle East/Africa: LSG Sky Chefs - Munich Airport,
Munich, Germany

Silver Asia: Oberoi Flight Services - Indira Gandhi International
Airport, New Delhi, India

Silver Americas: Goddard Catering Group - Flamingo International
Airport, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands

Silver Europe/Middle East/Africa: Saudi Airlines Catering Company
- King Fahd International Airport, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Bronze Asia: ANA Catering Service Co. Ltd. - Haneda Tokyo
International Airport, Osaka, Japan

Bronze Americas: Gate Gourmet - Miami International Airport,
Miami, Florida

Bronze Europe/Middle East/Africa: Servair Nigeria -- Murtala
Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria

Medina Quality has been a leader in audits of in-flight caterers
since 1983. The company developed the QSAI programme in collaboration
with its clients. QSAI is the world's first auditing programme that
allows its clients to monitor and improve in-flight food supplier
compliance with internationally recognized standards while sharing
program costs. QSAI is designed to ensure that in-flight caterers are
rewarded for maintaining the highest standards of food safety and
quality. Medina Quality offers clients a variety of programmes in
addition to QSAI, including alleged food poisoning investigations,
food and water microbial analysis results investigations, and alleged
foreign body investigations. The company also develops management
reporting tools with clients, including operations dashboards,
supplier dashboards and performance snapshots.

Participants in QSAI include Air Canada, Air Canada Rouge, Air
France, Air Tahiti Nui, Aeroflot Russian Airlines, All Nippon
Airways, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Korean Air, Singapore Airlines,
Virgin Atlantic Airways, and Via Rail Canada.

Contact: Kate Richardson, Tel: +1-514-485-9552 ext.201
krichardson@medinaquality.com

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