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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Trapani, Italy
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Trapani (LICT / TPS)
TPS (IATA) · LICT (ICAO)
A single wide-body reference code at Trapani carries the ramp, the stand and the aircraft it can take through one loading plan, so a scheduled sector and a delegation movement clear the same apron under the same standard. Inflight catering here runs by hi-loader to galley height rather than a trolley at the foot of the aircraft, with in-flight catering and every uplift held airside through one ops desk.
2,698 m
Longest runway
Wide-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 — Trapani
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at LICT
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Trapani airport
Aircraft catering sealed from kitchen to galley at Trapani
Per rotation, the loading window at Trapani runs from the sealed cart leaving our kitchen to the signature at the galley door, and it is timed rather than promised. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the convoy crosses the apron on a route agreed with the handling agent before the aircraft is on stand. Nothing on that route is left to be worked out on the day the aircraft calls.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Trapani the risk sits in the convoy, not in the galley catering itself: screening, an escort across the apron, and the ordinary traffic of a working ramp. We plan the catering uplift against the slowest of those steps rather than the fastest, so a delay on the apron does not become a delay at the door.
Every cart carries a temperature log opened at sealing and closed again at handover, with a seal number checked against the manifest at each end. The chain of custody runs from our galley to the aircraft's, and it closes with a signature, not an estimate.
One sealed cart, one route across the apron, one signature at the door.
Pilot meals and crew meals prepared for Trapani (TPS)
Airline food supplier crews cleared for TPS
The flight kitchen at TPS runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP standard and audited against it rather than against a target we set ourselves. Airport catering here means tray sets, passenger meal boxes and crew sets leaving the same cold chain, staged by cabin before the convoy is called. That single production line is what lets airport catering at Trapani hold one standard across a scheduled sector and a state movement on the same day.
Government flight catering at Trapani is handled by the same named team on every rotation, not a rotating pool: security clearance on file, each person on the access list before the cart is sealed. That team is trained on household service standards as well as on the paperwork that has to travel with a sealed uplift, so the protocol file and the tray both arrive complete. Nothing on a cleared rotation is worked by staff outside that named list.
VIP flight catering menus for Trapani (TPS) departures
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at LICT
Menus at Trapani are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single house style, so a First cabin, a Business cabin and a main cabin on the same aircraft each carry their own specification. Inflight catering here draws on regional produce where the flight permits it, cheeses, orchard fruit and fish sourced in general terms from Sicily rather than named to a supplier. VIP flight menus and charter flight menus are built from the same kitchen but plated to different service standards, one to a written brief, the other to volume. Every dietary and allergen set is documented per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed, so the crew boarding the aircraft is working from a manifest, not a guess.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Trapani are plated to a written specification rather than a standard tray, with à-la-carte service available on request for VIP flight catering. The presentation is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served the same way it was signed off.
Business cabins
Business cabins at TPS take multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets sized to the aircraft's own galley, with crew meals boxed separately from the passenger load. Cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel on the same manifest, labelled to the roster rather than to a single generic count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at LICT are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Every one of those sets is produced on a separate line from the main load and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, so inflight catering here carries no cross-contact between the standard tray and the religious or medical one.
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
Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at Trapani, Italy
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 LICT / TPS
Trapani carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single wide-body reference code, so a delegation movement and a repeat commercial rotation are worked through the same stand rather than a dedicated one. That mix turns catering into a documentation problem on a state day and a repetition problem on a scheduled week, and the loading plan is written to cover both without changing the stand it runs from.
Airline catering at TPS moves from a sealed cart to the ramp, escorted across the apron and boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering in Italy run off the same ops desk here, so a diversion or an ad hoc call is worked without a second briefing. Airport catering in Italy is planned stand by stand at this field, with ramp access held on our own clearance rather than requested on the day.
One coordinator owns the rotation from seal to signature, and the handover at the aircraft door closes it.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at TPS
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Government and state flight catering at Trapani
The 2698 m runway at Trapani takes the wide-body movements a delegation typically flies, which lets a state visit and a scheduled sector share the same stand without a second clearance process. Government flight catering here documents the protocol file per passenger, with security-cleared staff and an uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen, whatever a head of state movement requires of the record.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at LICT
Our kitchen holds a wide-body reference code as its working standard, so a royal household movement boards from the same production line as a scheduled service rather than a separate one. Royal flight catering here covers private airliners, BBJ and ACJ types among them, held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, halal and household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at TPS
The wide-body reference code held at this stand carries a full three-cabin load rather than a single-class one, which is what a charter movement at Trapani actually needs from the ramp. Charter flight catering in Trapani covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering at LICT counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order before the hi-loader is called.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Trapani
A single wide-body reference code at Trapani has to carry a scheduled sector and a diversion on the same stand without a second loading plan, so the tray standard is fixed even when the rotation is not. Ad hoc airline catering covers carriers running this field as an outstation, with outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering worked off one duty roster; crew meals in Trapani travel on that same roster across a multi-leg day, AOG included.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at LICT
A business jet calling Trapani boards from the same wide-body-rated stand infrastructure as the larger traffic on the field, which is why our reach extends past the main ramp. Private jet catering in Trapani is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal by our dedicated branch, with FBO catering and business aviation catering held to the same cold chain and business jet catering paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at LICT
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Trapani airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“For a team flight from Trapani (TPS/LICT), we booked tour operator 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. A good partner for sports charter operations. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Pablo — Corporate Aviation Manager
“We arranged repatriation flight catering at Trapani (TPS/LICT) for a non-routine passenger movement. They kept the menu simple, respected the special requirements, and delivered exactly when the aircraft was ready to receive it. A good experience under difficult timing conditions. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Daniel — Government Charter Coordinator
“For a cargo sector from Trapani (TPS/LICT), we arranged freighter crew meals for the operating crew. They respected the unusual timing and kept communication direct with our ops team. Simple, efficient, and on time. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Grace — Flight Services Coordinator
Flight catering station reference for Trapani (LICT / TPS)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,698 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LICT |
Business jet catering questions at Trapani (TPS)
Technical stop catering questions at Trapani (TPS)
What operations gets asked every week about Trapani.
Ask operations directly →Does Trapani produce halal, kosher and other special meals?
Every special meal set at Trapani, including halal, kosher and the full range of IATA SPML codes, is produced on a separate line and documented per passenger before it is sealed.
Where can VIP, VVIP and government flights be catered at Trapani Airport?
A protocol file travels with every VIP flight catering and government flight catering order out of Trapani Airport, recording who handled it and when it was sealed.
Is private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at TPS?
The coordinator on duty at TPS routes private jet catering to every FBO on the field and to the GA terminal, on the same cold chain as an airline uplift, with FBO catering handled under one paperwork set regardless of which operator is on the ramp.
When can I get a quote for airline catering cost at LICT?
Once the cabin count, the specification and the loading window are confirmed, the desk at LICT returns a quotation; no price list is published in advance.
Which method gets airline catering onto the aircraft airside at Trapani?
The hi-loader carries the sealed cart from the ramp to galley height, so airside delivery at Trapani reaches the aircraft door directly rather than the foot of the steps.
Outstation catering near Trapani
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
CIY / LICB
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Trapani (TPS / LICT)
Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Trapani, not a brochure.
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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 Trapani (TPS)