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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Zouérate, Mauritania
Private jet catering, VIP flight catering and airline catering at Zouérate (GQPZ / OUZ)
OUZ (IATA) · GQPZ (ICAO)
A 2,500-metre runway at Zouérate takes wide-body movements on the one reference-code stand this station holds, and every one of them boards through the same hi-loader route to galley height. In-flight catering here runs on that single path: our kitchen seals the uplift, the loader lifts it clear of the ramp, and inflight catering reaches the door without a ground-level handoff at any point.
2,500 m
Longest runway
Wide-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 — Zouérate
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at Zouérate (OUZ)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at Zouérate
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Zouérate, Mauritania
Every catering uplift at Zouérate starts sealed at the kitchen and ends with a signature at the galley door, and nothing in between is left to estimate. Ramp access is held on our own credentials, so the convoy crosses the apron on a route we control rather than one assigned on the day. The single wide-body stand at OUZ is worked to that same sequence on every rotation through Zouérate.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Zouérate sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and the plan for every catering uplift is built against the worst of those three, not the average. Chain of custody runs from the seal at the kitchen door to the signature at the galley, with nothing handled outside that record. Galley catering at OUZ is logged at both ends, sealed cart out, checked cart in, so a delay never becomes a question about what changed along the way.
One sealed cart, one route, one signature — from our kitchen to the galley door.
Pilot meals and crew meals prepared for GQPZ / OUZ
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at GQPZ / OUZ
The flight kitchen that provisions Zouérate runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under a single roof, built to HACCP standard from intake to seal. Airport catering at OUZ moves off that one site, with the cold chain held from the larder to the cart and logged at each transfer. Airport catering in Mauritania has few sites built to this specification, which is why flight kitchen at OUZ is worked as one continuous process rather than a set of separate handoffs.
The team behind government flight catering at Zouérate is the same named crew on every rotation, not a roster drawn fresh each time. Security clearance sits on file for each of them, each name is carried on the access list, and each is trained to the household paperwork that travels sealed with the uplift. That continuity is what a protocol desk checks first, and at OUZ it is answered by keeping the same people on the job.
Halal airline meals and special meals at GQPZ
VIP flight catering, specified per passenger at Zouérate
Boarding at Zouérate draws on menus written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than a single fixed tray. Inflight catering in Mauritania pulls on regional staples where the specification allows it — dairy, orchard fruit, cured fish — stated in general terms and never fixed to one dish or one supplier. Cabin plans move from a plated first-class service through a multi-choice business tray to a standard main-cabin set, each built to its own galley format. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled before the cart is sealed rather than checked afterwards.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Zouérate are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu card, with à-la-carte service available on request and filed against the standing order before departure. VIP flight catering here is logged item by item, so a repeat rotation reads the same way every time it boards.
Business cabins
Business cabins at GQPZ run a multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the fitted galley, boxed in tray sets rather than a single fixed tray. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so the cabin count never has to be re-checked against the crew count at the door.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary sets at OUZ cover household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger, with halal and kosher trays produced against the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering for these sets is built on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, so a household order never shares a bench with a standard tray.
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 OUZ
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 Zouérate (OUZ)
Zouérate carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single wide-body stand, so a repeat rotation and an occasional delegation are planned against the same reference code rather than two different ones. That mix makes documentation the constant issue here: a state movement needs the protocol file closed before wheels-up, while a repeat charter needs its tray specification held unchanged from the last one.
The uplift reaches the aircraft here by hi-loader, lifted from the sealed cart straight to galley height rather than staged at the foot of the stand. Airport catering at Zouérate is planned stand by stand, with our own crew on the ramp for the loading itself rather than a handover to a separate team partway through.
One coordinator carries each rotation from seal to signature, and every cart that leaves our kitchen is logged against a handover that closes only once the aircraft crew has signed for it: airline catering in Mauritania, inflight catering in Zouérate, aviation catering in Zouérate and in-flight catering at GQPZ all run to that same closing step.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at GQPZ / OUZ
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Government and state flight catering at Zouérate
A wide-body reference code held at this stand means a state aircraft is worked to the same loading sequence as a scheduled wide-body, with nothing improvised around it. Government flight catering at Zouérate covers state visits and official delegations, with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen for any head of state movement.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Zouérate
One reference code, one wide-body stand: that single fact governs what boards at Zouérate and how it is sequenced on the ramp. Royal flight catering at OUZ serves private airliners — BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations — held to a written royal household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other VVIP dietary sets produced on request through catering at GQPZ.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at GQPZ
We work every charter movement through Zouérate against the same wide-body reference code the stand is built to, so a group flight and a scheduled service load to the same standard. Charter flight catering at GQPZ serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and multi-leg special missions, with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order for charter flight catering at Zouérate.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at OUZ
At the single wide-body stand this station holds, a 2,500-metre runway brings in scheduled, charter and diverted traffic onto one reference code rather than a spread of gates. Ad hoc airline catering at OUZ covers carriers running Zouérate as an outstation, with outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering worked off the same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Zouérate
The 2,500-metre runway at Zouérate takes business aviation onto the same movement area as scheduled wide-body traffic, and that shared ramp is where private jet catering in Zouérate is delivered. FBO catering reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, handled by our dedicated business aviation catering and business jet catering branch.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at Zouérate, Mauritania
Protocol officers on government flight catering at OUZ
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our flight changed at short notice and we arranged urgent airline catering at Zouérate (OUZ/GQPZ). Confirmation was quick, the order stayed clear despite several updates, and delivery reached the aircraft on time. Good support when timing is the main pressure point. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Giorgio — Station Operations Manager
“We used the service at Zouérate (OUZ/GQPZ) for catering for airlines without flight kitchen on a station where we do not have our usual suppliers. The team confirmed everything clearly, handled the local coordination, and delivered the order ready for loading. A solid solution for outstation operations. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Rebecca — VIP Charter Manager
“We compared options for Zouérate (OUZ/GQPZ) and asked for an airline catering quote. The quote was detailed enough for operations and accounting, but still quick to review. Good option when you need a fast and transparent answer. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Government flight department
Sarah — Mission Operations Manager
Outstation catering data for Zouérate (GQPZ / OUZ)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,500 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | GQPZ |
Business jet catering questions at GQPZ
Diversion catering and ramp questions at GQPZ
What operations gets asked every week about Zouérate.
Ask operations directly →Do you publish a fixed price for airline catering at OUZ?
Yes, a quotation is built from the cabin count, the specification and the loading window rather than a fixed list, and the airline catering cost is confirmed once those three are set. Send the rotation details and the desk returns a figure against them.
How do you handle private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at GQPZ?
GQPZ traffic on the business aviation side is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal directly, on the same cold chain as an airline uplift. Private jet catering and FBO catering here run through the same sealed-cart process, whichever apron the aircraft is parked on.
Which lead time do you need for an order out of Zouérate?
The loader and the sealed cart set the working lead time: how far in advance an order needs to be placed depends on the specification, but a change to cabin count or dietary sets can still be taken close to departure. Last minute airline catering is handled through the same route, provided the cart can still be sealed and cleared in time.
Given the single ramp checkpoint at Zouérate, can catering be delivered airside rather than at the terminal?
There is a hi-loader route from our kitchen straight to galley height, so airline catering at Zouérate is an airside delivery on every rotation rather than a kerbside handoff. The convoy crosses the apron under our own credentials and boards without a ground-level transfer.
Inflight catering at other airports near Zouérate
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
VIL / GMMH
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
SMW / GMMA
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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