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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Eindhoven, Netherlands
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Eindhoven (EHEH / EIN)
EIN (IATA) · EHEH (ICAO)
With a 3000 m runway rated to the wide-body reference code, Eindhoven takes the aircraft types that make hi-loader boarding worth building an operation around, so a full three-cabin uplift moves straight from our kitchen to galley height. Inflight catering here runs on that access rather than around it: in-flight catering reaches the door already sequenced, no trolley staged on the tarmac while the crew waits.
3,000 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
1
FBO on station
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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 — Eindhoven
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at EHEH
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at Eindhoven
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Eindhoven, Netherlands
Ramp access is what turns a catering uplift here from a delivery into a boarding: our crews move onto the apron on our own clearance rather than waiting at a perimeter gate. That access is what lets the sealed cart reach the galley door directly, at height, on a schedule fixed before the aircraft blocks in. Nothing about that sequence is estimated; it is built once per rotation and held to on every one that follows.
Between our kitchen and the stand at EHEH the convoy is the risk, not the galley catering itself: screening, an escort onto the apron, and the ordinary traffic of a working ramp all sit ahead of the aircraft. We build the catering uplift schedule against the worst of those delays rather than the average of them, so a hold at the checkpoint does not become a hold at the galley door. Chain of custody runs from the seal at the kitchen to the signature at handover, with temperature logged at both ends and against nothing else in between.
One sealed load, one signature, from our kitchen door to the galley door.
Crew meals and pilot meals for EIN departures
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at EHEH / EIN
Airport catering at Eindhoven runs from a facility built around hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, so a mixed rotation of scheduled and VIP work is planned from a single kitchen rather than split across sites. That layout is what makes airport catering here a matter of sequencing rather than of subcontracting: one HACCP standard governs every line, from a tray set bound for a main cabin to a sealed cart bound for a household uplift. The same cold chain carries both from the kitchen door to the stand at EHEH.
The team that handles government flight catering at EIN is a named crew rather than a rotating one: security clearance on file, listed on the access list held for airside movements, and trained to the household service standards a royal or state uplift is checked against. That continuity is what a protocol officer is actually asking about when they ask who touches the load. The same crew that seals a rotation at Eindhoven signs it over, so the paperwork and the hands stay matched from the kitchen to the aircraft.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at EHEH
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Eindhoven
Menus at Eindhoven are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a fixed cycle, so a scheduled rotation and a state movement do not draw on the same specification sheet. Where local sourcing applies, dairy, orchard fruit and regional produce move through the same larder that supplies the protocol line, without naming a supplier or a dish on the sheet that travels with the tray. Inflight catering here is planned per passenger as much as per cabin: allergen sets, halal and kosher requirements and documented medical diets are logged against the seat, not against the flight as a whole. Each set is labelled and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, so the galley crew is checking paperwork rather than guessing content.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Eindhoven are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed cycle, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request and filed against the standing order for the rotation. VIP flight catering here is checked at the kitchen against that same order before it is sealed for the stand.
Business cabins
Business cabins at EHEH take multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boxed in tray sets ready to load without repacking on the stand. Crew meals travel on the same manifest: cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately against the roster, not against the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Eindhoven are documented per passenger rather than assumed from the booking class, covering household, religious and medical needs alongside halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering built to those codes is produced on a separate line and sealed there, before it joins the rest of the uplift.
