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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Batumi, Georgia
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Batumi (UGSB / BUS)
BUS (IATA) · UGSB (ICAO)
At the single wide-body-rated stand serving Batumi, inflight catering is boarded by hi-loader straight to galley height rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft. In-flight catering here runs from one ops desk covering scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet movements, with uplift cleared airside on our own badges.
2,500 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
02
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 — Batumi
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at Batumi (BUS)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at Batumi, Georgia
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Batumi airport
Boarding at the Batumi stand begins the moment a sealed cart clears the kitchen gate, not when it reaches the aircraft steps. Ramp access is held on our own badges for the full run across the apron, so the convoy is never queued behind a handling agent's schedule. Every catering uplift into this reference-code stand follows the same sequence: sealed, escorted, logged, boarded.
Between our kitchen and the Batumi stand, the convoy crosses a security checkpoint, a stretch of open apron and the final approach to the aircraft, and each of those legs is where a catering uplift can lose time rather than where the cooking does. We plan the route against the busiest of them, not the average one, and hold a chain of custody that names who carried each cart and when it was sealed.
Temperatures are logged at the kitchen gate when the cart is sealed and again at the galley door when it is handed over, so galley catering that leaves chilled arrives chilled with a record to prove it. The handover is closed with a signature at the aircraft, not at the ramp gate, which is the point where responsibility for the uplift actually changes hands.
One coordinator owns the load from the kitchen seal to the galley signature.
Airline catering companies' production standard at UGSB / BUS
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Batumi (BUS)
Airport catering at Batumi is planned around a single wide-body stand, which means production is scheduled to one rotation window rather than spread across parallel gates. Hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line sit under one roof, run to HACCP standards, so a departure and an ad hoc diversion can be worked from the same kitchen without one delaying the other. Airport catering in Batumi therefore depends less on floor space than on sequencing: what leaves the flight kitchen at UGSB is timed to the loading window, not to a fixed production shift.
The team assigned to government flight catering at this stand is the same named crew for every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn from general production. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the Batumi apron, and is trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects. That continuity is what lets a sealed uplift move from kitchen to aircraft at UGSB without a new introduction, a new badge check or a new brief each time.
VIP flight catering menus for Batumi departures
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Batumi, Georgia
Menus for departures from Batumi are set against the cabin plan and the mission first, and only then against the season: a state movement, a charter rotation and a scheduled sector each take a different tray specification off the same kitchen. Georgia's produce supplies the base of the programme where the season allows it, from orchard fruit to dairy and fish worked into set formats rather than named dishes. Passenger meal boxes, plated sets and household trays are all built to the same written specification, whatever the cabin count on the loading sheet. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and travel with the load rather than being confirmed after boarding.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Batumi are plated to a written specification rather than to a standard tray, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request for a private movement. The presentation is filed against the standing order for UGSB, so a repeat rotation is boarded to the same read every time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at BUS run on multi-choice hot service delivered in galley-ready tray sets sized to the aircraft fitted that day. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so cabin crew meals and flight-deck sets never share a tray with the passenger load in Georgia.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary work at Batumi is documented per passenger before it reaches the aircraft: household and religious requirements, halal and kosher sets, and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering built to these codes is produced on a separate line and sealed there, ahead of the general load leaving UGSB.
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 BUS
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 UGSB
Batumi handles a mixed traffic profile of scheduled, charter, VIP and government movements through its single wide-body-rated stand, which means the same reference-code position carries a state delegation one day and a charter rotation the next. A delegation brings a documentation load rather than a volume one, while a charter or peak departure tests capacity against the same stand rather than against several gates. Airline catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering into UGSB are therefore planned load by load rather than assumed to repeat.
Uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand by sealed cart, boarded through the galley door by hi-loader rather than left at the aircraft steps, with our own crew on the apron for the full transfer. Airport catering in Georgia is coordinated with the ramp handler on duty for that rotation, so the cart never waits on a shared queue at the final approach to the aircraft.
