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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Hörselberg-Hainich, Germany
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Hörselberg-Hainich (EDGE / EIB)
EIB (IATA) · EDGE (ICAO)
With a 1720 m runway at Hörselberg-Hainich, narrow-body aircraft hold the ramp for scheduled, charter and government movements, and inflight catering is boarded directly from the hi-loader to galley height rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft. AERO GOURMET runs in-flight catering and wide-body-standard uplift discipline at EDGE for every mission that lands on this single runway.
1,720 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 — Hörselberg-Hainich
Aviation catering with ramp access at Hörselberg-Hainich airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for EIB departures
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at EDGE / EIB
The hi-loader carries the sealed cart from our kitchen door to the aircraft galley, and at Hörselberg-Hainich that run is worked entirely inside ramp access rather than at the foot of the stairs. Every catering uplift here is logged the moment it clears the apron gate, so the coordinator on duty can call the exact minute the galley door opens. Nothing moves toward EDGE without that clearance already recorded.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Hörselberg-Hainich sit screening, an escort vehicle and whatever traffic is working the single apron that day, and we plan every galley catering run against the busiest version of that sequence rather than the average one. The chain of custody starts at the seal and does not break until a name is signed at the aircraft door, with nobody outside that named path touching the cart in between. Temperature is logged twice, once when the load is sealed and once at handover, and the catering uplift is not released to the aircraft until both readings sit inside range.
One seal, one signature, one crew accountable from kitchen to galley door.
Crew meals and pilot meals for EDGE / EIB departures
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Hörselberg-Hainich
The flight kitchen that provisions Hörselberg-Hainich runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, built to HACCP standard from intake to sealed cart. Airport catering at Hörselberg-Hainich moves through that single line rather than across split sites, which keeps the cold chain unbroken from the walk-in to the ramp gate. That same building is what makes airport catering in Hörselberg-Hainich workable for a single-runway field: one kitchen, one standard, one exit onto the apron.
The team that handles government flight catering at Hörselberg-Hainich is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance held on file, each name on the access list, and every member trained to the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift. Household service standards are rehearsed between movements, not learned on the day, and the roster does not change simply because the mission does. That continuity is what a protocol office is actually buying.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Hörselberg-Hainich airport
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at EIB
Menus at Hörselberg-Hainich are built by cabin and by mission, not from a single fixed list, and inflight catering here draws where it can on produce from the surrounding Thuringian countryside — dairy, orchard fruit, river fish — worked into a rotating specification rather than a static one. A scheduled narrow-body departure, a diplomatic movement and a charter group are given three different tray sets from the same kitchen, sized to the galley fitted to each aircraft. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, then produced on a line set apart from the main run. Nothing reaches the hi-loader without that paperwork attached to the cart.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Hörselberg-Hainich are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single fixed menu. Every dish is filed against the standing order before VIP flight catering leaves the kitchen, so the presentation matches what was agreed, rotation after rotation.
Business cabins
Business cabins at EDGE take multi-choice hot service built to a cabin specification, boxed into oven-ready formats sized to fit the galley on board. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are packed separately from the passenger tray sets and labelled to the roster before the cart is sealed.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Hörselberg-Hainich are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Those trays are produced on a line kept apart from the main run, sealed before they leave it, which is how inflight catering here keeps a religious or medical order traceable from kitchen to 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
Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at Hörselberg-Hainich
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 Hörselberg-Hainich, Germany
Hörselberg-Hainich holds one runway of 1720 metres against a narrow-body reference code, which means the mix passing through is scheduled short-haul, occasional charter and the government movements that a single-strip field of this size tends to draw. That combination turns catering into a documentation exercise as much as a production one: a delegation needs its protocol file matched to the manifest before wheels touch down, and a charter group needs its tray count matched to seating before the cart ever reaches the stand.
Airline catering at EDGE, inflight catering in Germany and in-flight catering at Hörselberg-Hainich all run off the same kitchen and the same hi-loader, which carries the sealed cart from our door directly to galley height rather than to the foot of the stairs. Ground handling on the apron works to the same clearance list our own escort carries, so the cart and the aircraft arrive at the stand under one coordinated timetable rather than two separate ones.
