Airline & VIP flight catering — Europe

Airline, VIP Flight and Private Jet Catering Across Europe

Airline catering across Europe runs on ramp access: our teams board directly at the aircraft door by hi-loader, lifted to galley height rather than left at the foot of the stairs. Madrid's 4350 m runway sits among the wide-body fields we work, alongside government and VIP terminals that keep aviation catering moving station to station.

A catering hi-loader box raised level with the open galley door of a wide-body, its platform bridged to the doorway.
832
Documented stations
45
Countries covered
5,000 m
Longest runway
8
Wide-body stands

Airline Catering Stations Across Europe

Below are the stations where we operate across Europe, each with its runway data, stand capacity and kitchen-to-stand distance. Use them to check wide-body reach, hi-loader boarding and terminal access before routing a request.

Albania
2Published stations
3,000 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Albania
Austria
6Published stations
3,600 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Austria
Belarus
7Published stations
3,700 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Belarus
Belgium
6Published stations
3,690 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
4Published stations
2,641 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
5Published stations
3,600 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Bulgaria
Croatia
8Published stations
3,252 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Croatia
Czech Republic
9Published stations
3,715 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Czech Republic
Denmark
16Published stations
3,600 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Denmark
Estonia
5Published stations
3,480 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Estonia
Faroe Islands
1Published stations
1,800 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Faroe Islands
Finland
30Published stations
3,500 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Finland
France
101Published stations
4,215 mLongest runway
2Wide-body stands
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in France
Germany
50Published stations
4,000 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Germany
Gibraltar
1Published stations
1,829 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Gibraltar
Greece
26Published stations
4,000 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Greece
Guernsey
2Published stations
1,583 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Guernsey
Hungary
4Published stations
3,707 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Hungary
Iceland
13Published stations
3,065 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Iceland
Ireland
8Published stations
3,199 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Ireland
Isle of Man
1Published stations
2,110 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Isle of Man
Italy
47Published stations
3,920 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Italy
Jersey
1Published stations
1,705 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Jersey
Kosovo
1Published stations
3,040 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Kosovo
Latvia
2Published stations
3,200 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Latvia
Lithuania
5Published stations
3,500 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Lithuania
Luxembourg
1Published stations
4,000 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Luxembourg
Malta
1Published stations
3,350 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Malta
Moldova
2Published stations
3,590 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Moldova
Montenegro
2Published stations
2,502 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Montenegro
Netherlands
12Published stations
3,800 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Netherlands
North Macedonia
2Published stations
2,950 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in North Macedonia
Norway
41Published stations
3,600 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Norway
Poland
15Published stations
3,690 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Poland
Portugal
19Published stations
3,810 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Portugal
Romania
18Published stations
3,500 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Romania
Russia
152Published stations
5,000 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Russia
Serbia
5Published stations
3,500 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Serbia
Slovakia
6Published stations
3,190 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Slovakia
Slovenia
3Published stations
3,300 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Slovenia
Spain
48Published stations
4,818 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Spain
Sweden
41Published stations
3,350 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Sweden
Switzerland
9Published stations
3,900 mLongest runway
6Wide-body stands
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Switzerland
Ukraine
22Published stations
4,000 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in Ukraine
United Kingdom
72Published stations
3,901 mLongest runway
Airline, VIP & private jet catering in United Kingdom
A catering hi-loader raised to the aft galley door of a wide-body on stand, its platform level with the doorway and a second truck waiting below.

On the apron — Europe

One Uplift Standard From Ramp To Galley Across Europe

Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.

How Aviation Catering Runs Across Europe

Traffic across our European stations splits between commercial hubs, state protocol movements, charter destinations and business aviation, often on the same apron within the same day. Paris CDG and Frankfurt run four runways apiece and carry scheduled wide-body traffic at volume; Geneva and Nice add hi-loader boarding, VIP and government terminals, and kitchens within 20 minutes of the stand. That mix is why airline catering here has to hold two registers at once: high-throughput galley loads for scheduled carriers, and sealed, single-coordinator loads for state and VIP movements, without either slowing the other down. A request placed against any of these stations reaches one ops desk, not a chain of local subcontractors. Cold chain and load documentation travel with the aircraft from the first stand to the last, whatever jurisdiction it crosses next. Airport catering here means matching the handler's ramp slot, not working around it: our vehicles clear security and reach the aircraft on the same schedule as fuel and baggage. That is what keeps airline catering companies choosing one coordinated European operation over a patchwork of local caterers, and it is what keeps a multi-leg itinerary consistent as it moves from Zaventem to Vienna to Rome without a change of standard at any of the intermediate stops.

Compliance

The Same Cleared Standard Across Every European Station

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.

One Operation, Five Kinds Of Flying Across Europe

From scheduled airline rotations to royal movements, the same European network handles every kind of flight through one point of contact. Airline catering, VIP flight catering and charter flight catering are coordinated station to station, so an operator crossing several European jurisdictions never has to brief more than one desk.

