Our group history
Always evolving, never slowing down
Proud of our origins and continuously innovating as ONE gategroup.
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1931
Swissair founded with
in-house catering business.
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1992
Gate Gourmet founded through
reorganization and restructuring
of Swissair catering.
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1994
A period of steady growth with
acquisitions in Europe, Latin
America, Asia and U.S. begins.
SAS Service Partners acquired.
SAS Service Partners acquired.
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1999
Gate Gourmet merges with
Dobbs International Services.
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2002
Swissair Group sells
Gate Gourmet to investment
firm Texas Pacific Group.
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2003
Gate Gourmet acquires
remaining 70% shares of
Iber-Swiss catering from Iberia.
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2007
Acquisition strategy to diversify
the business and include other services
to the airline industry beyond catering.
In 2007 deSter was acquired.
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2008
gategroup brand introduced
as the umbrella brand to represent Gate Gourmet and 10 other companies.
as the umbrella brand to represent Gate Gourmet and 10 other companies.
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2009
gategroup is listed on SIX
Swiss Exchange.
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2010
gategroup acquires Cara Airline
Solutions in Canada and expands
footprint in India with Skygourmet.
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2011
gateOPEX, global program for
Operational Excellence launched.
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2012
gateretail launched, providing
onboarding sales management.
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2013
gategroup expands presence
in Oceania with Australian Qantas Catering and Pacific Flight Catering in New Zealand.
in Oceania with Australian Qantas Catering and Pacific Flight Catering in New Zealand.
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2015
Gateway 2020 Strategy introduced.
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2016
HNA Group acquires
gategroup.
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2017
gategroup acquires control
over its competitor Servair
from Air France.
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2018
Temasek and RRJ Capital join
HNA Group as investors.
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2019
Temasek and RRJ Capital became
co-shareholders, each owning 50%
of the company shares.
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2020
gategroup acquires
the European operations
of LSG Group.
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2021
As a response to the pandemic challenges, a new gategroup vision 2025 was introduced, paving the way for expansion into adjacent business
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2022
Steady growth in food solutions customers opens access to a much broader market.