Aviation catering — Enfidha, Tunisia

Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Enfidha (DTNH / NBE)

NBE (IATA) · DTNH (ICAO)

Our crews work the wide-body reference code held at Enfidha, boarding scheduled, charter, government and private jet flights on the same stand infrastructure that a scheduled widebody uses. Inflight catering and in-flight catering here move by hi-loader to galley height, off a kitchen positioned for the ramp, with uplift staged ahead of block time so aviation catering runs airside without delay.

A catering hi-loader raised to the forward galley door of a wide-body on stand, the platform level with the doorway and the truck squared up beneath it.
3,300 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
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Runways
01
Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
02
VIP at any volume
8 First covers or 400 passengers across three cabins, same execution
03
24/7 order desk
Ad hoc, AOG and same-day uplift answered around the clock
04
Multi-leg coordination
One loading sheet, every leg of your rotation
A catering hi-loader raised to the aft galley door of a wide-body on stand, its platform level with the doorway and a second truck waiting below.

On the apron — Enfidha

Commercial aviation catering at wide-body scale, DTNH / NBE

Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.

Aircraft catering lead times at Enfidha

Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Enfidha, Tunisia

The loading window at DTNH runs from the sealed cart at our kitchen to the signature at the galley door, tracked stage by stage rather than guessed at. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the catering uplift moves to the wide-body stand without waiting on a third-party escort. Each rotation at Enfidha is logged against that same sequence, whatever the traffic on the apron that day.

Four branded catering carts latched side by side in an aircraft galley, each door closed on a coloured seal.

Between our kitchen and the stand at Enfidha sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and the chain of custody is planned against the worst of the three rather than the average day. The galley catering load is built to clear that sequence with margin, not to depend on it running smoothly. Temperature is logged at sealing and again at handover, and the catering uplift closes on a signature that ties the cart to the flight it boarded.

One coordinator owns the seal, the escort and the signature, start to finish.

Airline food supplier kitchen serving NBE

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Cleared crews behind government flight catering at DTNH / NBE

The flight kitchen at NBE runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP standard from intake to seal. Airport catering at Enfidha draws on that single site rather than a network of subcontracted kitchens, which keeps the cold chain unbroken between production and cart. Airport catering in Tunisia is provisioned from this same flight kitchen, whatever the mission the rotation is flying.

The team that handles government flight catering at this station is the same named crew every rotation, security clearance on file and each member on the access list for the airside route they work. Training runs to royal household standards as well as to airline turnaround pace, so the same staff move between a scheduled rotation and a protocol movement without a handover gap. Procedure travels with the sealed uplift as paperwork, not as a verbal instruction passed on the ramp.

VIP flight catering and dietary sets at DTNH

Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Enfidha

From passenger meal boxes to VVIP menus, inflight catering at NBE follows the cabin, the mission and the season rather than a fixed template. Menus draw on Tunisia's produce where the season allows it, working with orchard fruit, dairy and fish from the surrounding region rather than a single named supplier or dish. Every set is written to the cabin it boards, so a First cabin specification and a crew meal box come off the same kitchen but a different production line. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled before the cart is sealed.

Two slices of pink-roasted duck laid over asparagus with radish, sauce and herb oil ringing the plate.

First & VVIP cabins

First and VVIP cabins at Enfidha are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a set menu. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for the operator, so the presentation is repeatable across rotations rather than reinvented each time.

A complete tray set on a black tray: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a seeded roll with herb butter and a berry dessert in a glass.

Business cabins

Business cabins at DTNH take multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals board in the same tray sets, with crew meals at Enfidha rostered separately from the passenger load so the count never runs short on a full cabin.

Diet.

Protocol & dietary

Protocol and dietary requirements are documented per passenger for every movement through NBE, covering household, religious and medical needs on a single sheet that travels with the cart. Halal and kosher sets, together with the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, and inflight catering in Tunisia is built to carry that documentation intact to the galley door.

The three books

A tray set on a stainless steel bench: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a bread roll with herb butter, and a berry dessert in a glass.

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Royal & Government Flights

Royal households · government · state operations

  • Plated service · First to main cabin
  • Protocol handling · security clearance
Chefs plating a long line of identical main courses under heat lamps, with loaded catering trolleys waiting at the end of the line.

02

Charter & Commercial

Charter · ACMI · group · scheduled · ad hoc

  • 400 passengers · one uplift
  • HACCP cold chain, logged to the galley door
A business jet cabin credenza laid with chilled sparkling wine in a bucket, bottled drinks, a nut dish and folded napkins on a silver tray, beside a single passenger seat.

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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 Enfidha, Tunisia

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 Enfidha (NBE)

Enfidha handles scheduled, charter and government traffic on a single wide-body stand infrastructure, which turns a delegation into a documentation task and a peak wave into a capacity task rather than either becoming a bottleneck. Airline catering and aviation catering here run off one ops desk regardless of which of those two the rotation is.

The uplift travels from our kitchen to the ramp and is boarded by hi-loader to galley height, with our own escorted crew on the apron rather than a handover to a third party at the foot of the aircraft. Inflight catering at Enfidha and in-flight catering in Tunisia both move on that same route, and airport catering at Enfidha is planned stand by stand so an added rotation is absorbed into the existing sequence.

