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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Tbilisi, Georgia
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Tbilisi (UGTB / TBS)
TBS (IATA) · UGTB (ICAO)
A single wide-body reference code at Tbilisi lets one hi-loader crew board a full three-cabin uplift stand-side rather than shuttling carts round to a galley door. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation provisioning from that ramp position for scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet movements, uplifted directly to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft.
3,000 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 — Tbilisi
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at UGTB / TBS
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at Tbilisi
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Tbilisi, Georgia
Ramp access is what a catering uplift actually depends on at Tbilisi, since the wide-body reference code here means a hi-loader, not a hand cart, closes the gap between our kitchen and the galley door. Every stage of that transfer sits on the apron rather than at a curbside drop, which keeps the load under one crew's control from seal to signature. The window is worked the same way whether the rotation is scheduled, charter or a government movement, because the ramp access itself does not change with the customer.
Between our kitchen and the stand at UGTB, the load passes through screening, an escort vehicle and ordinary apron traffic before it reaches the aircraft, and the galley catering plan is built to absorb whichever of those runs longest on the day. That sequence is the chain of custody: each cart is sealed at the kitchen, escorted across the apron under watch, and opened only at the galley door in front of the receiving crew. A temperature log is opened at sealing and closed again at handover, and the catering uplift is not complete until a signature closes it at the aircraft.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the galley door, nothing else in between.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for TBS
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for UGTB / TBS
Airport catering at Tbilisi is built on hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell held under one roof, so a single facility carries a scheduled rotation and a government movement on the same shift. The kitchen runs to HACCP, which governs the cold chain from the moment a tray is closed to the moment it clears the galley door at UGTB. That structure is what lets airport catering here answer a diversion or an ad hoc uplift without reopening the whole production plan for the day.
The team assigned to government flight catering at Tbilisi is the same named crew on every rotation, carried on an access list rather than rotated through general staffing. Each member holds security clearance on file before they touch a sealed cart, and each is trained to the paperwork a royal household or a protocol office expects to travel with the uplift. That continuity is what a protocol desk checks first, well before it asks what is on the tray.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at UGTB
VVIP catering to a written specification at Tbilisi
Menus at Tbilisi are written to the cabin and the mission before they are written to a season, so a First cabin specification, a Business tray set and a main cabin meal box can leave the same kitchen on the same rotation without one compromising the other. Where the regional larder allows it, dairy, orchard fruit and fish sourced around Tbilisi sit inside a menu built for inflight catering rather than for a restaurant pass. Every set is documented against allergen, halal, kosher and medical codes, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed. Chef-designed menus move week to week; the specification behind them, and the tray standard it is checked against, does not.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins boarded at TBS are plated to a written specification rather than to a standard tray, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against that specification between rotations, so the same standard repeats however far apart the movements fall.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Tbilisi run a multi-choice hot service sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boarded in oven-ready formats rather than plated to order. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, alongside the passenger tray sets from the same kitchen run.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at UGTB are documented per passenger rather than left to a general note, covering household, religious and medical sets on file before departure. Halal and kosher trays, along with the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed before they leave it, which keeps inflight catering here auditable set by set.
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 standards for aviation catering at Tbilisi airport
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.
Aircraft catering delivered airside at Tbilisi (TBS)
Tbilisi runs one wide-body reference code across a single runway, which means every movement through UGTB shares the same ramp geometry rather than being split across multiple stand classes; a delegation lands as a documentation problem, a peak wave as a capacity problem, and a repeat charter rotation as a repetition problem that the same kitchen plan absorbs each time.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the stand by sealed cart, transferred to the aircraft by hi-loader rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew on the ramp for the whole transfer. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at UGTB run off one ops desk rather than three separate lines, which keeps a diversion or a late change inside a single point of contact. Airport catering in Tbilisi is planned stand by stand against that one reference code, and airline catering at UGTB is scheduled against the same loading sheet whether the flight is scheduled, charter or government.