What we commit to at Batumi is one coordinator named to the rotation, carts sealed at the kitchen gate, and a signed handover at the aircraft that closes the load.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at Batumi (BUS)
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Government and state flight catering at BUS
The wide-body reference code held for Batumi allows a head of state aircraft to be worked from the same stand as a scheduled service, which is what makes government flight catering here a matter of sequencing rather than dedicated infrastructure. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff are security-cleared against the access list, and the uplift is sealed at the kitchen before it moves to UGSB.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Batumi
Our crews hold the same wide-body reference code standard whether the movement through Batumi is a private airliner or a scheduled service, which is what lets royal flight catering run to a written household specification rather than a one-off brief. Private airliners in the BBJ and ACJ class are boarded on that basis, with halal and household dietary requirements confirmed against the file kept on record between rotations at UGSB.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at UGSB
Wide-body is the reference code held for Batumi's only stand, which sets the ceiling for what a charter, ACMI or wet-lease operator can bring through in a single rotation. Charter flight catering here covers group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, staged in the sequence the galleys are laid out for boarding.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at BUS
The single wide-body-rated stand at Batumi has to absorb a diverted or delayed rotation on the same reference code as a scheduled departure, which forces ad hoc airline catering to be sequenced rather than queued behind it. Outstation catering for a carrier running this station as a regular stop, diversion catering for an unplanned arrival, and technical stop catering for a short-ground rotation all draw on the same duty roster, with crew meals and cabin sets boxed to a multi-leg pattern rather than a single sector.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Batumi
A business jet routed onto the same wide-body-rated stand as a scheduled service at Batumi is boarded by our dedicated private-jet branch rather than folded into the airline queue. Private jet catering at BUS reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Inflight catering rated by operators at Batumi, Georgia
Flight departments on jet catering at UGSB / BUS
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“For a last-minute requirement at Batumi (BUS/UGSB), we contacted them as our airline catering broker. They coordinated locally, sent useful updates, and kept the final uplift aligned with our revised schedule. Very convenient for operational coverage. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Sophie — Turnaround Coordinator
“I arranged private jet catering in Batumi for our departure from BUS/UGSB. The menu selection was good and all special requests were clearly identified. I would use them again for another flight from Batumi. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Francesca — Private Aviation Manager
“I requested kosher airline meals for passengers departing Batumi (BUS/UGSB) and the labeling was excellent. The team confirmed the dietary details carefully and there was no confusion when the order arrived. Very reassuring for the cabin crew. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Cecilia — Government Aviation Liaison
Airport catering data for Batumi (UGSB / BUS)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,500 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | UGSB |
Aircraft catering questions at Batumi
Crew meals, lead times and access at Batumi
What operations gets asked every week about Batumi.
Ask operations directly →How much does airline catering cost at Batumi?
Cost rests on the standard held for each load — cabin count, specification and the loading window booked for the rotation. There is no published price list; the desk reviews the brief and returns a quotation against it.
Do you produce halal, kosher and special meal codes at BUS?
Yes, on a separate production line: halal and kosher sets are built to standing specifications, and the full range of IATA SPML codes is available and documented per passenger. Each set travels sealed and labelled to the cabin it boards.
UGSB — do you handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering, and under what protocol?
The sealed cart and hi-loader boarding used for a scheduled service also carry VIP flight catering and government flight catering at this stand, with protocol documented per passenger and staff working from a security-cleared access list. Household and diplomatic requirements are confirmed against a written file before the uplift leaves the kitchen.
Can Batumi orders change close to departure?
Lead time depends on the specification: a standard multi-class load needs longer notice than a same-day ad hoc or diversion uplift, and how far in advance a household or protocol brief is confirmed shapes what can still move. Late changes to counts or dietary sets are handled where the loading window allows it, right up to the sealed-cart cut-off.
Aviation catering across the Batumi region
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
SUI / UGSS
Sukhumi
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
LWN / UDSG
Gyumri
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
Charter flight catering quote for UGSB
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Batumi (BUS / UGSB)
Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Batumi, 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 Batumi (BUS)