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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — El Alamein, Egypt
Airside airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at El Alamein (HEAL / DBB)
DBB (IATA) · HEAL (ICAO)
Wide-body is the reference code held at El Alamein, which means a single ramp is built to load a full three-cabin aircraft rather than a narrow-body rotation. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering off that same stand, boarding by hi-loader to galley height, with a second inflight catering line held for ad hoc uplift.
3,499 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
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 — El Alamein
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at El Alamein airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at HEAL
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at El Alamein
The single wide-body stand at El Alamein carries the whole loading sequence, so the route from our sealed cart to the galley door is timed rather than guessed. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, which keeps the catering uplift moving without waiting on a shared trolley queue at DBB. Every cart is logged against that same sequence before it crosses the apron toward the aircraft.
Between our kitchen and the single stand at El Alamein sit screening, an escort convoy and apron traffic, and it is the convoy that carries the risk, not the food inside it. We plan the catering uplift against the worst case on that route, so a delay in escort or in apron clearance does not become a delay at the galley door of a wide-body aircraft. Every cart is logged when it is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at handover, temperature recorded at both ends, and the galley catering closes on a single signature that ties the load to the crew who received it.
One coordinator carries the load from the kitchen seal to the aircraft signature.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for El Alamein airport
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at DBB
Airport catering at DBB runs from hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell held under one roof, feeding the single wide-body stand at El Alamein rather than a scattered set of gates. That layout lets the flight kitchen at DBB carry a scheduled rotation and an ad hoc uplift on the same day without either displacing the other. Airport catering at El Alamein is produced to a HACCP standard that governs every tray leaving the building, on the same cold chain from sealing to handover.
The team that handles government flight catering at El Alamein works as the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assigned on the day. Each member carries security clearance on file and sits on the access list before the shift starts, trained to the household standards a protocol officer expects on a sealed uplift. That continuity is what lets the same crew carry a repeat state movement from one visit to the next without relearning the paperwork.
VIP flight catering menus for El Alamein (DBB) departures
VVIP catering to a written specification at HEAL
Menus at El Alamein are written to the cabin and to the mission rather than to a single fixed sheet, so a scheduled rotation and a VIP flight menu can run from the same kitchen without one displacing the other. Where local produce carries the menu, dairy, orchard fruit and fish from the wider region sit alongside the standing tray sets, adjusted by season rather than fixed for the whole year. Inflight catering here is written first to the cabin count and second to the mission, so a charter flight menu and a First cabin sheet can be produced side by side. Every dietary and religious set is documented per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed, labelled against the passenger manifest rather than against a general batch.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at El Alamein are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu card, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request for a state or private movement. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so the same presentation can be repeated on the next rotation through HEAL without redrafting it.
Business cabins
Business cabins at DBB run a multi-choice hot service sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, with tray sets built to cabin specification rather than a generic loadout. Crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, and cabin crew meals travel on the same sealed cart as the passenger service into El Alamein.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at HEAL, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each set is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, so inflight catering for one passenger never shares a tray run with the standing cabin service.
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 El Alamein
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 HEAL / DBB
El Alamein's runway measures 3,499 metres, long enough to bring a wide-body airframe onto the single stand rather than routing it to a secondary field, which means a delegation, a peak charter wave or a repeat rotation all land against the same reference code rather than a mix of gate sizes. A delegation turns catering into a documentation problem before it is a kitchen problem; a peak wave turns it into a capacity problem on the same stand.
Aviation catering at HEAL moves from the flight kitchen to that single stand by hi-loader, boarded directly to galley height rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft, with our own escort covering the apron crossing. Airline catering in Egypt at this field runs off one ops desk rather than a shift handover, so the same coordinator who sealed the cart at the kitchen is the one who signs it over at the aircraft.
Airport catering in El Alamein and in-flight catering in El Alamein both commit to the same three things on every rotation: one named coordinator, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover that closes the load.
Commercial aviation catering for every mission at El Alamein airport
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Government and state flight catering at HEAL
El Alamein's 3,499-metre runway brings a head of state aircraft onto the same stand used for scheduled traffic, without a secondary field taking the movement instead. Government flight catering here documents the protocol file 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 DBB
A private airliner — BBJ, ACJ or wide-body VIP — boards on the same 3,499-metre runway that clears a scheduled wide-body, so the household movement is never routed to a secondary field. Royal flight catering at El Alamein holds a written household specification on file between visits, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at El Alamein
At El Alamein, the 3,499-metre runway is what lets a wet-lease or ACMI wide-body land here at all, and charter flight catering runs the full three-cabin uplift off the same single stand as scheduled traffic. Charter flight catering at HEAL is counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out, sector by sector on a multi-leg movement.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at HEAL
El Alamein's single wide-body stand carries scheduled rotations and ad hoc airline catering off the same ramp, so a carrier running DBB as an outstation and a diverted flight land against the same reference code. Outstation catering and diversion catering are staged from one duty roster, technical stop catering and AOG covered on the same call-out, across a multi-leg rotation without a second kitchen involved.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at DBB
A wide-body reference code at El Alamein still sets the sequence a business jet has to work around, so a private jet catering run to the GA terminal is timed against the same single-stand ramp as the scheduled uplift. FBO catering here reaches the FBOs on the field on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline load.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at El Alamein (DBB)
Flight departments on jet catering at El Alamein airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We used football club charter catering at El Alamein (DBB/HEAL) for a team charter and had a good experience. The order included different meal types and snacks, but the cabin crew could identify everything immediately. A good partner for sports charter operations. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Klara — Ad Hoc Operations Manager
“Our flight through El Alamein (DBB/HEAL) required evacuation flight catering with limited preparation time. The team understood that reliability mattered more than complexity and stayed flexible until uplift. Reliable service when the mission does not allow delays. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Kai — Ground Operations Manager
“Our freighter crew needed freighter crew meals at El Alamein (DBB/HEAL) during a short turnaround. The order was simple, filling, clearly labeled, and delivered in a format the crew could load without delay. Simple, efficient, and on time. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Valentina — Flight Experience Manager
Flight catering station reference for El Alamein (HEAL / DBB)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,499 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | HEAL |
Aircraft catering questions at HEAL / DBB
Pilot meals and loading questions at El Alamein (DBB)
What operations gets asked every week about El Alamein.
Ask operations directly →Which method boards airline catering airside at DBB?
The uplift travels by hi-loader straight to galley height, boarded directly rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew covering the apron crossing under an escort convoy.
When is airline catering cost confirmed for HEAL?
Once cabin count, specification and the loading window are set, our desk returns a quotation built on those three factors rather than a published price list.
Where is protocol documented for VIP and government flights through El Alamein?
Every passenger on a VIP flight catering or government flight catering movement is recorded on a protocol file kept per passenger, with security-cleared staff assigned to the rotation.
Is private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at El Alamein?
Our coordinator delivers private jet catering and FBO catering across the field on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline load, reaching every FBO on the apron.
Does DBB produce halal, kosher and the full range of special meal codes?
Each SPML request is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, covering halal, kosher and the rest of the IATA special meal set per passenger.
Whose lead time governs a late change at HEAL?
Across a standing rotation the lead time is set by cabin count and specification, and a specification change can still be worked in close to departure through the same desk that confirmed the order.
Jet catering at airports near El Alamein
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Al Jiza
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
Airline catering quote for HEAL / DBB
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El Alamein (DBB / HEAL)
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
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Uplift at El Alamein (DBB)