SATS bags $325m in-flight catering deal with Delta Airlines

The contract will commence in October.

SATS today revealed that it has bagged a $325m (JPY 30b) in-flight catering contract from Delta Airlines via its 59.4%-owned Japanese subsidiary TFK Corporation.

TFK is expected to commence catering services to Delta at both Narita and Haneda International Airports in Tokyo by October this year.

Delta currently operates 22 peak-day flights from Narita and Haneda. The airline’s owned and operated inflight kitchen in Narita will close following the transition to TFK.

“We are delighted to welcome Delta back to TFK. This new agreement re-establishes our longstanding relationship of 22 years which had ended in 2009 following Delta’s merger with Northwest Airlines,” said Alex Hungate, President and Chief Executive Officer of SATS.