One coordinator carries the file for each movement, from sealed cart to signed handover.

Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at NBE

Ops gov.
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Government and state flight catering at NBE
A head of state aircraft boards here on the same wide-body stand infrastructure as a scheduled service, which is what lets government flight catering move without a dedicated apron being built around it. The protocol file is documented per passenger, staff are security-cleared, and the uplift is sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
Royal vvip food.
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Enfidha
At a field with a 3300 metre runway, private airliners including BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations are boarded without a length constraint on the aircraft type. Royal flight catering and VVIP catering here run to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
Menus card charter comm copie.
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at DTNH
A full three-cabin uplift has to be sequenced against a single loading sheet on a 3300 metre runway field, which is what governs how ACMI and wet-lease group movements are staged here. Charter flight catering at Enfidha and charter flight catering in Tunisia both cover tour operator, sports team and repatriation missions, counted against that same sheet stand by stand.
Wide-body charter →
A complete tray set on a black tray: sliced beef fillet in gravy with piped mash and vegetables, a seeded roll with herb butter and a berry dessert in a glass.
04
Airline and ad hoc catering at NBE
The wide-body reference code held at Enfidha governs how a multi-leg rotation is worked from one stand infrastructure rather than several. Ad hoc airline catering sits alongside outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with crew meals at NBE and crew meals in Tunisia boarded on the same schedule as the passenger load, AOG included.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Enfidha
The runway here measures 3300 metres, which keeps a wide range of business jet types working the same ramp as the wide-body traffic. Private jet catering at NBE is delivered to the FBOs on the field and to the GA terminal by our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an FBO catering or business aviation catering uplift for an airline.
Private jets →

Inflight catering trusted by operators at DTNH

Flight departments on jet catering at NBE

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Government flight department

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Royal household

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Charter operator

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Scheduled airline

“For a government operation through Enfidha (NBE/DTNH), we required discreet head of state aircraft catering. Special meals and crew items were clearly separated, and the aircraft-side handover was smooth. We were very satisfied with the level of coordination. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”

★★★★★

Government flight department

Mila — Air Mobility Coordinator

“We ordered BBJ catering for our aircraft at Enfidha (NBE/DTNH) and the result was very good. They followed our plating notes closely and made the final setup easy for the cabin crew. Exactly the level of detail we expect for VIP flying. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”

★★★★☆

Charter operator

Stefan — Charter Flight Coordinator

“We booked hajj flight catering at Enfidha (NBE/DTNH) for a large group departure. The team handled the volume well and kept the boxes clearly identified by flight and service. We would use the service again for a similar charter. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”

★★★★★

Charter operator

Simon — Cargo Dispatch Coordinator

Station data for airport catering at Enfidha (DTNH / NBE)

DatumValue
Longest runway3,300 m
Runways1
Aerodrome reference codewide-body
ICAODTNH

Business jet catering questions at DTNH

Diversion catering and ramp questions at DTNH

What operations gets asked every week about Enfidha.

Ask operations directly →
Is airline catering delivered airside at NBE, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?

Our coordinator and escort take the sealed cart from the kitchen to the ramp and board it by hi-loader directly to galley height, so airside delivery never stops at the foot of the aircraft.

DTNH: how far in advance does an order need to be placed, and how late can the specification change?

The hi-loader and the loading sheet set the working window; a standing rotation is planned well ahead, and last minute airline catering changes to cabin count or special meal sets are still taken up to the point the cart is sealed.

Does Enfidha publish a fixed airline catering cost?

Every quotation depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window requested, so we do not publish an airline catering cost list; the desk comes back with a figure once those three are known.

At which point does private jet catering reach the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?

The sealed cart leaves our kitchen first and is then routed to whichever FBO or the GA terminal the movement is parked at, so FBO catering runs on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.

Aviation catering across the Enfidha region

MIR / DTMB
Monastir
Tunisia · 45 km from Enfidha
Airline & VIP flight catering →
TUN / DTTA
Tunis
Tunisia · 88 km from Enfidha
Airline & VIP flight catering →
SFA / DTTX
Sfax
Tunisia · 153 km from Enfidha
Airline & VIP flight catering →

Charter flight catering quote for Enfidha (NBE)

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Enfidha (NBE / DTNH)

Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Enfidha, not a brochure.

orders@aerogourmet.com · operations desk, 24/7

Four steps

Flight

Aircraft · stand · local time

Offloading

Return leg, if any

Order

Counts · menus · files

Contact

Who we come back to

Step 1 of 4 · Flight

Flight

The airport is already filled in. Change it if the uplift boards elsewhere.

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Local time at the airport of delivery.
Hi-loader required
Offloading

One question. Answer no and the step closes itself.

Offloading required
Order

What goes on board, and for how many. Attach a loading sheet if you hold one.

Order from one of the three menu books

Give the detail per cabin if there is one.
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Contact

One name, one desk. We reply to it and nowhere else.

Uplift at Enfidha (NBE)