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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — In Aménas, Algeria
Private jet catering, VIP flight catering and airline catering at In Aménas (DAUZ / IAM)
IAM (IATA) · DAUZ (ICAO)
Two runways and a wide-body aerodrome reference code give In Aménas (DAUZ) the geometry to board wide-body aircraft on the widest cabin configurations flown into Algeria, from main-deck freighters to government and royal movements. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering at IAM and inflight catering here on a hi-loader boarding directly to galley height, so the uplift never sits at the foot of the aircraft.
3,000 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
Runways
02
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 — In Aménas
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at In Aménas
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at In Aménas airport
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at IAM
Ramp access at In Aménas is what sets the loading window: once the sealed cart clears the apron, the route to the galley door runs on hi-loader boarding rather than a foot-of-aircraft handoff. Every catering uplift booked through DAUZ is planned against that same ramp sequence, whatever cabin configuration the aircraft is carrying. The window is held on the method, not on a published minute count, because the wide-body reference code governs how the load is staged before the aircraft is even on stand.
Between our kitchen and the stand at In Aménas sit screening, escort clearance and apron traffic, and a catering uplift is planned against the worst of those three rather than the average day. The wide-body reference code held at DAUZ means a convoy carrying a full three-cabin load is treated as the constraint to manage, not the food itself, so escort timing is fixed before the cart ever leaves the kitchen. Galley catering handover at the aircraft is logged against the same discipline: temperature recorded when the cart is sealed, recorded again at the galley door, and the load signed off by the one coordinator who carried it the whole way.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the galley door.
Cargo crew meals and passenger uplifts for In Aménas (IAM)
Airline food supplier crews cleared for DAUZ
The flight kitchen behind In Aménas runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to the HACCP standard that governs every tray leaving the building. Airport catering at IAM is organised around that single site rather than split across contractors, so a wide-body reference code and a multi-class load plan are worked from the same cold chain from first prep to hi-loader boarding. Airport catering at DAUZ therefore means one kitchen answering for scheduled, charter and government rotations alike, with the flight kitchen at IAM held to the same specification on every one of them.
The team handling government flight catering at In Aménas is the same named crew on every rotation, carrying security clearance on file and sitting on the access list rather than being drawn from a general pool. They work to household standards where a royal or state movement requires it, and to the same chain of custody on an ordinary charter, because the paperwork travelling with a sealed uplift does not change with the mission. That consistency is what lets a repeat government or VIP rotation through In Aménas be planned without renegotiating who is cleared to touch it.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at In Aménas, Algeria
VVIP catering to a written specification at In Aménas airport
Menus at In Aménas are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a fixed list, and inflight catering here follows that same logic across scheduled, charter, VIP and government departures. Algeria's produce shapes the seasonal frame in general terms, drawing on regional dairy, orchard fruit and fish rather than any single named dish. Inflight catering at DAUZ closes on documentation, not presentation: every allergen, halal, kosher and medical set is labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen. That labelling travels with the tray set through hi-loader boarding, so the galley receives exactly what the manifest describes.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at In Aménas are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a set list. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order so a repeat rotation through DAUZ receives the same presentation every time, without renegotiating the brief.
Business cabins
Business cabins at IAM run on multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, boxed into oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft working the stand. Crew meals and pilot meals travel in the same tray sets, with cabin crew meals boarded on the identical hi-loader sequence as the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at DAUZ are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside halal and kosher production and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering in Algeria produces these on a separate line from the main service and seals them before they leave the kitchen, ready for hi-loader boarding with the rest of the load.
