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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Salzburg, Austria
Airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Salzburg (LOWS / SZG)
SZG (IATA) · LOWS (ICAO)
The wide-body reference code held on the single stand at Salzburg allows a full-cabin uplift to board without a single tray leaving the ramp for the terminal apron. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at LOWS from a hi-loader that meets the galley door directly, taking scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet uplift airside, 24/7.
2,750 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
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 — Salzburg
Inflight catering at wide-body scale for Salzburg airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at Salzburg, Austria
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at Salzburg airport
Ramp access at Salzburg is what sets the loading window, not a printed schedule: the hi-loader is cleared onto the apron only once the stand is confirmed clear. From sealing at our kitchen to the signature at the galley door, every catering uplift here follows the same fixed sequence rather than a rough estimate. The wide-body reference code held at LOWS means that sequence is built around one stand, not several, so the timing holds rotation after rotation.
Between our kitchen and the wide-body stand at Salzburg sit airside screening, an escort onto the apron and the ordinary traffic of a single-runway field, and we plan every galley catering uplift against the slowest of those, not the fastest. Chain of custody runs from the moment the cart is sealed to the moment the galley door closes, with no unescorted gap in between. Temperature is logged when the load leaves the kitchen and logged again at handover, and the loading sheet is signed at the aircraft, not before it reaches the ramp.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature at the galley door.
Airline food supplier kitchen serving LOWS / SZG
Cleared crews behind government flight catering at Salzburg (SZG)
The flight kitchen at SZG runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, held to HACCP standards through every stage of preparation. Airport catering at LOWS is planned against the single wide-body stand rather than a bank of gates, which keeps production tight and the cold chain short between the larder and the cart. That same kitchen carries airport catering for Salzburg's charter, VIP and government movements as well as its scheduled traffic.
The team behind government flight catering at Salzburg is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating roster pulled in for the occasion. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the wide-body stand, and is trained to the household standards that a royal or state movement expects. Chain of custody runs with them from the kitchen to the signature at the aircraft, and never passes through a hand that is not on that list.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Salzburg
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Salzburg, Austria
Menus at SZG are written to the cabin and the mission, not fixed to a single standing card, moving from a VIP flight menu through a charter flight menu down to a full main-cabin service. Austrian dairy, lake fish and orchard fruit run through the sourcing wherever the season allows it, alongside the wider produce a multi-class cabin needs across a rotation. Inflight catering at LOWS is built round the tray sets a given aircraft carries, not the other way about. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Salzburg are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed card, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request and filed against the standing order. VIP flight catering here is checked against that specification at sealing, not judged by eye on the ramp.
Business cabins
Business cabins at LOWS run a multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft, boxed as tray sets ready for immediate service. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so cabin crew meals never share a cart with the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger for every SZG departure, with halal and kosher sets produced against the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering of this kind is prepared on a separate line and sealed before it joins the main uplift, never blended back into 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
HACCP control for flight catering at SZG
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.
Aircraft catering delivered airside at LOWS
Salzburg works a mixed traffic profile across its single runway, so a scheduled service, a charter arrival and a state or royal movement can share the same working day on the one wide-body stand. That mix turns a delegation into a documentation problem before it becomes a loading problem, and it is why the coordination desk plans the paperwork as carefully as the cart.
The uplift itself moves from our flight kitchen to that stand by hi-loader, boarded directly at galley height rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft. Airline catering at Salzburg, aviation catering in Salzburg and airport catering in Austria all run off that same route, with our own crew holding ramp access rather than passing the load through a general handling desk.
What we commit to on this stand stays constant whatever the mission: one named coordinator, sealed carts sealed once and opened once, and a signed handover at the galley door, the same discipline that inflight catering in Salzburg and in-flight catering in Austria both rest on.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Salzburg airport
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Government and state flight catering at SZG
On the wide-body stand at LOWS, a delegation aircraft is worked to the same reference code as any scheduled movement, which keeps the loading plan unremarkable from the ramp. Government flight catering at Salzburg covers state visits and official delegations, with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the cart, 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 Salzburg
Sequencing a household uplift around the single wide-body stand at LOWS means the loading plan is fixed before the aircraft is even on the ground, because there is no second stand to fall back on. Royal flight catering at this field runs private airliners, BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VVIP alike, to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LOWS
The runway at Salzburg measures 2750 metres, long enough to keep the wide-body charter movements on this route to a standard turnaround rather than a restricted one. Charter flight catering in Salzburg serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift, counted against the loading sheet before charter flight catering at SZG ever reaches the stand.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SZG
A wide-body aircraft diverted or repositioned onto the single stand at LOWS can still take a full uplift, because the reference code held here is built for that class of movement rather than a lighter one. Ad hoc airline catering covers the carrier running Salzburg as an outstation, with outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering worked off one duty roster, crew meals at Salzburg boxed alongside the passenger load and crew meals at SZG carried through the same multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Salzburg
Our kitchen works the same 2750 metre runway that the wide-body stand sits against, and we run private jet catering at Salzburg off that stand rather than a separate facility. Delivery reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering all handled by the one dedicated branch.
Private jets →
FBOs at Salzburg
magnum fbo
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at Salzburg (SZG)
Operators on commercial aviation catering at LOWS / SZG
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our team used the service at Salzburg (SZG/LOWS) for delegation flight catering with strict timing and handling requirements. They followed the instructions carefully and kept communication limited to the operational contacts involved. A professional service for movements where discretion matters. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Andrea — Duty Operations Manager
“I handled the cabin order for a flight from Salzburg (SZG/LOWS) and needed BBJ catering. The order was organized by service and passenger request, which saved us time before departure. Good quality and very practical for onboard service. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Daphne — Ground Operations Manager
“We arranged pilgrim flight catering for a group movement through Salzburg (SZG/LOWS). Despite the large order, communication stayed simple and final quantities were confirmed without confusion. The operation ran smoothly from order to uplift. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Valentina — VIP Charter Manager
Airport catering facts for Salzburg (LOWS / SZG)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,750 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LOWS |
Business jet catering questions at Salzburg
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Salzburg
What operations gets asked every week about Salzburg.
Ask operations directly →At what point are halal, kosher and SPML meals confirmed for a flight through LOWS?
Special meal codes are logged against the passenger manifest as soon as the order is placed, and halal and kosher sets are produced on a separate line before being sealed into the main uplift.
Does Salzburg cater VIP, VVIP and government flights under protocol?
Every head of state, royal household and VVIP movement through this station is worked under a written protocol file, with security-cleared staff and a chain of custody that runs unbroken from the kitchen to the aircraft.
Is airline catering cost at Salzburg Airport fixed to a published rate?
The coordinator who plans your rotation builds a quotation from cabin count, specification and loading window rather than from a price list, so cost is confirmed once those three are known.
How far in advance does SZG need a catering order, and how late can it change?
The lead time our production kitchen holds lets standard specifications change up to the loading window closing, though last minute airline catering for a diversion or AOG is worked against the same clearance rather than a fixed cut-off.
Commercial aviation catering near Salzburg
LNZ / LOWL
Linz
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
MUC / EDDM
Munich
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
OBF / EDMO
Weßling
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at Salzburg (SZG)