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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Tan Tan, Morocco
Airline catering, VIP and private jet catering at Tan Tan (GMAT / TTA)
TTA (IATA) · GMAT (ICAO)
A single narrow-body stand at Tan Tan sets the loading plan: every cart is sequenced before the aircraft blocks in, because there is no second position to fall back on. Inflight catering here runs on that discipline, boarded by hi-loader to galley height, with in-flight catering timed to the one apron this station holds.
2,000 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 — Tan Tan
Aviation catering with ramp access at Tan Tan airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at Tan Tan (TTA)
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, GMAT
With one narrow-body stand, the catering uplift at Tan Tan has no queue to absorb delay: the cart that misses its slot waits for the next turn, not the next gate. Ramp access is held on our own clearance rather than shared apron passes, so the convoy moves the moment the aircraft is blocked in. That single approach is what the timeline beside this note actually measures.
Between our kitchen and the one stand at Tan Tan sit screening, an escort onto the apron, and the turn itself, and a delay in any of the three eats into the same short window rather than a spare one. We plan the galley catering run against the worst of those three, not the average, because a single-stand field has no slack to borrow from a neighbour. Temperature is logged when the load is sealed and again at handover, and the catering uplift closes on a signature that ties the two readings together in the chain of custody record.
One stand, one seal, one signature: the load is timed, not guessed.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Tan Tan, Morocco
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Tan Tan airport
With a single narrow-body stand to provision, the kitchen behind Tan Tan is built around one rotation at a time rather than a bank of simultaneous turns, and that concentration is what keeps the airport catering schedule tight. Hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line sit under one roof, run to HACCP standard, so a scheduled, charter or government load leaves through the same door it was sealed at. Airport catering at TTA is therefore a single sequenced job, not a set of parallel ones, which is exactly what a one-stand field demands.
The team cleared for government flight catering at Tan Tan is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in for the day. Security clearance is on file, each member sits on the access list for the one stand this station works, and household service standards are trained rather than briefed on the day. That continuity matters more here than at a multi-stand field, because a single position leaves no room to substitute an uncleared hand at short notice.
VIP flight catering menus for GMAT / TTA departures
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Tan Tan (TTA)
Menus at Tan Tan are built to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed list, adjusted for scheduled service, charter groups and VIP movements alike. Where local produce serves a rotation, sourcing draws on the country's dairy, fish and orchard fruit rather than an imported standard shipped in ahead of time. Inflight catering at TTA is documented per passenger for allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, labelled by cabin so nothing is matched on the ramp. That labelling is what lets a single-stand turn move fast without a recheck at the galley door.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Tan Tan are plated to a written specification rather than an improvised one, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order so a repeat rotation is served the same way each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins worked through Tan Tan get multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately at GMAT and tracked against the roster, not folded into the passenger tray count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Tan Tan are documented per passenger rather than assumed from a standing template, covering household, religious and medical sets on a line kept apart from the main run. Halal and kosher trays and the full range of IATA special meal codes are produced on that separate line and sealed before it leaves, so inflight catering here carries its own paperwork through to the aircraft door.
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 Tan Tan (TTA)
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 TTA
Tan Tan works scheduled, charter and government traffic across one narrow-body stand and one runway, which means every rotation is planned in sequence rather than in parallel: a delegation brings a documentation load, a charter brings a passenger-count load, and both compete for the same short window. Airline catering in Tan Tan is therefore built around timing first and volume second, because there is no second position to absorb a late slot.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand under ground handling on the apron, with airside delivery run by hi-loader to the galley door rather than set down at the foot of the aircraft. Aviation catering at GMAT and in-flight catering at GMAT both run off the same convoy and the same escort, since a single-stand field has no second route to fall back on. Inflight catering at Tan Tan is planned stand by stand, with ramp access held on our own badges rather than a shared pass.
