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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Tartu, Estonia
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Tartu (EETU / TAY)
TAY (IATA) · EETU (ICAO)
The 1800 m runway at Tartu takes narrow-body wide-body-capable movements, and every one of them can be boarded with hi-loader access straight to the galley door rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering here for scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet flights, with wide-body uplift, hi-loader boarding and airside delivery worked from one ops desk, 24/7.
1,800 m
Longest runway
Narrow-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 — Tartu
Wide-body inflight catering at EETU / TAY
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Tartu
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Tartu airport
Ramp access at Tartu is what a catering uplift is actually measured against, not a printed lead time: the sealed cart leaves our kitchen, clears the apron and reaches the galley door on a timeline held to the turnaround. Every stage between the two points is logged rather than assumed, because a delay on the apron costs the same minutes whichever cabin is waiting for it. That discipline is the same whether the rotation is a single narrow-body or a wide-body-capable charter on the one stand at TAY.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Tartu sit screening, an escort onto the apron and the ordinary traffic of a working ramp, and none of them are treated as background noise: the catering uplift is planned against the worst of that sequence, not the average of it. Chain of custody runs from the seal applied in the kitchen to the signature taken at the aircraft, with nothing handed over unlogged in between. Galley catering leaves the kitchen sealed and is opened for the first time at the galley door, with a temperature reading taken at both ends of the run.
One seal, one signature, one route from our galley to yours.
Crew meals from the flight kitchen serving TAY
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Tartu (TAY)
Airport catering at Tartu is provisioned from one facility running hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under a single roof, so a delegation flight and a scheduled rotation are worked from the same kitchen rather than two separate operations. Every tray leaving that kitchen is produced to a HACCP standard held constant across cabin classes and mission types, with the cold chain tracked from the larder to the cart. That is what airport catering at TAY draws on for flight kitchen output serving the stand at Tartu.
The team behind government flight catering at Tartu is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool: security clearance on file, listed on the access list held for this station, and trained to the household service standards a sealed uplift travels under. Paperwork moves with the cart rather than behind it, so the chain of custody from kitchen to aircraft is never broken by a handover nobody can account for. That continuity is what catering at EETU is built to hold, movement after movement.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Tartu
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at Tartu, Estonia
AERO GOURMET writes its menus to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed card, so a First cabin on a charter and a main cabin on a scheduled rotation are never served from the same specification. Local sourcing draws on Estonian dairy, fish and orchard produce where the season allows it, worked into a rotation that changes with the calendar rather than staying fixed year round. Inflight catering at Tartu is documented against allergen, halal, kosher and medical codes at the point of production, never left to be sorted at the galley. Every set is labelled per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed, so nothing boards without its paperwork attached.
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First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at TAY are plated to a written specification held on file between rotations, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than as a standard line. VIP flight catering here is filed against that standing order, so a repeat mission is served to the same standard as the first one.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Tartu run on multi-choice hot service built to a cabin-specific tray standard, with oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft rather than a generic tray. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately from the passenger load and matched to the roster before the cart is sealed.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at EETU are documented per passenger rather than assumed from the manifest, covering household, religious and medical codes alongside halal and kosher sets and the full IATA special meal code range. Inflight catering produced against those codes is run on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, so it never crosses paths with the standard tray 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
HACCP standards for aviation catering at Tartu 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 EETU
A single narrow-body-scale stand and one runway at Tartu set the traffic profile this station actually works to: scheduled and charter movements sharing the same apron rather than parallel wide-body flows, which makes documentation and turnaround timing the two things a rotation lives or dies on. Government and VIP movements through the same stand are treated as a paperwork problem first, a loading problem second, because the file has to be right before the cart ever leaves the kitchen.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader to galley height rather than by hand carry at the foot of the steps, run from our kitchen across the apron under escort onto the stand. Aviation catering at Tartu and in-flight catering at Tartu share that same route regardless of aircraft type, with the loading crew answering to one coordinator rather than to whoever is nearest the ramp. Airport catering at EETU is planned stand by stand, and ramp access is held on our own badges rather than borrowed for the day.
