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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Split, Croatia
Airline catering, VIP and private jet catering at Split (LDSP / SPU)
SPU (IATA) · LDSP (ICAO)
Split holds a wide-body aerodrome reference code, which sets the loading plan around stand capacity rather than aircraft size: multi-class rotations board here on the same footprint as a scheduled widebody. Inflight catering reaches the galley by hi-loader at that height, and in-flight catering keeps its cold chain intact from our kitchen to the uplift, airside, without a stop at the foot of the aircraft.
2,550 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
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Runways
3
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 — Split
Wide-body aviation catering at LDSP / SPU
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for LDSP departures
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Split
Every catering uplift at Split moves as a sealed run, tracked from the moment it leaves our kitchen to the moment it clears the galley door. Ramp access is held on our own credentials, so the convoy crosses the apron on a route we control rather than one held up behind other ground traffic. What the timeline below shows is that sequence measured, stand by stand, not an estimate offered in its place.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Split sit screening, an escort across the apron, and the ordinary traffic of a working ramp; we plan the catering uplift against the busiest version of that route, not the easiest one. Chain of custody runs unbroken from the sealed cart to the galley catering handover, with a named handler at each end rather than a gap in the middle. Temperature is logged when the load is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at the aircraft, and the handover is closed with a signature, not a verbal check.
One sealed load, one named handler, from our kitchen to the galley door.
Crew meals and pilot meals for SPU departures
Airline food supplier crews cleared for SPU
The flight kitchen behind LDSP runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to hold HACCP standards across every load it sends out. Airport catering here is planned around that single site rather than around a network of outstations, which keeps one cold chain and one HACCP record for a whole day's rotations. That structure is what lets airport catering at Split move from a sealed kitchen run to a boarded galley without a handoff to a second party in between.
The team behind government flight catering at this kitchen is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for one movement. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, access to the site is limited to that list, and training covers the paperwork that has to travel sealed with a royal household or state load. That consistency is what a protocol officer is actually checking when they ask who touches the uplift.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Split (SPU)
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at LDSP
Menus here are built to the cabin and the mission first, and only then to the season: a state delegation, a wide-body charter and a scheduled rotation are not served from the same brief. Where local sourcing applies, produce drawn from the Croatian coast and its hinterland — orchard fruit, cheese, fish — sits inside a specification rather than as a selling point on its own. Inflight catering in Croatia is documented meal by meal, not batch by batch, so a change to one passenger's set never touches another's. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are logged per passenger and per cabin, and produced against that record rather than against a general assumption.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Split are plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte service and a caviar course available on request rather than by default. VIP flight catering here is documented seat by seat, so a change for one passenger never disturbs the standing order for the rest of the cabin.
Business cabins
Business cabins at SPU run a multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boxed as tray sets ready to load. Crew meals travel alongside them, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately and matched to the roster, not to the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at Split, covering halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering produced against those codes runs on a separate line and is sealed there before it joins the rest of the load.
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 food safety at Split 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 LDSP / SPU
Split carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single wide-body reference code, which turns a state delegation into a documentation task and a charter peak into a capacity one rather than either into a stand problem. Airline catering in Croatia is planned around that mix rather than around one dominant traffic type, so the same desk that clears a scheduled rotation also clears a one-off charter movement.
The uplift leaves our kitchen sealed and crosses the apron under escort to the stand, where it is boarded by hi-loader straight to the galley door rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft. Inflight catering at Split and aviation catering in Croatia both run off that same route, so a scheduled turnaround and an ad hoc uplift are worked to the same ramp discipline.
What we commit to on this station is one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts the whole way, and a signed handover at the aircraft; in-flight catering at Split closes on that signature, not on a verbal confirmation, and airport catering in Split is never treated as finished until it does.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at SPU
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Government and state flight catering at SPU
The 2550 m runway here takes the same aircraft a delegation movement uses, so government flight catering at Split is planned on stand capacity rather than on a special allowance. A head of state aircraft is worked to a protocol file documented per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed at LDSP before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Split
A 2550 m runway supports the private airliners this segment flies — BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP — without a separate allowance for the aircraft type. Royal flight catering at SPU is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household requirements produced against it on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LDSP
A wide-body reference code lets a charter or ACMI operator board a full three-cabin load on the same stand class a scheduled service uses. Charter flight catering in Split covers wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, and charter flight catering at SPU is counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SPU
The 2550 m runway at Split, paired with a wide-body reference code, keeps outstation and ad hoc uplifts on the same stand class as a scheduled service rather than a separate one. Carriers running this station as an outstation get outstation catering and ad hoc airline catering off one duty roster, with diversion catering and technical stop catering covered on the same rotation and crew meals in Split boxed to the same roster.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Split
Across the same wide-body reference code that boards a scheduled service, business aviation at LDSP is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal through our dedicated private jet catering branch. It runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, so a business jet leaving Split is cleared to the same standard as the wide-body stand beside it.
Private jets →
FBOs at Split
euro jet
flystar flight support
split airport ltd (business & gen avn)
Charter flight catering reviewed at Split
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Split airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We requested HACCP at Split (SPU/LDSP) and the packaging worked very well onboard. Everything was labeled, compact, and easy to place directly into the aircraft without repacking on the ramp. The crew appreciated how easy it was to load. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Hassan — Operations Control Officer
“We used the team for tech stop at Split (SPU/LDSP) during a tight turnaround. Communication between dispatch, handling, and catering was clear throughout. That operational understanding was the biggest advantage. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Natalia — Private Aviation Manager
“I needed reliable business jet catering at Split (SPU/LDSP) for a same-day departure. The food arrived fresh and well presented, with clear labels and packaging that actually worked in our galley. A very good experience from a flight attendant perspective. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Kenji — Protocol Operations Officer
Airport catering data for Split (LDSP / SPU)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,550 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LDSP |
Business jet catering questions at Split (SPU)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Split (SPU)
What operations gets asked every week about Split.
Ask operations directly →Under what protocol does LDSP handle VIP, VVIP and government flights?
There is a dedicated protocol line for VIP flight catering and government flight catering at LDSP, run by security-cleared staff against a written specification.
What does airline catering cost for a rotation through Split?
The sealed cart and hi-loader route that boards every uplift here also sets the cost basis: airline catering cost depends on cabin count, specification and loading window, and the desk returns a quotation rather than a published price.
How far in advance does Split Airport need notice to deliver airline catering airside?
Chain of custody and hi-loader clearance are the standard the answer rests on: airline catering here moves by airside delivery, boarded by hi-loader straight to the galley door rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft.
How much lead time does SPU need before departure?
SPU asks for standard lead time on a routine order, but last minute airline catering is worked case by case against the loading window, and how far in advance a change is possible depends on how close it falls to that window.
Commercial aviation catering near Split
BWK / LDSB
Gornji Humac
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
ZAD / LDZD
Zadar
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
OMO / LQMO
Mostar
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
Aviation catering quote for LDSP / SPU
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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 Split (SPU)