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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Gibraltar, Gibraltar
Airline catering, VIP and private jet catering at Gibraltar (LXGB / GIB)
GIB (IATA) · LXGB (ICAO)
A single narrow-body reference code shapes every rotation planned here, so inflight catering has to be sequenced to one stand rather than spread across several. That constraint is what our hi-loader boarding is built for: in-flight catering staged to galley height and moved airside, with the wide-body volume and uplift discipline of a network kitchen applied to a smaller ramp.
1,829 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 — Gibraltar
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at Gibraltar (GIB)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at LXGB
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Gibraltar
Ramp access at Gibraltar is held against the single runway that governs every rotation, so the catering uplift is timed to the slot rather than to a fixed clock. The apron sequence runs from a sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door, tracked at each stage rather than assumed. With one narrow-body stand in play, the window is planned so that a delay upstream never becomes a delay against the aircraft.
Between our kitchen and the single stand at Gibraltar sit a landside screening point, an airside escort and the apron traffic that a one-runway field concentrates onto one route. We plan the catering uplift against the worst case on that route rather than the average one, so the galley catering reaches the door inside the window regardless of what else is moving on the apron. Temperature is logged when the load is sealed and logged again at handover, and a signature closes the chain of custody at the galley on every rotation worked at LXGB.
One stand, one route, one signature: the window is held, not estimated.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Gibraltar airport
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at GIB
The flight kitchen that provisions Gibraltar runs hot production, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, a measured distance from the single stand at LXGB. Because airport catering here answers to one narrow-body reference code rather than a spread of gates, output is sequenced to that one rotation instead of split across several simultaneous loads. That concentration is what lets airport catering in Gibraltar hold an HACCP standard on every batch, whatever the mix of scheduled, charter or VIP traffic booked against the stand.
The team that handles government flight catering at Gibraltar is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access list, and trained to the household paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift. With a single stand in play, that team is never split across parallel loads, so the protocol file and the tray set are checked by the same hands from kitchen to galley door.
VIP flight catering menus for Gibraltar (GIB) departures
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at LXGB
Menus for Gibraltar are written chef-side to the cabin and the mission, then adjusted for the season rather than fixed to a single cycle. Produce drawn from the wider Gibraltar and Iberian coast informs the fish, dairy and orchard fruit on the tray, without naming a supplier or a single dish. Every set is documented per passenger and per cabin, covering allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements before it reaches the aircraft. Inflight catering in Gibraltar is built this way for every class booked on the stand, from a single scheduled sector to a full charter rotation.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins routed through Gibraltar are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request against the standing order. VIP flight catering here is filed and repeated exactly, rotation after rotation, rather than reinvented each time a delegation books the stand.
Business cabins
Business cabins worked at LXGB take multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft on the stand. Crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately from the passenger load, and cabin crew meals travel on the same roster as the tray sets they are checked against.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger for every rotation booked through Gibraltar, from halal and kosher sets to the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each set is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, so inflight catering carries its paperwork as far as the galley door.
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 Gibraltar, Gibraltar
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 LXGB / GIB
Gibraltar works a mixed traffic profile against a single narrow-body reference code, which means a scheduled sector, a charter rotation and an occasional government movement all compete for the same stand rather than for a spread of gates. That mix turns catering planning into a sequencing problem first: a delegation adds a documentation step, a charter adds a volume step, and both have to clear before the next rotation is due.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader from our kitchen to the galley door, with the loading crew moving airside on our own badges rather than waiting on a general call. Inflight catering at LXGB and in-flight catering at Gibraltar run off the same ops desk that plans airline catering in Gibraltar and aviation catering at Gibraltar, so a single coordinator tracks every rotation booked against the stand. Airport catering at LXGB is planned stand by stand, with ramp access held on badges we control rather than shared credentials.
One coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover close every load booked through this station.
