Our technology investment is structured around three disciplines: an operational model that concentrates resources on logistics execution, physical automation systems that improve throughput and accuracy, and a safety and compliance infrastructure that documents every stage of every departure.
Investing in the Future of Airline Catering
Air Fayre is executing a multi-year automation program that spans assembly systems, collision avoidance technology, and a proprietary operational platform connecting every system. The investment is funded, the engineering partnerships are in place, and the program is underway.
Funded ProgramScorpio MRP & Logistics PlatformAssembly AutomationCollision Avoidance
What Technology and Automation Means at Air Fayre
The Split-Catering Model
We separate food production from logistics execution to concentrate our resources on what matters most: executing quality service and getting your aircraft off the ground on time. This targeted approach also maximizes our automation investment, directing capital spending into logistics technology.
Scorpio MRP & Logistics: The Intelligence Layer
Scorpio MRP & Logistics is our proprietary operational manufacturing platform, purpose-built for airline catering and integrated with Microsoft Business Central.
Flight-Level Demand Management
Scorpio MRP & Logistics receives airline flight data for each departure: aircraft type, departure time, passenger count, class-of-service configuration. Provisioning requirements are calculated per departure. When flight data changes, Scorpio recalculates. No static templates, no daily averages.
Galley Inventory and SKU Tracking
The platform manages the full galley inventory taxonomy for each airline client: every SKU, every cart position, every class-of-service configuration across every aircraft type. SKU-level tracking from incoming inspection through galley loading produces the provisioning accuracy data airline partners can audit and the zero-waste targeting data that drives operational efficiency.
Service-Window Scheduling
Provisioning, assembly, and ramp delivery are scheduled against actual departure time data. When departure times shift, Scorpio reschedules the provisioning sequence. The catering operation adjusts to the airline's timeline rather than requiring the airline to adjust to ours.
Business Central Integration
Scorpio connects to Microsoft Business Central for financial and operational management, giving leadership real-time performance visibility across all four locations. The combined platform supports audit-ready documentation and transparent reporting across all four locations.
What's Deploying and What's Next
Q4 2026
Fleet order of CAS-equipped catering trucks delivered and deploying at LAX.
2027 - 2028
Beverage build robotics, silverware roll-ups, tray setup robot.
Partner with Air Fayre
Air Fayre's technology investment is designed to compound over the life of every contract. If your procurement team is evaluating catering partners on a 3-to-5-year horizon, our operations team can walk you through the automation deployment roadmap and what it means for provisioning performance at your locations.
Frequently Asked Questions
A multi-year program developing assembly automation (beverage build, silverware roll-up, and tray setup robotics targeted to begin for 2027) and collision avoidance technology (CAS truck fleet at LAX scheduled Q4 2026). The program is funded and engineering is underway.