EUROPE. gateretail – a division of airline catering and inflight specialist gategroup – and low-cost carrier Wizz Air have renewed their inflight retail contract for five more years.
The extended agreement sees gateretail continue to manage the full inflight retail programme for Wizz Air, which is accelerating its expansion to reach 500 aircraft.
The partners said that Wizz Air will continue to benefit from gateretail’s retail and digital services to provide a fully connected galley and retail platform inflight.
The extended agreement is based on the current partnership’s profitability, growth potential, tangible digital transformation and common vision for ancillary contribution, the partners said.
gateretail Global Managing Director Fernando Guinea commented: “We are very grateful to partner up again with Wizz and disrupt the retail onboard service. We will bring Wizz’s customers solutions and services to their needs and drive higher degrees of profitability.
“Our digital retail platform and connectivity will unlock and disrupt the market at levels never seen before, by leveraging data across the retail value chain and providing a degree of personalisation and convenience that will wow Wizz’s passengers.”
Wizz Air Head of Ancillary James Goodwin added: “As Wizz Air continues its record growth in new and existing markets, we are extremely focused on our core business. This renewed partnership with gateretail will support a combined vision of ancillary contribution, passenger experience and digitalisation.” ✈
