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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Debre Zeyit, Ethiopia
Private jet catering, VIP flight catering and airline catering at Debre Zeyit (HAHM / QHR)
QHR (IATA) · HAHM (ICAO)
The single narrow-body runway at Debre Zeyit, 1,811 metres, sets a reference code that governs every uplift boarded here, from a scheduled sector to a state movement. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering off that same stand, hi-loader to galley height, with wide-body-standard cold-chain discipline held across every uplift airside.
1,811 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
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 — Debre Zeyit
Inflight catering at wide-body scale for Debre Zeyit airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering lead times at Debre Zeyit (QHR)
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, HAHM
Ramp access at Debre Zeyit is what decides the catering uplift, not a delivery left at the foot of the aircraft. The sealed cart moves from our kitchen across the apron on our own clearance, timed against the narrow-body turnaround this single stand works to. Every stage between seal and signature is logged against that same reference point, at HAHM and nowhere looser.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Debre Zeyit sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and we plan the galley catering run against the worst of those three rather than the best. The convoy is the part of the chain of custody that can slip; the food itself, sealed and logged, does not. Temperature is recorded at sealing and again at handover, and the load is signed off only once both readings and the seal match what left the galley.
That discipline holds whether the rotation is a single narrow-body turnaround or a state movement held to the same reference code, because the catering uplift at Debre Zeyit is worked to one procedure regardless of the manifest behind it.
One coordinator owns the run from seal to signature, every time.
Crew meals from the kitchen serving Debre Zeyit, Ethiopia
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Debre Zeyit airport
Debre Zeyit's flight kitchen carries hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to run against the narrow-body reference code held on the single stand it provisions. HACCP governs every line in that kitchen, and the cold chain is unbroken from the larder to the sealed cart. Airport catering at Debre Zeyit and airport catering for the wider Ethiopia network share that same production floor rather than two separate operations.
The team that handles government flight catering at Debre Zeyit is the same named crew every rotation, never a rotating pool pulled in for one movement. Security clearance is on file for each of them, each is on the access list for the airside route, and each is trained to the household service standards that a repeat protocol rotation demands. That continuity is what a protocol desk checks first, before it checks anything on the tray.
Halal airline meals and special meals at HAHM / QHR
VVIP catering to a written specification at Debre Zeyit (QHR)
Menus at Debre Zeyit are written to the cabin and the mission, not to a single fixed list run out regardless of who is on board. Ethiopian dairy, orchard fruit and fish appear where the season and the sourcing allow it, worked into a specification rather than into a fixed dish. Inflight catering at QHR closes on documentation rather than presentation: allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are labelled per passenger and per cabin, filed before the cart is sealed. That paperwork travels with the tray, not behind it, so a crew checking a manifest against a load finds the two already matching.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Debre Zeyit are plated to a written specification held on file between movements, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single set course. VIP flight catering here is filed against that standing order, so a repeat rotation is served to the same standard without a fresh brief each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at HAHM take multi-choice hot service built to galley-ready tray sets, sized to the aircraft fitted to this stand. Crew meals in Debre Zeyit are boxed separately from the passenger load, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals kept to their own roster and their own seal.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Debre Zeyit are documented per passenger rather than left to a verbal note at the door, covering household, religious and medical sets. Halal and kosher meals and the full range of IATA special meal codes are produced on a separate line and sealed before that line ever meets the main load, which is what inflight catering here is checked against.
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
Food safety and cold chain for aviation catering at Debre Zeyit
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 QHR
Debre Zeyit's single narrow-body runway and its one working stand set a traffic profile built on scheduled turnarounds, ad hoc charter work and occasional government movement rather than continuous wide-body wave traffic, and that mix makes documentation the recurring problem: each rotation needs its own protocol file even where the airframe repeats.
The uplift reaches the aircraft from our kitchen by sealed cart, escorted across the apron to the stand and boarded through the galley door by hi-loader rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew on the ramp for the full transfer. Inflight catering and in-flight catering at Debre Zeyit run off one ops desk that tracks the load from seal to signature, and airport catering here is planned stand by stand rather than to a terminal schedule.
