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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Memmingen, Germany
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Memmingen (EDJA / FMM)
FMM (IATA) · EDJA (ICAO)
Memmingen carries a wide-body aerodrome reference code, which sets the stand geometry and the loading gear this ramp keeps ready for large-cabin work. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering here for scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet movements, uplifted by hi-loader to galley height, airside, on a single ops desk.
2,630 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
1
FBO 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 — Memmingen
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at Memmingen (FMM)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering lead times at EDJA / FMM
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at Memmingen (FMM)
Ramp access is what actually decides a catering uplift here, not the distance on a map: how quickly a cart clears the apron once it is cleared to move. At Memmingen that means a sealed load leaving the kitchen only once its stand slot is confirmed, then routed straight onto the apron rather than staged at a holding point. The wide-body reference code held here sets how that cart is sequenced against everything else moving on the same ramp.
Between the kitchen and the stand at Memmingen, the working risk is the convoy, not the galley catering itself: screening, an escort where the ramp calls for one, and ordinary apron traffic crossing the same route. We build the loading plan around the slowest of those, so a catering uplift is never the item that decides whether a rotation holds its slot. Every cart carries its own chain of custody from seal to signature. Temperature is logged when the load leaves the kitchen and logged again at the aircraft, and the handover is signed at the galley door, not left at the foot of the stairs.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the galley door, nothing else in between.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for EDJA / FMM
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Memmingen, Germany
Airport catering at Memmingen runs from a production kitchen built to HACCP standard, with hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under the one roof rather than split across sites. That single-site build is what lets airport catering here move from cold larder to sealed cart without a second handover eating into the loading window. The cold chain is held from the moment a tray set is closed to the moment it is opened again at the aircraft.
The team assigned to government flight catering at Memmingen is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in as needed. Security clearance sits on file for each of them, they hold a place on the access list for this ramp, and they are trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects rather than to a general standard applied everywhere. That consistency is what a protocol officer is actually checking for when a repeat movement books catering at EDJA.
Halal airline meals and special meals at FMM
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at EDJA / FMM
Menus here are written to the cabin they board and to the mission the aircraft is flying, not to a single fixed card repeated on every departure. Bavarian dairy, lake fish and orchard fruit from the surrounding region sit alongside a wider seasonal list, so a menu can lean local without narrowing what a multi-leg operator can order. Inflight catering at Memmingen carries the full allergen, halal, kosher and medical set, each one documented per passenger and per cabin rather than assumed from the booking class. That documentation travels with the tray set, not as a separate note the crew has to chase.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Memmingen are plated to a written specification held on file between movements, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to one set card. VIP flight catering here is checked against that specification before it leaves the kitchen, so a repeat rotation sees the same standard every time it lands at FMM.
Business cabins
Business cabins at EDJA run a multi-choice hot service built to galley-ready tray sets, sized to the aircraft actually on the stand rather than to a generic format. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster supplied, so cabin crew meals and flight-deck sets never share a tray with the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Memmingen are documented per passenger rather than left to a general note: household, religious and medical sets alongside halal and kosher, produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line. The full range of IATA special meal codes is worked from this kitchen, so inflight catering here answers a mixed-cabin order without treating any one code as an exception.
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 and sealed transfer for aircraft catering at FMM
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 Memmingen airport
Memmingen holds a wide-body aerodrome reference code on a single runway, which sets the stand geometry this field works to rather than the traffic volume alone: a delegation movement here is a documentation load, a peak charter wave is a capacity load, and a repeat rotation is a repetition problem solved by keeping the same crew on it. That mix decides how the day is planned before a single tray is closed.
The uplift route runs from our kitchen to the stand by hi-loader, boarded directly to galley height rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft, with our own loading crew on the ramp for the handover. Airline catering in Germany at this scale depends on that direct boarding method holding for every stand in use, not just the one nearest the kitchen. Airport catering in Germany more broadly follows the same logic: aviation catering at EDJA and in-flight catering at EDJA both run off the one loading plan rather than separate ones per segment.
