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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Taba, Egypt
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Taba (HETB / TCP)
TCP (IATA) · HETB (ICAO)
With a 4000 m runway rated for wide-body movements, Taba clears aircraft that most regional fields cannot accept, from scheduled widebodies to state and charter operations. AERO GOURMET provides inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering in Egypt from this field, boarding the wide-body cabins by hi-loader straight to galley height for the full uplift.
4,000 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 — Taba
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at Taba, Egypt
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for HETB departures
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Taba
With one wide-body reference code governing this field, the loading window at Taba runs on a fixed sequence rather than a generic slot: the sealed cart clears screening, crosses the apron and reaches the galley door under one continuous chain of custody. Catering uplift at TCP is timed against the aircraft's own turnaround, not against a standard delivery slot, so a multi-class cabin plan boards in the order the galleys are laid out. The city, the airport name and both codes describe the same fixed route: kitchen, ramp, stand, galley.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Taba sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and we plan the catering uplift against the worst of them rather than the average of them. The galley catering that leaves our kitchen is sealed at source, escorted across the ramp under an unbroken chain of custody, and handed over only against a signature at the aircraft. Temperatures are logged at sealing and again at handover, so the record that closes a rotation at HETB matches the one that opened it.
One coordinator owns the load from the kitchen seal to the signature at the galley door.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Taba airport
Airline food supplier crews cleared for TCP
Airport catering at Taba is provisioned from a kitchen built around the wide-body reference code this field holds, with hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell run under one roof to HACCP standard. Airport catering at HETB depends on that single-roof arrangement: a multi-class rotation is built, sealed and staged from one production line rather than assembled across several sites. The same kitchen that runs flight kitchen output for scheduled and charter rotations at TCP also carries the cold chain through to the protocol cell for state and household work.
The team that handles government flight catering at Taba is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating roster assembled to the job: cleared for the access list, trained to royal household standards and briefed on the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift. Security clearance is held on file rather than arranged per movement, so a state or household rotation is staffed from people already known to the ramp. Chain of custody runs from the same kitchen cell to the same signature at the aircraft, movement after movement.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Taba (TCP)
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at HETB
With three cabins boarded to one wide-body specification, the inflight catering built for Taba is written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a single fixed menu. Egyptian dairy, fish and orchard produce sit alongside internationally sourced lines within the same tray-set structure, adjusted for scheduled, charter, VIP and government rotations moving through HETB. Inflight catering at HETB is documented per passenger for allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, labelled by cabin and by seat rather than issued as a single manifest. Each specification is filed and reissued the same way on the next rotation, so a repeat operator sees no drift between one uplift and the next.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at HETB are plated to a written specification rather than a standard tray, with VIP flight catering covering caviar and à-la-carte service on request. The presentation is filed against the standing order for TCP, so a repeat rotation is served to the same plate the household or the airline signed off before.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Taba run multi-choice hot service to a written cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft on the wide-body reference code held here. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, with tray sets and passenger meal boxes staged for the same rotation.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary sets at Taba are documented per passenger rather than issued as a single meal count, covering halal, kosher, vegan and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Household, religious and medical requirements are produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, and inflight catering at TCP carries that same documentation through to the galley handover.
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 HETB
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 HETB / TCP
Taba works a wide-body reference code against a single runway, which means every rotation through this field is planned stand by stand rather than across a spread terminal footprint: a delegation becomes a documentation exercise, a peak wave a capacity exercise, a repeat charter a repetition exercise. Airline catering and aviation catering in Taba run off one ops desk that tracks all three at once rather than treating them as separate workflows.
The uplift reaches the aircraft here by hi-loader to galley height, staged from our kitchen across the apron under ramp access held on our own badges, with the loading crew working the stand in the sequence the cabins are laid out. In-flight catering at TCP and airport catering at TCP are both planned against that same stand-side sequence, not against a generic delivery window.
One coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover apply on every movement through this field, whatever the segment.
Aviation catering for five mission types at Taba, Egypt
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Government and state flight catering at HETB
One runway rated to a wide-body reference code means a head of state movement is worked on the same stand infrastructure as a scheduled wide-body, with no separate apron required. Government flight catering at Taba covers state visits and official delegations, protocol documented per passenger, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen for cleared, security-cleared handling.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at TCP
Our kitchen holds the wide-body reference code this field carries as its standing production specification, which lets a private airliner move through Taba on the same cleared line as a scheduled wide-body. Royal flight catering here covers BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP movements, held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other royal household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Taba
The wide-body reference code held at this field carries a full three-cabin uplift on every stand, not a reduced charter load. Charter flight catering at HETB serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, and charter flight catering at Taba is counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out, across a multi-leg rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at HETB
With one wide-body reference code governing every stand at this field, a diverted or ad hoc movement is worked to the same tray standard as a scheduled rotation rather than a reduced one. Ad hoc airline catering at Taba covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster; crew meals in Taba and crew meals at HETB travel on the same multi-leg rotation, AOG included.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at TCP
A private airliner or business jet moving through Taba is worked on the same wide-body reference code and ramp access as the scheduled traffic this field clears. Private jet catering at Taba reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal as FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering, run on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at HETB / TCP
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at Taba airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our ops team used the service at Taba (TCP/HETB) as an airline catering partner. They coordinated locally, sent useful updates, and kept the final uplift aligned with our revised schedule. Very convenient for operational coverage. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Stefan — Flight Support Executive
“I arranged VIP flight catering in Taba for our departure from TCP/HETB. The order was confirmed quickly, delivered on time, and packed exactly as requested for the aircraft. I would use them again for another flight from Taba. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Nina — Mission Support Manager
“For our flight from Taba (TCP/HETB), the cabin order included multiple kosher airline meals. The order arrived complete and the special requests were handled with the same presentation as the regular meals. A good experience with complex dietary requests. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Ana — Charter Operations Executive
Taba (HETB / TCP): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 4,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | HETB |
Outstation catering questions at Taba (TCP)
Pilot meals and loading questions at Taba (TCP)
What operations gets asked every week about Taba.
Ask operations directly →Which protocols cover VIP, VVIP and government flight catering at Taba?
The hi-loader and the sealed cart carry every VIP flight catering and government flight catering movement to galley height under one protocol file, documented per passenger and cleared before departure.
Where are halal, kosher and IATA special meal codes produced for flights at TCP?
The production record for each rotation shows halal, kosher and the full range of SPML codes produced on a separate line and sealed before handover, with special meals documented per passenger.
What does airline catering cost at HETB?
We build a quotation around cabin count, specification and the loading window rather than publish a price list, and our desk returns a figure once those three are confirmed.
How is airline catering delivered airside in Taba?
Taba's uplift moves by hi-loader rather than delivery at the foot of the aircraft, so airline catering reaches the galley door directly, with airside delivery escorted across the apron under one chain of custody.
When can private jet catering reach the FBOs and the GA terminal at Taba airport?
Once a movement is confirmed, private jet catering and FBO catering are staged from the same kitchen and delivered on the same cold chain as an airline uplift, with no separate ordering path.
Is last minute airline catering possible at TCP?
The coordinator on duty holds a standing lead time for a full specification change but can still work a late order against the loading window, so how far in advance a rotation is confirmed decides how much of the menu can still shift.
Commercial aviation catering near Taba
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
EGH / HEGR
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
SSH / HESH
Sharm El Sheikh
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
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Counts · menus · files
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Uplift at Taba (TCP)