Catering

LSG Lufthansa Service Holding AG

Neu-Isenburg, 100%

The world’s largest airline caterer and provider of inflight services

The LSG Sky Chefs group is the world’s leading provider in airline catering and in all upstream and downstream in-flight service processes. The group consists of 148 companies with around 200 facilities in 52 countries. Its products and services include airline catering, in-flight equipment and logistics, the management of onboard service, in-flight retail as well as related airport services.  

In response to the ever increasing cost pressure and tough competition in the airline catering industry, LSG Sky Chefs has adjusted its strategic orientation accordingly. It can be summarized under four main themes: to strengthen ongoing improvement initiatives with a focus on standardization and lean processes, to intensify sales of products and services for airlines beyond airline catering, to develop additional partnerships for entering growth markets and complementary product areas, and to realize growth potential in adjacent markets.

In 2011, the companies belonging to LSG Sky Chefs Group achieved consolidated revenues of 2.3 billion EUR. By the end of the year, LSG Sky Chefs employed 29,586 people and producing 492 million airline meals a year.