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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Palermo, Italy
Airline catering, VIP and private jet catering at Palermo (LICJ / PMO)
PMO (IATA) · LICJ (ICAO)
The wide-body reference code held at this station lets a single hi-loader clear a full three-cabin set without a stepped platform, so a delegation aircraft and a scheduled widebody board from the same equipment. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering out of a kitchen positioned for that reach, with aviation catering staged to galley height and uplift sequenced ahead of pushback.
3,326 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
Runways
2
FBOs on station
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 — Palermo
Inflight catering loaded to galley height at Palermo, Italy
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at Palermo (PMO)
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at LICJ
The loading window at PMO runs from the sealed cart leaving our kitchen to the signature at the galley door, measured rather than estimated on every rotation. Ramp access is held on our own clearance rather than negotiated at the stand, which keeps the catering uplift moving on schedule through screening and apron traffic. That sequencing is what a multi-leg rotation through Palermo actually depends on, not the count of dishes loaded.
Between our kitchen and the wide-body stand at LICJ sit screening, an escort through the apron, and the ordinary traffic of a working ramp; none of that is where a rotation actually loses time, so we plan the convoy against the worst of it rather than the average of it. The chain of custody starts at the seal and does not break until a name is on the handover sheet at the aircraft. Temperature is logged at both ends of that run, at sealing in the kitchen and again at galley catering handover, so the cold chain is provable rather than assumed on a catering uplift into Palermo.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the galley door.
Airline food supplier for Palermo, Italy rotations
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at Palermo airport
The flight kitchen behind Palermo's wide-body traffic runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, which is what lets a delegation order and a scheduled rotation move through the same building without one displacing the other. Airport catering at LICJ is built on that layout rather than on a single production line stretched across every mission type, and airport catering in Palermo is organised so HACCP documentation travels with the tray set, not behind it. The same flight kitchen at PMO holds the cold chain from sealing to dispatch.
The team that handles government flight catering here is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assigned on the day. Security clearance is on file for each of them, they sit on the access list for the ramp, and they are trained to royal household standards for service that has to be repeated identically, not improvised once. That consistency is what a chain of custody actually requires between a sealed kitchen and a signed handover.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at LICJ / PMO
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Palermo (PMO)
Menus at this station are written to the cabin fitted on the aircraft and to the mission flying it, not to a single fixed list applied regardless of either. Inflight catering at Palermo draws on the produce of the surrounding region where the brief allows it — orchard fruit, dairy and fish worked into a specification rather than into a named dish — and the seasonal calendar shifts the plan accordingly. Special meal sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, covering allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements against the IATA codes. Nothing in that set is improvised at the galley: it is filed before the aircraft is loaded.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Palermo are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu card, with à-la-carte service available on request for household and delegation work. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so the presentation is repeatable across a run of rotations rather than reset each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at LICJ run on multi-choice hot service built to the cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed to the flight roster separately from the passenger tray sets, so the flight deck set never competes with cabin service for space or time.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary work at PMO covers household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger, with halal and kosher sets produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line. The full range of IATA special meal codes is available, and inflight catering in Italy is filed this way on every rotation through this station, not only on request.
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 standards for aviation catering at LICJ
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.
Flight catering airside delivery at PMO
Palermo carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across two runways, with a wide-body reference code that puts delegation aircraft and scheduled widebodies on the same stands rather than a separate apron. That mix turns a delegation movement into a documentation problem more than a volume one, while a charter peak turns it into a capacity problem the kitchen has to size for in advance.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the wide-body stand by hi-loader, boarded to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew on the ramp for the handover. Airline catering at PMO and in-flight catering at PMO run off the same ops desk that plans aviation catering across the whole field, so a diversion or a technical stop is worked from the same sequence as a scheduled service; airport catering in Italy at this station is planned stand by stand rather than terminal by terminal.