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
HACCP and sealed transfer for aircraft catering at In Aménas (IAM)
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 In Aménas
Two runways and a wide-body aerodrome reference code at In Aménas mean the field is built to take the widest cabin configurations working into this part of Algeria, which turns a delegation into a documentation exercise and a peak wave into a capacity one. Airline catering at IAM is planned against that reference code rather than against an assumed aircraft type, so a change of equipment on short notice does not force a change of plan on the ramp.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader directly to galley height, never left at the foot of the aircraft, with ground handling on the apron coordinating the approach so the convoy is timed against the same slot the aircraft holds. Aviation catering at In Aménas and in-flight catering in In Aménas both run off that single ramp sequence, and airport catering at DAUZ is scheduled stand by stand rather than batched across the day.
On every stand, one coordinator carries the load from sealed cart to signed handover, and inflight catering in In Aménas is committed to that same discipline whatever the mission on the manifest.
Royal flight catering and scheduled uplifts at DAUZ
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Government and state flight catering at IAM
Sequencing a delegation through a single wide-body reference code means the protocol file has to be closed before the aircraft is on stand, not after. Government flight catering at In Aménas documents each passenger against that file, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen, using the dedicated terminal where a head of state movement calls for one.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at In Aménas
The wide-body reference code held at DAUZ, and it allows private airliners such as BBJ and ACJ alongside wide-body VIP configurations to be worked on the same stands as scheduled traffic. Royal flight catering at In Aménas keeps a written household specification on file between movements, with halal and other royal household dietary requirements produced on request for VVIP rotations.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at DAUZ
Our kitchen stages a full three-cabin uplift against the wide-body reference code held at In Aménas, counting cart numbers to the loading sheet before the aircraft reaches the stand. Charter flight catering at In Aménas serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, and charter flight catering in Algeria is staged in the order the galleys are laid out for multi-leg patterns.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at IAM
With two runways and a wide-body reference code held at In Aménas, carriers running this station as an outstation get the same hi-loader boarding on an ad hoc airline catering call as on a scheduled service. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering at IAM sit on one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, and crew meals at IAM travel on the same tray sets as the passenger load.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at In Aménas
The 3000 m runway at In Aménas takes the business aviation movements that route through the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal alongside scheduled wide-body traffic. Private jet catering at DAUZ reaches those aircraft on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering and business aviation catering run from the identical kitchen as business jet catering for any operator on the ramp.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at IAM
Flight departments on jet catering at In Aménas (IAM)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We requested HACCP at In Aménas (IAM/DAUZ) and the packaging worked very well onboard. The order came ready for service with no unnecessary packaging or loose items to sort through. Very cabin-friendly catering. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Alina — Station Operations Supervisor
“We used the team for tech stop at In Aménas (IAM/DAUZ) during a tight turnaround. The uplift was organized around our revised departure and reached the aircraft without delaying the turn. A very useful service for ad hoc flying. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Emma — VIP Account Manager
“For our business jet at In Aménas (IAM/DAUZ), I arranged business jet catering with a few passenger-specific requests. They followed my notes closely, kept me updated, and delivered at the time agreed with the FBO. Exactly what I want from a private aviation caterer. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Tariq — Flight Dispatch Coordinator
Airport catering profile for In Aménas (DAUZ / IAM)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,000 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | DAUZ |
Business jet catering questions at In Aménas, Algeria
Crew meals, lead times and access at In Aménas, Algeria
What operations gets asked every week about In Aménas.
Ask operations directly →What halal, kosher and special meal codes do you produce for flights through In Aménas?
We produce halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA SPML codes, each documented per passenger and sealed on a separate production line before it leaves the kitchen.
Do you publish what airline catering costs at In Aménas?
Yes, by quotation rather than a fixed list, since airline catering cost here depends on cabin count, the specification chosen and the loading window the rotation needs.
Which lead time applies for an order through IAM?
The hi-loader schedule sets how far in advance an order should be placed, though last minute airline catering can still be worked into the loading window when the specification is confirmed close to departure.
Can you handle VIP, VVIP and government flights through DAUZ under protocol?
The wide-body reference code held here supports VIP flight catering and government flight catering alike, with security-cleared staff and a documented protocol file on every rotation.
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