- Chelsea Food Services
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Chelsea Food Services is an airline catering company based at Continental Center I in Downtown Houston, Texas.[1] The company is a subsidiary of Continental Airlines, Inc., making it currently the only airline catering company to be operated in-house by a United States-based airline (previously, American Airlines operated its own catering company called Sky Chefs Inc, now known as LSG Sky Chefs). The company has no official website.
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Locations
Chelsea operates kitchens at the following airports:
- Cleveland Hopkins International Airport - Cleveland, Ohio
- Denver International Airport - Denver, Colorado
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport - Houston, Texas
- Newark International Airport - Newark, New Jersey
- Honolulu International Airport - Honolulu, Hawai'i
In addition to Continental Airlines itself, some other Chelsea customers include Air France, Alaska Airlines, British Airways, Emirates Airline, Frontier Airlines, KLM, Singapore Airlines, USA 3000 Airlines, American Airlines, China Airlines, Jetstar Airways, World Airways and Omni International Airlines.
On October 1, 2010, Continental Airlines and UAL Corporation merged to form United Continental Holdings. United currently holds contracts with rivals Gate Gourmet and LSG Sky Chefs at its hubs, including United's hub at Denver International Airport, where United currently holds a contract with LSG Sky Chefs.
On December 15, 2010, United Airlines CEO Jeff Smisek in an interview with Bloomberg commented and said "The company will continue to use Continental’s Chelsea inflight catering unit, while also using other suppliers". Chelsea Food Services will begin to cater to United Airlines flights at the carrier's largest hub at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport in the near future.
Competitors
- Gate Gourmet
- LSG Sky Chefs
- Servair
- Flying Food Group
- Cara Operations
- SATS Catering
- Dnata
References
- ^ "02n-0278-c00313-vol25.pdf." Food and Drug Administration. May 13, 2004. Retrieved on October 6, 2010.
External links
Categories:- Catering and food service companies of the United States
- Aircraft ground handling companies
- Continental Airlines
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