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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Ternate, Indonesia
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Ternate (WAEE / TTE)
TTE (IATA) · WAEE (ICAO)
A 1791 m runway sets what boards here, and it clears wide-body movements onto a single stand where the hi-loader runs straight to galley height. That reach is what turns in-flight catering into inflight catering delivered on board rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, uplift after uplift, across scheduled, charter and government rotations.
1,791 m
Longest runway
Narrow-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 — Ternate
Wide-body aviation catering at WAEE / TTE
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at TTE
Aircraft catering sealed from kitchen to galley at WAEE / TTE
Ramp access at Ternate is what lets a catering uplift move straight from the sealed cart to the galley door rather than sitting on the apron waiting on a handler. The route is fixed, not improvised: cart, hi-loader, galley, in that order, on every rotation the kitchen serves out of Ternate. What the timeline below tracks is the handover itself, sealed at one end and signed at the other.
Between the flight kitchen and the stand at Ternate sit screening, an escort and whatever apron movement is running that hour, and none of it is left to chance on a galley catering run. We plan the route against the busiest version of that apron, not the average one, so a catering uplift is never the variable an aircraft is held for. The chain of custody starts at the seal and does not break until the galley crew signs for it. Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed and logged again at handover, so the two readings sit either side of the whole journey. That paired record is what a compliance file actually needs, and it travels with the load rather than being reconstructed afterwards.
The convoy is the risk on this route, never the food inside it.
Crew meals and pilot meals for WAEE departures
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Ternate
Airport catering in Ternate runs out of a single production line built to move hot dishes, pastry and a cold larder under one roof rather than across three separate units. That structure is what lets airport catering in Indonesia keep pace with a mixed traffic pattern without splitting a rotation across two kitchens. The flight kitchen at TTE runs its production to HACCP standards, with the protocol cell for sealed and documented loads sitting inside the same building rather than bolted on afterwards.
Government flight catering at Ternate is worked by the same named team on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for the day. Each of them holds a current security clearance, sits on the access list for the kitchen and the ramp, and is trained to the household standards a protocol movement is checked against. That continuity is what keeps a sealed load, and the chain of custody behind it, traceable to one crew rather than to whoever was on shift.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Ternate airport
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at TTE
Menus for Ternate departures are written to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted through the season rather than the reverse, so a VIP flight menu and a charter flight menu never share a specification by accident. Indonesia's produce sets the frame for what a season looks like here: fish, orchard fruit and dairy sourced regionally rather than flown in, worked into a rotating tray-set plan instead of a fixed cycle. Every dietary set is documented per passenger and per cabin, not as a general note attached to the flight, which is what makes inflight catering in Ternate auditable after the fact rather than only on the day. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are logged against the same passenger record the tray itself is built from.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Ternate are plated to a written specification rather than to a chef's memory, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request against that same document. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order before departure, so the presentation on the day matches what was agreed, not what was improvised.
Business cabins
Business cabins at WAEE run on multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boxed in tray sets rather than plated individually. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so galley loading and flight-deck delivery never share one undifferentiated box.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary work at TTE covers household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger rather than by cabin average, with halal and kosher sets produced against the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each SPML set is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves it, which is what keeps inflight catering in Indonesia auditable set by set rather than tray by tray.
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 Ternate 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.
Inflight catering delivered to the stand at Ternate, Indonesia
Ternate carries a mixed traffic profile across scheduled, charter and government movements on a single narrow-body-rated runway, which means catering here is planned around documentation and turnaround discipline rather than around sheer volume. A delegation movement is a paperwork problem before it is a kitchen problem; a repeat rotation is a repetition problem, where the same tray specification has to land the same way every time.
The uplift reaches the aircraft from our kitchen by sealed cart, moved to the stand and boarded by hi-loader rather than handed over at the foot of the steps. Airline catering in Indonesia runs on that same route regardless of mission type, with in-flight catering at TTE staged against the loading sheet rather than against an estimate, and airport catering at TTE planned stand by stand on our own ramp clearance.
What we commit to on this station is one coordinator per rotation, a sealed cart at handover and a signed record closing the load, so aviation catering in Ternate carries one accountable name from kitchen to galley door.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at WAEE / TTE
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Government and state flight catering at WAEE
At Ternate, a head of state movement is worked from the same kitchen that provisions a scheduled rotation, but on its own protocol line. Government flight catering here documents the file per passenger, puts only security-cleared staff on the load, and has the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen, with a dedicated area held for official movements where the field calls for it.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at TTE
A single wide-body stand at this field means a household movement is sequenced around whatever else is on the ramp that hour, not worked in isolation. Royal flight catering at Ternate holds a written specification on file between movements for private airliners — BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations — with halal and other household requirements produced on request rather than assumed.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Ternate
1791 metres of runway, and that figure is what decides whether a charter operator's aircraft type can work this ramp at all. Charter flight catering at Ternate covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift staged in galley order, counted twice against the loading sheet before the charter flight catering run leaves the kitchen.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at WAEE
A narrow-body reference code at this field still boards a full three-cabin specification, which is what lets a carrier run Ternate as a genuine outstation rather than a stop it merely tolerates. Ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all run off the same duty roster here, with AOG covered on the same call-out and crew meals in Ternate boxed to the same roster across a multi-leg rotation, wherever it originates in Indonesia.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at TTE
We work the same 1791 m runway for business aviation that we work for scheduled and charter traffic, so private jet catering at Ternate carries no separate ramp or separate standard. Delivery runs to the FBOs on the field and to the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering scheduled against the same duty roster as everything else moving through Indonesia that day.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at TTE
Operators on commercial aviation catering at WAEE
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We requested airline catering IATA standards at Ternate (TTE/WAEE) and the packaging worked very well onboard. Presentation stayed good while the setup remained practical for a fast aircraft turnaround. Exactly what we need for a quick galley setup. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Leon — Charter Planning Manager
“We used the team for outstation at Ternate (TTE/WAEE) during a tight turnaround. They understood the operational language and did not need every change explained twice. Good support for a changing flight schedule. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Giovanni — Outstation Manager
“We used the team for private jet menu at Ternate (TTE/WAEE) on a VIP trip. Everything was easy to check and load, and the passenger requests were prepared exactly as ordered. A very good experience from a flight attendant perspective. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Paolo — Client Services Manager
Outstation catering data for Ternate (WAEE / TTE)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 1,791 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | WAEE |
Business jet catering questions at Ternate airport
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Ternate airport
What operations gets asked every week about Ternate.
Ask operations directly →TTE — do you deliver airline catering airside, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
The hi-loader is what carries the load from the sealed cart to the galley door, so airside delivery here means boarding directly rather than handing off at the foot of the steps.
The single wide-body stand at WAEE — how much does airline catering cost here?
There is no published price list: a quotation depends on cabin count, the specification agreed for that rotation, and the loading window it has to fit into, so the desk comes back with a figure once those are known.
What lead time does Ternate need for an order to be placed?
We work to a standing lead time for a full specification, and we can still take a late change to headcount or dietary codes closer to departure than a full menu rebuild would allow.
Do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at Ternate Airport, and under what protocol?
Yes, with security-cleared staff on the load and the file documented per passenger, so a VIP flight catering or government flight catering movement is sealed before it leaves the kitchen rather than checked on arrival.
How are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced at TTE?
TTE runs halal and kosher sets on a separate production line from the main tray run, with every SPML code documented against the passenger record it was ordered for, not against the cabin as a whole.
Can you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at WAEE?
The same duty roster that covers scheduled and charter work also covers the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, so FBO catering here runs on the same cold chain and paperwork as any other uplift.
Flight catering at airports near Ternate
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