On every rotation through this station, one coordinator owns the load, the carts are sealed before they leave the kitchen, and the handover closes on a signed record, which is what airport catering at TTA commits to regardless of aircraft type or mission.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Tan Tan
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Government and state flight catering at Tan Tan
The 2000 metre runway at Tan Tan takes the aircraft a delegation typically flies, and our kitchen provisions government flight catering to that movement without a second stand to stage it on. State visits and official delegations are worked to a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff, and a head of state aircraft sealed before it leaves our kitchen at GMAT.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Tan Tan
The 2000 metre runway here takes the private airliners this segment flies, so royal flight catering at Tan Tan is built around that single stand rather than a terminal built for volume. Household standards are held across repeat rotations from a written specification kept on file between movements, covering BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP aircraft, with halal and household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Tan Tan
A wide-body charter cannot be boarded on this narrow-body field, so ACMI, wet-lease and group movements through Tan Tan are worked on the aircraft the single stand actually takes. Charter flight catering at TTA covers a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering at Tan Tan is staged in the order the galleys are laid out for that rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Tan Tan
The single narrow-body stand at Tan Tan carries whatever lands, so a carrier using this station as an outstation is worked on the same slot as a scheduled service. Ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all run off the one duty roster here, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation without a second position to reroute to.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at TTA
On the one apron Tan Tan operates, the narrow-body reference code governs what business aviation can bring in alongside scheduled and charter traffic. Private jet catering at TTA is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal by our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at TTA
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Tan Tan, Morocco
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We needed government flight catering at Tan Tan (TTA/GMAT) for a protocol-sensitive flight. They followed the instructions carefully and kept communication limited to the operational contacts involved. Reliable, discreet, and easy to work with. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Lorenzo — Cargo Control Manager
“I handled the cabin order for a flight from Tan Tan (TTA/GMAT) and needed VIP airliner catering. Everything arrived neatly packed, easy to identify in the galley, and consistent with the presentation we requested. I would happily use them again on a VIP rotation. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
James — Airport Services Coordinator
“For a high-volume passenger flight at Tan Tan (TTA/GMAT), we needed reliable hajj flight catering. Packaging was practical for the cabin and the uplift arrived in good order for departure. We would use the service again for a similar charter. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Amine — Network Control Coordinator
Airport catering profile for Tan Tan (GMAT / TTA)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | GMAT |
Business jet catering questions at GMAT / TTA
Diversion catering and ramp questions at GMAT / TTA
What operations gets asked every week about Tan Tan.
Ask operations directly →How far in advance does Tan Tan Airport need to know about a VIP, VVIP or government movement?
Protocol clearance for VIP flight catering and government flight catering is arranged as soon as the movement is confirmed, since security clearance and household documentation are prepared ahead of the uplift rather than at the gate.
Who loads airline catering onto the aircraft at TTA?
Across every rotation at TTA, our own crew handles airside delivery from the kitchen to the stand and boards by hi-loader to galley height, rather than leaving a cart at the foot of the aircraft.
With one narrow-body stand to work, are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced at GMAT?
There is a separate production line at GMAT for halal and kosher trays and the full set of SPML codes, each tray documented per passenger before it is sealed.
Tan Tan is where business aviation on this field is delivered to next?
The hi-loader and ramp vehicles that carry an airline uplift also serve private jet catering at Tan Tan, reaching the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal under FBO catering arrangements.
At what point does the desk confirm what airline catering costs at Tan Tan Airport?
The specification is fixed first — cabin count, menu tier and loading window — and airline catering cost follows from that specification rather than from a published price list.
Do you take last minute airline catering requests at TTA?
Yes, by working the change through the same duty roster that covers ad hoc and diversion loads, though how far in advance a full specification change can be confirmed depends on the loading window still open before departure.
Commercial aviation catering near Tan Tan
SMW / GMMA
Smara
Western Sahara (disputed territory) · 198 km from Tan Tan
Airline & VIP flight catering →
EUN / GMML
El Aaiún
Western Sahara (disputed territory) · 249 km from Tan Tan
Airline & VIP flight catering →
AGA / GMAD
Agadir
Morocco · 269 km from Tan Tan
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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