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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
VIP flight catering, airline catering and private jet catering at Addis Ababa (HAAB / ADD)
ADD (IATA) · HAAB (ICAO)
Two runways and a wide-body reference code let Addis Ababa take multi-class aircraft on stand, and AERO GOURMET boards them by hi-loader straight to galley height rather than dropping trays at the foot of the aircraft. Inflight catering here runs from a sealed kitchen through airside checkpoints to the door, with in-flight catering for scheduled, charter, VIP and government rotations covered from one ops desk.
3,800 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
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 — Addis Ababa
Hi-loader aviation catering on the HAAB / ADD apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at Addis Ababa (ADD)
Aircraft catering sealed from kitchen to galley at HAAB
The loading window at Addis Ababa runs from the sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door, tracked stage by stage rather than promised as a single lead time. Ramp access is held on our own clearances, so the convoy crosses the apron on a route agreed with the ramp handler rather than queued behind general traffic. Every catering uplift is logged at the point it leaves the kitchen and again at the point it is signed for on board.
Between our kitchen and the stand at HAAB sit screening, an armed or unarmed escort depending on the movement, and the apron traffic that two runways and a single wide-body ramp generate through the day, and every catering uplift is planned against the worst of that convoy rather than its average. ADD catering keeps chain of custody intact from seal to handover: each cart or container is sealed at the kitchen, logged again the moment it reaches the aircraft door, and the galley crew countersigns the load before a single tray moves into the galley. Nothing bypasses that sequence, whatever the pressure on the stand or the hour of the turnaround at Addis Ababa.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the aircraft door.
Cargo crew meals and passenger uplifts for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Addis Ababa airport
Airport catering at Addis Ababa is produced under one roof rather than assembled from separate suppliers: hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line sit together so a multi-class order for HAAB moves through a single HACCP-controlled process instead of several handoffs. Airport catering in Addis Ababa draws on that structure for both scheduled airline demand and the ad hoc uplifts a diversion or a delegation brings with no notice. The cold chain is held from the larder to the sealed cart, and the flight kitchen serving ADD works the same standard whether the order is a routine rotation or a state movement.
Government flight catering at Addis Ababa is worked by a named team rather than whoever is on shift: staff hold security clearance on file, sit on the airside access list and are trained to royal household standards so a protocol order is handled the same way every time it recurs. The same crew carries the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift, from the specification sheet to the handover signature, so nothing about a VVIP or diplomatic rotation is being explained for the first time on the day. That continuity is what a protocol office is actually checking for when it asks who will be on the ramp.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at HAAB / ADD
VVIP catering written per mission at Addis Ababa (ADD)
Menus at Addis Ababa are built to the cabin and the mission rather than to a fixed catalogue, so a First cabin order, a full charter load and a crew set draw on the same kitchen but different specifications. Inflight catering here draws on regional produce where the route allows it, working dairy, fresh fish and seasonal fruit into the frame rather than a fixed printed card. Every set is written to the season and reviewed on the same cycle the airline or operator sets, not on ours. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled through to the tray so the record matches what boards.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Addis Ababa are plated to a written specification rather than a standard tray, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request for a head of state or private airliner movement. VIP flight catering here keeps that specification on file between rotations, so a repeat booking is served to the same standard without a fresh briefing each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at HAAB run multi-choice hot service built to the galley fitted on the aircraft, boxed in galley-ready tray sets rather than loose trolleys. Cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed to the roster, so crew meals for a full rotation are counted and sealed alongside the passenger load rather than added afterwards.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Addis Ababa are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical needs against a written record rather than a verbal request. Halal and kosher sets, plus the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, and inflight catering at ADD keeps that record attached to the tray through to the aircraft.
