Gate Gourmet Canada offers a selection of services for Air Canada.

Gategroup has signed a three-year extension to the current Air Canada Gate Gourmet catering contract

The agreement continues Gate Gourmet’s and Air Canada’s strong working relationship across Canada developed over 70 years.

Gate Gourmet Canada supports the airline by offering a selection of services including hub operational support, on-trend menu design, culinary consistency, worldwide meal ordering and retail onboard managed services to enhance the passenger experience and generate revenue for the airline.

Gategroup CEO Xavier Rossinyol said: “Canada is an important market of our North America Region and gategroup is proud to remain a strategic partner to Air Canada and to support the airline through its future growth plans.”

Air Canada Vice President Product Andrew Yiu said: “Air Canada was named North America’s Best Airline in 2017 by Skytrax and our onboard products and services have been crucial to our success winning this distinction for six of the last eight years.

“We carried a record 48 million customers last year and added 30 new routes. As our growth continues we are excited to extend our partnership with gategroup so that we can continue to innovate and offer customers a superior onboard experience.”