Airline catering at Debre Zeyit and aviation catering at HAHM commit to one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover on every rotation, regardless of what the manifest behind it says.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at Debre Zeyit airport
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Government and state flight catering at QHR
A single stand rated to a narrow-body reference code has to be booked and cleared well ahead of any protocol movement, since there is no second position to absorb an overrun. Government flight catering at Debre Zeyit for state visits and official delegations runs on a protocol file documented per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed before it ever leaves the kitchen, ready for any head of state movement routed through this field.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Debre Zeyit
One narrow-body reference code governs this stand, so a private airliner works to the same clearance as any scheduled arrival here. Royal flight catering at HAHM for VVIP and royal household movements holds to a written specification kept on file between rotations, covering BBJ, ACJ and comparable private airliner types, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at HAHM
Our crews stage a full three-cabin uplift against the loading sheet on the one wide-body-rated stand this field runs, whatever the operator behind the tail number. Charter flight catering at Debre Zeyit for ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions is counted tray by tray before boarding, with charter flight catering in Debre Zeyit sequenced to the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at QHR
At the single narrow-body stand worked at Debre Zeyit, carriers running this station as an outstation get the same tray standard on an ad hoc rotation as on a scheduled one. Ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering at Debre Zeyit sit on one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg pattern rather than a one-off booking.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Debre Zeyit
The 1,811-metre runway at Debre Zeyit takes business aviation traffic alongside scheduled and charter movements on the same single stand. Private jet catering at HAHM reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal through our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering and business aviation catering held to that one standard.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at Debre Zeyit (QHR)
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Debre Zeyit, Ethiopia
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged sports team flight meals for the group at Debre Zeyit (QHR/HAHM) after a late schedule update. Final numbers changed late and the team adjusted without making the process difficult. We would book them again for another team movement. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Ava — Crew Operations Coordinator
“We arranged military charter catering at Debre Zeyit (QHR/HAHM) for a non-routine passenger movement. The meals were practical, clearly packed, and easy for the crew to distribute during the flight. A good experience under difficult timing conditions. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Robert — Turnaround Coordinator
“For a cargo sector from Debre Zeyit (QHR/HAHM), we arranged cargo airline catering for the operating crew. They respected the unusual timing and kept communication direct with our ops team. A reliable option for cargo operations. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Kenji — Flight Experience Manager
Airport catering facts for Debre Zeyit (HAHM / QHR)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,811 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | HAHM |
Aircraft catering questions at HAHM / QHR
Diversion catering and ramp questions at HAHM / QHR
What operations gets asked every week about Debre Zeyit.
Ask operations directly →Where in the schedule does Debre Zeyit airline catering need to be confirmed, and how late can the specification still change?
The lead time is set against the loading sheet held for the stand: the initial order fixes cabin count and mission type, and specification changes inside the window are logged against that same sheet up to the cut-off our desk confirms per rotation. Last minute airline catering is worked where the change reaches us before the sealed cart leaves the kitchen.
Which route does private jet catering at Debre Zeyit take to reach an aircraft on the field?
The sealed cart travels from our kitchen across the apron on our own escort and boards through the aircraft door rather than being left at the foot of the stand, reaching the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same route. FBO catering here runs on that same cold chain and paperwork as a scheduled airline uplift.
How is airline catering cost worked out at QHR, since no price list is published?
QHR pricing is quoted against cabin count, specification and the loading window booked for the rotation, not against a fixed rate card. Our desk returns a quotation once those three are confirmed for the movement in question.
What protocol governs VIP flight catering and government flight catering at HAHM?
We run VIP flight catering and government flight catering at HAHM to a documented protocol file: security-cleared staff, the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen, and paperwork that travels with the load rather than behind it. The same file covers royal household and VVIP movements routed through this stand.
Jet catering at airports near Debre Zeyit
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
JIM / HAJM
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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