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
Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at Addis Ababa airport
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 ADD
Addis Ababa carries scheduled airline traffic alongside charter, government and private movements across its two runways, and that mix turns catering into three different problems on the same day: a delegation is a documentation problem, a peak departure wave is a capacity problem, and a repeat rotation is a repetition problem that has to be solved the same way every time. Airline catering and aviation catering here are planned against whichever of those three is driving the day, rather than against a single fixed schedule.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the wide-body stand under escort, with ground handling on the apron and airside delivery straight to the aircraft rather than a handoff at a perimeter gate. Aviation catering Ethiopia-wide is coordinated through the same ops desk that plans this route, so a diversion or an added rotation is worked into the existing convoy plan rather than started from scratch. Inflight catering Addis Ababa operations and airport catering HAAB movements both run on that same ramp routing, with in-flight catering HAAB legs sequenced against whichever stand is holding a wide-body at the time.
One coordinator owns each rotation from the sealed cart to the signed handover at the aircraft door.
Royal flight catering and scheduled uplifts at Addis Ababa airport
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Government and state flight catering at ADD
The wide-body reference code at Addis Ababa is what lets a head of state aircraft take the same stand as a scheduled service without a change of plan. Government flight catering at HAAB documents the protocol file per passenger, assigns security-cleared staff and has the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen for state visits and official delegations.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Addis Ababa
The same wide-body stands that take a scheduled airliner at Addis Ababa also take a private airliner on a royal or VVIP movement, without a separate ramp arrangement. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between rotations, covering BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP aircraft with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at HAAB
With two runways rated for wide-body operations, Addis Ababa takes a full charter aircraft on the same stands used for scheduled traffic. Charter flight catering at HAAB covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, and charter flight catering at ADD is counted against the loading sheet and staged to the order the galleys are laid out, across humanitarian, repatriation and tour-operator rotations alike.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at ADD
Two runways and a wide-body reference code let Addis Ababa take scheduled carriers that run this station as an outstation as readily as an aircraft diverted in with no notice. Ad hoc airline catering at HAAB covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, crew meals HAAB included, with crew meals in Addis Ababa boxed to the roster across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Addis Ababa
The same wide-body stands and ramp access that serve scheduled traffic at Addis Ababa extend to the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field for business aviation. Private jet catering HAAB movements are delivered under FBO catering to that terminal, on the same cold chain and paperwork as business aviation catering or business jet catering for an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Addis Ababa
Flight departments on jet catering at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged royal flight catering at Addis Ababa (ADD/HAAB) for a sensitive movement. The team understood the need for confidentiality and kept the order organized despite late passenger and dietary changes. Reliable, discreet, and easy to work with. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Giovanni — Operations Support Coordinator
“We ordered VIP airliner catering for our aircraft at Addis Ababa (ADD/HAAB) and the result was very good. The portions, packaging, and labeling worked well for the cabin, and the timing was spot on. A very smooth experience for the cabin team. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Hannah — Airline Operations Manager
“For a high-volume passenger flight at Addis Ababa (ADD/HAAB), we needed reliable hajj flight catering. Packaging was practical for the cabin and the uplift arrived in good order for departure. The operation ran smoothly from order to uplift. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Andrea — Cabin Service Coordinator
Aviation catering data for Addis Ababa (HAAB / ADD)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,800 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | HAAB |
Inflight catering FAQ for HAAB
Diversion catering and ramp questions at HAAB / ADD
What operations gets asked every week about Addis Ababa.
Ask operations directly →Can Addis Ababa cater VIP, VVIP and government flights under protocol?
Two wide-body stands and a dedicated ops desk mean VIP flight catering and government flight catering at Addis Ababa run under a documented protocol, with the file kept per passenger and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
What halal, kosher and special meal codes does Addis Ababa produce?
We produce halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meals, SPML included, on a separate line, with each set documented per passenger and per cabin so the record matches what is loaded.
How does private jet catering reach the FBOs at ADD?
ADD business aviation is served by our dedicated private jet catering branch, delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal under FBO catering, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Do you publish airline catering cost figures for HAAB?
Yes, by quotation rather than a fixed list: airline catering cost at HAAB depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window requested, and the desk returns a quote once those are set.
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