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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Jamestown, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Jamestown (FHSH / HLE)
HLE (IATA) · FHSH (ICAO)
The 1950 m runway at Jamestown sets the ceiling for what lands, and everything that lands here is provisioned through one route: our kitchen to the aircraft, never the foot of the stand. Inflight catering and in-flight catering at this narrow-body field move by hi-loader to galley height, with the uplift held airside from seal to signature and boarded on the wide-body-rated method we use across the network.
1,950 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 — Jamestown
Hi-loader aviation catering on the FHSH / HLE apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for Jamestown airport departures
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at HLE
Every catering uplift at this station is planned against the ramp access we hold, not against a guess at how long the apron will stay clear. The route runs from a sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door, timed and logged rather than estimated, so a delay upstream is visible before it reaches the aircraft. Jamestown's single stand means the sequence is fixed in advance, and the loading window is built around that fixed sequence rather than around the flight schedule alone.
Between our kitchen and the FHSH stand sit screening, an escort and whatever apron traffic is moving that day, and the convoy is where a rotation is actually put at risk, not the galley catering itself. We plan the route against the worst of those three factors rather than the average of them, holding a fixed chain of custody from the moment a cart is sealed to the moment it is signed for at the aircraft. Every catering uplift is logged at both ends of that route: a temperature reading at sealing, a second at handover, and a signature that closes the record for that rotation at Jamestown.
One sealed route, one signature, from our galley to yours at Jamestown.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Jamestown (HLE)
Airline food supplier crews cleared for FHSH
Airport catering at Jamestown runs from one production kitchen holding hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under a single roof, built to work the narrow-body reference code held at HLE. HACCP governs every stage that leaves that building, from the cold larder to the sealed cart bound for the stand. Airport catering at HLE is planned around that one facility rather than split across suppliers, so a rotation, however it is routed, is provisioned from the same production line every time.
The team that handles government flight catering at Jamestown is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance held on file, listed on the access list, trained to the household standards a royal or state movement requires. That team carries the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift as closely as it carries the trays themselves, so a protocol officer checking the load at FHSH finds the same names and the same procedure each time. Nothing about that clearance changes with the mission.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at FHSH / HLE
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Jamestown airport
Menus at this station are written to the cabin and to the mission first, and to the season second, drawing on produce out of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha where the rotation allows it. Inflight catering at HLE moves from a First and VVIP tray set through a Business specification to main cabin service without changing kitchen or method, only the plate. Every set is built against a written specification held on file, not improvised against the day's stock, so a repeat rotation sees the same standard twice. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Jamestown: VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. The presentation is filed against the standing order, so a repeat mission sees the same table twice at FHSH.
Business cabins
Business cabins at HLE: multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the fitted galley. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in the same sealed run, boxed to the roster for Jamestown departures.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary sets at Jamestown cover household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger, including halal and kosher trays and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering built to these codes is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves it, ready for FHSH boarding.
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 Jamestown airport
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 Jamestown
Jamestown works a single narrow-body reference code off one runway, which turns a delegation into a documentation task and a peak rotation into a capacity task rather than a scheduling one. Airline catering in Jamestown is planned stand by stand, with the mission profile deciding whether the priority for that slot is paperwork or throughput.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader from a sealed cart, boarded straight through the galley door rather than staged at the foot of the stand. Aviation catering at Jamestown and airport catering in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha both run off the same ramp routing, with our own crew holding the escort from kitchen to stand.
One coordinator carries every rotation here, in-flight catering at Jamestown included, from sealed cart to a signed handover at the aircraft.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at FHSH / HLE
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Government and state flight catering at HLE
On the single stand FHSH works, a delegation movement is planned like any other rotation but documented far more closely: government flight catering at Jamestown covers state visits and official delegations, with the protocol file recorded per passenger. Security-cleared staff seal the uplift before it leaves the kitchen, and a head of state aircraft is worked on the same fixed sequence as catering at FHSH for any other mission.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Jamestown
A single stand forces every movement into one fixed loading order, which is exactly the constraint a household specification is built to survive: royal flight catering at this station is held to a written standard kept on file between rotations. Catering at HLE for private airliners, BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VVIP work runs on that same standard, with halal and other household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at FHSH
1950 metres of runway, and that sets what a charter or ACMI operator can bring in for a group movement or special mission at this field. Charter flight catering at Jamestown for wet-lease and ACMI operators runs a full three-cabin uplift staged against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha follows the same galley-order sequence on every rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at HLE
A narrow-body movement at Jamestown draws on the same reference code held for every scheduled rotation, which is what lets a carrier running this station as an outstation plan ad hoc airline catering against a known ramp. Outstation catering and diversion catering sit on the same duty roster as technical stop catering, with crew meals in Jamestown and crew meals in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha boxed to the roster across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Jamestown
Our kitchen works the same 1950 metre runway that scheduled and charter traffic uses, which means private jet catering at Jamestown reaches business aviation on the identical cold chain. Delivery runs to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, on the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Jamestown
Flight departments on jet catering at Jamestown (HLE)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged football club charter catering for the group at Jamestown (HLE/FHSH) after a late schedule update. 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. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Matteo — Mission Planning Officer
“We arranged repatriation flight catering at Jamestown (HLE/FHSH) 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. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Zoe — Flight Operations Specialist
“We used the team at Jamestown (HLE/FHSH) for cargo airline catering on a night operation. They respected the unusual timing and kept communication direct with our ops team. We would use them again for another cargo sector. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Nadia — Crew Planning Coordinator
Jamestown (FHSH / HLE): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,950 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | FHSH |
Business jet catering questions at FHSH / HLE
Diversion catering and ramp questions at FHSH / HLE
What operations gets asked every week about Jamestown.
Ask operations directly →Do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at Jamestown?
Yes, under a fixed protocol: government flight catering and VIP flight catering are both handled by security-cleared staff, with the file documented per passenger before the uplift is sealed.
What is the lead time for an order at HLE?
We ask how far in advance a rotation is known so the kitchen can plan the loading window, and a specification can still change up until close to boarding; last minute airline catering is worked case by case rather than refused outright.
With one runway and one stand, how much does airline catering cost at FHSH?
There is a written quotation for every rotation, built on cabin count, specification and the loading window rather than a fixed price list, and the desk comes back with a figure before boarding.
Jamestown — do you deliver airline catering airside?
The hi-loader carries every uplift straight to galley height, so airside delivery runs from our sealed cart to the aircraft door without a stop at the foot of the stand.
Commercial aviation catering near Jamestown
ASI / FHAW
Cat Hill
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha · 1,301 km from Jamestown
Airline & VIP flight catering →
MSZ / FNMO
Moçâmedes
Angola · 1,907 km from Jamestown
Airline & VIP flight catering →
SDD / FNUB
Lubango
Angola · 2,063 km from Jamestown
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Aviation catering quote for Jamestown
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Jamestown (HLE / FHSH)
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Jamestown (HLE)