What we commit to at this station is one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts from kitchen to stand, and a signed handover at the galley door, so inflight catering in Germany delivered through Memmingen carries the same accountable chain every time.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at Memmingen, Germany
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Government and state flight catering at Memmingen
A 2,630 metre runway keeps this field open to the aircraft a state movement actually uses, and government flight catering at EDJA is planned around that access rather than around a generic protocol checklist. Delegations and official movements get a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff, and an uplift sealed at the kitchen before a head of state aircraft is worked, with catering at FMM run off the same desk that handles the rest of the rotation.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at EDJA
A private airliner booked into Memmingen boards against the same 2,630 metre runway that clears our scheduled traffic, which keeps a BBJ, an ACJ or a wide-body VIP movement on the identical loading standard rather than a separate one. Royal flight catering here holds household requirements, including halal, to a written specification kept on file between movements, with VVIP catering worked by the crew already cleared for repeat rotations.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at FMM
Onto the wide-body stands this field keeps for large-cabin work, a charter operator finds the same reference code that governs our scheduled traffic. Charter flight catering in Germany at this station covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and staged to the order the galleys are laid out, exactly as charter flight catering in Memmingen is worked for every operator using these stands.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Memmingen
Our kitchen works to the wide-body reference code held at this field, which means a diverted aircraft finds the same tray standard as a scheduled one. We run ad hoc airline catering for carriers that treat Memmingen as an outstation, covering outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at EDJA
A wide-body reference code sets how a business jet movement has to be sequenced against the larger aircraft sharing this ramp, so private jet catering at Memmingen is scheduled around that stand priority rather than around the smaller aircraft's own turnaround. Delivery runs to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Memmingen
flughafen memmingen gmbh
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at Memmingen, Germany
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at Memmingen
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“A short-notice movement brought us into Memmingen (FMM/EDJA), so we needed reliable contingency catering. Confirmation was quick, the order stayed clear despite several updates, and delivery reached the aircraft on time. We would use them again for another short-notice stop. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Naomi — Flight Dispatch Coordinator
“We needed catering for airlines without flight kitchen for a flight through Memmingen (FMM/EDJA) and the process was much easier than expected. The crew received exactly what was ordered, with clear labels and no last-minute chasing from operations. A solid solution for outstation operations. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Andres — Ramp Operations Manager
“We compared options for Memmingen (FMM/EDJA) and asked for an airline catering cost per meal. Pricing, delivery timing, and packaging were all explained upfront, which helped us approve the uplift quickly. We appreciated the transparency. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Klara — Flight Experience Manager
Station data for airport catering at Memmingen (EDJA / FMM)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,630 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | EDJA |
Business jet catering questions at FMM
Outstation catering and access questions at FMM
What operations gets asked every week about Memmingen.
Ask operations directly →Is there a minimum lead time for an order into Memmingen?
The coordinator on duty confirms how far in advance a first order should be placed and how late a specification can still change; last minute airline catering is worked case by case rather than refused outright.
Which flights can Memmingen airport handle VIP, VVIP and government catering for?
The loader used for a scheduled rotation is the same one used for VIP flight catering, government flight catering and household movements, so protocol is built into the standard route rather than added as a separate procedure.
How is airline catering delivered airside at FMM?
FMM is worked by hi-loader boarding straight to the galley door, so airside delivery never depends on a cart sitting exposed at the foot of the aircraft.
What does airline catering cost at EDJA?
We price a quotation against cabin count, specification and the loading window booked for the rotation, since no fixed price list is published; the desk returns a figure once those details are confirmed.
Where are halal, kosher and special meal codes produced for flights out of Memmingen?
The production record for each tray shows halal, kosher and the full SPML range produced on a separate line and documented per passenger, so special meals are traceable back to that line rather than assumed from the main run.
Commercial aviation catering near Memmingen
FDH / EDNY
Friedrichshafen
Germany · 65 km from Memmingen
Airline & VIP flight catering →
AGB / EDMA
Augsburg
Germany · 71 km from Memmingen
Airline & VIP flight catering →
ACH / LSZR
St. Gallen
Switzerland · 75 km from Memmingen
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at Memmingen (FMM)