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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Guemar, Algeria
Guemar (DAUO / ELU): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
ELU (IATA) · DAUO (ICAO)
On the wide-body reference code held at Guemar, a hi-loader takes the full uplift straight to galley height rather than to the foot of the aircraft, which is what lets scheduled, charter and government rotations through DAUO turn on the same standard. In-flight catering here runs off one ops desk, and the inflight catering that leaves our kitchen is sealed, logged and boarded within a measured window every time.
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 — Guemar
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at Guemar, Algeria
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at DAUO / ELU
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Guemar, Algeria
Ramp access is what separates a delivery to the foot of the aircraft from an uplift boarded straight into the galley, and at Guemar that distinction is worked on every rotation. Our crews move the sealed cart across the apron on cleared badges, through the same checkpoint sequence each time, so the catering uplift reaches the galley door in the order the cabins are loaded. The window is planned around that sequence, not around a single average figure.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Guemar sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and none of them touch the galley catering once it is sealed. We plan the catering uplift against the busiest of those three, holding the cart under chain of custody from the moment it leaves the kitchen door. Temperatures are logged at sealing and again at handover to the loading crew, and the sheet is signed at the galley before the cart is opened.
One sealed cart, one signature at the galley, from kitchen to aircraft.
Crew meals from the kitchen serving ELU
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for DAUO / ELU
The flight kitchen that provisions Guemar runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP procedure at every stage of the cold chain. That single-site model is what makes airport catering at Guemar workable at wide-body volume: nothing crosses a second gate before it reaches the ramp. Airport catering in Algeria at this scale depends on that kind of proximity, and the kitchen at DAUO is built on it.
The team that handles government flight catering at Guemar is the same named crew on every rotation, carrying security clearance on file and standing on the access list before the aircraft is called. They are trained to household service standards and to the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift, so nothing at the galley door is improvised. That consistency is what a protocol officer checks first when catering at ELU is booked for a delegation.
VIP flight catering menus for DAUO departures
VVIP catering written per mission at Guemar
Menus at Guemar are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a fixed cycle, so a wide-body charter and a scheduled rotation are not served from the same plan. Produce drawn from the wider Algerian table informs the main-cabin cycle, with dairy, fruit and grain dishes rotated by season rather than repeated week to week. Inflight catering at DAUO carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, each labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen. That labelling is checked against the loading sheet, not assumed at the galley door.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Guemar are plated to a written specification rather than a standing menu, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request from the same production line. VIP flight catering here is filed against that specification before departure, so a repeat rotation is served to the same standard every time it lands at DAUO.
Business cabins
Business cabins at ELU run on multi-choice hot service, built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on each aircraft type. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so tray sets for the cabin and meal boxes for the flight deck never share a cart.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Guemar are documented per passenger rather than assumed at boarding, covering household, religious and medical sets on the same standing order. Halal and kosher production runs on a separate line from the main cabin cycle, alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes, and inflight catering leaving that line is sealed before it joins the rest of the uplift.
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
Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at DAUO
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 Guemar (ELU)
Guemar carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across two runways, and a wide-body reference code that sets the cabin count this field is built to load. A delegation moving through DAUO is a documentation problem before it is a food problem, while a peak wave of charter departures is a question of production capacity worked hours ahead of the first stand call.
Aircraft catering and in-flight catering at Guemar move by hi-loader from our kitchen to the galley door, on badges held for airside delivery rather than a curb-side handover. Aviation catering in Algeria at this volume depends on that ramp access holding on every rotation, not only the scheduled ones, and airline catering in Algeria is planned against the same constraint.
One coordinator carries the rotation from seal to signature, and airport catering at DAUO closes on a handover signed at the stand.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at DAUO / ELU
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Government and state flight catering at DAUO
A 3000 m runway is enough to bring in a head of state aircraft without staging it against a shorter alternative, which is what government flight catering at Guemar is built around. Delegations and state visits move through a protocol file documented per passenger, with security-cleared staff sealing the uplift before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at ELU
Our kitchen holds a written household specification on file between movements, which is what the wide-body reference code at Guemar is built to support on repeat rotations. Royal flight catering here serves private airliners — BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP — with halal and other household requirements produced on request rather than assumed.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Guemar
The wide-body reference code at Guemar sets the stand size and cabin count this field is built to load, which is what charter flight catering here is planned against. Charter flight catering for ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions runs a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at DAUO
Two runways at Guemar carry enough scheduled movement that an outstation rotation, a diversion and a technical stop can land in the same shift, and each is worked against the same duty roster. Ad hoc airline catering here sits alongside outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering, with crew meals at DAUO boxed to the same roster across a multi-leg pattern, and ad hoc catering at ELU held ready between scheduled calls.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at ELU
A BBJ or ACJ routed through Guemar's wide-body stands is boarded on the same reference code as a scheduled widebody, which is what lets private jet catering reach the GA terminal without a separate process. FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering here run on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, delivered to the FBOs on the field.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at DAUO / ELU
Operators on commercial aviation catering at ELU
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our ops team used the service at Guemar (ELU/DAUO) as an airline ops catering supplier. The response time was good and we did not have to manage several local suppliers ourselves. A good partner to have when the usual supplier is not available. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Dimitri — Airline Operations Controller
“Our team needed private jet catering in Guemar for a short-notice flight at ELU/DAUO. Communication was responsive and the team handled a late timing change without any issue. A very easy service to use at this station. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Rania — VIP Charter Manager
“For our flight from Guemar (ELU/DAUO), the cabin order included multiple SPML. The team confirmed the dietary details carefully and there was no confusion when the order arrived. That attention to detail makes a big difference onboard. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Rami — Duty Operations Manager
Airport catering facts for Guemar (DAUO / ELU)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,000 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | DAUO |
Business jet catering questions at DAUO
Diversion catering and ramp questions at DAUO
What operations gets asked every week about Guemar.
Ask operations directly →Does DAUO handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering under protocol?
Every movement classed as VIP flight catering or government flight catering at Guemar runs under a documented protocol file, with security-cleared staff sealing the uplift before it leaves the kitchen.
Is airline catering cost at Guemar published as a fixed rate?
The coordinator who plans your rotation builds a quotation from cabin count, specification and loading window rather than from a price list, since airline catering cost varies with each of those.
How far in advance does Guemar airport need an order placed?
The lead time our desk works to depends on cabin count and specification, and we ask how far in advance a rotation is known so a specification can still change close to departure without missing the loading window.
At what point are halal, kosher and SPML meals produced and documented at ELU?
The first step is booking against the special meal codes on the passenger manifest, after which halal, kosher and other SPML sets are produced on a separate line and labelled per passenger before sealing.
Where does airline catering reach the aircraft at DAUO?
The signed handover sheet at the galley door is the record that proves airside delivery took place, with the uplift boarded by hi-loader rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft.
Who handles private jet catering and FBO catering across Guemar?
Across every FBO on the field and the GA terminal, private jet catering runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, coordinated from one kitchen.
Inflight catering at other airports near Guemar
TGR / DAUK
Touggourt
Algeria · 81 km from Guemar
Airline & VIP flight catering →
TOE / DTTZ
Tozeur
Tunisia · 132 km from Guemar
Airline & VIP flight catering →
BSK / DAUB
Biskra
Algeria · 172 km from Guemar
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Four steps
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Offloading
Return leg, if any
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Counts · menus · files
Contact
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Uplift at Guemar (ELU)