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