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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Charleroi, Belgium
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Charleroi (EBCI / CRL)
CRL (IATA) · EBCI (ICAO)
The 3055-metre runway at Charleroi clears the wide-body movements that set the aerodrome reference code, and every one of them boards from the ramp rather than at the foot of the aircraft. That single fact governs the inflight catering here: hi-loader boarding to galley height, sealed uplift, and in-flight catering staged to the loading window rather than to a delivery slot at the stand.
3,055 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 — Charleroi
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at Charleroi
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at EBCI
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at Charleroi
Every catering uplift at Charleroi moves on a measured sequence rather than an estimated one: sealed at our kitchen, escorted across the apron, and loaded through the galley door at the hour the flight plan sets. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the cart never waits behind a general handling queue to reach the stand. The window closes when the loader disengages from the aircraft, not when the food leaves our door.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Charleroi sit screening, an escort across the apron, and the ordinary traffic of a working ramp; we plan every catering uplift against the worst of the three rather than the best. The chain of custody starts at sealing and does not break until a named signature closes it at the galley. Temperatures are logged at both ends, so galley catering arrives with a record a duty engineer or a protocol officer can check on the spot, not a promise made at dispatch.
One sealed cart, one signature, one loading window held from kitchen door to galley.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for EBCI
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at CRL
The flight kitchen at CRL runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP standard from intake to the sealed cart. Airport catering in Charleroi is produced to that single standard whatever the mission, so a scheduled rotation and a state movement leave the same cold chain on the same morning. Airport catering at EBCI is planned around that kitchen rather than around the aircraft type on the stand.
The team that handles government flight catering at Charleroi is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, on the access list, and trained to the household standards that a royal or VVIP movement requires. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first, before any menu is discussed. Catering at CRL for this tier moves under one written specification kept on file between movements, not a fresh brief each time.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Charleroi (CRL)
VVIP catering to a written specification at EBCI
Menus at Charleroi are built to the cabin and the mission rather than to a fixed cycle, drawing on Belgian dairy, orchard fruit and North Sea fish where the season allows it without naming any single producer. First and Business cabins run to a plated or tray specification set for the rotation, while main cabin service is built for volume without a drop in the tray standard. Inflight catering at CRL closes on the documentation side: allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are labelled per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed. Nothing leaves the kitchen without that label attached.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Charleroi are plated to a written specification held on file between rotations, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is signed off against that specification before the cart leaves the kitchen, not adjusted on the ramp.
Business cabins
Business cabins at CRL run on multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft on stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, tray sets and meal boxes counted against the loading sheet before boarding.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at EBCI are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes, produced on a separate line from the main run. Inflight catering for this tier is sealed before it leaves that line, with the documentation travelling in the same sealed cart as the tray.
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-compliant aircraft catering at Charleroi (CRL)
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 EBCI / CRL
Charleroi handles scheduled, charter, government and ad hoc traffic on a single wide-body-rated stand, which turns every rotation into a documentation exercise as much as a loading one: a delegation adds a protocol file, a charter wave adds a capacity check, and a repeat rotation adds a repetition check against last week's specification. Airline catering at EBCI is planned against that mix rather than against a fixed timetable.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the ramp under our own escort, loaded by hi-loader through the galley door rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. Inflight catering at CRL and in-flight catering at Charleroi run off the same duty roster, so a diversion or a late change is worked by the crew already on the field rather than one called in after the fact.
What we commit to on this station is one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover at the galley door; aviation catering in Belgium carries that same commitment at every field we work, and airport catering at CRL is held to it without exception.
Commercial aviation catering for every mission at Charleroi
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Government and state flight catering at CRL
At the wide-body stand held for this traffic at Charleroi, the aerodrome reference code that clears the aircraft also sets the loading sequence for delegations and state visits. Government flight catering here runs on a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff, and an uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen, extended without change to any head of state movement routed through this field.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Charleroi
A single wide-body stand means a household movement is sequenced against whatever else the reference code has cleared that day, never worked in isolation. Royal flight catering at CRL runs to a written household specification kept on file between movements, covering private airliners such as a BBJ or an ACJ, with halal and other royal household dietary requirements produced on request under the same VVIP protocol as any state visit.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at EBCI
3055 metres of runway, which is enough to bring a wide-body charter or ACMI aircraft onto the one stand rated for it at this field. Charter flight catering in Belgium covers wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift, counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out; charter flight catering at EBCI is planned on that same stand for every multi-leg rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at CRL
A widebody diversion onto the single wide-body-rated stand at Charleroi still boards to the same tray standard as a scheduled departure, because the reference code that clears it here is the one our kitchen plans against. Ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all run off that one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals in Charleroi and crew meals in Belgium boxed to the same roster as the cabin trays.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Charleroi
Our kitchen also works the 3055-metre field for the business aviation traffic routed away from the wide-body stand, onto the GA apron and the FBOs on the field. Private jet catering at EBCI reaches 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 sealed at the one kitchen door.
Private jets →
FBOs at Charleroi
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Charter flight catering trusted at EBCI
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Charleroi airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“A short-notice movement brought us into Charleroi (CRL/EBCI), so we needed reliable contingency catering. Even with the late change, the meals were packed correctly and delivered within the revised window. Good support when timing is the main pressure point. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Cecilia — Trip Support Manager
“We used the service at Charleroi (CRL/EBCI) for outstation catering on a station where we do not have our usual suppliers. It felt like working with a regular station supplier even though this was not one of our usual airports. A solid solution for outstation operations. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Daphne — Airport Operations Lead
“We compared options for Charleroi (CRL/EBCI) and asked for an airline catering cost per meal. Pricing, delivery timing, and packaging were all explained upfront, which helped us approve the uplift quickly. Straightforward and professional from quote to delivery. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Alberto — VIP Flight Operations Manager
Outstation catering data for Charleroi (EBCI / CRL)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,055 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | EBCI |
Business jet catering questions at Charleroi (CRL)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Charleroi (CRL)
What operations gets asked every week about Charleroi.
Ask operations directly →EBCI, do you deliver airline catering airside, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
The hi-loader carries every sealed cart from our kitchen to galley height, so airside delivery here means boarding directly through the galley door rather than a handoff at the foot of the aircraft.
What is the lead time for an order out of Charleroi, and how late can the specification still change?
We take standing orders on a rolling basis and hold a shorter window for last minute airline catering when a diversion or a schedule change lands with little notice; how far in advance you confirm determines how much of the tray run can still be adjusted.
Do you handle VIP flight catering, VVIP work and government flight catering at Charleroi Airport, and under what protocol?
Yes, under a written household or state specification kept on file between movements, with security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift for every VIP, royal or diplomatic rotation.
With one wide-body-rated stand at CRL, what does airline catering cost?
There is no published price list, because a quotation depends on cabin count, tray specification and the loading window booked for the rotation; the desk comes back with a figure once those are known.
Flight catering at airports near Charleroi
BRU / EBBR
Zaventem
Belgium · 49 km from Charleroi
Airline & VIP flight catering →
LGG / EBLG
Grâce-Hollogne
Belgium · 72 km from Charleroi
Airline & VIP flight catering →
ANR / EBAW
Antwerp
Belgium · 81 km from Charleroi
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Charleroi (CRL / EBCI)
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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 Charleroi (CRL)