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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Annaba, Algeria
Annaba (DABB / AAE): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
AAE (IATA) · DABB (ICAO)
With a 3000 m longest runway, Annaba takes wide-body movements that need a matched uplift, not a stand-side improvisation. Inflight catering here runs from a sealed kitchen to the galley door by hi-loader; in-flight catering in Algeria and inflight catering in Annaba both move on the same ramp-access model, wide-body to wide-body, no delivery left at the foot of the aircraft.
3,000 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
Runways
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VIP at any volume
8 First covers or 400 passengers across three cabins, same execution
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24/7 order desk
Ad hoc, AOG and same-day uplift answered around the clock
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Multi-leg coordination
One loading sheet, every leg of your rotation
On the apron — Annaba
Aviation catering with ramp access at DABB / AAE
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at Annaba airport
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at AAE
The loading window at Annaba is measured from the sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door on the wide-body stand, not estimated after the fact. Ramp access is held on our own badges, so the catering uplift moves without waiting on a third-party escort at the gate. Every stage between the seal and the aircraft is logged against the same rotation record, apron by apron.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Annaba sit screening, escort clearance and apron traffic, and none of it is left to chance on the day: we plan the catering uplift against the worst case that convoy can meet, not the average one. Galley catering is built around that plan, with the route and the timing fixed before the cart leaves the dock.
Temperature is logged twice on every load bound for DABB: once when the cart is sealed at the kitchen, and again at handover on the stand, so the chain of custody carries a record rather than an assumption. The handover is closed with a signature naming the person who received it, tying the galley to the rotation it fed.
One seal, one signature, one route from the kitchen to the galley at Annaba.
Pilot meals and crew meals prepared for AAE
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at DABB
Airport catering at Annaba is built around one kitchen holding hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under a single roof, run to an HACCP standard on every line. That structure is what lets airport catering in Algeria answer a scheduled rotation and a same-day diversion from the same stock, rather than treating either as a special case. The flight kitchen at AAE plans its cold chain and its output around the wide-body stands it feeds.
The team behind government flight catering at Annaba is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assigned on the day. Each member carries security clearance on file and sits on the access list before a cart is loaded, cleared to household standards as well as to our own. Chain of custody runs with them from the kitchen door to the sealed uplift on the stand.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Annaba, Algeria
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Annaba airport
Menus at Annaba are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a fixed printed card, with inflight catering adjusted rotation by rotation as the manifest changes. Local produce from the Annaba region and wider Algeria informs the main-cabin and Business specification where it fits the season, without naming a single dish or a single grower. First, Business and main cabin each carry their own written specification, and a charter flight menu is built the same way as a scheduled one, on the same production line. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled before they leave the kitchen and matched against the manifest on handover.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Annaba: VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. The presentation is filed against the standing order for DABB, so a repeat rotation is served to the same record rather than reworked from scratch each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Annaba: multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals and pilot meals are boxed to the roster at DABB, with cabin crew meals kept on the same tray-set standard across a multi-leg rotation.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary sets at Annaba: household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger, with halal and kosher produced on a separate line before sealing. Inflight catering at DABB covers the full range of IATA special meal codes, each one matched to a named passenger rather than a generic count.
The three books
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Royal & Government Flights
Royal households · government · state operations
- Plated service · First to main cabin
- Protocol handling · security clearance
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Charter & Commercial
Charter · ACMI · group · scheduled · ad hoc
- 400 passengers · one uplift
- HACCP cold chain, logged to the galley door
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Private Jet
Business jet · VVIP charter · flight departments
- From 8 covers · plated forward
- Reheat sequence specified per dish
Compliance
Aircraft catering food safety at Annaba airport
HACCP
HACCP cold chain
Produced in our own certified kitchens, temperature logged end to end.
Clearance
Cleared personnel
Security-cleared staff, badged airside vehicles, escorted where the stand requires it.
Custody
Sealed chain of custody
Carts sealed at the kitchen, seals verified and handovers signed at the aircraft.
Allergens
Documented allergen sets
Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements documented per uplift and per passenger.
