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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Laage, Germany
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Laage (ETNL / RLG)
RLG (IATA) · ETNL (ICAO)
A 2,500-metre runway and a wide-body reference code let this station take multi-class widebody movements rather than turn them away, which is what sets the ground rules for uplift here. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering at ETNL and aviation catering for the traffic that reference code brings, hi-loader boarded to galley height, airside, for scheduled, charter, VIP and government flights.
2,500 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
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 — Laage
Commercial aviation catering at wide-body scale, Laage, Germany
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at ETNL / RLG
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Laage (RLG)
Between the sealed cart leaving our kitchen and the moment it clears the galley door, the route at Laage runs across the ramp under ramp access held on our own credentials, not borrowed at the gate. On a wide-body reference code stand, the apron sequencing decides more of the schedule than the cooking does, so the route is planned rather than left to the driver on the day. Every catering uplift at Laage follows the same staged order, whatever the segment behind it.
Between our kitchen and the stand at ETNL sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and the convoy is where a rotation is actually at risk, not the galley catering itself. We plan the route against the worst of what the apron can throw at a wide-body movement on the day, keeping one named escort on the load from seal to signature. Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at handover, so the chain of custody is documented rather than assumed, and the catering uplift carries a paper trail a protocol officer can check without asking us for it.
One sealed cart, one escort, one signature: the load never changes hands unrecorded.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for ETNL
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Laage, Germany
The flight kitchen at RLG runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, provisioning the movements that route through a wide-body reference code stand. Airport catering at Laage is planned against that single stand rather than against a terminal's worth of gates, which keeps the sequencing tight on a rotation day. Production follows HACCP throughout, and airport catering here means tray sets and passenger meal boxes built to the same standard whether the flight is scheduled, charter or government.
The team behind government flight catering at Laage is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, on the access list, and trained to the household standards that a royal or state movement expects rather than assembled fresh each time. Chain of custody runs with the uplift from the moment the cart is sealed at the kitchen to the moment it is signed for at the stand. On a single wide-body reference code stand there is no volume to hide behind, so the same cleared names carry the paperwork every time.
Halal airline meals and special meals at RLG
VVIP catering to a written specification at ETNL / RLG
Menus at ETNL are built to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted for season, because a state delegation and a scheduled rotation do not eat off the same specification even when they board from the same stand. Where local sourcing applies, dairy, orchard fruit and regional produce move into the plan without naming a supplier or a dish. Inflight catering here closes on documentation: allergen sets, halal and kosher requirements and medical diets are logged per passenger and per cabin, not assumed at the galley door. The VIP flight menu and the charter flight menu both draw on the same production line, only the specification changes.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Laage are plated to a written specification rather than improvised at the galley, with à-la-carte and VIP flight catering service available on request for a state or royal movement. The presentation is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served to the same brief every time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at RLG take multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boxed into tray sets rather than plated individually. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so cockpit and cabin crew are never served from the same set as the passengers.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at ETNL are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes rather than a shortened list. Each of these is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, so inflight catering for a mixed cabin never risks cross-contact between sets.
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
Airline catering services under HACCP at ETNL
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 Laage airport
Laage takes scheduled, charter and government movements against a wide-body reference code, which makes a delegation a documentation problem here and a charter wave a capacity problem on the same single stand. Airline catering at ETNL is planned stand by stand rather than gate by gate, because that one reference code is what actually caps a rotation day.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader, lifted to galley height rather than left at the foot of the steps, on ramp access held on our own credentials. Inflight catering in Germany at this scale depends on that ramp access more than on kitchen size, and aviation catering at ETNL runs off one ops desk rather than several handoffs, with airport catering in Germany planned around the same wide-body stand at Laage.
On every rotation we commit one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover, in-flight catering at RLG included, whatever the segment behind the booking.
Aviation catering for five mission types at Laage
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Government and state flight catering at RLG
On a stand built to a wide-body reference code, a head of state aircraft is worked the same way a scheduled widebody is, only with a protocol file added to the load. Government flight catering at RLG covers state visits and official delegations with the file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff and the catering at RLG sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Laage
A wide-body reference code stand forces a household movement to be sequenced against the same apron traffic as every other rotation, which is why the specification is fixed in advance rather than worked out on the day. Royal flight catering at Laage covers private airliners, BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP, held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other catering at ETNL requirements available on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at ETNL
2,500 metres of runway, which is what lets a wide-body charter operate into Laage rather than a smaller type substituted for it. Charter flight catering at Laage covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet for every charter flight catering rotation at ETNL.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at RLG
A wide-body reference code stand at Laage takes the same aircraft class whether it lands on schedule or diverts into it unplanned, and that is what makes ad hoc airline catering here workable on short notice. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering run off the same duty roster as scheduled work, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation without a separate crew meals process at Laage or crew meals in Laage having to be improvised.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Laage
We stage business aviation loads against the same 2,500-metre runway that clears the wide-body traffic here, so a private jet is worked to the identical cold chain rather than a lighter version of it. Private jet catering at Laage reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering all carrying the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at RLG
Protocol officers on government flight catering at Laage
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We needed delegation flight catering at Laage (RLG/ETNL) for a protocol-sensitive flight. They followed the instructions carefully and kept communication limited to the operational contacts involved. A professional service for movements where discretion matters. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Edgar — Flight Support Supervisor
“I handled the cabin order for a flight from Laage (RLG/ETNL) and needed ACJ catering. The order was organized by service and passenger request, which saved us time before departure. I would happily use them again on a VIP rotation. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Victoria — Outstation Manager
“For a high-volume passenger flight at Laage (RLG/ETNL), we needed reliable hajj flight catering. Meal counts were accurate, halal requirements were clearly managed, and the delivery was organized for a quick uplift. The operation ran smoothly from order to uplift. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Abel — VIP Aviation Coordinator
Airport catering facts for Laage (ETNL / RLG)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,500 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | ETNL |
Business jet catering questions at RLG
Crew meals, lead times and access at RLG
What operations gets asked every week about Laage.
Ask operations directly →Does airline catering reach the aircraft airside at ETNL?
Every uplift at Laage moves under airside delivery from our kitchen to the stand, hi-loader boarded to galley height rather than left at the foot of the steps.
How far in advance can Laage handle private jet catering to the FBOs on the field?
The clearance already held for airside movement is what lets FBO catering run on short notice, delivered to the GA terminal on the same cold chain as an airline load.
Laage: are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced here?
The cart that leaves our kitchen carries halal, kosher and the full range of SPML sets sealed and labelled per passenger, produced on a separate line from the main cabin service.
Whose specification decides what airline catering costs at RLG?
For every quote, the cabin count, the specification and the loading window set the price, since no fixed list is published; the desk comes back with a figure against those three.
Outstation catering near Laage
FNB / EDBN
Trollenhagen
Germany · 76 km from Laage
Airline & VIP flight catering →
LBC / EDHL
Lübeck
Germany · 103 km from Laage
Airline & VIP flight catering →
MRW / EKMB
Rødby
Denmark · 103 km from Laage
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Charter flight catering quote for Laage airport
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Laage (RLG)