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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Köln, Germany
Private jet catering, VIP flight catering and airline catering at Köln (EDDK / CGN)
CGN (IATA) · EDDK (ICAO)
A 3815 m runway at Köln (EDDK) clears wide-body arrivals onto stands where hi-loader boarding takes the uplift straight to galley height, ahead of scheduled, charter and government departures. Inflight catering here runs on one ops desk with airside handover; in-flight catering reaches the galley door direct, and inflight catering across the network follows the same loading sequence.
3,815 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
3
Runways
2
FBOs on station
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 — Köln
Hi-loader aviation catering on the EDDK apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for EDDK / CGN departures
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Köln (CGN)
Ramp access at Köln puts our own crews on the apron rather than at the foot of the aircraft, so the catering uplift moves under one badge from kitchen seal to galley door. The window is built around the wide-body reference code held at this field, sequencing the hi-loader against apron traffic instead of a generic time slot. Nothing about the route is estimated: it is walked, timed and logged before the cart ever leaves the dock.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Köln sit screening, an escort through the apron, and the ordinary congestion of a wide-body ramp; we plan every catering uplift against the worst of those three, not the average of them. Chain of custody runs on one badge from the moment the cart is sealed, through the checkpoint, to the galley door, with no handover to a party outside that line. Galley catering is logged twice on temperature, once at sealing and once at the aircraft, and the docket that closes the load carries a signature at both ends. That signature is what lets a delayed or diverted rotation still board against the same written record.
One badge carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the galley door.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Köln
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Köln, Germany
Airport catering at Köln is produced under one roof that carries hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell together, rather than split across separate units for each cabin. That layout is what lets a wide-body rotation move from the cold chain into oven-ready trays and into a sealed cart without a handover between buildings. HACCP governs every stage of that production, and airport catering in Germany is built to travel from this single line by hi-loader straight to the aircraft at CGN.
The team that handles government flight catering at Köln is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rota drawn from a general pool. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, access to the kitchen and the ramp is controlled by a fixed list, and the household service standard each has trained to travels with the paperwork attached to the sealed uplift. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first, and it is answered the same way on every booking made at CGN.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at CGN
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at EDDK / CGN
Menus at Köln are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a single fixed list, moving from passenger meal boxes in the main cabin to VVIP menu sets on a private airliner. Inflight catering at EDDK draws on regional produce where the season allows it, working dairy, fish and orchard fruit into the specification without naming a single dish or a supplier. Every set is built against a written specification held on file, so a repeat rotation boards the same cabin menu it boarded before. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled through to the galley rather than left to a verbal note.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Köln are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu card, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request for a private airliner or a head-of-state movement. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order so a repeat rotation is served exactly as it was the time before.
Business cabins
Business cabins at EDDK take a multi-choice hot service built to the galley fitted to the aircraft, produced in oven-ready tray sets rather than to a single fixed course. Cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the flight-deck roster, and crew meals at Köln travel on the same sealed cart as the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at CGN are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes, from vegan to medical and religious diets. Inflight catering on this line is produced separately and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, so a household or delegation requirement never shares a tray run with the standard cabin load.
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
Aircraft catering food safety at EDDK / CGN
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 Köln airport
Köln handles scheduled, charter and government wide-body traffic across three runways, and each of those three brings a different catering problem: a delegation needs its paperwork right, a peak wave needs capacity held in reserve, and a repeat rotation needs the same specification produced twice without drift. Airline catering at CGN is planned against that mix rather than against a single generic schedule.
The uplift leaves our flight kitchen sealed, crosses the apron under escort, and boards by hi-loader directly to the galley door rather than being set down at the foot of the aircraft. Aviation catering at CGN and airport catering at CGN both run off the same ramp routing, with ground handling coordinated stand by stand rather than terminal by terminal. Inflight catering in Germany and in-flight catering in Germany both move through that same single route from kitchen to galley.
One coordinator carries the rotation from kitchen seal to signed handover, on sealed carts and one written record.
Commercial aviation catering for every mission at Köln, Germany
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Government and state flight catering at CGN
A wide-body reference code at this field means a state aircraft is sequenced onto the same stand type as a scheduled service, so the loading plan has to be built around escort and screening rather than around aircraft size. Government flight catering at Köln for a head of state movement or an official delegation carries a protocol file documented per passenger, with security-cleared staff sealing the uplift before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Köln
Wide-body is the reference code held at this field, which means a private airliner boards on the same stand type as a scheduled aircraft rather than on a business-aviation apron. Royal flight catering at CGN for a BBJ, an ACJ or a wide-body VIP airframe runs to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at EDDK
Our kitchen builds a full three-cabin uplift against the wide-body reference code held at this field, staging trays in the order the galleys are laid out rather than loading by cabin class alone. Charter flight catering in Köln for ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and multi-leg tours is counted against the loading sheet before it leaves the dock, and charter flight catering in Germany runs to that same written count on every rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at CGN
At a field cleared to a wide-body reference code, a diverted or delayed rotation still needs a full galley reload rather than a partial top-up. Ad hoc airline catering at Köln covers carriers running this station as an outstation, with outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering in Germany drawn off the same duty roster; AOG work sits on that roster too, and crew meals at CGN board on the same cart as the passenger load across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Köln
A 3815 metre runway at this field takes wide-body movements alongside the business aviation traffic worked from the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field. Private jet catering in Germany reaches both from our dedicated branch, with FBO catering delivered on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as a business aviation catering uplift for a business jet.
Private jets →
FBOs at Köln
business aviation center cologne gmbh
cas cologne aviation service
Charter flight catering reviewed at Köln airport
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at Köln
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We arranged sports team charter catering for the group at Köln (CGN/EDDK) after a late schedule update. 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.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Esther — Charter Account Manager
“Our flight through Köln (CGN/EDDK) required military charter catering with limited preparation time. The team understood that reliability mattered more than complexity and stayed flexible until uplift. Reliable service when the mission does not allow delays. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Kai — Airport Operations Lead
“Our freighter crew needed cargo airline catering at Köln (CGN/EDDK) during a short turnaround. They respected the unusual timing and kept communication direct with our ops team. We would use them again for another cargo sector. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Victoria — Executive Aviation Coordinator
Station data for airport catering at Köln (EDDK / CGN)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,815 m |
| Runways | 3 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | EDDK |
Airline catering services FAQ for CGN
Pilot meals and loading questions at CGN
What operations gets asked every week about Köln.
Ask operations directly →With a wide-body reference code held at Köln, do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights there under protocol?
There is a named, security-cleared team at this station handling VIP flight catering and government flight catering under a documented protocol file kept per passenger, from state visits to private airliner movements.
How far in advance must an order be placed at Köln, and how late can the specification still change?
Köln takes standard lead times for a full cabin build and shorter notice for last minute airline catering tied to a diversion or a schedule change, with the specification held open until the cart is sealed.
Can CGN produce halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes, and how are they documented?
Every SPML code in the IATA set, including halal and kosher, is produced on a separate line at CGN and documented per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed into the uplift.
EDDK: how much does airline catering cost at this station?
Cost is set by the tray sets, cart count and cabin specification a rotation needs, so EDDK works from a quotation built on the loading window and the mission rather than a published price list.
Jet catering at airports near Köln
DUS / EDDL
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
MGL / EDLN
Mönchengladbach
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
SGE / EDGS
Burbach
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Four steps
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Offloading
Return leg, if any
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Contact
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Uplift at Köln (CGN)