What we commit to on every rotation through Palermo is one named coordinator, sealed carts from kitchen to aircraft, and a signed handover at the galley door.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Palermo, Italy
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Government and state flight catering at PMO
The 3326 m runway at LICJ takes the aircraft types a head of state movement or an official delegation typically flies, which keeps government flight catering on the same wide-body stands as scheduled traffic rather than a separate apron. The protocol file is documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared crew, and the uplift is sealed before it leaves our kitchen for the stand at PMO.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Palermo
3326 metres of runway at LICJ supports the private airliners this segment actually flies — BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations — without restricting the aircraft to a shorter secondary field. Royal flight catering here holds to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with royal household dietary requirements and halal sets produced on request for repeat rotations through Palermo.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LICJ
A wide-body ACMI or wet-lease aircraft boards here on the same reference-code stands as scheduled traffic, which is what makes a full three-cabin uplift possible without a second loading standard. Charter flight catering at Palermo covers group movements and special missions on a multi-leg routing, counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order; charter flight catering in Italy at this station runs to that same sequence on every rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at PMO
The wide-body reference code held at this station means a scheduled widebody and an unscheduled arrival share the same stands and the same hi-loader equipment. That lets ad hoc airline catering run alongside a fixed rotation without a second set of ground gear: outstation catering for carriers using Palermo as an outstation, diversion catering when a flight lands unplanned, and technical stop catering for a short-ground aircraft, all worked off one duty roster with AOG covered when it arises.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Palermo
On the same field as the wide-body stands, the GA terminal and the FBOs handle a distinct business aviation flow that the reference code at LICJ also supports without a separate ramp standard. Private jet catering at Palermo reaches the FBOs on the field through FBO catering delivery, business aviation catering and business jet catering held to the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Palermo
aviavip
fly service srl
Charter flight catering trusted at Palermo (PMO)
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Palermo, Italy
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We arranged tour operator charter catering for the group at Palermo (PMO/LICJ) after a late schedule update. The order included different meal types and snacks, but the cabin crew could identify everything immediately. The crew was happy with the organization. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Dalia — Cabin Service Coordinator
“For an urgent mission at Palermo (PMO/LICJ), the team supported us with repatriation flight catering. Communication with operations was efficient and the order was adapted quickly when our timings moved. A good experience under difficult timing conditions. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Chloe — Charter Operations Executive
“For a cargo sector from Palermo (PMO/LICJ), we arranged cargo crew meals for the operating crew. They respected the unusual timing and kept communication direct with our ops team. Good service for freighter crews and odd-hour schedules. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Pedro — Airline Operations Manager
Airport catering profile for Palermo (LICJ / PMO)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,326 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LICJ |
Business jet catering questions at LICJ / PMO
Diversion catering and ramp questions at LICJ / PMO
What operations gets asked every week about Palermo.
Ask operations directly →Are VIP, VVIP and government flights catered at PMO under a documented protocol?
The coordinator on duty runs every VIP, VVIP and government flight through the same protocol file, with security clearance held for each named crew member. VIP flight catering and government flight catering are staffed from that same list rather than assigned on the day.
Where does the airline catering cost at LICJ actually come from, given no price list is published?
The quotation record covers cabin count, specification and the loading window requested, and it is that record the desk prices from rather than a fixed sheet. Airline catering cost at this station depends on those three inputs, and the desk returns a figure once they are set.
At what point does an order need to be placed at Palermo, and how late can the specification still change?
The kitchen production slot is booked first, before the cabin specification is finalised, which is what allows a late change to the tray count or the special meal set. Lead time and how far in advance an order should be placed both depend on that slot being held early, even for last minute airline catering.
When does the uplift move airside at Palermo airport, and how does it reach the aircraft?
Once the sealed cart clears the ramp checkpoint, airline catering moves by airside delivery straight to the stand, and hi-loader boarding takes it to galley height without a stop at the foot of the aircraft. That sequence holds for FBO catering to the GA terminal as much as it does for a scheduled airline rotation.
Outstation catering near Palermo
TPS / LICT
Trapani
Italy · 60 km from Palermo
Airline & VIP flight catering →
PNL / LICG
Pantelleria
Italy · 181 km from Palermo
Airline & VIP flight catering →
CIY / LICB
Comiso
Italy · 187 km from Palermo
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at Palermo (PMO)