Aviation catering at EDGE and airport catering at EIB both come down to the same commitment on this field: one named coordinator, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover at the galley door.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at Hörselberg-Hainich
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Government and state flight catering at Hörselberg-Hainich
One runway of 1720 metres, which means a state movement shares the same strip as scheduled traffic and is worked into that sequence rather than given a separate one. Government flight catering at EDGE covers state visits and official delegations with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the cart, and the uplift for any head of state movement sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at EDGE
Our crews hold a narrow-body reference code as the working constraint at this field, and they plan a royal household movement inside it rather than around it. Royal flight catering at Hörselberg-Hainich covers private airliners under VVIP protocol, held to a written specification kept on file between movements, with halal and household dietary requirements produced to order and sealed before the cart leaves the building.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at EIB
A narrow-body reference code sets what boards on this single stand, and it still carries a full three-cabin group movement when the mission calls for one. Charter flight catering at EDGE and charter flight catering at EIB cover ACMI and wet-lease operators, group charters and special missions, counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Hörselberg-Hainich
A 1720 m runway keeps every rotation through Hörselberg-Hainich on a single strip, which means an unscheduled arrival has to be slotted into the same sequence as the day's scheduled traffic rather than diverted to a second runway. Outstation catering and diversion catering are worked from that one sequence, technical stop catering and ad hoc airline catering are turned around on the same duty roster, and crew meals at Hörselberg-Hainich travel boxed separately from the passenger cart on every leg of a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at EDGE
Business jets are what a narrow-body reference code at Hörselberg-Hainich most readily takes on the same single stand as scheduled traffic, and our dedicated branch delivers private jet catering at EDGE to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on that basis. FBO catering here runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, just sized to a smaller cabin.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at Hörselberg-Hainich (EIB)
Operators on commercial aviation catering at EDGE
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“A short-notice movement brought us into Hörselberg-Hainich (EIB/EDGE), so we needed reliable urgent airline catering. Confirmation was quick, the order stayed clear despite several updates, and delivery reached the aircraft on time. Good support when timing is the main pressure point. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Esther — Flight Support Executive
“For an operation away from our normal base, we arranged catering for airlines without flight kitchen at Hörselberg-Hainich (EIB/EDGE). The crew received exactly what was ordered, with clear labels and no last-minute chasing from operations. Reliable and easy to manage from the ops desk. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Simon — Presidential Flight Coordinator
“We compared options for Hörselberg-Hainich (EIB/EDGE) and asked for an airline catering quote. The inclusions were easy to understand, lead time was realistic, and there were no surprises when the final order was confirmed. Good option when you need a fast and transparent answer. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Chris — Crew Operations Coordinator
Airport catering profile for Hörselberg-Hainich (EDGE / EIB)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,720 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | EDGE |
Outstation catering questions at Hörselberg-Hainich airport
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Hörselberg-Hainich airport
What operations gets asked every week about Hörselberg-Hainich.
Ask operations directly →Does Hörselberg-Hainich get airline catering delivered airside, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
The hi-loader carries the sealed cart straight from our kitchen to galley height, so airside delivery at Hörselberg-Hainich never stages a load at the foot of the aircraft.
Can EIB take private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
A single narrow-body stand handles that traffic alongside scheduled movements, so private jet catering reaches every FBO on the field and the GA terminal on the same cart run, with FBO catering worked to the same cold chain as an airline uplift.
Do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at EDGE, and under what protocol?
Yes, with the protocol file matched to the manifest before arrival: VIP flight catering and government flight catering both run on security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift signed off before it leaves the kitchen.
How are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes documented for flights through Hörselberg-Hainich?
Hörselberg-Hainich produces halal, kosher and the full SPML range on a line kept apart from the main run, with special meals logged per passenger and sealed before the cart is released.
What lead time does an order need at Hörselberg-Hainich, and how late can a specification still change?
We ask for as much notice as the mission allows, but last minute airline catering is worked routinely off the standing kitchen here, and how far in advance a change lands only affects which tray line it is produced on.
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