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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Rome, Italy
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport (LIRF / FCO), Rome
FCO (IATA) · LIRF (ICAO)
Three runways and wide-body stands rated to the aerodrome reference code let Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport board multi-class widebodies without a weight or wingspan constraint on the uplift. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and hi-loader boarding to galley height across scheduled, charter, VIP and private jet movements, with wide-body ramp access held on our own airside badges and uplift staged for a multi-leg rotation.
3,902 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
3
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 — Rome
Wide-body aviation catering at Rome, Italy
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for LIRF / FCO departures
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at Rome (FCO)
FCO catering is planned as a sequence, not a promise: cart sealed at the kitchen, escorted airside, hi-loader raised to galley door height at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport. Ramp access is held on our own badges rather than passed through a third party, so the catering uplift moves on the same clearance from dock to aircraft. Rome sees three runways and heavy wide-body traffic, and the loading window is built around that pressure rather than around a fixed slot.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport sit screening, an airside escort and apron traffic that a busy wide-body programme generates on three runways. We plan the catering uplift against the worst of those, not the average of them, so a delay upstream never becomes a delay at the galley door. Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed and logged again at handover, and the chain of custody closes on a signature that names the load, the stand and the time it reached the galley catering point.
One sealed load, one signature, from the kitchen door to the galley door.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for Rome
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Rome, Italy
The flight kitchen that provisions Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP standard from intake to seal. Airport catering Rome moves off that single site, cold chain unbroken from the larder to the cart, so airport catering LIRF and flight kitchen FCO describe the same production floor rather than two separate operations. Everything that leaves the kitchen for a wide-body stand carries the same standing specification, whatever the cabin count on that rotation.
The team that handles government flight catering at LIRF catering runs as the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in for the day. Each member holds security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the airside route between kitchen and stand, and is trained to royal household standards for service that never touches a public gate. Chain of custody on a sealed uplift is signed by name, not by shift.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at FCO
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at LIRF / FCO
From passenger meal boxes to VVIP menus, inflight catering at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport follows the cabin, the mission and the season rather than a fixed cycle. Menus are written to specification by cabin, drawing where the season allows on produce from the surrounding Lazio countryside — orchard fruit, dairy, olive oil — without naming a single supplier or dish on the sheet. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, produced on their own line and sealed before they join the main load. The written specification travels with the cart, not with memory, so a substitution never happens at the galley door.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Fiumicino take VIP flight catering plated to a written specification rather than a standard tray set, with à-la-carte service available on request for a head-table or protocol seating. VIP flight catering LIRF is signed off against that specification before it leaves the kitchen, so the presentation on board matches the sheet the desk approved, cabin by cabin.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport take multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to the aircraft's own galley rather than a generic tray. Crew meals at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport and cabin crew meals travel in their own sealed set, with pilot meals boxed separately against the roster, and crew meals Rome follow the same cold chain as the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger for protocol and dietary work out of Rome, with halal and kosher sets produced on a dedicated line and the full range of IATA special meal codes covered against that documentation. Inflight catering Italy sealed on this line carries its own label and its own seal before it ever reaches the main cart.
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 compliance at LIRF
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 Rome airport
Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport runs scheduled, charter and government traffic across three runways rated to a wide-body reference code, and that mix turns catering into three separate problems on the same day: a delegation needs its protocol file checked twice, a bank of wide-body departures needs galleys turned inside a tight window, and a repeat rotation needs the same tray standard every time it lands.
The uplift here moves from our flight kitchen to the ramp under our own airside clearance, hi-loader raised to galley door height rather than set down at the foot of the aircraft, with a loading crew that works the stand under escort where the traffic profile calls for it. Airline catering in Rome and in-flight catering at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport run off that same route, so aviation catering in Rome, inflight catering near Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport and airport catering Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport describe one ramp process rather than three separate services.
One coordinator owns the rotation from seal to signature, on sealed carts and a signed handover at the stand.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at Rome, Italy
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Government and state flight catering at LIRF
A dedicated protocol line inside the kitchen at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport keeps state and delegation work off the main production floor entirely. Government flight catering here covers state visits, head of state movements and official delegations, with the file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the access list, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at FCO
Wide-body stands at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport take private airliners on the same ramp access as scheduled traffic, without a separate apron. Royal flight catering and VVIP work for BBJ, ACJ and other wide-body VIP airframes runs to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and royal household dietary requirements built into that same document.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Rome
Wide-body stands rated to the aerodrome reference code at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport carry a full three-cabin uplift without splitting the load across bays. Charter flight catering here serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements, sports and tour charters, and repatriation or humanitarian missions, with charter flight catering staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at LIRF
Three runways and wide-body stands at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport let ad hoc airline catering run alongside scheduled rotations without displacing either. Carriers running this station as an outstation draw on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg pattern that a single wide-body diversion can trigger without warning.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at FCO
The GA apron at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport sits inside the same airside perimeter as the wide-body stands, so a business aviation movement is worked on the identical clearance. Private jet catering here reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal as FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at LIRF / FCO
Ops desks on aviation catering at Rome
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We were looking for a dependable airline catering partner in Rome (FCO/LIRF) and the process was straightforward. They understood airline operations and kept communication short, clear, and useful. We would use the service again without hesitation. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Karim — Executive Aviation Coordinator
“We used the service for VIP flight catering in Rome on a VIP rotation through FCO/LIRF. Everything arrived fresh, well presented, and easy for the cabin crew to organize before boarding. Good local support for a VIP operation. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Ana — Charter Account Manager
“We had several special meal codes on our order at Rome (FCO/LIRF) and everything was handled correctly. The team confirmed the dietary details carefully and there was no confusion when the order arrived. We were happy with the accuracy of the order. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Abel — Duty Station Manager
Airport catering profile for Rome (LIRF / FCO)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,902 m |
| Runways | 3 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LIRF |
Business jet catering questions at FCO
Technical stop catering questions at FCO
What operations gets asked every week about Rome.
Ask operations directly →LIRF: do you deliver airline catering airside, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
The hi-loader carries the sealed cart to galley door height at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, so airline catering here means airside delivery straight to the door rather than a handoff at the foot of the aircraft.
Do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights out of Rome?
Yes, under a documented protocol: VIP flight catering and government flight catering run to a written specification with cleared staff and a sealed uplift, matched to the household or delegation file on record.
Since no price list is published, how much does airline catering cost at Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport?
There are three things a quotation turns on here: cabin count, the written specification and the loading window against the rotation, and the desk returns a figure once those are confirmed.
How are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced at FCO?
FCO produces halal and kosher sets on a dedicated line, with the full range of SPML codes covered and every set documented per passenger before it joins the main cart.
What lead time applies at LIRF, and how late can a specification still change?
We take orders well ahead of the rotation and can still flex a specification close to departure, which covers most last minute airline catering requests without disrupting the loading window.
Can you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal in Rome?
The same cold chain that covers a wide-body uplift covers business aviation here, so private jet catering and FBO catering reach every FBO on the field and the GA terminal without a separate process.
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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 Rome (FCO)