The Vision Behind CatCal
CATCAL was founded on a simple but powerful principle: world-class airline catering operations are built on data, not assumptions. The vision comes from Onur Oğuz, whose career spans decades of leadership in hospitality and airline catering operations — managing large-scale production environments across three continents and seven countries.
Having led airline catering startups, established operational infrastructures, trained local teams, and implemented standardized systems in some of the industry's most demanding environments, Onur recognized that many operational decisions were still being driven by experience and intuition — rather than measurable performance indicators. CATCAL was created to bridge that gap.
The name CATCAL (Catering Calculations) reflects the platform's core mission: transforming daily operational and production activities into measurable data, actionable insights, and continuous operational improvements.
Originally developed to support operations in Detroit, USA, CATCAL quickly evolved into a proven operational excellence platform. What truly sets CATCAL apart is that it is not built solely by software engineers — it is continuously developed, tested, and refined by experienced airline catering professionals who understand the realities of large-scale aviation operations.
"Rather than forcing facilities to adapt to a generic platform, CATCAL is specifically designed around the unique operational structure, customer requirements, service standards, and production workflows of each individual airline catering unit."
— Onur Oğuz, Founder