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State Flight Catering For European Airports
Government and state movements through our European stations are handled by cleared staff working sealed loads under one named coordinator. Protocol is held from the production kitchen to the galley door on every leg.
Government & state flights →
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Royal And VVIP Flight Catering At European Stations
Household dietary requirements are carried leg to leg across the network, briefed to the kitchen brigade before each movement. Service is built to the household standard, from tray presentation through to galley loading.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Wide-Body Charter Catering Across European Fields
Charter airlines, ACMI and wet-lease operators, and group movements draw on a full three-cabin uplift staged in the order each aircraft's galleys are laid out. Seasonal peaks and special missions are handled without disrupting scheduled airline loads on the same apron.
Wide-body charter →
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Scheduled And Ad Hoc Airline Catering Across Europe
Carriers running European fields as outstations draw on the same galley catering for scheduled rotations, diversions and AOG uplifts. Flight crew, cabin crew and cargo crew meal sets are built to the tray specification each airline runs.
Commercial airlines →
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Private Jet And Business Aviation Catering In Europe
Our dedicated private-jet branch delivers to the FBOs and GA terminals across these stations, including AVIAVIP, Jet Aviation and Signature Aviation sites, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift. Business aviation catering is built to the same production standard as the main-cabin load beside it.
Private jets →

Compare Airline Catering Stations Across Europe

This table lines up each European station by runway length, wide-body stand count and kitchen-to-stand distance, so an operator can see which field takes the aircraft, which boards by hi-loader, and which sits closest to production.

The countries of Europe we document, compared on the hard data that decides whether a wide-body can be loaded.
WherePublished stationsLongest runwayWide-body standsVIP / gov terminalKitchen to standAerodrome code
Albania23,000 m—0 of 2—narrow-body · wide-body
Austria63,600 m—0 of 6—narrow-body · wide-body
Belarus73,700 m—0 of 7—wide-body
Belgium63,690 m—0 of 6—narrow-body · wide-body
Bosnia and Herzegovina42,641 m—0 of 4—narrow-body · wide-body
Bulgaria53,600 m—0 of 5—narrow-body · wide-body
Croatia83,252 m—0 of 8—narrow-body · wide-body
Czech Republic93,715 m—0 of 9—narrow-body · wide-body
Denmark163,600 m—0 of 16—narrow-body · wide-body
Estonia53,480 m—0 of 5—narrow-body · wide-body
Faroe Islands11,800 m—0 of 1—narrow-body
Finland303,500 m—0 of 30—narrow-body · wide-body
France1014,215 m21 of 10115 minE · narrow-body · wide-body
Germany504,000 m—0 of 50—narrow-body · wide-body
Gibraltar11,829 m—0 of 1—narrow-body
Greece264,000 m—0 of 26—narrow-body · wide-body
Guernsey21,583 m—0 of 2—narrow-body
Hungary43,707 m—0 of 4—narrow-body · wide-body
Iceland133,065 m—0 of 13—narrow-body · wide-body
Ireland83,199 m—0 of 8—narrow-body · wide-body
Isle of Man12,110 m—0 of 1—narrow-body
Italy473,920 m—0 of 47—narrow-body · wide-body
Jersey11,705 m—0 of 1—narrow-body
Kosovo13,040 m—0 of 1—wide-body
Latvia23,200 m—0 of 2—narrow-body · wide-body
Lithuania53,500 m—0 of 5—narrow-body · wide-body
Luxembourg14,000 m—0 of 1—wide-body
Malta13,350 m—0 of 1—wide-body
Moldova23,590 m—0 of 2—narrow-body · wide-body
Montenegro22,502 m—0 of 2—wide-body
Netherlands123,800 m—0 of 12—narrow-body · wide-body
North Macedonia22,950 m—0 of 2—wide-body
Norway413,600 m—0 of 41—narrow-body · wide-body
Poland153,690 m—0 of 15—wide-body
Portugal193,810 m—0 of 19—narrow-body · wide-body
Romania183,500 m—0 of 18—narrow-body · wide-body
Russia1525,000 m—0 of 152—narrow-body · wide-body
Serbia53,500 m—0 of 5—narrow-body · wide-body
Slovakia63,190 m—0 of 6—narrow-body · wide-body
Slovenia33,300 m—0 of 3—narrow-body · wide-body
Spain484,818 m—0 of 48—narrow-body · wide-body
Sweden413,350 m—0 of 41—narrow-body · wide-body
Switzerland93,900 m61 of 918 minE · narrow-body · wide-body
Ukraine224,000 m—0 of 22—narrow-body · wide-body
United Kingdom723,901 m—0 of 72—narrow-body · wide-body

Placing A Request Across European Stations

Send flight number, ETA, passenger and crew count per cabin, aircraft type and stand, together with special meal codes, to the station ops desk handling the leg. This is what turns a request into a load: airline catering services here are built against the same specification an airline's own operations control centre works from, so the file matches at the ramp with no back-and-forth once the vehicle is dispatched. For a multi-station itinerary, submitting the full leg-by-leg schedule at once keeps handling consistent from the first stand to the last. Submit a quote request to route it to the right desk.

Airline Catering Questions For Europe

What European Ops Desks Ask Us

Ask operations directly →
Can one caterer handle a multi-leg itinerary across several European countries?

Yes. Requests are routed through one point of contact regardless of how many European jurisdictions the itinerary crosses, so the specification and the cold chain stay consistent from the first stand to the last.

Which European stations offer hi-loader boarding to galley height?

Geneva and Nice both board by hi-loader directly to galley height. Both also carry a VIP terminal, with Geneva adding a dedicated government terminal.

Do you cater government and royal flights alongside scheduled airline traffic at the same station?

Yes. Stations such as Geneva handle state protocol and business aviation traffic alongside commercial-hub volume, each load kept separate and cleared under its own coordinator.

Can you deliver to an FBO rather than a main terminal stand?

Yes, wherever an FBO is recorded at the station, including operators such as Jet Aviation, Signature Aviation and AVIAVIP across several of our European fields.

What information do you need to quote a charter or ACMI movement?

Flight number, ETA, aircraft type, stand, and pax and crew counts per cabin, submitted through a quote request to the station handling the leg.

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Request Airline Catering Across Europe

Tell Us The Leg, Aircraft And Cabin Count

One ops desk covers the whole route in Europe. Give us the aircraft and what you need loaded, and a coordinator comes back with a quote.

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