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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Zaventem, Belgium
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Brussels Airport (EBBR / BRU), Zaventem
BRU (IATA) · EBBR (ICAO)
Brussels Airport runs three runways and a wide-body reference code, and the hi-loader boards straight to galley height so nothing waits at the foot of the aircraft. AERO GOURMET provides inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering here for scheduled, charter, VVIP, government and private jet flights, with the uplift held on ramp access rather than kerbside handover.
3,638 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
3
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 — Zaventem
Wide-body aviation catering at BRU
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering lead times at Zaventem airport
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at BRU
The route from our kitchen to the galley door at BRU is measured, not estimated, and it is built around ramp access rather than a kerbside handover. Every catering uplift for a wide-body rotation here follows the same sealed sequence, whatever the cabin count behind it. BRU catering runs on that one sequence, tracked from the cart to the signature at the aircraft.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Brussels Airport sit screening, escort and the apron traffic that three runways generate at peak bank, and we plan every catering uplift against the worst of that combination rather than the average of it. The convoy is the part of galley catering that can slip; the food is not, because it is sealed before it leaves the kitchen and it is not opened again until the handover. Temperature is logged at sealing and logged again at the galley door, and the chain of custody closes with a signature that names who carried it and when it arrived at EBBR catering.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the galley door.
Airline food supplier for Zaventem (BRU) rotations
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for EBBR
The flight kitchen that provisions Zaventem runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to serve the multi-class rotations that Brussels Airport's wide-body reference code brings through the ramp. Airport catering here follows HACCP throughout, from intake to the sealed cart, and the cold chain is unbroken from the cold larder to the galley door. That same kitchen produces airport catering at Brussels Airport and airport catering Belgium orders side by side, on one production line rather than two.
The team that handles government flight catering at EBBR is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating roster pulled in for one movement. Each member carries a current security clearance, sits on the access list for the ramp, and is trained to the household standards a royal or government file requires alongside the paperwork that has to travel with a sealed uplift. That continuity is what a protocol officer is actually checking when a new booking comes in.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Zaventem, Belgium
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Zaventem airport
Menus at Brussels Airport are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than issued from one fixed list, and inflight catering here draws on Belgian dairy, North Sea fish and orchard fruit from the surrounding region in general terms, without naming a single farm or a single dish. A VIP flight menu and a charter flight menu are built from the same kitchen but staged differently, one to a written household specification, the other to a loading sheet sized for a full cabin count. Inflight catering EBBR carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets as standard, not as an add-on ordered separately. Each set is labelled per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed, so the galley receives it ready to load rather than ready to sort.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Zaventem are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu card, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request for a head-of-state or royal file. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for the mission, so a repeat rotation is served to the same brief without asking the desk to start again.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Brussels Airport take multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, formatted into oven-ready trays sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft type booked. Crew meals in Zaventem, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, and crew meals BRU move on the same sealed cart as the passenger service rather than a second delivery.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at EBBR are documented per passenger before the cart is sealed, covering household, religious and medical needs alongside the full set of IATA special meal codes. Halal and kosher sets, along with SPML-coded requests, are produced on a separate line and inflight catering near Brussels Airport is sealed there before it joins the main uplift.
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 Zaventem, Belgium
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 Zaventem
Brussels Airport carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across three runways built to a wide-body reference code, and that mix turns catering into three separate problems rather than one: a delegation needs its protocol file cleared before the cart is sealed, a bank of departures needs galley-ready trays staged in sequence, and a repeat charter rotation needs the same specification held from one week to the next. Airline catering Brussels Airport moves from our kitchen to the stand by ramp access rather than kerbside handover, with the hi-loader taking the cart direct to galley height so the load reaches the door in the sequence the loading sheet sets out.
Inflight catering, in-flight catering BRU and aviation catering Belgium run off the one ops desk that plans that sequence, and airport catering at Zaventem is planned stand by stand rather than by carrier, so a diversion or a technical stop slots into the existing sequence instead of waiting behind it.
