TajSATS is a joint venture of Indian Hotels Company Limited ( The Taj Group of Hotels ) and Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS). The company has an experience of 38 years in the air catering services and is amongst the top benchmark for the organisations. TajSATS has facilities equipped with State-of-Art Technology and advanced Kitchen Equipment for efficient and hygienic food production and handling.
But, is TajSATS only into onboard catering amongst the clouds ?
Well, if you are not a part of the organization or the hospitality industry, then you will be dazed to know that TajSATS has services divided into two segments : AIRLINE SERVICES & NON-AIRLINE SERVICES.
AIRLINE SERVICES : Which include
- In-flight Catering
- Laundry
- Aircraft Cleaning
- Chartered Flights
- and Airline Bonds
NON-AIRLINE SERVICES : Which include
- Outdoor catering like, corporate lunch
- Institutional catering
- Corporate Gifting like, Premium brand TAJ CHOCOLATES and CAKES
- Coffee chain catering (Starbucks and Costa Coffee)
Talking about the Singapore headquartered company SATS, From airfreight, baggage, and ramp handling, passenger services, aviation security, cargo, warehousing, perishables handling to cruise handling and terminal management, it offers a full spectrum of customised gateway services to our clients. Besides being the leading ground handler and in-flight catering service provider at Changi International Airport, one of the best airports in the world, we now have ground handling and in-flight catering presence in more than 40 airports across Asia. We also operate Singapore’s cruise terminal Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore, together with our partner Creuers del Port de Barcelona, the terminal operator of Europe’s leading cruise homeport.
The history of SATS can be traced back to the very beginning of commercial aviation in Singapore.
Ground Handling Services came to form when a Malayan Airways Limited (MAL)’s Airspeed Consul took off from Singapore Kallang Airport, on the first of three scheduled flights a week to Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang.
By 1955, Kallang Airport was handling 300,000 passengers annually. As demand for air travel spiked, Kallang Airport did not have sufficient capacity to support the growth. It was eventually shut down and the new Singapore International Airport was relocated to Paya Lebar. In 1972, Singapore Airlines (SIA) was formed and SATS was established as a separate, wholly-owned subsidiary of the airline.
In 1981, SATS’ operation was relocated to Changi Airport along with the opening of the new airport. The team welcomed the airport’s first flight, SQ101, which landed on 1 July at 7.00am.
Since then, SATS has been a core pillar of support in the operations of Changi Airport, leading to the many successes that the Airport has achieved over the years.
By 1986, SATS was serving more than 10 million passengers a year.