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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Firenze, Italy
Firenze (LIRQ / FLR): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
FLR (IATA) · LIRQ (ICAO)
Alongside a 1560 metre runway rated for narrow-body operations, AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering built for one aircraft class handled with wide-body discipline: sealed carts, cleared crews, a fixed loading sequence. In-flight catering here means hi-loader boarding to galley height, the uplift moved airside from our kitchen to the stand rather than dropped at the aircraft steps.
1,560 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 — Firenze
Commercial aviation catering at wide-body scale, LIRQ / FLR
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at LIRQ / FLR
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Firenze, Italy
Ahead of every catering uplift at Firenze, the sealed cart leaves our kitchen on a fixed route across the ramp, cleared for apron access before it reaches the stand. Ramp access is held on our own badges rather than a shared escort slot, so the convoy moves on our schedule and not on the general apron queue. What the timeline records is the sequence itself: seal, transit, handover, signature, in that order, every rotation.
Between our kitchen and the narrow-body stand at Firenze sit screening, apron traffic and the escort step that governs when a cart can cross live taxiways. We plan every catering uplift against the worst of those three, not the average, so a delayed escort slot never becomes a delayed galley catering handover. Chain of custody runs on a single named coordinator from seal to signature, with the temperature logged at both ends of the route. That log travels with the galley catering cart itself, sealed before it leaves the kitchen and checked again at the aircraft.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature from kitchen to galley door.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for Firenze
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at LIRQ / FLR
Sized to the narrow-body reference code held at Firenze, our flight kitchen runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, all working to a single HACCP standard rather than a separate one per client. That structure is what makes airport catering at Firenze consistent flight to flight: the same cold chain from prep to cart, the same HACCP sign-off before a tray set leaves the building. Airport catering at FLR is planned from that one kitchen, not split across a network of subcontracted lines.
The team behind government flight catering at Firenze is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access list, trained to the household standards a royal or state movement requires. That consistency matters more than headcount on a single-runway field, where one delegation and one scheduled turn can share the same loading window. Nothing about the crew changes between a commercial rotation and a state one, only the paperwork that travels with the sealed uplift.
Halal airline meals and special meals at LIRQ
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Firenze
Menus are designed by our chefs and adapted to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than issued from one fixed list, so a First cabin service and a group charter draw on the same kitchen but a different specification. Tuscan produce anchors the seasonal frame where local sourcing applies: orchard fruit, dairy and fish worked into the tray sets and plated courses without naming a single supplier or dish. Every inflight catering set is built to the aircraft's galley dimensions before it is built to the passenger count, because a tray that will not fit the cart is worthless on the day. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled and checked against the manifest before sealing.
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First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Firenze are plated to a written specification held on file between rotations, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than as a fixed offer. VIP flight catering here is measured against that specification at handover, not against a general standard shared with the main cabin.
Business cabins
Business cabins out of LIRQ run multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets sized to the aircraft fitted that day, with crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately to the roster. Cabin crew meals travel on the same sealed cart as the passenger service, checked against the same manifest before the doors close.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at LIRQ, with halal and kosher sets produced on a separate line and sealed before they leave it. The full range of IATA special meal codes is worked from that line, so inflight catering here covers dietary sets without touching the main production run.
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
Food safety and cold chain for aviation catering at LIRQ
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 Firenze (FLR)
Firenze handles scheduled, charter, VIP and government traffic across a single runway rated to a narrow-body reference code, which means every movement shares one loading rhythm rather than a mix of wide-body and regional slots. A delegation on that field is a documentation problem before it is a volume one, and a peak commercial wave is a sequencing problem: both are worked from the same stand.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader from our kitchen to the galley door, airside, with a named coordinator on the ramp for every rotation. We hold our own airside badges rather than routing through a shared escort pool, so airline catering at LIRQ moves on our schedule between kitchen and stand.
