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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Zenata, Algeria
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Zenata (DAON / TLM)
TLM (IATA) · DAON (ICAO)
With a 2600-metre runway rated to the wide-body reference code, Zenata clears widebody rotations that most nearby fields cannot board at all. Inflight catering here runs off one ops desk, with hi-loader boarding straight to galley height and uplift staged airside rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, which is what in-flight catering means at this station.
2,600 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
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 — Zenata
Wide-body aviation catering at DAON
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at DAON / TLM
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at Zenata (TLM)
The sealed cart that leaves our kitchen for Zenata is tracked against ramp access, not against a clock set in advance. Apron traffic, escort timing and the queue for the stand all sit inside the same window, and the cart does not move until each is cleared. What reaches the galley door at DAON has already passed every one of those checks.
Between the seal at our kitchen and the signature at the aircraft, the convoy is the variable we plan against, not the food. Screening, an escort through the ramp and the ordinary apron traffic at Zenata all sit inside the loading window, and the route is built around whichever of them is running slowest that day. Chain of custody stays with one galley catering coordinator from seal to handover, temperature logged at both ends, so a catering uplift bound for TLM carries its own record rather than relying on a schedule.
One seal, one signature, one coordinator, from our kitchen to the galley door.
Airline catering companies' production standard at Zenata
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Zenata, Algeria
Inside the flight kitchen that provisions TLM, hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line work under one roof rather than across separate units. That single-site layout is what keeps airport catering at Zenata moving as one sealed run instead of several handoffs, and it is why airport catering here can hold a full three-cabin load to one HACCP standard from first prep to final seal. The same flight kitchen at TLM also carries the cold chain for special and household sets without a second facility.
The team that handles government flight catering at Zenata is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in as needed. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the ramp, and is trained to the household and royal service standards a protocol movement requires. That continuity is what lets the same coordinator sign a sealed uplift at DAON one week and the next without a new team learning the paperwork from scratch.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at TLM
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at DAON / TLM
Menus for departures through Zenata are designed to the cabin and to the mission rather than to a single fixed list, moving from a scheduled main-cabin rotation to a full VVIP specification without changing kitchen. Local produce enters where it fits the season, drawing on Algeria's dairy, orchard fruit and coastal fish rather than a name-checked supplier or a single dish. Inflight catering at Zenata is built to change from one rotation to the next while the tray standard behind it does not move. Every allergen, halal, kosher and medical set is documented per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen, so the paperwork travels with the tray rather than trailing behind it.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins departing Zenata are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for that operator, so a repeat rotation through DAON is served to the same record each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at TLM run on multi-choice hot service, boxed to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are packed separately and boarded in Zenata to the same roster the flight deck already carries.
Protocol & dietary
Halal and kosher sets, alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced at DAON on a line kept apart from the main run and sealed before it leaves that line. Household, religious and medical requirements are logged per passenger, so inflight catering leaving Zenata carries its dietary record with it rather than as a separate note.
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 DAON / TLM
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.
Catering uplift and airside delivery at Zenata
Zenata works a mixed traffic profile against a single wide-body reference code, which turns every scheduled, charter and government movement into a documentation task as much as a loading one: a delegation needs paperwork matched to the manifest, and a charter wave needs capacity held against a tight turnaround. That mix is what airline catering at Zenata is built around, rather than around one repeated flight pattern.
Uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand by hi-loader, boarded to galley height rather than left on the ramp for cabin crew to carry aboard. Ground handling on the apron covers the taxi and marshalling side; airside delivery to the stand is worked on our own clearances, which is what keeps aviation catering in Zenata and in-flight catering at Zenata on the same schedule as the turnaround itself.
One coordinator carries the load from seal to signature, in sealed carts, with a handover signed at the aircraft door, which is the same commitment airport catering in Algeria runs to on every rotation through this stand.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at Zenata, Algeria
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Government and state flight catering at DAON
2600 metres of runway, on one wide-body reference code, is enough to hold a head of state aircraft on its own stand without reworking the rest of the day's traffic. Government flight catering at TLM for state visits and official delegations keeps the protocol file documented per passenger, 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 TLM
Our kitchen holds household standards to the wide-body reference code cleared at this stand, running a full three-cabin load to the same written specification on every repeat movement through Zenata. Private airliners — BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP — are boarded to that file, with royal flight catering, halal sets and household dietary requirements produced on request rather than assembled at short notice.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Zenata
The wide-body reference code held at this stand carries a full three-cabin uplift on its own, without splitting the load across two aircraft. Charter flight catering at Zenata serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out, the same standard charter flight catering in Algeria runs to on every rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at DAON
A single wide-body stand means every extra movement through Zenata has to be timed around whichever aircraft already holds it, which is exactly what ad hoc airline catering at TLM is built to work with. Carriers running this station as an outstation draw on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals in Algeria boxed to the same schedule as the passenger load.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at TLM
A wide-body airliner clears this stand on the same reference code that a business jet uses to reach the GA terminal, so both are worked from the same ramp rather than two separate systems. Private jet catering in Algeria, delivered here through the FBOs on the field, runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, business aviation catering and business jet catering included under FBO catering.
Private jets →
Inflight catering rated by operators at Zenata airport
Charter operators on flight catering at Zenata
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our ops team used the service at Zenata (TLM/DAON) as an airline catering broker. One contact handled the order from confirmation through delivery, which saved our dispatch team a lot of follow-up. We would use the service again without hesitation. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Emma — Airline Operations Manager
“I arranged private jet catering in Zenata for our departure from TLM/DAON. Communication was responsive and the team handled a late timing change without any issue. I would use them again for another flight from Zenata. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Luca — VIP Aviation Coordinator
“Our passenger profile required special meal codes at Zenata (TLM/DAON), with several different dietary restrictions. All requirements were followed and the cabin crew could see immediately which meal belonged to which passenger. A good experience with complex dietary requests. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Valentina — Charter Logistics Manager
Flight catering station reference for Zenata (DAON / TLM)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,600 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | DAON |
Business jet catering questions at TLM
Technical stop catering questions at TLM
What operations gets asked every week about Zenata.
Ask operations directly →How is VIP, VVIP and government flight catering handled at TLM?
TLM movements carrying a head of state or an official delegation are worked to a written protocol file, with VIP flight catering and government flight catering staffed by the same named, security-cleared team on every rotation.
Do you deliver airline catering airside at DAON?
Yes, by hi-loader straight to galley height: airside delivery here means the sealed cart reaches the aircraft door without a handoff at the foot of the steps.
Which special meal codes are produced for departures from Zenata?
Sealed carts leaving on a separate production line carry halal, kosher and the full range of IATA special meals, with each SPML documented per passenger before it boards.
When does an order need to be placed for a flight through Zenata Airport?
Once the cabin count and specification are confirmed, our desk works back from the loading window to set the cut-off; changes are held open as close to departure as the loading plan allows.
What does private jet catering look like at TLM?
We deliver directly to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, running FBO catering on the same cold chain and paperwork as a wide-body uplift.
Can you give a figure for what airline catering costs at DAON?
A quotation turns on cabin count, specification and loading window rather than a fixed figure, and the desk returns one against those three inputs.
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Charter flight catering quote for Zenata airport
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Zenata (TLM / DAON)
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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 Zenata (TLM)