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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Patras, Greece
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Patras (LGRX / GPA)
GPA (IATA) · LGRX (ICAO)
The single wide-body reference code held at Patras governs every stand this station offers, which is what lets a hi-loader reach galley height on a wide-body airframe rather than stop at the hold. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering from that ramp, boarding scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet uplifts straight onto the aircraft.
3,352 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 — Patras
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at Patras, Greece
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at LGRX / GPA
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Patras airport
Ramp access at LGRX is what turns a delivery into a boarding: our crew moves through the same apron gate the aircraft uses, rather than staging at a curb short of it. The sealed cart leaves our kitchen on a schedule set against the aerodrome reference code held for Patras, so the catering uplift lands on the loading sheet before the aircraft is on stand. Nothing about the route changes between a scheduled rotation and an ad hoc call at GPA.
Between our kitchen and the wide-body stand at Patras sit the airside checkpoint, an escort onto the apron and the queue behind other ground traffic, and we build the catering uplift schedule against the worst of those three rather than the best case. Chain of custody runs from the seal applied at the kitchen door to the signature taken at the galley, with nothing handled in between that is not logged. Temperature is read and recorded at the moment the cart is sealed and again at the moment the galley catering is handed over, so the two readings sit either side of the whole route through LGRX.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the galley.
Cargo crew meals and passenger uplifts for LGRX / GPA
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Patras (GPA)
Airport catering at GPA runs from a single facility built around hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, so a wide-body rotation and a household uplift are worked from the same kitchen rather than two separate ones. That layout is what makes airport catering in Greece workable at short notice: nothing has to be trucked in from another site to complete a load. The flight kitchen at GPA runs its production to HACCP, and the cold chain that leaves it is held from the moment a tray is sealed to the moment it is handed over at the aircraft.
Government flight catering at this station is worked by the same named team on every rotation, not a rotating pool assigned on the day. Each member carries a current security clearance, sits on the access list for the protocol line, and is trained to the household standard that a royal or state uplift is held to. That continuity is what lets a sealed load move from our kitchen to the aircraft at Patras without a new crew having to be briefed each time.
Aviation catering menus and special meals for Patras
VVIP catering written per mission at Patras, Greece
Menus at GPA are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed offer, so a scheduled rotation, a state visit and a charter group each draw on a different tray plan from the same inflight catering kitchen. Where local sourcing is used, it draws on produce from the surrounding region — dairy, orchard fruit, fish from the coast nearby — worked into the specification rather than named as a dish. Seasonal changes are scheduled into the cycle so a menu is never simply held over from the previous quarter. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and produced against that record rather than against a general assumption.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Patras are plated to a written specification rather than assembled on the day, with caviar service and à-la-carte options available on request against the standing order. VIP flight catering here is filed and signed off before the cart is sealed, so the presentation on board matches the paperwork behind it.
Business cabins
Business cabins at LGRX are worked as multi-choice hot service to a cabin specification, boxed into oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in their own tray sets, boxed to the roster rather than to the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at LGRX, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering produced against those codes is run on a separate line at our kitchen and sealed there before it joins the rest of the load.
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
Airport catering cold chain at GPA
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 LGRX
Patras carries a mix of scheduled, charter and government traffic across its wide-body reference code, which means a delegation arriving on short notice is first a documentation question and only second a kitchen one, while a charter wave landing together is the opposite. Airline catering at GPA is planned against whichever of those two the rotation actually presents, rather than against a single fixed pattern.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the stand by sealed cart, boarded by hi-loader to galley height so the load reaches the aircraft directly rather than being staged at the foot of the steps. In-flight catering in Patras and inflight catering at Patras both run off that same route, with ground handling on the apron coordinated against the loading sheet for each rotation. Aviation catering at GPA and airport catering at Patras follow the identical sequence whether the aircraft is a scheduled widebody or an ad hoc call.
One coordinator is named to each rotation, carts are sealed before they leave the kitchen, and a signature closes the handover at the aircraft.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at Patras, Greece
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Government and state flight catering at Patras
3352 metres of runway is enough to bring a wide-body movement onto this field, and that is what a head of state aircraft typically requires when it lands here. Government flight catering at GPA is built around that reality: the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and the uplift sealed at our kitchen before it ever reaches the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at GPA
Our kitchen holds the aerodrome reference code for this field to a wide-body standard, which is what lets it board a private airliner — a BBJ, an ACJ or a wide-body VIP configuration — on the same specification as a scheduled service. Royal flight catering at Patras is carried on a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Patras
Wide-body is the reference code this field is built to, which is what lets a charter airline, an ACMI or wet-lease operator bring a full-body aircraft onto the single stand here rather than a scaled-down one. Charter flight catering at Patras and charter flight catering at GPA both mean a complete three-cabin uplift staged against the loading sheet in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Patras
A single wide-body stand has to absorb whatever airline traffic Patras receives that day, so a multi-leg rotation is sequenced around it rather than around a fixed bay. Ad hoc airline catering at GPA covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with crew meals in Greece and crew meals at Patras boxed separately from the passenger load.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at GPA
A business jet lands on the same wide-body-rated runway that serves the scheduled traffic at this field, and is worked from the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field rather than from a separate facility. Private jet catering at LGRX is delivered there on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, run through our dedicated business aviation catering branch and covering business jet catering and FBO catering alike.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at LGRX / GPA
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at LGRX / GPA
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“For our departure from Patras (GPA/LGRX), we specifically needed aviation catering packaging. Presentation stayed good while the setup remained practical for a fast aircraft turnaround. Very cabin-friendly catering. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Alejandro — Airport Operations Lead
“We used the team for ad hoc catering at Patras (GPA/LGRX) during a tight turnaround. Communication between dispatch, handling, and catering was clear throughout. We appreciated how easy the coordination was. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Robert — Cabin Service Coordinator
“I ordered FBO catering for our departure from Patras (GPA/LGRX) and was very happy with the service. 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. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Laura — Operations Desk Manager
Flight catering station reference for Patras (LGRX / GPA)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,352 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LGRX |
Business jet catering questions at Patras
Pilot meals and loading questions at Patras
What operations gets asked every week about Patras.
Ask operations directly →LGRX — do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights here, and under what protocol?
The sealed cart that leaves our kitchen carries a protocol file matched to VIP flight catering and government flight catering alike, with security clearance held on the crew that loads it.
Can an order for Patras still change close to departure?
Lead time depends on cabin count and specification, but how far in advance a booking is placed determines how much of the load can still shift; even a last minute airline catering request is worked against the same loading sheet.
Ramp access at Patras airport — do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
There is a standing route from our kitchen to every FBO on the field and to the GA terminal, so FBO catering runs on the same cold chain as an airline uplift.
How much does airline catering cost at GPA?
Airline catering cost is set by cabin count, specification and loading window rather than a published rate card, and the desk comes back with a quotation once those three are known.
Do you produce halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes at LGRX?
Yes, halal and kosher sets are produced on a separate line and documented against the full range of SPML codes before they join the main load.
At which point does airline catering reach the aircraft at Patras?
The sequence starts with the sealed cart clearing the airside checkpoint, then moves by hi-loader straight to galley height, so airside delivery never stops short of the aircraft.
Commercial aviation catering near Patras
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
Aircraft catering quote for LGRX
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Patras (GPA / LGRX)
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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 Patras (GPA)