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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Hof, Germany
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Hof (EDQM / HOQ)
HOQ (IATA) · EDQM (ICAO)
A narrow-body reference field with a 1480 m runway, Hof lets us stage a hi-loader against the fuselage rather than hand a trolley up from the tarmac, so wide-body-standard tray sets reach the galley door already sequenced to the loading plan. Inflight catering here runs off one ops desk airside, with in-flight catering timed to the rotation rather than to a fixed slot, and every uplift boarded, not delivered.
1,480 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Hof
Wide-body inflight catering at Hof
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at HOQ
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at EDQM / HOQ
Ramp access is what actually times a catering uplift at Hof, not a printed schedule: the convoy clears the apron on the same pass as the aircraft it is feeding. From seal to signature the route runs kitchen, ramp, stand, galley, each stage logged before the next opens. What the timeline below shows is that sequence, not an estimate of it.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Hof sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and the chain of custody is planned against the worst of each rather than the average. A convoy delayed at the checkpoint is a schedule risk long before the galley catering itself is; the carts are sealed and logged so the risk sits with the route, not with what is inside them. Temperature is read at sealing and read again at handover, and the catering uplift closes only when both readings and a signature are on the same sheet.
One coordinator owns the load from the kitchen seal to the aircraft signature.
Airline food supplier for EDQM rotations
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Hof
Airport catering at Hof runs from one flight kitchen holding hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under a single roof, so a single facility carries a rotation from first course to crew tray without a handoff between suppliers. HACCP governs every stage of that production, and the cold chain is unbroken from the larder to the cart. Airport catering at Hof therefore means one kitchen accountable for the whole cabin manifest, not a assembly of separate orders.
The team that handles government flight catering at Hof is the same named crew on every rotation, security clearance held on file rather than issued per movement, trained to royal household standards and briefed on the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift. Nobody outside the access list touches a cart between kitchen and aircraft. That continuity is the point: a protocol officer deals with the same faces each time.
VIP flight catering menus for Hof airport departures
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at HOQ
Menus at Hof are designed to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed offer, drawing on Germany's dairy, orchard fruit and regional produce where the route calls for local sourcing and adjusting for season without naming a single dish. Inflight catering here spans a plated first-class service, a multi-choice business tray and a full main-cabin run, each built off the same kitchen and the same standard. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, not assumed from the manifest. The specification travels with the cart, so the crew knows what each tray is before it is opened.
First & VVIP cabins
First & VVIP cabins at Hof: VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request out of Hof (EDQM).
Business cabins
Business cabins at HOQ: multi-choice hot service in oven-ready tray sets sized to the fitted galley, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately to the roster and crew meals held on the same cold chain.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Hof are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes, produced on a separate line and sealed before it joins the inflight catering manifest.
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 records for aviation catering at Hof (HOQ)
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 Hof, Germany
Hof works a narrow-body reference field with a single 1480 m runway, so traffic here is scheduled, ad hoc and charter movements rather than continuous wide-body waves, and each rotation is planned individually against the loading sheet rather than batched. That profile makes documentation the real constraint on catering operations: airline catering in Hof and airport catering in Hof both turn on matching the right specification to the right tail before the cart leaves the kitchen.
The uplift itself moves by airside delivery from our kitchen to the stand, on carts sealed at production and opened only at the aircraft, with our own crew on the ramp rather than a handoff partway. Aviation catering at Hof and in-flight catering at EDQM run off the same ops desk, so a diversion or a late change is worked by the people who built the load, not relayed through a second party.
