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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Crete Island, Greece
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Crete Island (LGST / JSH)
JSH (IATA) · LGST (ICAO)
With a single 2074 m runway serving Crete Island, this narrow-body reference field takes wide-body VIP and charter movements onto stands worked by hi-loader straight to the galley door. In-flight catering here means one ops desk, sealed uplift and airside handover, so inflight catering and every scheduled or ad hoc rotation move through the same cleared route from kitchen to cabin.
2,074 m
Longest runway
Narrow-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 — Crete Island
Hi-loader aviation catering on the JSH apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for LGST / JSH departures
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Crete Island (JSH)
Covers, trays and sealed carts move under one measured sequence between our kitchen and the stand at Crete Island. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the convoy crosses the apron on a route we control rather than one improvised at the gate. Every cart that leaves the kitchen for catering at LGST carries a sealed record of the exact minute it left.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Crete Island sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and we plan the catering uplift against the worst of those three rather than the best. Chain of custody runs on paper as much as on the cart: each seal is logged when it is fitted and checked again the moment the galley door opens. That same discipline governs galley catering on every rotation through catering at JSH, government or commercial, so the record never depends on who is asking for it. A signature at handover closes the load and ties it back to the temperature logged when the seal was first fitted.
The convoy is the risk we manage, not the food we plate.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Crete Island
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Crete Island, Greece
The flight kitchen at LGST runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP standard and to the cold chain a wide-body VIP movement expects. Airport catering out of this facility covers scheduled, charter and government rotations from the same production floor, which keeps the specification consistent whichever gate the aircraft is worked from. That single-site model is what lets airport catering at Crete Island hold one standard across every cabin class it provisions.
The team that handles government flight catering at Crete Island is the same named crew every rotation: security clearance held on file, each member on the access list, and every one trained to royal household standards before a sealed uplift is assigned to them. Rotation assignments are fixed rather than drawn from a general pool, so the protocol paperwork that travels with a delegation is signed by a face the desk already knows. Nothing about that team's clearance changes between a scheduled flight and a state movement.
Halal airline meals and special meals at JSH
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at LGST / JSH
Menus at Crete Island are designed to the cabin and the mission rather than to a fixed printed card, adjusted for season and for the length of the rotation they serve. Greek dairy, orchard fruit and fresh fish from local waters feature where the specification calls for regional sourcing, worked into a standing menu rather than a one-off dish. Inflight catering documentation runs alongside every plate: allergen sets, halal and kosher requirements and medical diets are labelled per passenger and per cabin before the tray is sealed. That labelling travels with the load from the kitchen to the galley door, so nothing reaches a seat unmarked.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Crete Island are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single printed card. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served to the same record each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at JSH run multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets, sized to the aircraft's fitted galley rather than a generic format. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately and matched to the roster before the cart is sealed.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Crete Island are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside halal and kosher production and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Every one of those sets is produced on its own line and sealed before it leaves it, which keeps inflight catering traceable back to the passenger it was written for.
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 Crete Island, Greece
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.
Catering uplift planned stand by stand at LGST / JSH
Crete Island's single narrow-body-classified stand carries scheduled, charter and government traffic through one reference point rather than a spread of parallel gates, which turns every delegation into a documentation task and every peak wave into a capacity task worked against the same stand. Airline catering, inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at LGST run off that one point of contact, so a diversion or an ad hoc uplift is answered by the same desk that plans the scheduled rotations.
Uplift reaches the aircraft here by hi-loader, run from our kitchen to the stand under ramp access held on our own clearance, with our loading crew on the apron for the full sequence from seal to signature. Airport catering at Crete Island is planned stand by stand rather than assumed, because one stand means one loading slot at a time.
What we commit to at JSH is one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover that closes the record.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at JSH
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Government and state flight catering at Crete Island
One runway of 2074 metres, and that single figure governs how a delegation movement is sequenced against everything else on the stand that day. Government flight catering at LGST for state visits and official delegations is documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared personnel, and sealed before the uplift leaves the kitchen, covering any head of state aircraft on the rotation.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at LGST
Our kitchen holds this station's narrow-body reference code as the working constraint on every VVIP movement, and we plan the loading order around it rather than around the aircraft's cabin count. Royal flight catering at Crete Island covers private airliners including BBJ and ACJ types, held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other royal household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at JSH
Narrow-body classification on this stand does not narrow the mission it takes: ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special charter missions are all worked through the same single-stand sequence at Crete Island. Charter flight catering here delivers a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, staged in the order the galleys are laid out, with charter flight catering in Greece following the same standard on every leg.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Crete Island
A single 2074 m runway sets the sequencing on this stand: every rotation is worked one at a time, so ad hoc airline catering has to slot into a fixed order rather than run alongside a second load. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering at JSH all move through that same one-stand sequence, and crew meals in Crete Island are boxed to the roster on every one of those rotations, AOG included, across a multi-leg pattern without a change of standard.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at LGST
A business jet using this single 2074 m runway is worked to the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field, with the same reference stand governing its slot as any wide-body movement. Private jet catering at Crete Island reaches those FBOs on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, and private jet catering in Greece runs to that standard at every field we cover.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at LGST / JSH
Flight departments on jet catering at Crete Island
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged sports team charter catering for the group at Crete Island (JSH/LGST) after a late schedule update. The meals were clearly labeled, portions were suitable for the group, and the delivery stayed on time despite a moving departure. Very practical for team and group charter work. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Sarah — Ramp Operations Manager
“For an urgent mission at Crete Island (JSH/LGST), the team supported us with humanitarian flight catering. The meals were practical, clearly packed, and easy for the crew to distribute during the flight. Strong support for a demanding operation. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Fatima — Executive Aviation Coordinator
“Our freighter crew needed cargo airline crew catering at Crete Island (JSH/LGST) during a short turnaround. The order was simple, filling, clearly labeled, and delivered in a format the crew could load without delay. We would use them again for another cargo sector. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Rita — Mission Operations Manager
Airport catering data for Crete Island (LGST / JSH)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,074 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | LGST |
Airline catering services FAQ for JSH
Diversion catering and ramp questions at JSH
What operations gets asked every week about Crete Island.
Ask operations directly →When must an order be placed for JSH, and how late can the specification change?
When a rotation is confirmed, the lead time depends on cabin count and menu complexity, and last minute airline catering is worked against the loading window still open on that slot; the specification can change up to the point the cart is sealed.
Do you deliver airline catering airside at LGST?
Yes, by hi-loader straight to the galley door, with airside delivery run on our own clearance from the kitchen to the stand rather than handed off at the foot of the aircraft.
What does private jet catering look like for business aircraft using Crete Island?
We deliver FBO catering to the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field, on the same cold chain and paperwork as any airline uplift through this station.
Which special meal sets does Crete Island airport produce, and how are they documented?
The loading cart carries halal, kosher and the full set of IATA special meal codes on a separate, sealed production line, with each set labelled per passenger before it leaves the kitchen.
How is VIP flight catering and government flight catering handled at JSH?
JSH routes VIP flight catering, VVIP and government flight catering through one named, security-cleared team working to a fixed protocol, with the uplift sealed before it crosses the apron.
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