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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Rinas, Albania
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Rinas (LATI / TIA)
TIA (IATA) · LATI (ICAO)
The wide-body reference code held here means the ramp takes long-haul metal, not just narrow-body turns, and our kitchen builds every uplift around that scale. Inflight catering at Rinas moves by hi-loader straight to galley height, in-flight catering staged against the loading sheet rather than dropped at the aircraft steps, so a wide-body rotation boards on one schedule, one seal, one signature.
3,000 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
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Runways
2
FBOs on station
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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 — Rinas
Hi-loader aviation catering on the Rinas, Albania apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at Rinas airport
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, TIA
The wide-body reference code at Rinas sets the scale of what moves through the loading window, from the sealed cart at our kitchen to the aircraft's galley door. Ramp access on our own badges keeps that route short and repeatable, so a catering uplift is staged against the loading sheet rather than queued behind general apron traffic. Every cart that crosses the apron is logged against the same schedule the crew works from.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Rinas, the risk sits in the convoy, not in the food: screening, escort and apron traffic all sit between the seal and the aircraft. We plan every catering uplift against the worst case on that route, so a delay on the ramp never becomes a delay at the galley. Temperature is logged at sealing and logged again at handover, and the chain of custody closes with a signature at the galley catering point, not a note left at the foot of the steps.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the galley.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Rinas (TIA)
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for LATI
Our flight kitchen provisions Rinas under a wide-body reference code, which sets the scale of what leaves the door on any given rotation. Airport catering here runs hot production, pastry and a cold larder against one HACCP standard, with the cold chain held from the moment a tray is sealed to the moment it clears the galley. That single production line is what lets airport catering at Rinas move from a scheduled turn to an ad hoc uplift without changing kitchens.
The wide-body reference code held at Rinas is also why the same named team works every sensitive rotation here rather than a rotating roster. Government flight catering at this station is handled by staff carrying security clearance on file, listed on the access list and trained to the paperwork a sealed uplift travels with. Household requirements and diplomatic protocol are worked to the same standing specification each time, so nothing is improvised on the day.
VIP flight catering menus for Rinas, Albania departures
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Rinas airport
Menus at Rinas are written to the cabin and to the mission, not to a single fixed list, so a scheduled turn and a government movement leave the same kitchen on different specifications. Inflight catering here draws where it can on produce from the surrounding region, kept general rather than tied to any one dish: dairy, orchard fruit and fish sourced without naming a supplier or a single farm. Every allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirement is documented per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed. Cycles rotate with the season, while the tray standard behind them does not change.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Rinas are plated to a written specification rather than to a fixed set list, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order each rotation, so presentation stays consistent from one movement to the next.
Business cabins
Business cabins at LATI take multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in the same tray sets, boxed to the roster rather than to the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Rinas are documented per passenger before a tray is sealed, covering household, religious and medical sets. Inflight catering here produces halal and kosher meals along with the full range of IATA special meal codes on a separate line, kept apart from the main production run.
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 LATI
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 Rinas
Rinas holds a wide-body reference code on a single runway, which means the traffic passing through ranges from scheduled turns to charter and government movements on the same apron rather than being split across separate fields. That mix makes documentation the daily constraint: a delegation needs its protocol file closed before wheels-up, a peak wave needs capacity held in reserve, and a repeat charter rotation needs the same tray standard held without drift.
The uplift reaches the aircraft here by hi-loader, straight to galley height from a sealed cart, with our own crew on the ramp for the full route rather than handing off at the perimeter. Airline catering at Rinas is planned stand by stand against the loading sheet, and airport catering in Rinas follows the same sequence whether the flight is a scheduled service or an ad hoc call.
What we commit to at this station is one coordinator per rotation, carts sealed at the kitchen door, and a signed handover at the aircraft: inflight catering, in-flight catering in Albania and aviation catering in Rinas all run off that same single desk.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at Rinas, Albania
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Government and state flight catering at LATI
A wide-body reference code is what lets a head of state aircraft use the same stand as a scheduled long-haul service, without a separate apron built for it. Government flight catering at TIA runs on a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen for a state visit or an official delegation.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at TIA
Across a runway rated at 3000 metres, Rinas takes the private airliners a household movement typically flies: BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations alike. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal sets and other household dietary requirements produced on request rather than assembled on the day.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Rinas
Sequencing a full three-cabin uplift against one wide-body stand is the constraint every charter movement here works around, since the reference code at Rinas sets the ceiling on what can load at once. Charter flight catering at Rinas covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering in Albania staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at LATI
A wide-body reference code governs what Rinas can take on its single stand, and that scale is what lets carriers run this station as a genuine outstation rather than a stopover. Outstation catering and diversion catering sit on the same duty roster as a scheduled turn, technical stop catering and AOG covered without a separate call-out, and ad hoc airline catering confirmed against a multi-leg rotation rather than a one-off order.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at TIA
The runway here runs to 3000 metres, which keeps business aviation working the same apron as the wide-body traffic rather than a separate strip. Private jet catering in Albania is handled by our dedicated branch, delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Rinas
euro jet
fcg ops tirana handling
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at LATI / TIA
Flight departments on jet catering at Rinas (TIA)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our ops team used the service at Rinas (TIA/LATI) as an airline catering partner. They coordinated locally, sent useful updates, and kept the final uplift aligned with our revised schedule. We would use the service again without hesitation. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Alicia — Charter Flight Coordinator
“We used the service for airline catering in Rinas on a VIP rotation through TIA/LATI. Everything arrived fresh, well presented, and easy for the cabin crew to organize before boarding. I would use them again for another flight from Rinas. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Javier — Cargo Flight Support Manager
“We had several SPML on our order at Rinas (TIA/LATI) and everything was handled correctly. All requirements were followed and the cabin crew could see immediately which meal belonged to which passenger. We were happy with the accuracy of the order. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Yulia — Flight Support Executive
Inflight catering station profile for Rinas (LATI / TIA)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LATI |
Inflight catering FAQ for TIA
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Rinas, Albania
What operations gets asked every week about Rinas.
Ask operations directly →Do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal in Rinas?
Yes, by routing every order through the same flight kitchen that supplies the airline side: FBO catering reaches all the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on one cold chain and one paperwork trail.
Rinas Airport — how much does airline catering cost there?
The hi-loader and sealed-cart handling that boards every rotation here is priced against the specific job, so airline catering cost depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window rather than a fixed list.
Can halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes be produced at TIA?
The full range of special meal codes, including SPML, halal and kosher, is produced on a separate line and documented per passenger before it is sealed.
How far does airside delivery reach at LATI?
Airside clearance held on our own badges lets a hi-loader run the full route from the kitchen to the galley door, so airline catering is boarded at the aircraft rather than dropped at the foot of the steps.
How far in advance does an order need to be placed for Rinas?
Rinas works to a standard lead time for a full specification change, though last minute airline catering for a diversion or a technical stop is confirmed against whatever loading window remains open.
Given the protocol a state or royal movement requires, do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at Rinas Airport?
There is a standing team here cleared for VIP flight catering, government flight catering and household work, operating under a documented protocol file for every movement.
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