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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Zadar, Croatia
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Zadar (LDZD / ZAD)
ZAD (IATA) · LDZD (ICAO)
Our kitchen loads wide-body aircraft on the stands at Zadar (LDZD), Croatia, using hi-loader boarding rather than trolleys left at the foot of the aircraft. That single method underwrites inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering across scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet uplift, with an ops desk working airside, 24/7.
2,500 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
Runways
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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 — Zadar
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at ZAD
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at Zadar, Croatia
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Zadar airport
Every catering uplift at Zadar starts sealed at our kitchen and ends signed for at the galley door, with nothing informal in between. Ramp access is held on our own clearance rather than negotiated flight by flight, so the cart moves onto the apron the moment the stand is called. What the timeline below shows is that route worked in order, not an estimate of it.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Zadar, the convoy crosses screening, an escort point and ordinary apron traffic before it ever reaches the aircraft. We plan the catering uplift against the busiest of those, not the easiest, so the schedule holds even when the ramp is congested. Chain of custody runs the whole distance: the seal set at the kitchen is checked again at the galley, and the galley catering handover at LDZD is only closed once both signatures are on the sheet.
One sealed route, one signature, from our kitchen to the galley door.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for Zadar airport
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at Zadar (ZAD)
Airport catering at ZAD runs from one production site rather than a string of outstation deliveries, with hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line held under the same roof. That layout is what lets airport catering here move from cold storage to galley-ready cart without a second handling point. HACCP governs every stage of it, logged at each transfer so the cold chain from the flight kitchen at ZAD to the aircraft is never broken and never assumed.
The team assigned to government flight catering at Zadar is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn from general production. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, they sit on a fixed access list, and they are trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first, and it is set before the order, not arranged around it.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Zadar
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Zadar, Croatia
Menus at Zadar are set by cabin and mission rather than by a single fixed list, moving from a plated First and Business service to volume tray sets for a full main cabin. Where the season allows, dishes draw on produce from the surrounding Croatian coast and its orchards, described in general terms rather than as a fixed dish. Every set carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical coding, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen. That structure is what inflight catering at this station is built to hold across a full rotation, not a single flight.
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First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Zadar are plated to a written specification rather than assembled on the day, 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 the same way each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at LDZD run multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft, boxed as tray sets ready to load. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so galley loading and crew provisioning never compete for the same cart.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements at Zadar are documented per passenger rather than left to a general note, covering halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each of these is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, which is how inflight catering here keeps a dietary set apart from the main run.
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
Food safety and cold chain for aviation catering at Zadar, Croatia
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 LDZD
Zadar takes scheduled, charter and government traffic across its two runways, and a wide-body reference code that governs the stands rather than a mixed light-aircraft layout. A state delegation on that mix is a documentation problem before it is a service one, and a charter wave landing close together is a capacity problem worked on the same ramp.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the stand under escort, loaded by hi-loader rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew on the ramp for the handover. Airport catering at Zadar is planned stand by stand rather than gate by gate, which keeps airline catering in Croatia moving on one schedule even when several movements overlap.
One coordinator carries the rotation from seal to signature, so inflight catering in Croatia and in-flight catering in Croatia both close on a single handover record, and aviation catering at Zadar never depends on more than one desk.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at Zadar (ZAD)
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Government and state flight catering at ZAD
A head of state aircraft moving through Zadar is boarded on the same wide-body stands used for scheduled traffic, which is what makes government flight catering here a matter of protocol rather than of separate infrastructure. Delegations and official movements travel with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Zadar
Across the 2,500 metre runway at Zadar, private airliners including BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations are boarded to the same standard as any scheduled service. Royal flight catering at ZAD is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request rather than improvised on the day.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LDZD
A full three-cabin uplift on a wide-body stand has to be staged in the order the galleys are laid out, which is the constraint the reference code at Zadar sets on every charter loading plan. Charter flight catering in Zadar covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering at ZAD counted against the loading sheet rather than estimated on the ramp.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at ZAD
The wide-body reference code held at Zadar is what lets a scheduled carrier run this station as an outstation rather than a one-off stop. Outstation catering at Zadar and ad hoc airline catering at ZAD sit alongside diversion catering and technical stop catering, AOG included, all worked off one duty roster across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals in Croatia boxed separately and ad hoc catering at ZAD confirmed the same day it is requested.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Zadar
The 2,500 metre runway at Zadar, short enough to keep this field's business aviation traffic concentrated rather than spread across multiple ramps, is worked by our dedicated private jet catering branch. Private jet catering in Zadar is delivered to the FBOs on the field and to the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Zadar, Croatia
Operators on commercial aviation catering at LDZD / ZAD
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We used the team at Zadar (ZAD/LDZD) for diverted flight catering after an unexpected operational change. Confirmation was quick, the order stayed clear despite several updates, and delivery reached the aircraft on time. Exactly what we need when operations change with very little notice. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Ava — Mission Support Manager
“We used the service at Zadar (ZAD/LDZD) for airline catering at outstations on a station where we do not have our usual suppliers. The crew received exactly what was ordered, with clear labels and no last-minute chasing from operations. Very useful coverage for smaller or less familiar stations. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Nathan — Flight Dispatch Coordinator
“For our flight at Zadar (ZAD/LDZD), we needed a quick airline catering cost before confirming the order. The inclusions were easy to understand, lead time was realistic, and there were no surprises when the final order was confirmed. Straightforward and professional from quote to delivery. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Jade — Crew Logistics Coordinator
Outstation catering data for Zadar (LDZD / ZAD)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,500 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LDZD |
Business jet catering questions at Zadar
Technical stop catering questions at Zadar
What operations gets asked every week about Zadar.
Ask operations directly →Do you publish a fixed airline catering cost for ZAD?
No, because a quotation depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window booked, so we price each rotation once those are known rather than from a fixed rate card.
Given the ramp constraints at LDZD, can you deliver airline catering airside?
There is a direct route from our kitchen to the stand, with the uplift boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than handed off at the foot of the aircraft, so airside delivery is the standard method here, not an exception.
Can you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at Zadar under full protocol?
Yes, with the protocol file documented per passenger and security-cleared staff assigned to VIP flight catering and government flight catering alike, both handled under the same sealed chain of custody.
Which lead time applies if we need to change a specification close to departure at Zadar Airport?
The cart and its loading sheet stay open until the sealed uplift moves to the ramp, so how far in advance you confirm the base order matters more than the last change, and last minute airline catering requests are worked against that same window.
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Inflight catering quote for LDZD / ZAD
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orders@aerogourmet.com · operations desk, 24/7
Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Zadar (ZAD)