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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Lahore, Pakistan
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Lahore (OPLA / LHE)
LHE (IATA) · OPLA (ICAO)
A 3360 m runway at Lahore clears the wide-body movements this station is built around, and that reference code sets the loading plan for every galley on the ramp. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and hi-loader boarding to galley height from a kitchen positioned for the uplift, covering scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet flights with one ops desk.
3,360 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
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 — Lahore
Wide-body inflight catering at Lahore, Pakistan
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at Lahore (LHE)
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, OPLA
The loading window at Lahore is measured from the sealed cart to the galley door, not estimated after the fact. Ramp access is held on our own badges, so the catering uplift moves under one escort from kitchen release to stand rather than waiting on a shared gate. That same sequence governs the apron approach whatever the mission behind it, scheduled, charter or state.
Between our kitchen and the stand at OPLA sit screening, escort clearance and apron traffic, and none of them are left to chance on the day of the rotation. We plan the galley catering run against the worst case on that route, not the average one, so a delay upstream never becomes a delay at the galley door. Every catering uplift is logged at two points in its chain of custody: temperature and time at sealing, and again at handover, with a signature closing the load at the stand. That paired record is what lets an ops desk trace a tray set back to the minute it left the kitchen, not just the minute it landed on board.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the aircraft door.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Lahore, Pakistan
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Lahore airport
The flight kitchen behind Lahore runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under a single HACCP-governed roof, built for the volume a wide-body reference code implies. Airport catering at LHE draws on that same facility for every class of movement, so a scheduled rotation and a diverted one are provisioned from the same line rather than two different ones. That consolidation is what makes airport catering in Pakistan workable at wide-body scale without splitting the cold chain across sites.
The team behind government flight catering at Lahore is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assembled for the day. Security clearance is on file for each of them, they sit on the access list for the kitchen and the ramp, and they are trained to the household standards a protocol movement requires. That continuity is what keeps a sealed uplift traceable through catering at OPLA from one movement to the next.
Halal airline meals and special meals at OPLA / LHE
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Lahore (LHE)
From passenger meal boxes to VVIP menus, inflight catering at LHE is written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a fixed printed list. Lahore's position lets a menu draw on regional produce in general terms, orchard fruit, dairy and grains, worked into a specification rather than a fixed dish. Every set is documented per passenger and per cabin against allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements before it is sealed. That documentation travels with the tray set, not separately, so the galley receives a load that already matches the manifest.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at OPLA turn on VIP flight catering plated to a written specification rather than a fixed printed card, with à-la-carte service available on request. Every plate is checked against that specification before the cart is sealed, so the presentation on board matches what the standing order describes.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Lahore run on multi-choice hot service built to a cabin specification, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boarded in Lahore on the same rotation, sorted to the roster rather than handed over as a single undivided batch.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary sets at LHE are documented per passenger against household, religious and medical requirements, then produced on a separate line before sealing. Halal and kosher sets, and the full range of IATA special meal codes, sit alongside inflight catering at Lahore as a standing part of the same production line rather than an exception to it.
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
Food safety and cold chain for aviation catering at OPLA
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 LHE
Lahore carries scheduled, charter and government movements across two runways, and a wide-body reference code that puts multi-class loading and delegation traffic on the same stands rather than routing them apart. That mix turns a state delegation into a documentation problem before it is a cooking one, and a peak wave of departures into a capacity problem our kitchen has to size for ahead of the day.
Uplift leaves our kitchen sealed and moves under escort to the stand, where it is boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than set down at the foot of the aircraft. Airside delivery on this ramp is worked to that same standard whether the movement is inflight catering, in-flight catering, aviation catering or airport catering at OPLA, one route rather than several.
One coordinator holds the file for a rotation from kitchen release to signed handover, and every catering uplift here, airline catering in Lahore included, closes on that same signature.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Lahore, Pakistan
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Government and state flight catering at LHE
On the stands cleared for wide-body movements at Lahore, government flight catering for state visits and official delegations is planned as a protocol file first. Every passenger's requirements are documented individually, staff are security-cleared, and the uplift for a head of state aircraft is sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Lahore
Because the wide-body reference code at this station also covers private airliners, royal flight catering at Lahore is planned around BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP movements on the same stands as scheduled traffic. Household standards are held across repeat rotations from a written specification kept on file, with halal and other royal household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at OPLA
3360 metres of runway is enough to bring a wide-body charter onto this field without restricting the load it carries, which is what charter flight catering at OPLA is built around. ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions each take a full three-cabin uplift, counted against the loading sheet and staged for charter flight catering in Lahore in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at LHE
The wide-body reference code held at Lahore is what lets a scheduled carrier run this station as an outstation without resizing its uplift each time. Ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering move off one duty roster here, AOG included, with crew meals boarded across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Lahore
Our kitchen also provisions the GA terminal off the same wide-body reference code that governs the main ramp at OPLA, running private jet catering at OPLA on the identical cold chain as an airline uplift. Business aviation catering and business jet catering are delivered to the FBOs on the field under the same paperwork, with FBO catering handled as a standing part of that same route rather than a separate one.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at OPLA / LHE
Flight departments on jet catering at Lahore, Pakistan
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“For a last-minute requirement at Lahore (LHE/OPLA), we contacted them as our airline ops catering supplier. They understood airline operations and kept communication short, clear, and useful. We would use the service again without hesitation. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Nabil — Operations Support Coordinator
“I arranged VIP flight catering in Lahore for our departure from LHE/OPLA. Communication was responsive and the team handled a late timing change without any issue. I would use them again for another flight from Lahore. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Alberto — Duty Station Manager
“We had several halal airline meals on our order at Lahore (LHE/OPLA) and everything was handled correctly. Each item was clearly identified, separated from the standard meals, and easy to check before boarding. We were happy with the accuracy of the order. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Emma — VIP Operations Controller
Lahore (OPLA / LHE): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,360 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | OPLA |
Inflight catering FAQ for LHE
Diversion catering and ramp questions at OPLA / LHE
What operations gets asked every week about Lahore.
Ask operations directly →Can you tell me how much airline catering costs at Lahore?
A quotation turns on cabin count, the menu specification chosen and the loading window requested, since we do not publish a fixed airline catering cost. The desk at Lahore returns a figure once those three are confirmed.
What does private jet catering look like at Lahore Airport?
We deliver private jet catering to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal at Lahore Airport, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift. FBO catering here is boarded by the same crews who work the main ramp, not a separate team.
How is VIP, VVIP and government flight catering handled at LHE?
LHE carries VIP flight catering and government flight catering under one protocol file per passenger, with security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift on every movement. That protocol governs royal and state work the same way, regardless of which stand the aircraft is on.
When does an order need to be placed for a rotation through OPLA?
Once a movement is confirmed we ask for as much notice as the schedule allows, though last minute airline catering can still be boarded through diversions and technical stops. How far in advance a specification can still change depends on the cabin count and the menu chosen, and the desk at OPLA will confirm the lead time on request.
Commercial aviation catering near Lahore
ATQ / VIAR
Amritsar
India · 43 km from Lahore
Airline & VIP flight catering →
SKT / OPST
Sialkot
Pakistan · 113 km from Lahore
Airline & VIP flight catering →
LYP / OPFA
Faisalabad
Pakistan · 135 km from Lahore
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Aviation catering quote for LHE
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Lahore (LHE / OPLA)
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Lahore (LHE)