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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Cat Hill, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Airside airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Cat Hill (FHAW / ASI)
ASI (IATA) · FHAW (ICAO)
Wide-body is the reference code held at Cat Hill, which allows a full three-cabin uplift to board on one stand without a downgrade in scale. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering off one ops desk here, with hi-loader boarding to galley height and wide-body uplift moved airside from kitchen seal to aircraft door.
3,054 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 — Cat Hill
Wide-body aviation catering at ASI
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at FHAW / ASI
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Cat Hill airport
The catering uplift at Cat Hill is tracked from the moment the cart is sealed at our kitchen to the moment it clears the galley door, with every stage logged against the loading sheet. Ramp access is held on our own clearance rather than handed to a third party at the foot of the aircraft, which keeps the apron crossing inside a single chain of responsibility. Nothing on this route is estimated: each stage is timed and signed before the next one starts.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Cat Hill sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and the galley catering uplift is planned against the worst of those three rather than the best. A single coordinator owns the chain of custody for the whole route, from the sealed cart leaving the kitchen to the signature that closes the load at the galley. Temperature is logged twice on every catering uplift: once when the cart is sealed, and again at handover, so the record matches the food rather than the clock.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the galley.
Crew meals and pilot meals for Cat Hill airport departures
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Cat Hill (ASI)
Airport catering in Cat Hill runs from a kitchen built around hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell held under one roof, so a delegation order and a scheduled rotation are worked from the same floor without either slowing the other. Airport catering at Cat Hill is produced to a HACCP standard that governs every line leaving the building, not only the ones bound for a VIP stand. The flight kitchen at ASI is organised so a wide-body uplift and a single-cabin top-up leave the same door on the same clock.
The team that handles government flight catering at this kitchen is the same named crew on every rotation, carried on the access list rather than rotated in from outside. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, and the chain of custody they sign covers the load from the sealed cart to the galley door. Household standards are trained into that same crew, so a royal movement and a scheduled service are worked to one written procedure, not two.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Cat Hill
VVIP catering written per mission at FHAW / ASI
Menus at Cat Hill are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a single fixed list, so a scheduled rotation and a one-off charter can be served from the same kitchen without either reading as an afterthought. Produce drawn from Saint Helena and the wider South Atlantic supply chain sits alongside sourced stores for the routes that need volume, and both are logged the same way once they enter the cold chain. Inflight catering here is documented per passenger wherever a dietary or medical set applies, never assumed. Every plate, tray and box leaving the kitchen is checked against the cabin manifest before it is sealed for the stand.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Cat Hill are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu, with à-la-carte service available on request for the movements that call for it. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so the same presentation can be repeated on the next rotation without re-briefing the crew.
Business cabins
Business cabins at ASI run on multi-choice hot service, boxed to a galley-ready tray standard so the format matches the aircraft fitted to the stand. Crew meals in Cat Hill are built to the same clock: cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately and loaded to the roster, not to the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at ASI are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes, from vegan to medical. Inflight catering at ASI produces these on a separate line, sealed before it leaves that line, so a household order and a standard SPML request are handled with the same discipline.
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 and sealed transfer for aircraft catering at FHAW / ASI
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 FHAW
Cat Hill carries scheduled, charter, government and private movements across the same wide-body stand, which turns a delegation into a documentation problem as much as a loading one and a peak rotation into a question of capacity rather than variety. Airline catering and aviation catering at ASI are run off one ops desk so both pressures are worked by the same team rather than handed between departments.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the stand under airside delivery, cleared through our own ramp access rather than passed to a handler at the aircraft door, with hi-loader boarding taking the load to galley height on arrival. Inflight catering and in-flight catering at ASI move on that same route regardless of the operator, and airport catering at FHAW is planned stand by stand so the sequence never depends on which flight is loading next.
One coordinator owns the rotation from kitchen seal to signed handover, whatever the mission on the stand that day.
