Alpha Group Plc is a leading aviation support company providing pioneering retail and catering services that helps airlines and airports across five continents. Alpha combines consumer understanding, client care and service innovation to offer its partners comprehensive support from the ground to the air worldwide.
In 2007, Alpha Group was acquired by Autogrill Group, the world’s biggest provider of food & beverage and retail services for travellers, enabling Alpha to continue its development on a global scale. With over € 4.8 billion sales in 2007, Autogrill is active in 42 countries with around 67,000 employees. It operates over 5,300 shops in over 1,200 locations, serving 890 million customers a year. Its main business channels are airports, motorways and railway stations with also significant operations in shopping centres, trade fairs, museums and city high streets. Autogrill manages a portfolio of over 350 internationally renowned quality brands, both national and local. Listed on the Milan stock exchange, the Group is controlled by Edizione Holding (the Benetton family’s financial arm) through Schematrentaquattro which holds 58.7% of its share capital.
Alpha Retail
In 44 airports, across 13 countries, Alpha Retail delivers a diverse range of retail and catering outlets from duty free shopping and specialist stores to restaurants, cafés and bars. In every outlet - from its Glorious Britain stores in Heathrow to the wine bar in Colombo – skilled Alpha staff are on hand to make the travel experience special for all its customers. It is this understanding of traveller desire, based on sound consumer insight and client collaboration that helps Alpha tailor each airport offer to its partners’ requirements.
Alpha Flight
Alpha Flight offers inflight catering and retail services for more than 100 airlines worldwide. Its diverse catering offer ranges from traditional inflight meals to innovative disposable solutions, each founded on detailed customer research and ongoing recipe development. In retail, Alpha Flight has pioneered the onboard sale of food, drinks and gifts by selecting the right products to excite each carrier’s customers, ensuring those products are available on every flight and working with cabin crews to deliver significant sales for its clients.
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