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 control for flight catering at Eindhoven airport
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 Eindhoven (EIN)
Eindhoven carries scheduled, charter and government-linked traffic across a single wide-body-rated runway, and that mix sets the planning problem more than the volume does: a state movement is a documentation exercise, a charter peak is a capacity exercise, and a repeat rotation is a repetition exercise, and the same kitchen has to answer all three without treating any of them as the default case. Airline catering and aviation catering here are planned against whichever of those three is due next, not against a single template. The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader from our own kitchen, boarded directly at galley height rather than staged at the foot of the stairs, with our own crew on the ramp for the whole movement. In-flight catering and airport catering at EIN both run off that same route, which is why a change to the loading plan touches one desk rather than several. What we commit to at Eindhoven is one coordinator named for the rotation, carts sealed at the kitchen door, and a handover signed at the aircraft, so responsibility for the load never changes hands unrecorded between those two points.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at EHEH
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Government and state flight catering at Eindhoven
One wide-body-rated runway at EIN means a state movement is worked on the same apron as scheduled traffic, so government flight catering here depends on sequencing rather than on a dedicated field. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff are security-cleared before they touch the load, and a head of state aircraft is boarded from a cart sealed at the kitchen before it reaches the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Eindhoven
Our kitchen holds royal flight catering to a written household specification kept on file between movements, so a private airliner returning to EHEH is boarded against the same standard each time rather than a fresh brief. BBJ, ACJ and other wide-body VIP aircraft are catered from that file, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Eindhoven
Wide-body aircraft are what the single stand at Eindhoven is rated to take, which is why charter flight catering here is built around a full three-cabin uplift rather than a single-class load. ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions are all counted against the same loading sheet, with charter flight catering staged in the order the galleys are laid out at EHEH.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Eindhoven
A single wide-body-rated stand at Eindhoven has to absorb whatever lands unplanned, so ad hoc airline catering is built to answer within the same loading window as a scheduled rotation rather than a slower one. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all run off that same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg day without a separate process for any of them.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Eindhoven
Business jets share the same wide-body-rated runway that brings scheduled and charter traffic into Eindhoven, so private jet catering at EHEH is worked off the same apron rather than a separate one. FBO catering reaches the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Eindhoven
viggo eindhoven airport bv (gen avn)
Inflight catering trusted by operators at Eindhoven airport
Flight departments on jet catering at EIN
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our team used the service at Eindhoven (EIN/EHEH) for delegation flight catering with strict timing and handling requirements. The team understood the need for confidentiality and kept the order organized despite late passenger and dietary changes. We were very satisfied with the level of coordination. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Giorgio — Airport Duty Manager
“We had a larger VIP aircraft at Eindhoven (EIN/EHEH) and booked wide body VIP aircraft catering for the sector. They followed our plating notes closely and made the final setup easy for the cabin crew. Exactly the level of detail we expect for VIP flying. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Anika — VIP Flight Operations Manager
“We arranged umrah flight catering for a group movement through Eindhoven (EIN/EHEH). The team handled the volume well and kept the boxes clearly identified by flight and service. A dependable choice for group charter operations. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Mila — Operations Desk Manager
Airport catering facts for Eindhoven (EHEH / EIN)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | EHEH |
Inflight catering FAQ for Eindhoven, Netherlands
Diversion catering and ramp questions at EHEH
What operations gets asked every week about Eindhoven.
Ask operations directly →How much does airline catering cost at Eindhoven?
Clearance to a written specification is what a quotation is built against, before cabin count, menu tier and the loading window are added to it. There is no published price list: the desk comes back with a figure once those three are confirmed for the rotation.
Can you take a late change to the specification at Eindhoven Airport?
A confirmed lead time secures the base order, and a shorter window still short of departure can usually take a specification change without resetting the whole uplift. How far in advance you commit determines how late that last-minute airline catering change can be accepted.
Given the field has no dedicated VIP terminal, do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs at EIN?
There are FBOs on the field and a GA terminal that our crews reach on the same rotation as an airline uplift. FBO catering there runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as any other load out of our kitchen.
At which point does the uplift move from our kitchen onto the aircraft at EHEH?
Sealing happens at the kitchen door, before the cart ever reaches the apron, so airside delivery starts as a closed load rather than an open one. From there it goes straight up the hi-loader to galley height, which is how airline catering here reaches the door without a tarmac handoff.
Eindhoven handles VIP, VVIP and government movements — under what protocol?
A sealed cart is what carries the load from kitchen to aircraft on every one of those movements, not just the flagged ones. VIP flight catering and government flight catering both run to a documented protocol, with cleared staff and a specification filed before departure.
Do you produce halal, kosher and SPML meals at Eindhoven Airport?
Yes, produced on a dedicated line and documented per passenger rather than per flight. Halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes are sealed separately before joining the rest of the load.
Commercial aviation catering near Eindhoven
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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