08 – 09
Business and Strategy
Success based on experience and dynamism
LSG Sky Chefs continues to hold the leading position in airline
expansion efforts in promising markets. Increments in the airline
catering and related services. In airline catering the company
product and services portfolio, offering more innovative inflight
has a global market share of 27 percent. This leading position
equipment as well as comprehensive logistics services, will also
is partly based on a history that spans more than 70 years. It
increase our top line.
is also due to possessing the largest existing airline catering
network, comprising operations at 209 airports in 52 countries,
Efforts to apply the company’s core culinary and logistics
and growing.
competencies in adjacent markets, such as train and education
catering and supplying retail chains, will continue as well.
Major historical milestones include the acquisition of Sky Chefs,
which already had a significant presence in North and Latin
With regard to cost management, a number of important excel
America, by LSG in 2001. After an expansion focusing on Nordic
lence initiatives have been launched in key business areas aimed
and Eastern Europe in the late ‘90s, the first decade of this
at streamlining and standardizing processes in production and
century was marked by important acquisitions and partnerships
administration. In its constant pursuit of upgrading its perfor
in China, Korea and Africa. Today this trend continues by adding
mance, the company also challenges existing business models
locations in promising emerging markets around the globe.
and structures and develops them further.
LSG Sky Chefs will proceed with its ambitious business strategy
to achieve profitable growth while improving its cost competitive
ness. In order to generate additional customer value and conse
quently, revenues, the company will further pursue its