One coordinator holds that sequence from the sealed cart to the signed handover, whichever segment the flight belongs to.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at EBBR
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Government and state flight catering at BRU
The cleared team and the sealed-cart sequence built for Brussels Airport's wide-body stands are what a state movement actually draws on, not a separate arrangement. Government flight catering at EBBR covers delegations and head of state aircraft with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the access list, and the catering Brussels Airport uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Zaventem
The same hi-loader reach that boards a wide-body rotation at Brussels Airport carries a private airliner to galley height without a separate procedure. Royal flight catering at BRU serves BBJ, ACJ and other private airliners to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with royal household dietary sets and VVIP requirements produced on request rather than assembled at short notice.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at EBBR
Three runways and wide-body stands let Brussels Airport take a full-cabin charter alongside scheduled banks without reshuffling either sequence. Charter flight catering at Zaventem serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift staged against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering Belgium is built for the same multi-leg pattern a tour or repatriation rotation runs on.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at BRU
Brussels Airport's wide-body reference code puts scheduled and ad hoc airline work on the same stands as long-haul charter, so a diversion or a technical stop slots into an existing sequence rather than opening a new one. Ad hoc airline catering at Zaventem covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with crew meals Brussels Airport and crew meals in Zaventem carried on the same cart across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Zaventem
The GA terminal and the FBOs on the field at Brussels Airport sit on the same apron the wide-body stands use, so a business aviation movement is provisioned from the same kitchen rather than a separate one. Private jet catering at Brussels Airport reaches those FBOs and business aviation catering and business jet catering move on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering delivered on request.
Private jets →
FBOs at Zaventem
aviavip
execujet belgium
Charter flight catering trusted at EBBR
Flight departments on jet catering at Zaventem (BRU)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our flight at Zaventem (BRU/EBBR) required galley ready meals with clear service-by-service organization. The trays and boxes were organized logically, which saved the cabin crew time before passengers arrived. Exactly what we need for a quick galley setup. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Arthur — Network Control Coordinator
“We used the team for tech stop at Zaventem (BRU/EBBR) during a tight turnaround. The team stayed in contact with operations, adjusted to the new timing, and kept the aircraft handover simple. A very useful service for ad hoc flying. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Marina — Corporate Aviation Manager
“We used the team for business jet catering at Zaventem (BRU/EBBR) on a VIP trip. Everything was easy to check and load, and the passenger requests were prepared exactly as ordered. Reliable, responsive, and easy to work with. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Lea — Charter Dispatch Manager
Outstation catering data for Zaventem (EBBR / BRU)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,638 m |
| Runways | 3 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | EBBR |
Business jet catering questions at Zaventem, Belgium
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Zaventem, Belgium
What operations gets asked every week about Zaventem.
Ask operations directly →What does airside delivery look like for airline catering at EBBR?
We load the cart straight from our kitchen to the stand and board it by hi-loader to galley height, so airline catering here never waits at the foot of the aircraft.
Does Zaventem take a late change to the specification?
Every order carries a stated lead time for how far in advance it must be placed, and each specification can still be revised closer to departure than last minute airline catering usually allows, provided the change reaches the kitchen before the cart is sealed.
When is a flight at Brussels Airport handled under protocol rather than a standard booking?
Once a booking is flagged VIP flight catering or government flight catering, the protocol file is opened per passenger and the uplift is sealed and escorted under that file rather than the standard sequence.
Are halal, kosher and SPML-coded meals produced for flights at BRU?
The dietary coordinator produces halal, kosher and the full set of special meals against the IATA SPML codes on a separate line, documented per passenger before it joins the main cart.
Commercial aviation catering near Zaventem
ANR / EBAW
Antwerp
Belgium · 32 km from Zaventem
Airline & VIP flight catering →
CRL / EBCI
Charleroi
Belgium · 49 km from Zaventem
Airline & VIP flight catering →
WOE / EHWO
Hoogerheide
Netherlands · 62 km from Zaventem
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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