In-Flight Catering Services Market Size, Status and Forecast 2025

Global In-Flight Catering Services Market is estimated to grow considerably in the coming years owing to the growth in air passengers and enhanced service innovations by airline firms. Inflight catering services offer food and meals to the passengers on-board. They not only provide meals to the aircraft passengers but also serve to the restaurants at the airport terminals. Newly built airports have several outlets that offer variety of food items & beverages to the passengers. Food catering service for passengers during their journey is contracted by flight catering group of a renowned hotel, or by the catering group operated by the airline itself as a business, or by any catering contractor.

Various brands of food & snacks worldwide are expected to enter in-flight catering services market due to its high profitability and growing customers’ preference. Moreover, the introduction of mobile and online ordering systems is further predicted to fuel the market. Presently, the major problem faced by airlines is the narrow passageway aircraft that allows limited number of standardized food items to serve. On the other hand, few jumbo jets allow comparatively wider range of foods due to availability of large space.

The key drivers of in-flight catering services market comprise the increase in number of passengers who wish to have nutritious and healthy food irrespective of the seating class. The economy passengers are now demanding high quality food items, which is again expected to boost the market. To offer something unique to customers, in-flight catering service providers are emphasizing on providing culturally diverse food to the passengers. The inclination of buy on-board food is also increasing with the airlines abolishing the idea of complimentary meals.

Healthy snacks and mini-meals are also gaining attraction along with increasing number of health conscious passengers. The in-flight catering services market also looks for food safety, which is becoming one of the key areas of focus due to food quality and hygiene becoming major factors for travelers before selecting the airline. Furthermore, technological improvements for in-flight ordering systems is also propelling the growth of the market. For example, airline business have started making use of digital devices to receive food and beverages order from on-board passengers. Nevertheless, the major challenge faced by in-flight catering services market is aiming on reducing cost and weight for optimizing fuel consumption.

The market is categorized on the basis of service type, provider type, offering type, airline category, and geography. On the basis of service type, market is divided into economic service and premium service among which economic service is expected to register significant market share in terms of revenue.

Based on provider type, complete solution provider segment is expected to hold larger share in future. On the basis of offering type, market is divided into breakfast, main courses, beverages, starter & platters, and desserts. Main course segment is projected to dominate in-flight catering services market in the coming years. In terms of airline category, market is split into low cost carrier, charter/private carriers, and full service carrier. Low cost carrier is expected to grow considerably in future.

Geographically, market is segmented as North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Middle East & Africa. Europe, followed by Middle East & Africa is expected to hold larger share of market due to the growing market tourism.
The key players in in-flight catering services market include Air Culinaire Worldwide, Emirates Flight Catering, Compass Group, Dnata, Jetfinity, Egypt Air Inflight Services, Gate Gourmet, Do & Co., Goddard Catering, Sats, Lsg Skychef, Newrest, Servair, and Cathay Pacific Inflight Services.

Market Segment:

This report focuses on the global top players, covered
• SATS
• Lufthansa Group
• Brahim's Group
• Newrest
• Perth Inflight Catering
• Alpha Group
• Saudi Airlines Catering
• Abby's Catering
• AAS Catering
• ANA Catering
• Cathay Pacific Catering Services
• Christopher's Inflight Catering
• Flying Food Group
• Air Malta
• Olympic catering
• Emirates Flight Catering
• Gate Gourmet
• IGS Catering Services
• Journey Group Plc.

Market segment by Regions/Countries, this report covers
• United States
• Europe
• China
• Japan
• Southeast Asia
• India

Market segment by Type, the product can be split into
• In-house
• Outsource
• Hotels
• Small Caterers

Market segment by Application, In-Flight Catering Services can be split into
• Economy Class
• Business Class
• First Class

The key points of this report are:
• To study and forecast the market size of In-Flight Catering Services in global market.
• To analyze the global key players, SWOT analysis, value and global market share for top players.
• To define, describe and forecast the market by type, end use and region.
• To analyze and compare the market status and forecast between China and major regions, namely, United States, Europe, China, Japan, Southeast Asia, India and Rest of World.
• To analyze the global key regions market potential and advantage, opportunity and challenge, restraints and risks.
• To identify significant trends and factors driving or inhibiting the market growth.
• To analyze the opportunities in the market for stakeholders by identifying the high growth segments.
• To strategically analyze each submarket with respect to individual growth trend and their contribution to the market
• To analyze competitive developments such as expansions, agreements, new product launches, and acquisitions in the market
• To strategically profile the key players and comprehensively analyze their growth strategies.