Commercial aviation catering for every mission at GIB
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Government and state flight catering at Gibraltar
Our kitchen plans the 1829 m runway's single stand into every state movement it provisions, because a delegation and a scheduled sector cannot share that stand at the same time. Government flight catering at Gibraltar covers state visits and official delegations with a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff and an uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen, ready for any head of state movement booked against the field.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at LXGB
The 1829 m runway at Gibraltar sets the ceiling on what can land here, and royal flight catering is planned against that ceiling rather than against a wide-body assumption. Private airliners within that limit, along with BBJ and ACJ movements, are held to a written household specification kept on file between rotations, with halal sets and other royal household dietary requirements produced to the same VVIP standard on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at GIB
Narrow-body aircraft chartered by ACMI and wet-lease operators are what the single reference code at Gibraltar is built to take, and that code is the reason group movements and special missions can be planned here at all. Charter flight catering at Gibraltar covers those group movements with a full multi-leg cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, staged in the order the galleys are laid out, and charter flight catering in Gibraltar runs on the same tray standard whatever the mission.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Gibraltar
A single 1829 m runway limits how many wide-body rotations Gibraltar can take, so ad hoc airline catering here is built around narrow-body outstation work and the diversions and technical stops that land on it unscheduled. Outstation catering keeps a cycle running for carriers that treat this field as a satellite, diversion catering covers an unplanned arrival on the same tray standard, and technical stop catering moves fast enough to clear before the next slot is due, with AOG handled on the same duty roster across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at LXGB
On a field held to a single narrow-body reference code, business aviation shares the same stand rotation as scheduled and charter work, so private jet catering at Gibraltar is planned against that one stand rather than a dedicated apron. Delivery reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering and business aviation catering coordinated from the same kitchen as every other movement here.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at LXGB
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at Gibraltar airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We requested airline meal boxes at Gibraltar (GIB/LXGB) and the packaging worked very well onboard. The order came ready for service with no unnecessary packaging or loose items to sort through. The crew appreciated how easy it was to load. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Nicolas — Corporate Aviation Manager
“We had an outstation requirement at Gibraltar (GIB/LXGB) and the coordination was very smooth. The team stayed in contact with operations, adjusted to the new timing, and kept the aircraft handover simple. That operational understanding was the biggest advantage. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Antoine — Charter Flight Coordinator
“I needed reliable private jet catering at Gibraltar (GIB/LXGB) for a same-day departure. The team was responsive to a late change and the final order still arrived looking polished. A very good experience from a flight attendant perspective. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Chloe — Turnaround Coordinator
Station data for airport catering at Gibraltar (LXGB / GIB)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,829 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | LXGB |
Business jet catering questions at Gibraltar (GIB)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Gibraltar (GIB)
What operations gets asked every week about Gibraltar.
Ask operations directly →Is Gibraltar equipped to cater VIP, VVIP and government flights under protocol?
The coordinator assigned to protocol work handles every VIP flight catering and government flight catering movement here to a documented household standard, with security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift on every rotation.
Does GIB support private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal?
Every business aviation movement on the field is reached the same way, with private jet catering and FBO catering delivered on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Who documents halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes at LXGB?
Across every cabin booked through this station, halal, kosher and the full range of SPML special meals are produced on a dedicated line and documented per passenger before sealing.
When does airline catering reach the aircraft airside in Gibraltar?
Once the hi-loader is cleared onto the apron, airline catering moves straight to the galley door under escort, so airside delivery is timed to the loading window rather than to a general call.
At what point does an order have to be placed for a rotation through Gibraltar?
The specification is worked first against the confirmed stand time, and the lead time then narrows from there; last minute airline catering is still taken where the loading window allows it, and the desk confirms how far in advance that is possible for a given date.
Inflight catering at other airports near Gibraltar
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Inflight catering quote for LXGB
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Gibraltar (GIB / LXGB)
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
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Contact
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Uplift at Gibraltar (GIB)