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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Linz, Austria
Private jet catering, VIP flight catering and airline catering at Linz (LOWL / LNZ)
LNZ (IATA) · LOWL (ICAO)
A wide-body aircraft on the single 3000 m runway at Linz can be boarded here without a foot-of-aircraft handoff: our hi-loader reaches galley height and the uplift moves straight into the aircraft. That single runway is why in-flight catering at Linz stays on one ops desk for scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private movements alike, with inflight catering built around hi-loader boarding rather than kerbside delivery.
3,000 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
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Runways
1
FBO 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 — Linz
Inflight catering loaded to galley height at Linz, Austria
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
In-flight catering loading window at LNZ
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, LOWL / LNZ
Ramp access is what makes the catering uplift at Linz a measured sequence rather than an estimate: the sealed cart leaves our kitchen, crosses the apron on badges we hold ourselves, and reaches the galley door at a fixed point in the turnaround. Nothing changes hands at the foot of the aircraft. The same sequence governs a scheduled rotation and a diverted one.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Linz sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and the chain of custody is planned against the worst of those three rather than the average. Every catering uplift is logged the same way: temperature taken when the galley catering is sealed at the kitchen, and taken again at the galley door before the handover is signed. The seal is not broken until the cabin crew accepts the load, and the log travels with the aircraft, not with the driver.
One coordinator, one seal, one signature, from our kitchen to the galley door.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Linz
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Linz
The flight kitchen behind LNZ runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, feeding the wide-body stands at Linz on a single cold chain from sealing to handover. HACCP governs every stage of that production, and the same standard applies whether the tray sets are bound for a scheduled rotation or a diverted one. Airport catering in Linz and airport catering at LOWL are both run from this one facility rather than split across contractors.
The team behind government flight catering at Linz is the same named crew every rotation, not a rota drawn fresh each time a delegation is booked. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, access lists are checked before a badge is issued, and household service standards are trained rather than improvised on the day. That continuity is what a protocol officer is actually buying when the aircraft is a state or royal movement.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Linz airport
VVIP catering written per mission at LNZ
Menus at Linz are written to the cabin and the mission rather than issued from one fixed book, and they draw on Austrian produce where the season allows it, from dairy and orchard fruit to freshwater fish, without naming a supplier or a single dish on the sheet. Inflight catering here moves from a boxed main-cabin service to a plated forward-cabin course on the same rotation, changing format rather than changing kitchen. Every allergen, halal, kosher and medical set is documented per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed, so the galley receives a labelled tray rather than a guess. Seasonal changes are logged against the same specification the cabin crew already works from.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at LNZ are plated to a written specification rather than reheated from a bulk batch, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request for VIP flight catering bookings. Every plate is checked against the standing order before it is sealed, so the presentation on board matches the file on record, not an approximation of it.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Linz run a multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, with tray sets and meal boxes staged by row. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately and matched to the roster, not bundled into the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at Linz, with halal and kosher sets produced on a separate line and sealed before they leave it. Every IATA special meal code is coded to the booking, so inflight catering in Austria carries the same paper trail from kitchen to galley as the standard cabin service.
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
Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at Linz (LNZ)
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 Linz, Austria
Linz runs a mixed traffic profile across its single wide-body-rated runway, so a delegation arriving on short notice is treated as a documentation problem first and a capacity problem second, while a repeat charter rotation is planned as a repetition problem instead, with the same tray specification held on file between movements.
The uplift reaches the aircraft here by hi-loader, lifted to galley height directly from the sealed cart rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew holding the ramp access badges needed to cross the apron. Airline catering at LOWL and aviation catering in Austria both run off that same ramp sequence, whichever segment is booked.
On every stand at Linz we commit to one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover before the aircraft doors close, so airport catering at Linz and inflight catering at Linz answer to the same file.
Commercial aviation catering for every mission at Linz
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Government and state flight catering at LOWL
Loading a state movement here has to be sequenced around the wide-body reference code that governs stand assignment at Linz, since a delegation aircraft is planned on the same slot logic as any other wide-body. Government flight catering at Linz covers state visits and official delegations, with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and every head of state movement sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at LNZ
The reference code at Linz is wide-body, so a private airliner boards on the same stand class as a scheduled widebody rather than a separate one. Royal flight catering here covers BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP movements, held to a written household specification kept on file between rotations, with halal and other royal household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Linz
Our kitchen loads the full three-cabin set onto the wide-body stands at Linz for ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions alike. Charter flight catering here counts against the loading sheet stand by stand, and charter flight catering in Austria for a multi-leg rotation is staged in the order the galleys are laid out, one sector at a time.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at LOWL
With the single 3000 m runway at Linz rated to take wide-body movements, carriers running LNZ as an outstation get ad hoc airline catering built around the same duty roster as a scheduled service. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all draw on it, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation without a change of kitchen.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at LNZ
The 3000 m runway at Linz also carries the business aviation movements worked from the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field. Private jet catering in Linz runs through our dedicated branch, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering delivered on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Linz
linz airport (gen avn)
Inflight catering rated by operators at LOWL / LNZ
Operators on commercial aviation catering at LOWL
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our flight at Linz (LNZ/LOWL) required HACCP with clear service-by-service organization. The trays and boxes were organized logically, which saved the cabin crew time before passengers arrived. Good attention to the operational side of catering. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Ali — Mission Operations Manager
“Our operation through Linz (LNZ/LOWL) included an ad hoc catering request at short notice. The team stayed in contact with operations, adjusted to the new timing, and kept the aircraft handover simple. That operational understanding was the biggest advantage. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Jasmine — Charter Logistics Manager
“We used the team for private jet catering at Linz (LNZ/LOWL) on a VIP trip. The team was responsive to a late change and the final order still arrived looking polished. A very good experience from a flight attendant perspective. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Michael — Air Freight Operations Lead
Outstation catering data for Linz (LOWL / LNZ)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LOWL |
Business jet catering questions at Linz airport
Technical stop catering questions at Linz airport
What operations gets asked every week about Linz.
Ask operations directly →LNZ — how far in advance does an order need to be placed, and how late can the specification still change?
The sealed cart is built against a confirmed passenger and cabin count, so lead time is set by when that count is fixed rather than by a fixed date on a calendar; last minute airline catering for a diversion or a schedule change is still worked from the same kitchen without a separate booking process.
At which point in the sequence does LOWL catering reach a business jet on the field?
The first step is confirmation of the aircraft's stand or FBO position, after which private jet catering moves to the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field on the same schedule as an airline uplift; FBO catering there follows the same cold chain and paperwork throughout.
How far does Linz go in documenting halal, kosher and special meal codes?
The standard rests on a written specification per passenger, so halal and kosher requests and the full set of IATA SPML codes are produced on a separate line and sealed before dispatch rather than substituted on board.
Whose protocol governs VIP, VVIP and government flights catered at Linz Airport?
For state visits, royal movements and other VIP flight catering work, government flight catering follows a documented protocol file per passenger, with security-cleared staff handling the uplift throughout.
Is airline catering at LNZ delivered airside, and how does it reach the aircraft?
The ramp coordinator manages the whole sequence, and airside delivery is made by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft.
Does LOWL publish a fixed airline catering cost?
Every quotation is built around the specific cabin count, menu specification and loading window booked, since no fixed price list is published; the desk returns a quotation once those details are confirmed.
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Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
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Counts · menus · files
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