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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Hannover, Germany
Airline catering, VIP and private jet catering at Hannover (EDDV / HAJ)
HAJ (IATA) · EDDV (ICAO)
Hannover handles wide-body aircraft on a 3,790 metre runway, and every galley on that stand is boarded by hi-loader rather than delivered to the tarmac. That single distinction is what inflight catering means here: uplift moves straight from the sealed cart to the galley door, and in-flight catering for multi-class rotations runs from one ops desk, airside.
3,790 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
3
Runways
2
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 — Hannover
Aviation catering with ramp access at Hannover (HAJ)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Hannover, Germany
Aircraft catering sealed from kitchen to galley at HAJ
Ramp access at Hannover is held on our own clearance, so the convoy moves from the sealed cart at the kitchen to the galley door without a handover at the foot of the aircraft. Every catering uplift on a wide-body stand is logged the moment it leaves the kitchen and again the moment it is signed for on the apron. EDDV catering is measured this way on every rotation, not estimated after the fact.
Between our kitchen and the wide-body stands at Hannover sit screening, an escort across the apron, and the ordinary traffic of three runways working at once. We plan the catering uplift against the worst of that sequence rather than the average of it, holding the same chain of custody whether the movement is scheduled or called in overnight. Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at the galley catering handover, with one signature closing each load.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the galley door.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Hannover (HAJ)
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for EDDV
The flight kitchen behind Hannover's wide-body stands runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a separate protocol line under one roof, built to move a full three-cabin uplift without crossing a single batch between them. Airport catering at Hannover is planned to HACCP standard from intake to seal, and airport catering across the three runways here draws on the same cold chain regardless of which stand the aircraft holds. That structure is what lets a diversion, a scheduled rotation and a state movement leave the same flight kitchen HAJ within the same shift without one delaying the other.
HAJ catering is handled by the same named team on every government flight catering rotation: security clearance on file, each member on the access list, and each trained to the household standards a protocol officer expects before a delegation boards. That team carries the sealed uplift from the kitchen to the aircraft under one documented chain of custody, with the same signature sequence whether the movement is announced weeks ahead or confirmed the same day. No task on a cleared rotation passes to anyone outside that list.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Hannover, Germany
VVIP catering written per mission at Hannover airport
Menus at Hannover are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed card, with inflight catering built around what First, Business and main cabin each require on a given rotation. Local sourcing draws on the produce of Lower Saxony where the season allows it, from dairy and orchard fruit to freshwater fish, worked into cycles that change through the year rather than a static list. Special requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, covering allergens, halal and kosher sets and the medical diets a protocol file specifies. Inflight catering EDDV is built on that documentation before it is built on the plate.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Hannover are plated to a written specification held on file between rotations, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single card. VIP flight catering here is signed off before it leaves the kitchen, so the presentation an operator receives matches the standing order exactly.
Business cabins
Business cabins at HAJ take multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, moved in tray sets rather than a single fixed menu. Crew meals in Hannover are boxed separately from the passenger load, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals kept to the roster rather than the cabin count, and crew meals Hannover follow the same cold chain as the rest of the uplift.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Hannover are produced on a separate line and sealed before that line closes, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering Hannover documents each requirement per passenger, so a household file, a religious meal or a medical diet travels with its own paperwork rather than a general note attached to the cabin.
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-compliant aircraft catering at HAJ
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.
Airport catering delivered airside at Hannover
Hannover carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across three runways onto wide-body stands, and that mix turns into three different problems for airline catering: a state delegation is a documentation load, a charter series is a repetition load, and an unscheduled diversion is a capacity load answered the same shift. Airport catering in Hannover is planned stand by stand rather than terminal by terminal, because a wide-body aircraft on any of the three runways here still boards through the same galley sequence.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the ramp under our own clearance, boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with ground handling on the apron coordinating the stand time against the loading window. Aviation catering HAJ and in-flight catering HAJ share that same route regardless of which segment the aircraft belongs to, and inflight catering Germany at this station is built around the hi-loader rather than around a trolley left on the tarmac.
On every stand we commit to one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover, so airline catering Hannover carries a single point of accountability from kitchen seal to aircraft signature.
