gategroup is the parent company for eleven brands that provide services to the travel industry, including catering, hospitality, provisioning and logistics. Its head office is at Zurich Airport.

Prominent services include flight catering, airport services and lounge operation. In 2009 gategroup won a contract to operate the SkyTeam

SkyTeam

SkyTeam, branded as SKYTEAM, is an airline alliance with its centralised management team, SkyTeam Central, based at the World Trade Center Schiphol Airport on the grounds of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands...

 alliance's lounge at London Heathrow Airport

London Heathrow Airport

London Heathrow Airport or Heathrow , in the London Borough of Hillingdon, is the busiest airport in the United Kingdom and the third busiest airport in the world in terms of total passenger traffic, handling more international passengers than any other airport around the globe...

. gategroup styles itself as the "leading independent global provider of products and services related to a passenger's onboard experience" and offers its services via a portfolio of eleven brands.

History

gategroup has its roots in Swissair

Swissair

Swissair AG was the former national airline of Switzerland.It was formed from a merger between Balair and Ad Astra Aero , in 1931...

 catering, from which now-subsidiary Gate Gourmet

Gate Gourmet

Gate Gourmet is an airline catering firm with headquarters on the grounds of Zürich Airport, Switzerland, near Zürich.Gate Gourmet was founded in 1992, and is the world's largest independent airline catering, hospitality and logistics company...

 emerged in 1992. Through a series of mergers and acquisitions gategroup has grown into a multi-billion dollar operation. Acquisitions include Aero-Chef, SAS Service Partner, VARIG Kitchens, British Airways Kitchens and Iber-Swiss.

Company Information

gategroup is a multinational organization with operations on six continents. As of 2009 it has more than 22,000 employees working across 200 facilities in 35 countries. 2009 revenue was approximately 2.7 billion Swiss francs.

In May 2009 gategroup was listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange under symbol GATE.

gategroup has eleven subsidiary brands:

deSter

Gate Solutions

Elan

Gate Aviation

Gate Gourmet

Gate Gourmet

Gate Gourmet is an airline catering firm with headquarters on the grounds of Zürich Airport, Switzerland, near Zürich.Gate Gourmet was founded in 1992, and is the world's largest independent airline catering, hospitality and logistics company...

GateSafe

Harmony

Performa

potmstudios

pourshins

Supplair

Leadership

Name	Title
Andrew Gibson	Interim Chief Executive Officer
Thomas Bucher	Chief Financial Officer
Drew Niemeyer	Interim Group SVP & President, North America
Herman Anbeek	Group SVP & Chief Commercial Officer
Jaap Roukens	Chief Executive Officer of Performa Division
Mike Hargett	Group VP, Finance and Deputy CFO
Hooman Yazhari	Group SVP & General Counsel