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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Sfax, Tunisia
Airside airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Sfax (DTTX / SFA)
SFA (IATA) · DTTX (ICAO)
A wide-body reference code at Sfax means full three-cabin rotations can be boarded here, not just narrow-body turns. That capability sets the floor for everything we run through this station: inflight catering staged to galley height by hi-loader, in-flight catering sealed and logged before the doors close, and every uplift moved airside rather than dropped at the aircraft steps.
3,000 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Sfax
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at Sfax
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at SFA
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Sfax
Ramp access is ours from the moment a cart leaves the kitchen gate at Sfax, not from the moment it reaches the aircraft. That distinction is what a catering uplift here is measured against: the apron crossing, the escort, the hi-loader positioning against the fuselage. Nothing about the sequence is estimated once the cart is sealed and logged out for DTTX.
Between our kitchen and the stand at DTTX sit screening, an escort through the apron, and the ordinary traffic of a single-runway field working scheduled and charter movements together. We plan the catering uplift against the busiest of those, not the easiest, so a delay on the ramp never becomes a delay at the galley door. Chain of custody runs on paper from the seal at the kitchen to the signature at handover, and the galley catering load is logged at both ends before it is ever called complete.
The convoy is the risk here, never the food inside it.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for DTTX
Airline food supplier crews cleared for SFA
The flight kitchen behind SFA runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to feed a wide-body rotation rather than a single narrow-body turn. Airport catering at this scale means every tray set, crew meal box and passenger meal box moves off the same HACCP-run floor before it is sealed for the ramp. That single-site model is what keeps airport catering in Sfax consistent across a scheduled service, a charter and a government movement on the same day, and it is also how flight kitchen output for Tunisia stays on one cold chain from production to galley.
The team assigned to government flight catering at this station is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for the day. Security clearance is on file for each of them, they sit on a fixed access list for the ramp, and they are trained to royal household standards as well as airline ones. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first, and at Sfax it is answered by keeping the sealed-uplift paperwork with the same hands from kitchen to handover.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Sfax (SFA)
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at DTTX
Every menu at this station is designed to the cabin it boards and the mission it serves, from a single scheduled sector to a full VVIP rotation. Inflight catering at Sfax draws on regional produce where the season allows it — orchard fruit, dairy, fresh fish from the coast — built into a specification rather than a fixed set list. Cabin, mission and season decide the menu cycle, never a house style repeated regardless of the flight. Every dietary and religious set is documented per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed for boarding.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Sfax are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed set, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request for VIP flight catering. Each course is filed against the standing order so a repeat rotation is served the same way every time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at DTTX run on multi-choice hot service built to the aircraft's own galley, with tray sets sized to fit it. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster and loaded alongside the passenger sets at Sfax.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements are documented per passenger, covering household and religious sets, medical diets, and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Halal and kosher production runs on a separate line and is sealed before it leaves the building, which is how inflight catering here keeps every set traceable to one passenger.
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-compliant aircraft catering at Sfax (SFA)
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 DTTX / SFA
A single runway rated to a wide-body reference code puts Sfax between a scheduled network station and a charter and government field: the traffic mix leans on documentation for delegation work and on capacity for charter peaks rather than on repeat turnarounds. That profile is what decides how catering operations here are staffed, since a delegation movement is a paperwork problem before it is a kitchen one.
Uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand under our own ramp access, loaded by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. Airline catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at Sfax run off that single route, with airport catering at Sfax planned stand by stand rather than assumed from a generic schedule.
One coordinator holds the rotation from seal to signature, on sealed carts and a handover confirmed in writing at the aircraft.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at SFA
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Government and state flight catering at Sfax
A 3,000 metre runway is what allows a head of state aircraft to operate into Sfax rather than route through a larger hub for the same movement. Government flight catering here covers state visits and official delegations with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at DTTX
A private airliner sized to BBJ or ACJ specification is within what the 3,000 metre runway at Sfax lets us board on a single stand. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, covering halal and other household dietary requirements on request for repeat VVIP rotations.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at SFA
On the single wide-body stand this station holds, a full three-cabin uplift can be loaded for a charter, ACMI or wet-lease operator without splitting the rotation. Charter flight catering at Sfax covers group movements and special missions, counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order, with charter flight catering scaled the same way whether the aircraft flies once or on a repeat multi-leg pattern.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Sfax
Our kitchen works to the wide-body reference code held at this station, which is what lets a full-size rotation be planned here rather than diverted for provisioning. Carriers running Sfax as an outstation draw on ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off the same duty roster, with AOG covered across a multi-leg rotation without a separate booking path.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at DTTX
Sharing a single wide-body stand with scheduled and charter traffic means business aviation movements at Sfax are sequenced around the same ramp rather than given a separate apron. Private jet catering here is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, run on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering handled from the one kitchen.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at DTTX
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Sfax airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We used the service at Sfax (SFA/DTTX) for airline catering at small airports on a station where we do not have our usual suppliers. It felt like working with a regular station supplier even though this was not one of our usual airports. Very useful coverage for smaller or less familiar stations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Marius — Cargo Duty Officer
“We had a last-minute schedule change into Sfax (SFA/DTTX) and needed urgent airline catering. They reacted quickly to revised timings and passenger numbers, and the handover was straightforward. We would use them again for another short-notice stop. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Kareem — Charter Account Manager
“We compared options for Sfax (SFA/DTTX) and asked for an airline catering quote. The inclusions were easy to understand, lead time was realistic, and there were no surprises when the final order was confirmed. Straightforward and professional from quote to delivery. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Lina — Flight Services Manager
Airport catering reference for Sfax (DTTX / SFA)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | DTTX |
Outstation catering questions at Sfax (SFA)
Crew meals, lead times and access at Sfax (SFA)
What operations gets asked every week about Sfax.
Ask operations directly →Does Sfax get airline catering delivered airside, straight to the aircraft?
Every uplift at Sfax goes through airside delivery rather than a kerbside handover, boarded by hi-loader to galley height on each rotation.
Sfax Airport — are halal, kosher and IATA special meal codes produced here?
The hi-loader carries sealed sets for halal, kosher and the full range of SPML codes, each one documented to the passenger and cabin it is loaded for.
At what point does VIP, VVIP or government flight catering at SFA switch to a protocol footing?
The first step is the access list: once a movement is flagged as VIP flight catering or government flight catering, security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift are assigned before the kitchen run begins.
DTTX — how far in advance does an order need to be placed, and how late can the specification change?
There is a standing lead time for a full three-cabin build, but last minute airline catering for a diversion or a technical stop is worked against the loading window rather than a fixed cut-off.
Whose budget decides what airline catering costs at Sfax?
For every quotation, airline catering cost depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window requested, and the desk comes back with a figure rather than a published rate.
Aviation catering across the Sfax region
DJE / DTTJ
Mellita
Tunisia · 94 km from Sfax
Airline & VIP flight catering →
MIR / DTMB
Monastir
Tunisia · 116 km from Sfax
Airline & VIP flight catering →
GAE / DTTG
Gabès
Tunisia · 130 km from Sfax
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Aviation catering quote for DTTX / SFA
Request a quote
Send us your catering needs for SFA
Sfax (SFA / DTTX)
Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Sfax, 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
Uplift at Sfax (SFA)