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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Mellita, Tunisia
Airline catering, VIP and private jet catering at Mellita (DTTJ / DJE)
DJE (IATA) · DTTJ (ICAO)
A wide-body reference code at this station sets what a loading plan must sequence before a hi-loader ever reaches the fuselage: cabin count, cart order, galley position. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering here from one kitchen, boarding wide-body uplift by hi-loader to galley height for scheduled, charter, VIP and government flights.
3,100 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 — Mellita
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at DTTJ
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at DTTJ
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Mellita
The loading window at DTTJ runs on ramp access held under our own clearance, not on a handover at the foot of the aircraft. Every catering uplift is sealed at the kitchen, tracked across the apron and signed for again at the galley door, so the sequence is measured rather than promised. That measured sequence is what lets a wide-body rotation hold its slot at Mellita without waiting on the last cart.
Between our kitchen and the wide-body stand at Mellita sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and we plan every catering uplift against the worst of them rather than the average day. The convoy is the risk in this operation, not the food, so the chain of custody is fixed before a cart leaves the kitchen door: one escort, one route, one signature at handover. Temperatures are logged at sealing and logged again at the galley catering handover, and the paperwork travels sealed with the cart the whole way across the apron at DTTJ.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the galley door.
Airline food supplier kitchen serving Mellita airport
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for DJE
The flight kitchen behind airport catering at DTTJ runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, built to HACCP standard on every line. That single-roof layout is what lets airport catering at DJE move a state delegation and a scheduled rotation through the same building without either queue slowing the other. Cold chain discipline holds from the larder to the cart seal, so the flight kitchen at DJE hands the ramp a load that has never broken temperature.
The team behind government flight catering at Mellita is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for a delegation. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the kitchen and the ramp, and is trained to household service standards as well as to airline paperwork. Catering at DJE for a state or royal movement is handed to that fixed crew precisely because the chain of custody cannot change hands mid-rotation.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Mellita (DJE)
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at DTTJ
Menus at DTTJ are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a fixed cycle, so a First cabin tray set and a main-cabin meal box come off the same production line without sharing a specification. Tunisian orchard fruit, dairy and coastal fish sit alongside a standing VIP flight menu and a charter flight menu, both adjusted to season rather than held static year round. Inflight catering at DTTJ carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, each one labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen. Nothing plated for a cabin travels without that label attached to the cart.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Mellita are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed cycle, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for each aircraft, so the presentation repeats exactly across a repeat rotation in Tunisia.
Business cabins
Business cabins at DTTJ run multi-choice hot service to a written cabin specification, with oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals at DJE, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in their own boxed sets, sealed and labelled apart from the passenger trays, with crew meals in Tunisia built to the same roster discipline.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Mellita are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside halal and kosher production and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering in Tunisia produces every one of those sets on a separate line, sealed before it leaves that line for the cart.
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
Food safety and cold chain for aviation catering at DTTJ / DJE
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 DTTJ / DJE
Mellita carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single runway and a wide-body reference code, which means a state delegation and an ad hoc charter can share the same ramp window without either being treated as the exception. That mix turns catering into a documentation problem for the delegation and a capacity problem for a peak charter wave, and the kitchen plans for both rather than for one.
Aircraft catering at DTTJ moves from our flight kitchen to the ramp by hi-loader, boarded straight to galley height rather than handed off at the foot of the aircraft, with our own cleared crew escorting the cart the whole way. Airport catering in Mellita is planned stand by stand, and inflight catering at Mellita runs off one ops desk regardless of which segment the rotation belongs to.
We commit one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover to every airline catering, aviation catering and in-flight catering in Tunisia movement worked through this station.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at DTTJ
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Government and state flight catering at Mellita
A 3,100 metre runway is enough for us to bring the same wide-body handling to a head of state aircraft as to a scheduled service, and that consistency is what a protocol desk checks first. Government flight catering at Mellita for state visits and official delegations runs on a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff and an uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at DTTJ
3,100 metres of runway carries the private airliners this segment flies on, from BBJ and ACJ types through to a wide-body VIP configuration, without any change to the ramp handling. Royal flight catering at Mellita holds household standards across repeat rotations, drawn from a written specification kept on file between movements, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at DJE
Wide-body aircraft on ACMI and wet-lease contracts board here against the same reference code that clears a scheduled service, so a group movement never waits on a stand assignment. Charter flight catering at DJE for special missions and group traffic delivers a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, with charter flight catering at Mellita staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Mellita
A single wide-body reference code at this station means every carrier working it as an outstation loads to the same stand geometry, whatever the tail number on a given rotation. Ad hoc airline catering at DJE covers outstation catering, diversion catering at DJE and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, with outstation catering, crew meals at Mellita and crew meals in Mellita held to the same tray standard across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at DTTJ
Across the GA terminal and the ramp handling this station shares with its scheduled traffic, a wide-body reference code still governs how a business aircraft is worked to its stand. Private jet catering at DTTJ reaches the FBOs on the field through FBO catering and business aviation catering built on the same cold chain and business jet catering paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Mellita airport
Flight departments on jet catering at Mellita airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our ops team used the service at Mellita (DJE/DTTJ) as an airline ops catering supplier. They understood airline operations and kept communication short, clear, and useful. Very convenient for operational coverage. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Mehdi — Air Freight Operations Lead
“We booked airline catering in Mellita for a flight operating through DJE/DTTJ. The order was confirmed quickly, delivered on time, and packed exactly as requested for the aircraft. Good local support for a VIP operation. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Maya — Handling Manager
“I requested special meals for passengers departing Mellita (DJE/DTTJ) and the labeling was excellent. The team confirmed the dietary details carefully and there was no confusion when the order arrived. We were happy with the accuracy of the order. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Charlotte — Ground Operations Manager
Mellita (DTTJ / DJE): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,100 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | DTTJ |
Airline catering services FAQ for Mellita (DJE)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Mellita (DJE)
What operations gets asked every week about Mellita.
Ask operations directly →How far does VIP flight catering, VVIP and government flight catering at DJE follow a fixed protocol?
The protocol runs on a written household and security specification kept on file, so a delegation and a scheduled VIP movement are handled to the same standard rather than a one-off arrangement.
Do you need a fixed lead time to place an order at DTTJ, or can a specification change late?
Yes, standard orders follow a set lead time while the cabin specification can still move closer to departure, right up to the point the cart is sealed, which covers most last minute airline catering requests.
Where the runway supports only wide-body movements, are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced locally in Mellita?
There is a dedicated line at the kitchen producing halal, kosher and the full set of SPML special meals, each one documented and labelled per passenger before loading.
At what point does airline catering cost at Mellita get fixed, since no price list is published?
The cabin count and specification are confirmed first, then the loading window is set, and the desk returns a quotation built on those two figures.
Who carries the uplift airside once it leaves the kitchen at DJE?
For every rotation, our own cleared crew escorts the sealed cart across the apron and boards it by hi-loader straight to galley height, rather than handing it off at the foot of the aircraft.
Commercial aviation catering near Mellita
GAE / DTTG
Gabès
Tunisia · 81 km from Mellita
Airline & VIP flight catering →
SFA / DTTX
Sfax
Tunisia · 94 km from Mellita
Airline & VIP flight catering →
GAF / DTTF
Gafsa
Tunisia · 190 km from Mellita
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at Mellita (DJE)