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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Plovdiv (LBPD / PDV)
PDV (IATA) · LBPD (ICAO)
Aircraft cleared to the wide-body reference code turn at Plovdiv (LBPD / PDV), and the aerodrome reference code is what fixes the scale of inflight catering here: three cabins, sealed carts, hi-loader boarding. In-flight catering reaches the galley door directly from the ramp rather than the foot of the stairs, and the uplift is staged to that door before the aircraft is on stand.
2,500 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
02
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 — Plovdiv
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at LBPD / PDV
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at LBPD / PDV
Airport catering, one seal from kitchen to cabin at Plovdiv (PDV)
The catering uplift at Plovdiv is planned as a sequence, not a promise: sealed carts leave our kitchen, clear ramp access at a fixed point, and reach the galley door before boarding starts. Nothing about that sequence is estimated on the day, because the wide-body reference code held here fixes how the apron is worked stand by stand. Every cart that crosses the apron at PDV is logged against that same sequence, load after load.
Between the kitchen and the stand at Plovdiv sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and none of them are treated as a formality on a wide-body rotation. We plan the catering uplift against the worst of that convoy rather than the average of it, because a delay recovered late costs more than one absorbed early. Chain of custody is held from the seal at the kitchen through the escort to the handover at the galley catering point, with a signature closing each leg. Temperature is logged at both ends of that route, and the log travels with the load, not behind it.
One sealed cart, one signature, from the kitchen to the galley door.
Crew meals and pilot meals for Plovdiv departures
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Plovdiv, Bulgaria
The flight kitchen that provisions Plovdiv runs hot production, pastry and a cold larder under one roof, with a protocol line held apart for sealed uplifts. HACCP governs every stage of that production, from intake to the sealed cart, and the cold chain is held from the cold larder to the ramp without a break in the record. Airport catering at Plovdiv and airport catering across the wider station network both run to that same written standard, load for load.
The team behind government flight catering at Plovdiv is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rota filled from whoever is free that day. Each member holds security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the ramp, and is trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects. That continuity is what keeps catering at PDV auditable from one sealed uplift to the next.
Halal airline meals and special meals at PDV
VVIP catering to a written specification at LBPD / PDV
Menus at Plovdiv are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a fixed printed card, and they draw on Bulgarian dairy, orchard fruit and freshwater fish where the route and the season allow it. Inflight catering here moves from a plated First and Business specification through to sealed passenger meal boxes for the main cabin, all built off the same production line and the same standing order. Every set is labelled per passenger and per cabin, with allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements documented before the cart is sealed. Nothing on that documentation is improvised on the day; it is filed against the booking and checked again at handover.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Plovdiv are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu card, with à-la-carte and VIP flight catering service available on request. The presentation is filed against the standing order so a repeat rotation is served to the same standard each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at PDV run on multi-choice hot service, boxed to a galley-ready format sized to the aircraft fitted on the stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in separate boxed sets, tray sets loaded to the roster rather than to the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Plovdiv are documented per passenger before the cart is sealed, covering halal, kosher and the full set of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering for these sets is produced on a separate line, kept apart from the standard cabin run until it leaves the kitchen.
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 Plovdiv airport
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 Plovdiv airport
Plovdiv works a mixed traffic profile off a single wide-body reference stand, which means scheduled rotations, charter movements and occasional government flights are all planned against the same stand rather than spread across several. A delegation on that stand is a documentation problem before it is a food problem, and a peak wave is a capacity problem the kitchen has to absorb without slipping the loading window.
The uplift reaches the aircraft from our kitchen by sealed cart, cleared through ramp access and boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the stairs. Airline catering in Plovdiv and inflight catering at PDV both run off that same route, with our own coordinator on the ramp for every load. Aviation catering in Plovdiv and in-flight catering in Bulgaria are worked to the identical sequence, whatever the flight category.
One coordinator owns the load from seal to signature, and the handover at the stand is signed, not assumed.
