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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Azezo, Ethiopia
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Azezo (HAGN / GDQ)
GDQ (IATA) · HAGN (ICAO)
At Azezo (HAGN), the single wide-body reference code on the field lets a full three-cabin rotation load without the type restrictions smaller stations carry. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering here from hi-loader boarding at galley height, with uplift staged airside for scheduled, charter, VIP and government movements out of GDQ.
2,765 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
03
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 — Azezo
Inflight catering loaded to galley height at Azezo (GDQ)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at Azezo airport
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, GDQ
Between our flight kitchen and the stand at Azezo, the loading window is held by sequence rather than by the clock alone: sealed carts staged, ramp access confirmed, then the hi-loader raised to galley height. Every uplift crosses the same apron under the same escort pattern, whatever the mission behind it. The catering uplift is logged at each handover so the window can be reconstructed after the fact, not just promised before it.
The convoy between our kitchen and the stand at HAGN is the part of the operation that carries the risk, not the tray sets riding in it: screening, apron traffic and the escort sequence all sit between the seal and the door.
We plan the catering uplift against the worst case on that route rather than the average one, so a delay upstream does not become a delay at the aircraft. Galley catering leaves the kitchen sealed, with the chain of custody logged from the moment it is loaded onto the cart.
A temperature log opens when the seal is applied and closes again at the galley door, with a signature at both ends confirming the load matches what left the kitchen.
One coordinator owns the load from the kitchen seal to the aircraft signature.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Azezo (GDQ)
Airline food supplier crews cleared for HAGN
The flight kitchen that provisions HAGN runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, positioned to work the rotations that pass through Azezo without splitting output across sites. Airport catering at GDQ moves through that single production floor rather than several smaller ones, which keeps a multi-class order on one schedule instead of several. HACCP procedure governs the floor end to end, and airport catering at Azezo is signed off against it before anything leaves for the ramp.
The team that handles government flight catering at Azezo is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assigned case by case. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, access lists are checked before a shift starts, and training covers both royal household service standards and the paperwork a sealed uplift carries with it. That continuity is what a protocol officer is actually checking when they ask who touches catering at GDQ before it reaches the aircraft.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Azezo, Ethiopia
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Azezo airport
Menus at this station are built to the cabin and the mission first, and to the season second: a forward-cabin plan reads differently from a full charter load, and both are written before the rotation, not adjusted on the ramp. Local sourcing draws on the country's dairy, grain and orchard produce where the route and the season allow it, folded into a wider specification rather than replacing it. From passenger meal boxes to VVIP menus, inflight catering in Azezo follows the cabin, the mission and the season on the same production line. Every set is documented per passenger and per cabin, so an allergen, halal, kosher or medical requirement is known before boarding, not discovered at the door.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Azezo are plated to a written specification rather than improvised on the day, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order so a repeat rotation reads the same the second time as the first.
Business cabins
Business cabins at HAGN run on multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on each aircraft, boxed in tray sets ready for the cart. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately against the roster, keeping the flight deck and the cabin crew fed to the same standard as the passengers.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Azezo are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside halal and kosher production and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering here produces these sets on a separate line, sealed before it leaves that line and joins the rest of the uplift.
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 standards for aviation catering at GDQ
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.
Aircraft catering delivered airside at Azezo
Azezo carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single wide-body reference code, which turns a delegation into a documentation task and a charter wave into a capacity task rather than either becoming a scheduling problem. That mix is what airport catering at GDQ is built around: one specification per movement, checked against the manifest before the rotation is confirmed.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the ramp on a sealed cart, cleared through the same checkpoint on every rotation, then raised to the aircraft by hi-loader rather than left at the foot of the stairs. Ground handling on the apron hands the load across at a fixed point, and airline catering at GDQ is confirmed at that handover, not before it.
In-flight catering at HAGN and inflight catering at HAGN both run off the one ops desk that owns Azezo, and aviation catering in Ethiopia is coordinated through that desk end to end: one coordinator, sealed carts, and a signed handover closing every load.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at Azezo (GDQ)
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Government and state flight catering at HAGN
A wide-body reference code, so a head of state aircraft and its support flights load on the same stand without a change of equipment between them. Government flight catering at Azezo for state visits and official movements runs on a 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 GDQ
We hold a wide-body reference code at this station specifically so a private airliner, not a narrow-body substitute, can be boarded to the same standard as a scheduled wide-body service. Royal flight catering at HAGN covers BBJ, ACJ and other private airliners, held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Azezo
Wide-body reference code status is what lets Azezo take a full-size charter aircraft rather than route it elsewhere for its uplift. Charter flight catering at Azezo serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin load counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering at HAGN is staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at HAGN
A single wide-body reference code at Azezo sets the ceiling that any ad hoc load has to be planned around before it reaches the stand. Ad hoc airline catering here covers carriers running GDQ as an outstation: outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with AOG covered on the same footing across a multi-leg rotation, and crew meals in Ethiopia boxed to the same roster.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at GDQ
A business jet arriving on the same wide-body reference code as a scheduled service is boarded through the GA terminal rather than a separate facility built for smaller traffic. Private jet catering at GDQ, delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, kept second to the commercial rotations it sits alongside.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at Azezo, Ethiopia
Flight departments on jet catering at Azezo (GDQ)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We were looking for a dependable airline catering broker in Azezo (GDQ/HAGN) and the process was straightforward. They coordinated locally, sent useful updates, and kept the final uplift aligned with our revised schedule. We would use the service again without hesitation. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Valentina — Charter Services Manager
“We used the service for private jet catering in Azezo on a VIP rotation through GDQ/HAGN. 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 Azezo. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Zara — Air Cargo Operations Manager
“For our flight from Azezo (GDQ/HAGN), 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. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
George — Flight Logistics Manager
Outstation catering data for Azezo (HAGN / GDQ)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,765 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | HAGN |
Inflight catering FAQ for Azezo
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Azezo, Ethiopia
What operations gets asked every week about Azezo.
Ask operations directly →How far does private jet catering reach at GDQ, including the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
FBO catering is held to the same clearance as our airline work, so every operator using the GA terminal or an FBO on the field is reached without a separate arrangement.
Whose figures set the price for airline catering cost at HAGN?
For every quotation the cabin count, the specification and the loading window set the airline catering cost; we publish no price list and confirm a figure once those three are known.
Azezo — are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced here, and how are they documented?
The sealed cart that leaves our kitchen carries halal, kosher and SPML-coded special meals on a separate line, each one logged against the passenger it is built for.
Lead time at Azezo Airport — how far in advance must an order be placed, and how late can it change?
There is a standing lead time for a full specification, and a shorter window still open for last minute airline catering changes closer to departure; the desk confirms both against the rotation.
At what point does VIP, VVIP and government flight catering at GDQ enter formal protocol?
Protocol clearance is confirmed before the uplift is sealed, and VIP flight catering, government flight catering and VVIP movements all move through that same first step at Azezo.
Does airline catering reach the aircraft airside at HAGN, and how does the uplift get on board?
Every load crosses the apron sealed and is boarded by hi-loader to galley height, with airside delivery confirmed at handover rather than left at the foot of the stairs.
Commercial aviation catering near Azezo
BJR / HABD
Bahir Dar
Ethiopia · 102 km from Azezo
Airline & VIP flight catering →
AXU / HAAX
Axum
Ethiopia · 232 km from Azezo
Airline & VIP flight catering →
MQX / HAMK
Mekele
Ethiopia · 251 km from Azezo
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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