On every rotation we commit one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover at the galley door, regardless of segment.
Royal flight catering and scheduled uplifts at UGTB / TBS
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Government and state flight catering at UGTB
A wide-body reference code held at Tbilisi has to be worked around rather than assumed, since it sets how a delegation's aircraft is staged against a scheduled rotation on the same single runway. Government flight catering for state visits and official delegations follows from that constraint: protocol documented per passenger, security-cleared staff, and every head of state movement sealed before catering leaves the kitchen at UGTB.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at TBS
The reference code at Tbilisi is rated wide-body, which allows a private airliner — BBJ, ACJ or wide-body VIP configuration — to be boarded on the same stand geometry as a scheduled aircraft. Royal flight catering and VVIP work here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other royal household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Tbilisi
We stage a full three-cabin uplift against the wide-body reference code held at Tbilisi, counting every tray against the loading sheet before it moves. Charter flight catering for ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions is charter flight catering worked the same way each time at UGTB, galleys loaded in the order they are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at UGTB
At Tbilisi, the wide-body reference code held on the single runway is what lets a diverted or delayed aircraft be boarded on the same terms as a scheduled service. Ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering for carriers running TBS as an outstation move off one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals in Georgia boxed on the same run and ad hoc catering at TBS never treated as a special case.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at TBS
The 3000 m runway at Tbilisi carries business aviation alongside scheduled and charter traffic on the same single strip. Private jet catering at Tbilisi is handled by our dedicated branch, delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, held on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift departing from the same ramp.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Tbilisi
Flight departments on jet catering at TBS
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our sports movement through Tbilisi (TBS/UGTB) required football club charter catering on a tight schedule. Final numbers changed late and the team adjusted without making the process difficult. We would book them again for another team movement. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Zara — Flight Dispatch Supervisor
“We needed humanitarian flight catering at Tbilisi (TBS/UGTB) for a time-sensitive operation. They kept the menu simple, respected the special requirements, and delivered exactly when the aircraft was ready to receive it. Reliable service when the mission does not allow delays. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Niko — Passenger Services Manager
“We used the team at Tbilisi (TBS/UGTB) for cargo airline catering on a night operation. The crew received the correct quantities and the handover was quick, which is exactly what we needed. Simple, efficient, and on time. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Leo — Presidential Flight Coordinator
Flight catering station reference for Tbilisi (UGTB / TBS)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | UGTB |
Inflight catering FAQ for UGTB
Diversion catering and ramp questions at UGTB
What operations gets asked every week about Tbilisi.
Ask operations directly →Do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at TBS?
Yes, by routing every order through the same coordination desk that handles airline uplifts, so FBO catering and GA terminal deliveries follow one cold chain and one paperwork trail rather than a separate process.
Can UGTB produce halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes?
The full set of SPML codes, including halal and kosher, is produced on a separate line and documented per passenger before it is sealed, so special meals travel with their own paperwork rather than a general note.
How far does airline catering reach airside at Tbilisi?
Clearance held on our own ramp badges is what allows the uplift to move directly to the stand rather than to a curbside handover, and hi-loader boarding takes it from the cart to the galley door without a second transfer.
Under what protocol are VIP, VVIP and government flights catered at Tbilisi Airport?
There is a standing protocol file for cleared staff, security clearance and sealed uplift that applies to VIP flight catering and government flight catering alike, run by the same named team on every rotation.
TBS quotations: how much does airline catering cost there?
The hi-loader and the kitchen it feeds carry the uplift regardless of price, but the airline catering cost itself depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window booked, so the desk returns a quotation rather than a fixed rate.
How far in advance must an order be placed at UGTB, and how late can it change?
UGTB works to a lead time set by the loading window rather than a fixed calendar cut-off, and even last minute airline catering can be accommodated closer to departure when the specification change is confirmed early enough to reach the sealed cart.
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