Flight catering airside delivery at Annaba
Annaba runs two runways to a wide-body reference code, taking scheduled, charter and government traffic across stands built for that class of aircraft rather than for narrow-body turnarounds alone. A delegation on that footprint is a documentation load before it is a menu load, and a peak wave of charter rotations tests capacity before it tests the tray count.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the wide-body stand by hi-loader, boarded directly to galley height rather than set down at the foot of the aircraft, with airside delivery held on badges we carry ourselves. Airline catering in Annaba and aviation catering at DABB run off the same ops desk, so a technical stop is worked to the same loading sheet as a scheduled departure.
What we commit to at every stand here is one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover matched to the manifest before departure, with in-flight catering at AAE and airport catering in Annaba held to that same record regardless of the segment flying.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at DABB / AAE
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Government and state flight catering at Annaba
Two runways rated to wide-body movements mean a delegation aircraft is worked on the same stand class as a scheduled wide-body, not routed to a narrower one. Government flight catering at Annaba covers state visits and official delegations for any head of state movement, with protocol documented per passenger and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at DABB
Our kitchen builds every royal household order against the same wide-body reference standard that governs the stands at Annaba, so a private airliner is loaded exactly as a scheduled wide-body is. Royal flight catering here covers BBJ, ACJ and other private airliner movements, held to a written household specification kept on file between visits, with halal available on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at AAE
Wide-body stands at Annaba take ACMI and wet-lease operators on the same reference code as scheduled traffic, so a group charter boards without a separate ramp plan. Charter flight catering here covers sports and tour-operator movements as well as repatriation and humanitarian missions, with a full three-cabin uplift staged against the loading sheet in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Annaba
The wide-body reference code that governs Annaba's stands also sets the loading sequence for every carrier that treats this field as an outstation, so ad hoc airline catering here follows the same tray-set standard as a home-based rotation. Diversion catering, technical stop catering and outstation catering all run off one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg pattern rather than a one-off order.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at DABB
A private airliner working through Annaba's GA terminal is loaded to the same wide-body reference standard that governs the main stands, not a lighter one. Private jet catering there is delivered by our dedicated branch to the FBOs on the field, with FBO catering held to the same cold chain and paperwork as a scheduled airline uplift.
Private jets →
Inflight catering rated by operators at Annaba
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Annaba (AAE)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We were looking for a dependable airline catering partner in Annaba (AAE/DABB) and the process was straightforward. They understood airline operations and kept communication short, clear, and useful. Very convenient for operational coverage. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Nina — Operations Controller
“I arranged airline catering in Annaba for our departure from AAE/DABB. The menu selection was good and all special requests were clearly identified. Good local support for a VIP operation. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Camila — Operations Control Officer
“For our flight from Annaba (AAE/DABB), the cabin order included multiple kosher airline meals. Each item was clearly identified, separated from the standard meals, and easy to check before boarding. A good experience with complex dietary requests. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Naomi — Passenger Services Manager
Outstation catering data for Annaba (DABB / AAE)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,000 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | DABB |
Aircraft catering questions at DABB
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Annaba, Algeria
What operations gets asked every week about Annaba.
Ask operations directly →Where does airline catering reach the aircraft at DABB?
The signed handover record shows every cart moving by airside delivery straight to the stand, boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft.
Who handles private jet catering for business aircraft at Annaba?
Across the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field, our dedicated branch delivers FBO catering on the same cold chain and paperwork as a scheduled airline order.
Is there a published airline catering cost for flights through Annaba Airport?
The ops desk that quotes each rotation prices it against cabin count, specification and loading window, since no fixed airline catering cost is published; a quotation follows a short brief.
Does AAE cater VIP, VVIP and government flights under protocol?
Every movement in that category is worked to a written protocol file, with VIP flight catering and government flight catering both documented per passenger and sealed before departure.
At what point are halal, kosher and special meal codes confirmed for a flight at DABB?
The step that comes first is the manifest check, where halal, kosher and the full set of SPML special meals are matched to named passengers before the kitchen produces them on a separate line.
Jet catering at airports near Annaba
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
Charter flight catering quote for Annaba
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Annaba (AAE / DABB)
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Annaba (AAE)