Government, royal and charter flight catering at Cat Hill (ASI)
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Government and state flight catering at FHAW
The 3054 m runway at Cat Hill takes the aircraft that carry state visits and official delegations, and government flight catering here is built around that traffic rather than around a fixed menu. A head of state movement is documented per passenger, with security-cleared staff handling the load and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at ASI
The 3054 m runway at Cat Hill takes private airliners on VVIP work, including BBJ, ACJ and other wide-body VIP configurations, without a length constraint on the approach. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with royal household dietary requirements and halal VIP sets produced against it on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Cat Hill
On the single wide-body stand at Cat Hill, a full three-cabin uplift is counted against the loading sheet before the aircraft is called forward. Charter flight catering here covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and multi-leg rotations, and charter flight catering is staged in the order the galleys are laid out rather than in the order flights arrive.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at FHAW
Our kitchen works the single wide-body stand at Cat Hill as a live outstation rather than a one-off call-out, which keeps ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering and diversion catering on the same duty roster as scheduled work. Technical stop catering and AOG cover sit on that roster too, so a multi-leg rotation through ASI is worked without a change of team.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at ASI
A single wide-body reference code governs the stand at Cat Hill, which means a business jet movement is sequenced around the same ramp rather than given a separate one. Private jet catering reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on that sequence, with business aviation catering, FBO catering and business jet catering all held to the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at FHAW
Operators on commercial aviation catering at FHAW / ASI
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our sports movement through Cat Hill (ASI/FHAW) required sports team flight meals on a tight schedule. The meals were clearly labeled, portions were suitable for the group, and the delivery stayed on time despite a moving departure. A good partner for sports charter operations. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Fatima — Diplomatic Flight Manager
“We arranged evacuation flight catering at Cat Hill (ASI/FHAW) for a non-routine passenger movement. Communication with operations was efficient and the order was adapted quickly when our timings moved. We appreciated the flexibility. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Elena — Charter Dispatch Manager
“Our freighter crew needed cargo airline catering at Cat Hill (ASI/FHAW) during a short turnaround. The crew received the correct quantities and the handover was quick, which is exactly what we needed. Good service for freighter crews and odd-hour schedules. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Rania — Air Freight Operations Lead
Airport catering data for Cat Hill (FHAW / ASI)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,054 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | FHAW |
Business jet catering questions at Cat Hill
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Cat Hill
What operations gets asked every week about Cat Hill.
Ask operations directly →Do you produce halal, kosher and SPML meals at ASI, and how are they documented?
Yes, halal, kosher and the full range of IATA special meal codes are produced against a documented order, logged per passenger before the tray set is sealed for the stand.
How much does airline catering cost at FHAW?
The figure rests on the cabin count, the specification and the loading window rather than a fixed list; we do not publish prices, and the desk returns a quotation once those three are confirmed.
Cat Hill — do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights, and under what protocol?
The hi-loader takes the sealed uplift to galley height for VIP flight catering and government flight catering alike, with the protocol file documented per passenger and cleared staff on the load.
Working within one wide-body stand, do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Cat Hill Airport?
There is a private jet catering route to every FBO on the field and to the GA terminal, run on the same cold chain and paperwork as FBO catering for a scheduled airline uplift.
At what point does airline catering move from our kitchen to the aircraft at ASI?
The sealed cart clears our own airside delivery first, then the hi-loader raises the load to galley height, so the handover happens at the aircraft door rather than at the foot of it.
Can an order still change close to departure at FHAW?
The lead time depends on the specification, but a late change to cabin count or dietary sets can still be worked close to departure, and how far in advance the rest of the order was placed decides how much of it can move.
Inflight catering at other airports near Cat Hill
HLE / FHSH
Jamestown
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha · 1,301 km from Cat Hill
Airline & VIP flight catering →
SNI / GLGE
Greenville
Liberia · 1,562 km from Cat Hill
Airline & VIP flight catering →
MLW / GLMR
Monrovia
Liberia · 1,636 km from Cat Hill
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
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Uplift at Cat Hill (ASI)