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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Kärdla, Estonia
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Kärdla (EEKA / KDL)
KDL (IATA) · EEKA (ICAO)
The single narrow-body-rated runway at Kärdla, 1520 metres, sets the traffic this station handles and the tray count we plan against. Inflight catering here is built on hi-loader boarding to galley height, with in-flight catering carts sealed at our kitchen and moved airside to the aircraft for uplift, never left at the foot of the stand.
1,520 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
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 — Kärdla
Wide-body aviation catering at Kärdla airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering lead times at Kärdla (KDL)
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at EEKA
Every catering uplift at Kärdla follows the same sequence: sealed carts leave our kitchen, cross the apron under escort, and clear the galley door at a set height. Ramp access is held on our own badges rather than a shared pass, which keeps the route from kitchen to stand under one authority for the whole rotation. Nothing on that route is estimated: the sequence is fixed before the aircraft is on stand.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Kärdla sit screening, an escort requirement and apron traffic that shifts with the day's rotations, and every catering uplift is planned against the worst of them rather than the average. Galley catering is sealed at source, logged under one chain of custody, and the seal is checked again the moment the cart reaches the aircraft. Temperature is logged twice, once at sealing and once at handover, and the load is not released until the handover carries a signature.
One seal, one route, one signature: that is the whole loading window.
Pilot meals prepared for Kärdla, Estonia rotations
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Kärdla airport
Airport catering at Kärdla runs from a kitchen built to keep hot production, pastry, a cold larder and the protocol line under one roof, so that airport catering for this station never depends on more than one site. Every tray leaving the flight kitchen at KDL is produced to HACCP method, and the cold chain is held from the production kitchen to the moment a cart is sealed for the apron. Passenger meal boxes and tray sets for both cabin classes come off the same production line, staged for the loading window ahead of them.
The team behind government flight catering at Kärdla is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rota drawn from the wider kitchen. Each member holds security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the ramp, and is trained to the household standards a protocol movement is held to. That continuity is what lets a sealed uplift move from kitchen to aircraft under one chain of custody at EEKA.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at EEKA / KDL
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Kärdla (KDL)
Menus at Kärdla are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a single fixed cycle, so a scheduled sector and a charter movement leave the same kitchen on different specifications. Inflight catering here draws on produce from the surrounding region — dairy, fish and orchard fruit typical of the islands — worked into a plan built for tray count and galley layout rather than a fixed menu card. Every set is documented for allergens, and halal and kosher requirements are produced against a written specification rather than a general substitution. Special meal codes are logged per passenger and matched to seat number before the cart is sealed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Kärdla are plated to a written specification held on file between rotations, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request rather than fixed to a single cycle. VIP flight catering here is checked against that specification at the point of loading, not against a general standard.
Business cabins
Business cabins at KDL take multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boxed as tray sets rather than plated individually. Crew meals, split into cabin crew meals and pilot meals, are boxed separately from the passenger load in Kärdla and matched to the roster before sealing.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at EEKA are documented per passenger rather than by cabin, covering halal, kosher, religious and medical sets alongside the full IATA special meal code list. Inflight catering for these sets is produced on a line kept separate from the standard cycle and sealed before it leaves that line.
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 EEKA
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 KDL
Kärdla's single narrow-body-rated runway sets a traffic mix of scheduled, charter and occasional government movements rather than continuous wide-body waves, which turns airline catering here into a documentation and timing exercise more than a volume one: each rotation is planned on its own loading sheet rather than against a bank of identical departures.
Uplift for this station leaves our kitchen sealed, crosses the apron under escort, and is loaded stand-side by hi-loader to the height the galley door sits at, with our own crew on the ramp for the whole movement. That route carries inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering off one ops desk, so a scheduled sector and a charter movement are worked to the same standard rather than two separate ones.
What we commit to at every stand here is one coordinator named to the rotation, carts sealed before they leave the kitchen, and a signed handover at the aircraft that closes the load under one chain of custody.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Kärdla, Estonia
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Government and state flight catering at EEKA
At an airport rated for narrow-body aircraft, the aerodrome reference code held here is what governs the aircraft a delegation movement can bring through Kärdla. Government flight catering for state visits and official movements is documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared crew, and sealed before the uplift leaves the kitchen, ready for any head of state movement routed through this field.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at KDL
What a loading plan has to work around first at Kärdla is the aircraft size the narrow-body reference code here sets, which fixes the cabin layout a royal movement is boarded to before anything else is scheduled. Royal flight catering for private airliners is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other royal household requirements produced on request under the same VVIP protocol.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Kärdla
1520 metres is the longest runway at Kärdla, and that length sets the narrow-body aircraft this ramp works charter flight catering around rather than a wider-body fleet. Charter flight catering here covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and multi-leg rotations, with a full three-cabin uplift staged against the loading sheet in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at EEKA
A narrow-body aircraft is what the aerodrome reference code held at Kärdla lets us board, and that is the airframe our ad hoc airline catering is built around for carriers running this station as an outstation. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering move off one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals boxed separately for both cabin crew and cockpit throughout Estonia.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at KDL
We work the same 1520-metre runway at Kärdla for business aviation as for scheduled and charter traffic, routing private jet catering through our dedicated branch to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal. Business aviation catering and business jet catering here run on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering staged to the same loading window.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at Kärdla (KDL)
Flight departments on jet catering at Kärdla, Estonia
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged head of state aircraft catering at Kärdla (KDL/EEKA) for a sensitive movement. Communication was discreet, changes were handled calmly, and the delivery was coordinated exactly within the agreed window. We would trust the team again for a similar movement. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Kamil — Ground Handling Coordinator
“I handled the cabin order for a flight from Kärdla (KDL/EEKA) and needed private airliner catering. The portions, packaging, and labeling worked well for the cabin, and the timing was spot on. Good quality and very practical for onboard service. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Idris — Turnaround Coordinator
“For a high-volume passenger flight at Kärdla (KDL/EEKA), we needed reliable hajj flight catering. Despite the large order, communication stayed simple and final quantities were confirmed without confusion. The operation ran smoothly from order to uplift. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Hana — Flight Experience Manager
Outstation catering data for Kärdla (EEKA / KDL)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,520 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | EEKA |
Airline catering services FAQ for EEKA / KDL
Diversion catering and ramp questions at EEKA / KDL
What operations gets asked every week about Kärdla.
Ask operations directly →Where are halal, kosher and special meal codes documented for KDL?
Every halal, kosher and SPML request is logged on the passenger manifest and matched to seat number before the tray is sealed, so the record travels with the cabin load rather than sitting apart from it.
Which protocol governs VIP, VVIP and government flight catering at EEKA?
The sealed cart and the hi-loader route are the same for every cabin, but VIP flight catering and government flight catering additionally travel under a named coordinator and a signed handover at the aircraft.
When is private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal in Kärdla?
Once an order is confirmed against the loading window, FBO catering is staged from our kitchen and delivered to the GA terminal on the same cold chain as an airline uplift.
Is there a fixed lead time for orders placed at Kärdla Airport?
The coordinator on duty confirms how far in advance an order needs to be placed and how late a specification can still change, since both depend on the rotation already booked that day.
What does airline catering cost at KDL?
We quote against cabin count, specification and the loading window requested, since no fixed price list applies across stations; the desk returns a quotation once those details are set.
How is airline catering delivered airside at EEKA?
EEKA uplift moves by hi-loader from a sealed cart to the galley door, with airside delivery held under our own ramp badges rather than a shared pass.
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