What we commit to on this station is one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts and a signed handover at the galley door, whatever the mission, and inflight catering in Germany is held to that same commitment at every field we serve.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at HOQ
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Government and state flight catering at Hof
A narrow-body reference field limits the aircraft that can be worked here, which means a delegation movement through Hof is planned around a fixed cabin size rather than around a spare wide-body stand. Government flight catering at Hof covers state visits and official delegations, including head of state movements, with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen at EDQM.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at EDQM
Narrow-body is the reference code held at Hof, which means a private airliner working this field is sized to that code before anything else is planned. Royal flight catering and VVIP catering here cover BBJ and ACJ movements, held to a written household specification kept on file between rotations, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at HOQ
Our kitchen stages a full three-cabin uplift against the narrow-body reference code held at Hof, counted line by line on the loading sheet before the convoy moves. Charter flight catering at EDQM and charter flight catering in Germany cover ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, staged in the order the galleys are laid out on arrival.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Hof
Off a 1480 m runway rated to the narrow-body reference code, Hof takes scheduled and ad hoc movements rather than continuous wide-body waves, and carriers running this station as an outstation get ad hoc airline catering built to that pattern. Diversion catering and technical stop catering sit on the same duty roster as a booked rotation, AOG included, with crew meals at Hof and crew meals at HOQ boxed to the roster across a multi-leg routing.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at EDQM
The 1480 m runway at Hof clears the business jets that make up most of this field's non-scheduled traffic, and private jet catering at Hof is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal by our dedicated business aviation branch. FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering run on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, just sized to a smaller cabin.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at HOQ
Operators on commercial aviation catering at EDQM
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We needed delegation flight catering at Hof (HOQ/EDQM) for a protocol-sensitive flight. Communication was discreet, changes were handled calmly, and the delivery was coordinated exactly within the agreed window. A professional service for movements where discretion matters. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Sabrina — Private Aviation Manager
“I handled the cabin order for a flight from Hof (HOQ/EDQM) and needed BBJ catering. They followed our plating notes closely and made the final setup easy for the cabin crew. Good quality and very practical for onboard service. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Government flight department
Rami — Protocol Operations Officer
“We arranged pilgrim flight catering for a group movement through Hof (HOQ/EDQM). Despite the large order, communication stayed simple and final quantities were confirmed without confusion. The operation ran smoothly from order to uplift. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Michael — Charter Logistics Manager
Station data for airport catering at Hof (EDQM / HOQ)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,480 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | EDQM |
Business jet catering questions at Hof airport
Crew meals, lead times and access at Hof airport
What operations gets asked every week about Hof.
Ask operations directly →When is halal, kosher and special meal catering produced for flights through EDQM?
When the booking confirms the manifest, halal, kosher and the full range of IATA SPML codes are scheduled onto a separate production line and sealed before dispatch. Every special meal is labelled per passenger and cross-checked against the cabin count before it leaves the kitchen.
Which route does private jet catering to the Hof FBOs and GA terminal take?
Our sealed cart runs from the flight kitchen directly to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, on the same cold chain as an airline uplift. FBO catering here follows the aircraft's own schedule rather than a fixed slot, so timing is set against the actual departure.
Where is the lead time for an order at Hof airport recorded?
The confirmed loading sheet is the record that fixes both the lead time and the last point at which a specification can still change. As a guide, standard orders are placed well ahead of departure, and last minute airline catering is worked against whatever window remains once the tail number and cabin count are confirmed.
Can airline catering be delivered airside at HOQ, and how does it reach the aircraft?
The short span between our kitchen and the stand is what makes airside delivery practical here: airline catering moves by hi-loader straight to galley height, never left at the foot of the aircraft. The same route and the same crew handle scheduled and ad hoc movements alike.
What protocol governs VIP flight catering and government flight catering at EDQM?
We run VIP flight catering and government flight catering through the same named, security-cleared team on every rotation, with the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen. Protocol paperwork travels with the cart and is signed off again at the aircraft.
Inflight catering at other airports near Hof
BYU / EDQD
Bindlach
Germany · 37 km from Hof
Airline & VIP flight catering →
KLV / LKKV
Karlovy Vary
Czech Republic · 76 km from Hof
Airline & VIP flight catering →
AOC / EDAC
Nobitz
Germany · 90 km from Hof
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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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 Hof (HOQ)