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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Rheinmünster, Germany
Rheinmünster (EDSB / FKB): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
FKB (IATA) · EDSB (ICAO)
With a wide-body aerodrome reference code held at Rheinmünster, this field takes the aircraft that most outstations turn away, and that changes what inflight catering can promise here. AERO GOURMET runs in-flight catering and aviation catering off one ops desk at EDSB, boarding wide-body cabins by hi-loader straight to galley height for every uplift dispatched from the ramp.
2,983 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
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Runways
2
FBOs 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 — Rheinmünster
Inflight catering loaded to galley height at Rheinmünster airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at Rheinmünster (FKB)
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at EDSB
Ramp access is what a wide-body reference code buys at Rheinmünster: the hi-loader reaches the galley door directly, so the catering uplift never idles at the foot of the aircraft. Every cart is sealed at the kitchen and re-checked at the apron edge before it crosses onto the stand. That sequence, not a printed lead time, is what a loading window actually measures here.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Rheinmünster sit screening, an escort through the airside checkpoint, and apron traffic around the single runway, and we plan the galley catering uplift against the worst of that sequence rather than the average of it. The chain of custody starts at the seal on the cart and does not break until a name is signed against the aircraft. Temperature is logged twice: once when the load is sealed at the kitchen, once again at the galley handover, so the record travels with the tray sets rather than staying behind on a clipboard.
One coordinator carries the load from sealed cart to signed galley handover.
Pilot meals and crew meals prepared for FKB
Cleared crews behind government flight catering at Rheinmünster airport
Holding a wide-body reference code, EDSB is provisioned from a kitchen built for the same scale: hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof rather than split across separate units. That range is what lets airport catering at Rheinmünster carry a full three-cabin rotation and a diplomatic movement in the same production day. HACCP governs every line in the building, and the cold chain runs unbroken from the larder to the sealed cart that leaves for the stand, which is what airport catering at FKB is actually built to hold.
The team assigned to government flight catering at Rheinmünster is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn from the general roster. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the protocol line, and is trained to the paperwork that has to travel sealed with a sensitive uplift. That continuity is what a protocol officer is actually checking for when the file is reviewed before a movement.
Halal airline meals and special meals at EDSB / FKB
VIP flight catering, specified per passenger at Rheinmünster (FKB)
Menus at Rheinmünster are written to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted for season, and the region's dairy, orchard fruit and river fish supply the general larder behind that plan. A scheduled sector, a diplomatic movement and a group charter never share a specification, even when they share a stand and a departure hour. Inflight catering here is planned against the same written brief for every cabin class, from a passenger meal box to a VVIP tray, so nothing is improvised once the cart is sealed. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, and travel labelled on the tray rather than noted separately on paper.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Rheinmünster are plated against a written specification rather than a set menu, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. That standard is what VIP flight catering means here: a repeatable brief, not a one-off dish, backing every rotation that books the forward cabin.
Business cabins
Business cabins at FKB run on multi-choice hot service, boxed to oven-ready formats sized for the galley fitted to the aircraft on stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are packed separately from the passenger tray sets, boxed to the flight-deck roster rather than the cabin count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at EDSB are documented per passenger and produced on a separate line before they are sealed for uplift, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. That separation is what inflight catering has to guarantee once a household or medical file is attached to the 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
HACCP control for flight catering at Rheinmünster
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.
Aircraft catering delivered airside at FKB
Rheinmünster is worked to a wide-body reference code on a single runway, which means the traffic mix that lands here spans scheduled sectors, group charter and government movements sharing the same limited stand capacity rather than a dedicated terminal each. A diplomatic delegation on that mix is a documentation problem before it is a food problem, and a charter peak on the same day is a capacity problem the kitchen has to plan around in advance.
The uplift travels from our flight kitchen to the ramp by sealed cart, boarded by hi-loader straight to galley height rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft, with ground handling on the apron and airside delivery held to the stand assigned for that rotation. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at Rheinmünster run off that one route and one ops desk, whichever segment is booked. Airline catering at FKB and airport catering at FKB are both planned stand by stand, on badges we hold ourselves rather than borrowed access.