What we commit to on this station is the same on every rotation: one coordinator named to the job, sealed carts from kitchen to aircraft, and a signed handover that closes the load, which is what airline catering at EETU comes down to when the paperwork is checked afterwards.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at EETU / TAY
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Government and state flight catering at EETU
At the single stand that serves Tartu, a government flight is worked to the same protocol file every time it moves through, not reassembled from scratch on the day. Government flight catering at Tartu for state visits and official delegations runs on a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff and an uplift sealed before it ever leaves the kitchen, with head of state movements handled to that same standing procedure.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at TAY
Holding one narrow-body-scale stand means a royal or VVIP movement at Tartu is sequenced around the same turnaround window as everything else on the ramp, which is worked around rather than left to chance. Royal flight catering here serves private airliners — BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP — to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request for the royal household and VVIP missions alike.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Tartu
1800 metres of runway, which sets what a charter operator can bring onto this ramp and still turn on schedule. Charter flight catering at Tartu for ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions delivers a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, with charter flight catering at TAY staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at EETU
A narrow-body-scale movement calling at Tartu outside its own network still boards to the same tray standard as a home carrier, because the reference code held here sets what can be turned on this stand regardless of who operates it. Ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering run off one duty roster at TAY, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals in Tartu boxed to the same roster as the passenger load.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at TAY
We work the same 1800 metre runway for business aviation as for scheduled traffic, moving carts to the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field rather than treating that side of the apron differently. Private jet catering at EETU runs through our dedicated branch on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, business aviation catering and business jet catering included, delivered to the ramp handler on duty rather than left at the gate.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Tartu, Estonia
Flight departments on jet catering at EETU / TAY
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We used tour operator charter catering at Tartu (TAY/EETU) for a team charter and had a good experience. Final numbers changed late and the team adjusted without making the process difficult. Very practical for team and group charter work. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Alex — Flight Dispatch Coordinator
“We needed troop flight catering at Tartu (TAY/EETU) for a time-sensitive operation. Communication with operations was efficient and the order was adapted quickly when our timings moved. Reliable service when the mission does not allow delays. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Lisa — Flight Crew Logistics Manager
“We used the team at Tartu (TAY/EETU) for freighter crew meals on a night operation. Meals arrived on time and were packed practically for a working crew rather than over-presented. Good service for freighter crews and odd-hour schedules. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Olivia — Flight Services Manager
Station data for airport catering at Tartu (EETU / TAY)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,800 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | EETU |
Outstation catering questions at Tartu
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Tartu
What operations gets asked every week about Tartu.
Ask operations directly →What is the lead time for placing an order at Tartu, and how late can the specification still change?
We work to a lead time set at booking and take specification changes up to a cut-off close to departure; last minute airline catering is handled case by case rather than refused outright, and how far in advance a delegation or charter should confirm is best checked directly with the desk.
Can you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at TAY?
Yes, FBO catering at TAY is delivered to every FBO on the field and to the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with no distinction made between the two sides of the ramp.
Do you handle VIP, VVIP and government flights at EETU, and under what protocol?
Yes, with a protocol file documented per passenger and security-cleared staff assigned to the movement, covering government flight catering, VIP flight catering and royal household work to the same standing procedure each time.
With one runway and a single stand, how much does airline catering cost at Tartu?
There is no published price list, since airline catering cost at Tartu depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window booked, and the desk returns a quotation once those details are confirmed.
Tartu Airport — do you deliver airline catering airside, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft here?
The hi-loader carries the sealed cart from our kitchen across the apron to the galley door, which is how airside delivery and hi-loader boarding are handled at this station rather than through delivery to the foot of the aircraft.
How are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced and documented at TAY?
TAY output covering halal, kosher and the full SPML range is produced on a separate line from the standard tray run and documented per passenger before the cart is sealed, so special meals never rely on a note added at the galley.
Jet catering at airports near Tartu
PKV / ULOO
Pskov
Russia · 116 km from Tartu
Airline & VIP flight catering →
EPU / EEPU
Pärnu
Estonia · 130 km from Tartu
Airline & VIP flight catering →
TLL / EETN
Tallinn
Estonia · 163 km from Tartu
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Aircraft catering quote for EETU
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Tartu (TAY / EETU)
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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 Tartu (TAY)