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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Airline catering, VIP and private jet catering at Sarajevo (LQSA / SJJ)
SJJ (IATA) · LQSA (ICAO)
A wide-body reference code sets what boards at this ramp, and every uplift is sequenced against it rather than against the tightest cabin on the schedule. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aircraft provisioning at Sarajevo from a hi-loader that boards straight to galley height, holding the cold chain from kitchen door to stand.
2,641 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 — Sarajevo
Aviation catering with ramp access at LQSA / SJJ
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering lead times at Sarajevo
In-flight catering, sealed cart to galley door, LQSA / SJJ
The catering uplift at Sarajevo moves as one sealed sequence: cart closed at the kitchen, driven under escort, raised on the hi-loader to galley height. Ramp access is held on our own clearance rather than passed between handlers, which keeps the apron crossing to a single supervised movement. Nothing on this run is estimated after the seal is fixed; each stage is logged before the next one starts.
Between the kitchen and the stand at LQSA the convoy, not the food, carries the risk: screening, an escorted crossing and apron traffic all sit ahead of the aircraft. We plan the catering uplift against the busiest of those stages rather than the average one, so the schedule holds even on a delayed rotation. Chain of custody runs on a single named handover, not a shared one. Temperature is logged when the galley catering is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at the aircraft, and the load is not released until both entries and a signature are on file.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the aircraft, nothing open between them.
Airline food supplier kitchen serving SJJ
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for LQSA / SJJ
The flight kitchen that provisions Sarajevo runs hot production, pastry and a cold larder under one roof, with a protocol line held apart from the general run. Airport catering here follows an HACCP schedule from first prep to final seal, so a tray leaving the cold larder carries the same clearance as one leaving the protocol line. Airport catering at this scale means the wide-body reference code sets the batch size, not the other way round.
The staff cleared for government flight catering at Sarajevo are the same named team on every rotation, not a rotating roster pulled in for one movement. Each holds security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the protocol line, and is trained to the paperwork that travels sealed with the uplift. That continuity is what a repeat mission is checked against.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at LQSA
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Sarajevo
Menus at this station are written to the cabin fitted to the aircraft and to the mission flying it, not to a single fixed list run every week. Local sourcing draws on the produce of Bosnia and Herzegovina where the season allows it, worked into a specification rather than a fixed dish. Inflight catering here covers everything from a passenger meal box to a plated VVIP tray, built off the same kitchen and the same clearance. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, and produced to that record rather than to a general assumption.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at LQSA are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order so a repeat rotation is served to the same standard, not reassembled from scratch each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Sarajevo run on multi-choice hot service, boxed to a galley-ready format sized to the aircraft fitted to the stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, alongside the passenger tray sets.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at Sarajevo, then produced on a separate line before sealing. Halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes sit inside that inflight catering record, tracked from kitchen to cabin.
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 and sealed transfer for aircraft catering at LQSA
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 Sarajevo (SJJ)
Sarajevo takes scheduled, charter and government traffic across one wide-body stand, which means a delegation and a peak departure wave can land on the same reference code within the same rotation. Airline catering in Bosnia and Herzegovina is planned around that stand rather than around a fixed terminal split, so documentation for a protocol movement is prepared before the aircraft is even on the ground.
The uplift travels from our flight kitchen to that stand by a sealed run, boarded by hi-loader straight to the galley door. Airside delivery at Sarajevo is worked on our own clearance, with the loading crew and the escort drawn from the same named team that handles government flight catering.
On this station we commit one coordinator to every rotation, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover before the aircraft is released; aviation catering at Sarajevo and inflight catering at LQSA both run off that single desk, and airport catering at SJJ is never split between two.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at LQSA / SJJ
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Government and state flight catering at SJJ
Our kitchen sets the same wide-body reference code against a 2641 m runway for a head of state aircraft as for a scheduled service, so a protocol movement never waits on a second clearance. Government flight catering at catering at SJJ covers state visits and official delegations, with the file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the loading crew, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Sarajevo
A 2641 m runway takes the private airliners this segment flies, so BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP aircraft board from the same wide-body stand as a scheduled rotation. Royal flight catering at catering at LQSA holds household standards across repeat movements from a written specification kept on file, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced to that record on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LQSA
A wide-body aircraft on an ACMI or wet-lease rotation boards here because the field holds a wide-body reference code, not a lighter one. Charter flight catering at Sarajevo covers group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift, counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order; charter flight catering in Sarajevo runs off that same sheet on every leg.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SJJ
The 2641 m longest runway at Sarajevo clears the wide-body movements that this stand is built to hold, and ad hoc airline catering here is planned against that single reference code rather than a runway table. Carriers running this station as an outstation are covered by outstation catering, and diversion catering and technical stop catering sit on the same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation; crew meals in Sarajevo and crew meals at SJJ are boxed to the same roster.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Sarajevo
On a field holding a wide-body reference code, the GA terminal and the FBOs still take the same sealed run as the main stand. Private jet catering at LQSA is delivered through our dedicated branch to the ramp handler and the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering all covered from that one kitchen.
Private jets →
FBOs at Sarajevo
euro jet
Charter flight catering reviewed at LQSA / SJJ
Operators on commercial aviation catering at SJJ
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our flight changed at short notice and we arranged diversion catering at Sarajevo (SJJ/LQSA). Even with the late change, the meals were packed correctly and delivered within the revised window. We would use them again for another short-notice stop. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Selim — Cabin Operations Lead
“We needed outstation catering for a flight through Sarajevo (SJJ/LQSA) and the process was much easier than expected. Updates were concise and the delivery timing matched our handling plan. Reliable and easy to manage from the ops desk. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Lucas — Charter Account Manager
“The operations team needed an airline catering cost for Sarajevo (SJJ/LQSA) with very little time to decide. The quote was detailed enough for operations and accounting, but still quick to review. The clear communication made the booking easy. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Enzo — Airport Duty Manager
Airport catering data for Sarajevo (LQSA / SJJ)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,641 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LQSA |
Airline catering services FAQ for LQSA
Crew meals, lead times and access at LQSA
What operations gets asked every week about Sarajevo.
Ask operations directly →Can we get airline catering delivered airside at LQSA?
Airside delivery at LQSA runs straight to the aircraft: the sealed cart is raised on the hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the stairs.
When are halal, kosher and special meal codes produced for a flight through Sarajevo?
Once the passenger list and SPML codes are confirmed, halal, kosher and other special meals are produced on a separate line and sealed before the general uplift.
How much does airline catering cost at Sarajevo Airport?
Sarajevo Airport quotes on cabin count, specification and the loading window booked, since no fixed price list applies across those variables; the desk returns a quotation once those are set.
Which private jet catering reaches the FBOs and the GA terminal at SJJ?
The same hi-loader and sealed cart that board an airline uplift also run private jet catering and FBO catering to every operator on the field, without splitting the cold chain between them.
Jet catering at airports near Sarajevo
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Mostar
Bosnia and Herzegovina · 72 km from Sarajevo
Airline & VIP flight catering →
TZL / LQTZ
Dubrave Gornje
Bosnia and Herzegovina · 77 km from Sarajevo
Airline & VIP flight catering →
UZC / LYUZ
Stapari
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
Aviation catering quote for Sarajevo (SJJ)
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
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Uplift at Sarajevo (SJJ)