Airline & VIP flight catering — Egypt
Airline, VIP Flight and Private Jet Catering Across Egypt
Egypt runs airline catering across wide-body fields from the Delta to the Red Sea coast, with hi-loader boarding straight to the galley door instead of kerbside delivery. Hurghada carries a 4,015 m runway, among the longest in the network. Inflight and aviation catering here is built for wide-body turnarounds, not single-aisle handling.

Airline Catering Stations Across Egypt
Below are the Egyptian stations we serve, each carrying its own runway data, aerodrome reference code and stand configuration. Select a station to see its wide-body capacity and how an uplift reaches the aircraft there.

On the apron — Egypt
Ramp Access and Hi-Loader Boarding Across Egyptian Airports
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
How Aviation Catering Operates Across Egypt
Egypt's airport network runs on wide-body infrastructure: of the twenty published stations, all but two are built to the wide-body reference code, and Cairo, New Cairo and Berenice Troglodytica each carry three runways. That capacity shapes the traffic — scheduled airline services into Cairo and Hurghada, seasonal charter into Sharm El Sheikh, Marsa Alam and Taba, and general aviation movements routed through Cairo's FBO cluster, which includes AN-Aviation Service Co, Z-Aviation Services, Aviary, Nile Valley Aviation and the General Aviation Terminal at Hall 4, among others sharing the field. Airline catering companies working these aprons plan around two seasons: peak winter and summer leisure charter into the Red Sea coast stations, and a steadier scheduled pattern through Cairo and Alexandria. A request moves from an airline or handler's ops desk to our kitchen as a load specification — cabin counts, meal codes, crew numbers — built against the aircraft's stand and boarding method. Cold chain is held from production to hi-loader, and airport catering here means boarding directly onto the aircraft rather than staging trays at a door. Cairo's FBO density also puts business aviation uplift on the same footing as scheduled turnarounds.
Compliance
One Compliance Standard, Applied the Same Way in Egypt
One Operation, Five Kinds of Flying in Egypt
Across Egypt, the same kitchens and the same hi-loader boarding serve five distinct kinds of flying. Airline catering, VIP flight catering and charter flight catering run on shared cold-chain and production standards, scaled to each mission rather than to a single template.





Compare Airline Catering Capacity Station by Station
This table sets the Egyptian stations side by side, so an operator can weigh runway length, reference code and stand configuration against the requirements of a given rotation.
| Where | Longest runway | VIP / gov terminal | Aerodrome code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Simbel (ABS)ABS · HEBL | 3,000 m | No | wide-body |
| Al Jiza (SPX)SPX · HESX | 3,650 m | No | wide-body |
| Alexandria (HBE)HBE · HEAX | 3,400 m | No | wide-body |
| Aswan (ASW)ASW · HESN | 3,402 m | No | wide-body |
| Asyut (ATZ)ATZ · HEAT | 3,019 m | No | wide-body |
| Berenice Troglodytica (EES)EES · HEBR | 3,027 m | No | wide-body |
| Cairo (CAI)CAI · HECA | 4,000 m | No | wide-body |
| El Alamein (DBB)DBB · HEAL | 3,499 m | No | wide-body |
| El Arish (AAC)AAC · HEAR | 3,019 m | No | wide-body |
| El Jora (EGH)EGH · HEGR | 2,400 m | No | narrow-body |
| Hurghada (HRG)HRG · HEGN | 4,015 m | No | wide-body |
| Luxor (LXR)LXR · HELX | 3,000 m | No | wide-body |
| Marsa Alam (RMF)RMF · HEMA | 3,430 m | No | wide-body |
| Marsa Matruh (MUH)MUH · HEMM | 3,000 m | No | wide-body |
| New Cairo (CCE)CCE · HECP | 3,652 m | No | wide-body |
| Port Said (PSD)PSD · HEPS | 2,349 m | No | narrow-body |
| Saint Catherine (SKV)SKV · HESC | 2,115 m | No | narrow-body |
| Sharm El Sheikh (SSH)SSH · HESH | 3,081 m | No | wide-body |
| Suhaj (HMB)HMB · HESG | 3,000 m | No | wide-body |
| Taba (TCP)TCP · HETB | 4,000 m | No | wide-body |
Ordering Airline Catering: Egypt
Send the request to our ops desk with flight number, ETA, aircraft type, stand and pax and crew counts per cabin, plus any special meal codes. Include the station name and, for charter or diversion work, the handler of record. A load specification against these details lets the kitchen build the uplift to the aircraft's boarding method — hi-loader for wide-body stands — rather than a generic tray count. Government, royal and charter requests should also carry the named coordinator on file so clearance and sealed-load handling can be confirmed before the quote is issued. We respond with a firm airline catering quote against the specification submitted.
Egypt Airline Catering Questions
What Ops Desks Ask About Egyptian Stations
Ask operations directly →Which Egyptian airports take wide-body catering uplifts?
Most published Egyptian stations carry a wide-body aerodrome reference code, including Hurghada, Cairo, Sharm El Sheikh and Alexandria. El Jora and Saint Catherine are built to narrow-body code.
Can catering be delivered directly to the aircraft rather than the terminal?
Yes. Boarding is by hi-loader straight onto the galley at wide-body stands, rather than kerbside delivery to a door.
Does Egypt handle private jet and FBO catering?
Cairo carries a cluster of FBOs, among them Egypt Jet Aviation, IAB and Aviary, and business aviation uplift there runs on the same cold chain and paperwork as a scheduled airline load.
Is government and royal flight catering handled separately from commercial traffic?
Government, state and royal movements are run under cleared personnel and a sealed chain of custody, coordinated by one named contact, while sharing the same kitchens as scheduled airline work.
What information does the kitchen need to build a charter uplift?
Flight number, ETA, stand, aircraft type, pax and crew per cabin and any special meal codes, submitted to the ops desk ahead of the movement.
Request an Airline Catering Quote for Egypt
Tell Us the Station and the Uplift You Need
One ops desk covers the whole route in Egypt. Give us the aircraft and what you need loaded, and a coordinator comes back with a quote.
orders@aerogourmet.com · operations desk, 24/7