Aviation catering for five mission types at LBPD / PDV
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Government and state flight catering at Plovdiv
A single wide-body reference stand means every delegation movement is worked through the same point on the apron, so the protocol file has to be complete before the aircraft is on stand rather than assembled after. Government flight catering at Plovdiv for state visits and head of state movements is documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared crew, and sealed at the kitchen before it leaves for the ramp.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at LBPD
The wide-body reference code held at this station sets what a private airliner can turn here, and that ceiling is what royal flight catering at PDV is planned against. VVIP catering for private airliners — BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP — is held to a written royal 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 PDV
Our kitchen works the wide-body reference code held at this station into a full three-cabin uplift on the single stand, counted against the loading sheet before boarding starts. Charter flight catering at Plovdiv covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, and charter flight catering in Bulgaria is staged in the order the galleys are laid out on that same stand.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Plovdiv
At a station holding a 2,500 metre longest runway, the reference code fixes what can turn on the single wide-body stand, and that is the ceiling ad hoc airline catering at PDV works within. Carriers running this station as an outstation draw on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with crew meals at PDV and crew meals at LBPD boxed to the same roster across a multi-leg rotation; ad hoc catering at PDV and diversion catering at PDV are worked on the same duty file.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at LBPD
A 2,500 metre runway takes the business aviation traffic that shares the apron at Plovdiv with the wide-body rotations, and that traffic is worked by our dedicated private jet catering branch. 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 private jet catering in Plovdiv logged against the same sealed-cart record.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Plovdiv
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Plovdiv
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We requested HACCP at Plovdiv (PDV/LBPD) and the packaging worked very well onboard. Everything was labeled, compact, and easy to place directly into the aircraft without repacking on the ramp. Very cabin-friendly catering. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Nicolas — Government Aviation Coordinator
“Our operation through Plovdiv (PDV/LBPD) included an outstation request at short notice. They understood the operational language and did not need every change explained twice. We appreciated how easy the coordination was. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Anas — Network Operations Coordinator
“I needed reliable FBO catering at Plovdiv (PDV/LBPD) for a same-day departure. The food arrived fresh and well presented, with clear labels and packaging that actually worked in our galley. Exactly what I want from a private aviation caterer. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Damian — Freighter Station Supervisor
Outstation catering data for Plovdiv (LBPD / PDV)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,500 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LBPD |
Business jet catering questions at PDV
Diversion catering and ramp questions at PDV
What operations gets asked every week about Plovdiv.
Ask operations directly →Given the ramp routing at PDV, do you deliver airline catering airside and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
There is a hi-loader route from our sealed kitchen straight to the galley door, so the uplift is boarded rather than left at the foot of the stairs, with airside delivery cleared through our own ramp access.
Do you publish a fixed price for airline catering at LBPD?
Yes, a quotation is built from cabin count, specification and the loading window rather than from a fixed list, and airline catering cost at this station is confirmed once those three are known.
What halal, kosher and special meal codes do you produce for flights out of Plovdiv?
We produce halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA SPML codes, each documented per passenger and produced on a separate line before the cart is sealed.
Which lead time applies for an order at Plovdiv Airport, and how far in advance must it be placed?
The sealed cart and the loading sheet are locked once the specification is confirmed, and how far in advance that has to happen depends on cabin count and mission, though a late change to a booked order is still worked where the loading window allows it.
How do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at PDV?
PDV traffic on the general aviation side is reached by the same sealed-cart route as an airline uplift, with FBO catering delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on one cold chain and one paperwork trail.
Inflight catering at other airports near Plovdiv
KVA / LGKV
Kavala
Greece · 130 km from Plovdiv
Airline & VIP flight catering →
SOF / LBSF
Sofia
Bulgaria · 137 km from Plovdiv
Airline & VIP flight catering →
GOZ / LBGO
Gorna Oryahovitsa
Bulgaria · 140 km from Plovdiv
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Aircraft catering quote for Plovdiv airport
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Plovdiv (PDV / LBPD)
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Offloading
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Uplift at Plovdiv (PDV)