On every rotation out of Firenze we commit to one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover, so aviation catering at Firenze, airport catering at FLR, inflight catering in Firenze and in-flight catering in Firenze all run off the same accountable chain from seal to signature.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Firenze, Italy
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Government and state flight catering at FLR
A 1560 metre runway rated to a single narrow-body reference code, which keeps every delegation movement on the same stand and loading sequence as a scheduled turn. Government flight catering at Firenze covers state visits and official delegations with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the access list, and the head of state aircraft uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen, the catering at FLR handed over against a signed record.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Firenze
Our kitchen runs the narrow-body reference code held at LIRQ as its standard cabin plan, and against that plan we hold royal household requirements to a written specification kept on file between movements. Royal flight catering at Firenze covers private airliners such as BBJ and ACJ types, VVIP movements and halal or household requirements on request, with the catering at LIRQ handed over under the same sealed chain every rotation.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LIRQ
A single narrow-body reference code governs every stand at Firenze, which sets the cabin plan a charter operator has to work within rather than choose freely. Charter flight catering at FLR serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering at LIRQ is staged in the order the galleys are laid out on the aircraft type flown that day.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at FLR
A single 1560 metre runway forces every arrival onto the same narrow-body reference code, so an ad hoc uplift has to be sequenced against the scheduled turns already booked on that stand rather than run on a separate track. Ad hoc airline catering at FLR covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering for carriers running this field as an outstation, with crew meals in Italy boxed to the roster and crew meals at Firenze checked against the same manifest as the passenger service across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Firenze
Business aircraft working the narrow-body reference code held at Firenze board from the same ramp infrastructure as a scheduled turn, which is why private jet catering in Firenze runs on one cold chain rather than a separate light-aircraft process. Delivery reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal under the same paperwork and the same sealed handover as an airline uplift, through our dedicated private-jet branch.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at LIRQ / FLR
Flight departments on jet catering at FLR
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“For a team flight from Firenze (FLR/LIRQ), we booked sports team charter catering with several dietary requests. The meals were clearly labeled, portions were suitable for the group, and the delivery stayed on time despite a moving departure. The crew was happy with the organization. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Joana — Diplomatic Flight Manager
“We needed evacuation flight catering at Firenze (FLR/LIRQ) for a time-sensitive operation. The meals were practical, clearly packed, and easy for the crew to distribute during the flight. Reliable service when the mission does not allow delays. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Gabriel — Charter Flight Coordinator
“We used the team at Firenze (FLR/LIRQ) for freighter crew meals on a night operation. The order was simple, filling, clearly labeled, and delivered in a format the crew could load without delay. A reliable option for cargo operations. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Akira — Crew Planning Coordinator
Airport catering profile for Firenze (LIRQ / FLR)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,560 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | LIRQ |
Flight catering FAQ for LIRQ
Diversion catering and ramp questions at LIRQ
What operations gets asked every week about Firenze.
Ask operations directly →Is there a lead time for airline catering at FLR, and how late can a specification still change?
Our coordinator holds the loading window open until close to departure, so a last minute airline catering change to a specification can usually still be worked into the sealed cart. The exact cut-off depends on the loading window booked for that rotation, and the desk confirms it against the schedule for your flight.
Where are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced for flights out of LIRQ?
A signed production record accompanies every halal and kosher tray set out of our Firenze kitchen, produced on a separate line from the main run. The full set of IATA SPML codes is documented per passenger before sealing, so special meals arrive matched to the manifest rather than assembled on the ramp.
Which protocol governs VIP flight catering and government flight catering out of Firenze?
The sealed cart used for a VIP or government rotation follows the same route as a scheduled uplift, escorted from kitchen to stand under a named coordinator rather than a general handling crew. Government flight catering and VIP flight catering both close on a signed handover, with the protocol file matched to the passenger list before departure.
How does airline catering reach the aircraft airside at Firenze airport?
Firenze airport takes its uplift by hi-loader, moved from our kitchen to the galley door across the ramp rather than dropped at the foot of the aircraft. Airside delivery here runs on our own badges, so the hi-loader reaches the stand on our schedule and not a shared escort slot.
Inflight catering at other airports near Firenze
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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