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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Hassi R'Mel, Algeria
Airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Hassi R'Mel (DAFH / HRM)
HRM (IATA) · DAFH (ICAO)
Two runways and a wide-body reference code put Hassi R'Mel among the fields that can take a full-size aircraft on its own apron rather than route it elsewhere for provisioning. That capability sets the terms for inflight catering here: a hi-loader boards the sealed cart to galley height across all three cabins, and in-flight catering moves straight from our kitchen to the aircraft without a stop at the foot of the stairs.
2,998 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 — Hassi R'Mel
Wide-body aviation catering at DAFH
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for DAFH / HRM departures
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Hassi R'Mel (HRM)
Between the sealed cart leaving our kitchen and the tray reaching the galley door, the catering uplift at Hassi R'Mel follows one route rather than a chain of handoffs. Ramp access is held on our own clearance rather than negotiated stand by stand, so the convoy crosses the apron on a fixed path each rotation. Every step of that run, from the kitchen seal to the aircraft door, is logged against the same clock the loading sheet uses.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Hassi R'Mel sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and the convoy is where a rotation is actually won or lost. We plan the galley catering run against the worst case on that route, not the average one, so the schedule holds even when the apron does not cooperate.
Chain of custody starts at the seal and does not break until the signature at the aircraft: temperature is logged when the cart is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at handover, and the catering uplift is not called complete until both records match and the sheet is signed.
One responsibility runs from the kitchen seal to the signature at the aircraft door.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Hassi R'Mel
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Hassi R'Mel, Algeria
Airport catering at Hassi R'Mel runs from a kitchen built around one wide-body rotation at a time rather than a shared queue of departures, with hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof. Every batch that leaves it is produced to HACCP standard and tracked against the same load it will board, so airport catering here is planned to the aircraft rather than to a generic dispatch list. That single-airport focus is what lets the kitchen hold a cold chain from the larder to the cart without a shared-facility gap.
The staff who handle government flight catering at Hassi R'Mel are the same named team on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for one movement. Each holds security clearance on file, sits on the access list for that specific uplift, and is trained to the household and protocol standards the paperwork travelling with a sealed load requires. That continuity is what a repeat visitor is actually paying for at DAFH: the same hands, the same file, every time.
Halal airline meals and special meals at HRM
VIP flight catering, specified per passenger at DAFH / HRM
Menus at Hassi R'Mel are set by our chefs to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed offer, so a scheduled sector and a delegation movement do not run the same tray plan. Dairy, orchard fruit and other produce drawn from the surrounding region sit alongside a standing international base, adjusted by season rather than fixed year round. From passenger meal boxes to VVIP menus, the inflight catering built here moves with the cabin, the mission and the season. Every allergen, halal, kosher and medical set is documented per passenger and per cabin, and labelled on the tray before it leaves the kitchen, not after.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Hassi R'Mel are plated to a written specification rather than a standard tray count, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request against the standing order. VIP flight catering here is filed and repeatable, not improvised per movement.
Business cabins
Business cabins at HRM run on multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately and matched to the roster, alongside the passenger tray sets.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Hassi R'Mel are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical needs alongside halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. All of it is produced on a separate line and sealed before that inflight catering leaves the kitchen for the stand.
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 DAFH
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.
Airport catering delivered airside at Hassi R'Mel airport
Hassi R'Mel's two runways and wide-body reference code point to a station built around scheduled, charter and government movements rather than a high-frequency short-haul wave, and that mix sets the pattern here: a delegation arrival is a documentation problem first, a charter rotation is a capacity problem, and a repeat scheduled service is a repetition problem the kitchen plans against.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader from a kitchen built for one wide-body rotation at a time, with our own crew escorting the cart across the apron to the assigned stand rather than handing it to a ground party at the perimeter.
On every movement here we commit to one coordinator named to the rotation, carts sealed at the kitchen door, and a handover signed at the aircraft, so airline catering, inflight catering, in-flight catering, aviation catering and airport catering at Hassi R'Mel all run off that same file rather than five separate ones.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at Hassi R'Mel, Algeria
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Government and state flight catering at Hassi R'Mel
Against the wide-body reference code held here, a head of state aircraft is worked the same way as any other wide-body movement, with the protocol file built around it rather than around the airframe. Government flight catering at this station covers state visits and official delegations, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at DAFH
A wide-body reference code forces the loading plan to sequence a private airliner's cabins in a fixed order rather than a single bulk load, and that sequencing is set before the cart ever reaches the stand. Royal flight catering and VVIP work at Hassi R'Mel run to a written household specification kept on file between movements, covering BBJ and ACJ types with halal and household requirements on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at HRM
2,998 metres of runway, and that length keeps a fully loaded wide-body charter on schedule rather than restricted on payload out of Hassi R'Mel. Charter flight catering here serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift staged against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering stays on that same sheet across a multi-leg rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Hassi R'Mel
A wide-body aircraft on an ad hoc rotation can be worked here because the field carries a wide-body reference code, and that is what lets ad hoc airline catering run at HRM without a stand change. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering are each planned off the same duty roster, AOG included, and crew meals stay on that roster across a multi-leg sequence through Algeria.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at DAFH
Our kitchen works to the same 2,998 metre runway that clears the wide-body traffic through Hassi R'Mel, and we run private jet catering off that same production line rather than a separate one. Delivery goes to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Hassi R'Mel airport
Flight departments on jet catering at Hassi R'Mel
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our sports movement through Hassi R'Mel (HRM/DAFH) required sports team flight meals on a tight schedule. Final numbers changed late and the team adjusted without making the process difficult. The crew was happy with the organization. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Jacob — Executive Aviation Coordinator
“For an urgent mission at Hassi R'Mel (HRM/DAFH), the team supported us with evacuation flight catering. Communication with operations was efficient and the order was adapted quickly when our timings moved. Reliable service when the mission does not allow delays. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Sara — Protocol Operations Officer
“For a cargo sector from Hassi R'Mel (HRM/DAFH), we arranged cargo airline catering for the operating crew. Meals arrived on time and were packed practically for a working crew rather than over-presented. Simple, efficient, and on time. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Klara — Charter Services Manager
Flight catering station reference for Hassi R'Mel (DAFH / HRM)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,998 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | DAFH |
Airline catering services FAQ for HRM
Diversion catering and ramp questions at HRM
What operations gets asked every week about Hassi R'Mel.
Ask operations directly →At what point are halal, kosher and special meal codes confirmed for a flight through Hassi R'Mel?
At order confirmation, the special meal codes are logged against the passenger count, and halal and kosher sets are produced on a separate line and documented before sealing, covering the standard SPML range.
Who handles private jet catering delivery to the FBOs and the GA terminal at HRM?
For every FBO on the field and the GA terminal, our own crew delivers FBO catering on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with no separate booking route.
Where does airline catering at DAFH move from kitchen to aircraft?
The load sheet records airside delivery from our kitchen to the stand, with the sealed cart met by a hi-loader that boards it directly at galley height.
Does Hassi R'Mel handle VIP, VVIP and government flights under formal protocol?
Every movement of this kind is logged against a written protocol file, covering VIP flight catering and government flight catering with security-cleared staff and a sealed handover.
Is there a published airline catering cost for flights through Hassi R'Mel?
The named coordinator on your rotation prices each order against cabin count, specification and the loading window, since no fixed price list is published, and returns a quotation directly.
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