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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Tymbou, Cyprus
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Tymbou (LCEN / ECN)
ECN (IATA) · LCEN (ICAO)
The wide-body reference code at Tymbou (LCEN / ECN) sets what boards here: full three-cabin aircraft loaded stand-side rather than trolleyed to a door. Inflight catering and in-flight catering move by hi-loader straight to galley height, so uplift reaches the aircraft without a ramp handover breaking the cold chain between kitchen and cabin.
2,755 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 — Tymbou
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at ECN
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at Tymbou airport
Aircraft catering sealed from kitchen to galley at ECN
The loading window at LCEN is planned from the moment a cart is sealed at the flight kitchen to the moment it clears the galley door on stand. Ramp access is held on our own badges, so the convoy crosses the apron on a route agreed with the handling desk rather than queued behind general traffic. Nothing on this rotation waits for a gate slot that catering does not also hold.
Between the flight kitchen and the stand at Tymbou sit screening, an escort convoy and ordinary apron traffic, and the chain of custody is planned against the worst of those three rather than the best case on the day. Each cart is sealed at the kitchen door, logged again at the galley, and the temperature record travels with it rather than being filed afterwards. A single coordinator signs the handover at the aircraft, so the galley catering load has one name attached to it from seal to signature. That signed handover is what closes the loading window, not the clock.
One seal, one signature, from the kitchen door to the galley.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Tymbou (ECN)
Airline food supplier crews cleared for LCEN
Airport catering at Tymbou runs from a flight kitchen holding hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP standard from intake to load-out. Airport catering here means tray sets and passenger meal boxes leave that one facility rather than several subcontracted lines, which keeps the cold chain intact until the cart is sealed. That single source is what lets catering at LCEN answer for a full wide-body rotation without a handover between kitchens.
The team that handles government flight catering at Tymbou is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool booked per movement. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, their names sit on the access list for the ramp and the kitchen, and each is trained to the household standards a royal or state booking requires. That fixed roster is what keeps chain of custody unbroken between one movement and the next at LCEN.
Kosher inflight catering and dietary sets at Tymbou, Cyprus
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Tymbou airport
The airline catering menu at Tymbou is designed to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed list, so a scheduled rotation and a state visit are never fed from the same specification. Cyprus produce sits behind the sourcing where the season allows it, with fish, dairy and orchard fruit drawn on for the main-deck cabins rather than flown in from elsewhere. VVIP menus and passenger meal boxes both run off the same kitchen, adjusted for cabin and length of sector, not for two separate standards. Inflight catering here is documented per passenger for allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, labelled and matched to the seat before the cart is sealed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Tymbou are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu card, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request for the sector length booked. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order held on record, so a repeat rotation is served to the same standard each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at LCEN take multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the duty roster, so tray sets for passengers and meal boxes for the flight deck never share a cart.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Tymbou are documented per passenger rather than left to a general note, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside halal and kosher production and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering on this line is produced separately and sealed before it joins the main uplift.
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
Aircraft catering under HACCP control at Tymbou, Cyprus
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.
Catering uplift and airside delivery at LCEN / ECN
Tymbou takes scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single wide-body stand profile, and that mix sets the work: a delegation is a documentation problem before it is a loading problem, and a repeat charter rotation is a matter of holding the same specification twice rather than reinventing it. Airline catering at LCEN is planned against that traffic pattern rather than against a generic rotation.
The uplift travels from our flight kitchen to the stand by sealed cart, raised to the galley door by hi-loader rather than handed over at ground level, with our own crew holding the ramp escort for the crossing. In-flight catering at LCEN and inflight catering at ECN both run off that one route, so a scheduled sector and a diverted one are boarded the same way.
One coordinator holds the handover at the aircraft, and aviation catering in Tymbou closes on a signed record rather than a verbal confirmation, with airport catering at Tymbou answering to that same signature on every rotation.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at ECN
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Government and state flight catering at ECN
The 2755 m runway at Tymbou takes the aircraft type a delegation typically flies, and government flight catering here is built around that: protocol documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the roster, and the uplift sealed at the kitchen before it reaches the stand. A head of state movement is planned as a named file, not a standard booking, and catering at ECN answers to that file end to end.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Tymbou
A private airliner sized to the wide-body reference code at LCEN — BBJ, ACJ or a comparable VIP conversion — boards here without the runway setting a limit on the type. Royal flight catering and VVIP work both run from a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request rather than assumed.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LCEN
Across the single wide-body stand at Tymbou, the aerodrome reference code held here supports ACMI and wet-lease operators as well as scheduled traffic, so a group charter is never queued behind a different class of aircraft. Charter flight catering at LCEN covers special missions and group movements with a full three-cabin uplift, counted against the loading sheet and staged to the order the galleys are laid out, and charter flight catering at ECN runs to that same sheet on every rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at ECN
The wide-body reference code held at Tymbou lets a scheduled carrier run this station as an outstation without a change of specification between visits. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering are worked off the same duty roster as AOG, and ad hoc airline catering is confirmed on the multi-leg rotations that pass through LCEN without notice given weeks ahead.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Tymbou
The single wide-body stand profile at Tymbou means a business aircraft is sequenced against the same ramp movements as a wide-body rotation, which sets the timing before the aircraft type is even considered. Private jet catering at LCEN is delivered to the FBOs on the field and to the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering all run from the one kitchen.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Tymbou airport
Protocol officers on government flight catering at Tymbou (ECN)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We used the team at Tymbou (ECN/LCEN) for diverted flight catering after an unexpected operational change. Communication was fast and practical, which made a difficult turnaround much easier for our crew. Good support when timing is the main pressure point. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Nora — Flight Support Executive
“We used the service at Tymbou (ECN/LCEN) for outstation catering on a station where we do not have our usual suppliers. The crew received exactly what was ordered, with clear labels and no last-minute chasing from operations. A solid solution for outstation operations. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Anika — Flight Dispatch Supervisor
“We compared options for Tymbou (ECN/LCEN) 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. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Mark — VIP Flight Operations Manager
Station data for airport catering at Tymbou (LCEN / ECN)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,755 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LCEN |
Aviation catering FAQ for Tymbou (ECN)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Tymbou, Cyprus
What operations gets asked every week about Tymbou.
Ask operations directly →Can an order still change close to departure at ECN?
Lead time runs from first booking to final headcount, and how far in advance a specification is fixed depends on cabin count; last minute airline catering changes are still taken up to the loading window, not just at first booking.
At which point does airline catering reach the aircraft at LCEN?
The sequence starts at the flight kitchen, where the cart is sealed before it ever reaches the apron; airside delivery then runs the cart by hi-loader straight to galley height, with no handover at ground level.
Do you produce halal, kosher and IATA special meal sets for flights out of Tymbou?
Yes, halal and kosher production run on a separate line from the main uplift, and every SPML code is documented per passenger before the cart is sealed.
Does ramp sequencing at Tymbou Airport allow catering delivery to the FBOs and the GA terminal?
There is a standing route from our kitchen to every FBO on the field and to the GA terminal, so private jet catering and FBO catering run on the same cold chain as a scheduled airline uplift.
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Tymbou (ECN / LCEN)
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Offloading
Return leg, if any
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Contact
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Uplift at Tymbou (ECN)