Gate Gourmet, the world’s largest independent airline catering and logistics provider and a member of gategroup, announced today that it has completed the purchase of five airline catering units in Germany from Air Berlin and SCK Sky Catering Kitchen GmbH.  The transaction was approved by German competition authorities last week.

The five flight kitchens are located at Dusseldorf, Cologne/Bonn, Munster/Osnabruck, Leipzig/Halle and Paderborn and serve approximately 18,000 flights total a year, with Air Berlin’s hub Dusseldorf being the largest single unit at approximately 10,000 flights annually.

“With the acquisition of these five facilities we have taken an important step in securing our position in the German airline catering market,” said Guy Dubois, President and CEO Designate of gategroup, the umbrella brand representing Gate Gourmet and 10 other brands.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.