Commercial aviation catering for every mission at EDDV
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Government and state flight catering at EDDV
Hannover's dedicated clearance on the ramp is what a state movement is routed through, and government flight catering here follows that same access rather than a separate arrangement built for the occasion. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff are security-cleared and on the access list, and a head of state aircraft is boarded from a kitchen seal closed before the cart leaves the building.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at HAJ
Hannover's hi-loader access reaches private airliners on the same wide-body stands used for scheduled traffic, which is where royal flight catering and household work are boarded rather than at a separate gate. BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP movements are held to a written household specification kept on file between rotations, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced against that same file on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Hannover
Hannover's wide-body stands are built to take a full three-cabin load in one pass, which is the capacity ACMI and wet-lease operators draw on for group movements and seasonal peaks. Charter flight catering here is counted against the loading sheet stand by stand, and charter flight catering in Hannover covers tour operator and repatriation movements on the same multi-leg basis as a scheduled charter series.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at EDDV
Hannover's wide-body stands take scheduled and unscheduled traffic on the same ramp clearance, which is what lets ad hoc airline catering run without a separate booking path. Carriers running this station as an outstation draw on outstation catering and diversion catering from the same kitchen, technical stop catering and AOG work included, and crew meals HAJ move with the rotation across a multi-leg routing rather than being rebuilt at each stop.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at HAJ
Hannover's GA terminal and the FBOs on the field sit off the same apron as the wide-body stands, and business aviation catering is delivered to both from the same kitchen that boards the airline traffic. Private jet catering in Hannover, and FBO catering to the ramp handler on duty, run on the same cold chain and the same signed paperwork as a wide-body uplift, with business jet catering scheduled against the same loading window.
Private jets →
FBOs at Hannover
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general aviation terminal
Charter flight catering reviewed at Hannover, Germany
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at Hannover (HAJ)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“For a team flight from Hannover (HAJ/EDDV), we booked tour operator charter catering with several dietary requests. They handled the nutrition requests well and kept everything organized for fast distribution onboard. A good partner for sports charter operations. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Noah — Air Freight Operations Lead
“We arranged troop flight catering at Hannover (HAJ/EDDV) for a non-routine passenger movement. Communication with operations was efficient and the order was adapted quickly when our timings moved. Strong support for a demanding operation. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Ines — Flight Assistance Manager
“Our freighter crew needed cargo crew meals at Hannover (HAJ/EDDV) during a short turnaround. The order was simple, filling, clearly labeled, and delivered in a format the crew could load without delay. A reliable option for cargo operations. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Yuki — Airline Operations Manager
Aviation catering data for Hannover (EDDV / HAJ)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,790 m |
| Runways | 3 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | EDDV |
Business jet catering questions at Hannover, Germany
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Hannover, Germany
What operations gets asked every week about Hannover.
Ask operations directly →Whose uplift reaches the aircraft airside at EDDV, and how does it board?
For every stand at EDDV, our own team delivers airline catering airside under our own ramp clearance, boarding by hi-loader directly to the galley door rather than leaving the load at the foot of the aircraft.
Do you take orders on short notice, and how late can a specification change at Hannover?
Yes, provided the change reaches us within the loading window: lead time for a full three-cabin order runs longest, but a specification adjustment can move later, and last minute airline catering is handled through the same ops desk as a scheduled rotation.
Hannover airport: do you deliver to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
The sealed cart that boards a wide-body aircraft here is the same one used for private jet catering to the FBOs on the field, with FBO catering delivered to the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
How far does protocol extend on VIP and government movements at HAJ?
Security clearance on file is what VIP flight catering and government flight catering at HAJ both rest on, with the same protocol documentation carried from kitchen seal to aircraft signature regardless of the mission.
At what point in the process is airline catering cost at EDDV actually confirmed?
The cabin count and specification are fixed first, and airline catering cost at EDDV follows from that plus the loading window chosen, with the ops desk returning a quotation once both are set.
Documented per passenger, are halal, kosher and special meal codes produced at Hannover?
There is a separate production line at Hannover for halal, kosher and the full set of SPML special meal codes, each one documented per passenger before it is sealed into the uplift.
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