"If people order something beforehand, the likelihood that they're going to eat it is very high. That, of course, also reduces food waste," Schmitz noted. The company is in a pilot project with a sister company that is testing video equipment and analyzing food waste with video-based artificial intelligence "where we are actually filming all the waste that is coming back from the planes and analyzing what has been consumed, what has not been eaten, and what can potentially be reused. Anything that is sealed or packaged can potentially be reused." In addition, he said gategroup has committed to have 30% of its food offerings to be vegetarian or vegan dishes, which have a "significantly better" carbon footprint than meat or pasta dishes. "It's a trend anyway, and passengers are asking for it," he said. "We believe this trend is going to accelerate."