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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Hamburg, Germany
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Hamburg (EDDH / HAM)
HAM (IATA) · EDDH (ICAO)
The 3666 m runway at Hamburg clears wide-body movements onto stands worked directly by hi-loader, so a widebody rotation boards from ramp height rather than at the foot of the aircraft. Inflight catering and in-flight catering here run from one kitchen to the galley door, with a second inflight catering line held for VVIP and charter uplift.
3,666 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
Runways
5
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 — Hamburg
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at EDDH
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at Hamburg, Germany
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Hamburg airport
At Hamburg the catering uplift moves under the same badges as the loading crew, cleared through the same checkpoint the ramp already uses for wide-body turnarounds. Ramp access is held on those credentials rather than negotiated stand by stand, which keeps the sealed cart on schedule even when apron traffic is heavy. The window closes at the galley door, not before it, so the timeline on this page measures the whole route rather than the kitchen alone.
Between our kitchen and the stand at HAM sit screening, an escort through airside, and the ordinary congestion of a working ramp. We plan the galley catering run against the worst of that traffic rather than the average of it, because a delayed escort still has to make the same slot. Every catering uplift is sealed on departure from the kitchen and its temperature logged again at the galley door, closed with a signature that ties one load to one aircraft and one rotation.
One seal, one route, one signature, from our kitchen to the galley door.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for Hamburg (HAM)
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Hamburg (HAM)
The kitchen that provisions Hamburg keeps hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, run to a written HACCP standard rather than a general one. Airport catering at EDDH draws on all four sections for a single rotation, so a wide-body departure and a household movement can be worked from the same floor without either queuing behind the other. That structure is what airport catering at Hamburg depends on when a reference-code stand takes a full three-cabin load on short notice.
Security clearance sits with a named team here, not with whoever is on shift that day, so a household or delegation rotation is handled by the same faces each time it lands at HAM. That team works to royal household standards on request and carries the access list and the paperwork a sealed uplift needs through the checkpoint. Government flight catering is built on that continuity: the same clearance, the same chain of custody, from the kitchen to the aircraft door.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Hamburg
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Hamburg, Germany
Chef-designed menus at Hamburg are written to the cabin and to the mission, not printed from one fixed card, so a First-cabin rotation and a main-cabin charter leave the same kitchen on different specifications. Local sourcing draws on the produce of northern Germany where the season allows it, dairy, fish and orchard fruit worked into a tray set rather than named as a dish. Inflight catering here runs a documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical set alongside the standard menu, each one labelled per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed. That labelling is what lets a mixed manifest board as one uplift instead of several separate ones.
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First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Hamburg are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed card, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request for a household or VVIP movement. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for HAM so a repeat rotation is served the same way each time it lands.
Business cabins
Business cabins at EDDH take multi-choice hot service built to a cabin specification, boxed into oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in the same tray sets, with crew meals at Hamburg and crew meals at EDDH boxed separately from the passenger load and matched to the duty roster.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary work at Hamburg documents household, religious and medical requirements per passenger, with halal and kosher sets produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen. The full range of IATA special meal codes is written against that same file, so inflight catering in Hamburg carries the paperwork with the tray rather than apart from it.
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 and sealed transfer for aircraft catering at EDDH / HAM
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 EDDH
Hamburg carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across two runways onto stands built to a wide-body reference code, which sets the loading plan more than any single flight does: a delegation is a documentation problem, a bank of departures is a capacity problem, a repeat charter rotation is a repetition problem, and each is worked differently from the same kitchen. Airline catering and inflight catering run off one ops desk here, with in-flight catering and aviation catering following the same sealed route from the kitchen to the ramp, so a diversion lands on the same standard as a scheduled departure. Airport catering at Hamburg is planned stand by stand rather than as a single average routine, with ramp access held on our own badges and the loading crew working the apron directly rather than waiting for a handover at the aircraft steps. Aviation catering at HAM and inflight catering at HAM both depend on that same badge access, because a coordinator without ramp clearance cannot close the loading window on time. What we commit to on every stand here is one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover, whatever the segment.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at Hamburg (HAM)
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Government and state flight catering at HAM
Onto the same wide-body stands that take a scheduled departure, Hamburg also boards state visits and official delegations under a protocol file documented per passenger rather than by flight. Government flight catering here puts security-cleared staff on the load, with the uplift for a head of state movement sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Hamburg
A wide-body stand built to one reference code has to sequence a household rotation around whatever else is on the ramp that day, which is why royal flight catering at Hamburg is held to a written specification kept on file between movements. Private airliners, BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP, take that same royal household standard, with VVIP and halal sets produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at EDDH
The 3666 m runway at Hamburg takes a full wide-body charter movement without restriction, which lets a full three-cabin uplift board a group departure on the loading sheet rather than in stages. Charter flight catering in Hamburg and charter flight catering at EDDH cover ACMI and wet-lease operators, multi-leg group movements and special missions, staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at HAM
A wide-body reference code at Hamburg puts scheduled, ad hoc and diversion traffic on the same stands, which is what lets outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering run off one duty roster rather than three separate ones. Ad hoc airline catering at HAM covers carriers running this station as an outstation, AOG included, with crew meals in Germany carried on the same multi-leg rotation as the passenger load.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Hamburg
Our kitchen runs the same sealed route out to the GA terminal at Hamburg that it runs to the wide-body stands, so private jet catering here follows one cold chain rather than a separate one for business aviation. FBO catering reaches every FBO on the field, with business aviation catering and business jet catering carrying the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Hamburg
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Charter flight catering reviewed at Hamburg airport
Operators on commercial aviation catering at EDDH / HAM
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“For a team flight from Hamburg (HAM/EDDH), we booked sports team charter catering with several dietary requests. Final numbers changed late and the team adjusted without making the process difficult. A good partner for sports charter operations. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Omar — Executive Charter Coordinator
“We arranged repatriation flight catering at Hamburg (HAM/EDDH) for a non-routine passenger movement. The meals were practical, clearly packed, and easy for the crew to distribute during the flight. A good experience under difficult timing conditions. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Bastien — State Aviation Manager
“We used the team at Hamburg (HAM/EDDH) for cargo airline catering on a night operation. The order was simple, filling, clearly labeled, and delivered in a format the crew could load without delay. Simple, efficient, and on time. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Liam — Flight Services Coordinator
Station data for aviation catering at Hamburg (EDDH / HAM)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,666 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | EDDH |
Airline catering services FAQ for Hamburg
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Hamburg
What operations gets asked every week about Hamburg.
Ask operations directly →Who handles private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Hamburg?
For business aviation at Hamburg, our dedicated private jet catering branch delivers to every FBO on the field and to the GA terminal, with FBO catering run on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Does HAM cater VIP, VVIP and government flights, and under what protocol?
Every VIP flight catering and government flight catering movement at HAM is worked to a documented protocol file, with cleared staff and a sealed uplift for delegation and household work alike.
At which point are halal, kosher and the special meal codes produced at EDDH?
The first step is the passenger file: halal and kosher sets, and the full range of SPML special meal codes, are produced on a separate line at EDDH before they are sealed and matched to that manifest.
Is there a published airline catering cost for Hamburg?
The coordinator working your rotation prices it against the cabin count, the specification and the loading window rather than from a fixed list, since airline catering cost at Hamburg depends on what actually boards.
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Four steps
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Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
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Uplift at Hamburg (HAM)