One coordinator carries every wide-body rotation booked at this stand, sealed cart to signed handover, on the same commitment whatever the segment.
Commercial aviation catering for every mission at EDSB / FKB
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Government and state flight catering at Rheinmünster
A wide-body reference code, held at a station with a single runway, means a head of state aircraft and a scheduled widebody compete for the same limited stand — so government flight catering at FKB is scheduled against that constraint first. Delegation files are documented per passenger, staff on the movement carry security clearance on file, and the uplift is sealed at the kitchen before it leaves for catering at FKB.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Rheinmünster
We hold a wide-body reference code at this station specifically so that a private airliner — BBJ, ACJ or wide-body VIP — can be boarded to the same household specification kept on file between movements, rather than a menu rebuilt from scratch each time. Royal flight catering at catering at EDSB runs against that standing brief, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request and VVIP catering held to the same cleared team every rotation.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at EDSB
The wide-body reference code held at Rheinmünster is what lets a full three-cabin charter load board here rather than divert to a larger field nearby. Charter flight catering at FKB covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out, with charter flight catering in Germany run to the same multi-leg pattern across the rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at FKB
A single runway and one wide-body stand mean every ad hoc slot at Rheinmünster has to be sequenced against the scheduled rotation already booked on it. Ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all run off that same duty roster, with AOG covered on the multi-leg pattern this station sees, and crew meals in Germany boxed to the roster whichever segment triggers the call.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Rheinmünster
A private airliner or a business jet booked into the wide-body reference code held at this field is worked through the same GA terminal and FBOs as any smaller movement on the apron. Private jet catering at EDSB is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the ramp handler assigned that day, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering all run off that one branch.
Private jets →
FBOs at Rheinmünster
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Charter flight catering reviewed at Rheinmünster
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at Rheinmünster, Germany
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our team used the service at Rheinmünster (FKB/EDSB) for royal flight catering with strict timing and handling requirements. 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. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Clara — Flight Operations Specialist
“I handled the cabin order for a flight from Rheinmünster (FKB/EDSB) and needed wide body VIP aircraft catering. Everything arrived neatly packed, easy to identify in the galley, and consistent with the presentation we requested. Good quality and very practical for onboard service. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Zara — Ground Services Manager
“We arranged pilgrim flight catering for a group movement through Rheinmünster (FKB/EDSB). Packaging was practical for the cabin and the uplift arrived in good order for departure. A dependable choice for group charter operations. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Amine — Cabin Service Coordinator
Airport catering reference for Rheinmünster (EDSB / FKB)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,983 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | EDSB |
Aircraft catering questions at EDSB
Diversion catering and ramp questions at EDSB / FKB
What operations gets asked every week about Rheinmünster.
Ask operations directly →Given the loading window at Rheinmünster, how far in advance does an order need to be placed, and how late can the specification still change?
There is a standing lead time for the initial order, and cabin counts, special meal loads and last-minute airline catering changes are still accepted up to a cut-off set against the confirmed loading window.
At Rheinmünster, are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced, and how are they documented?
Every tray produced against a halal, kosher or other SPML code is boxed on a separate line and labelled per passenger, so special meals travel matched to seat and cabin rather than grouped loosely on one cart.
How far does private jet catering reach on the FKB field, and how late can an FBO order still be confirmed?
Clearance for airside movement covers every FBO on the field and the GA terminal alike, so FBO catering is delivered on the same cold chain and paperwork as a scheduled airline uplift, up to the same late cut-off.
Does EDSB take airline catering delivered airside, and how does the uplift actually reach the aircraft?
Each cart is sealed at the kitchen, driven under escort to the stand, and boarded by hi-loader directly to galley height, so airside delivery never leaves a load staged at the foot of the aircraft.
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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