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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Lelystad, Netherlands
VIP flight catering, airline catering and private jet catering at Lelystad (EHLE / LEY)
LEY (IATA) · EHLE (ICAO)
The single wide-body reference code held at Lelystad governs every uplift plan written for EHLE, from the hi-loader path across the apron to the galley door itself. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and wide-body uplift off that code, boarding three cabins airside rather than at the foot of the aircraft.
2,700 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
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 — Lelystad
Wide-body aviation catering at LEY
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at Lelystad airport
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, LEY
Ad hoc catering uplift at Lelystad is built around the single wide-body stand this station holds, so the sequence is fixed before the cart ever leaves the kitchen. Ramp access is booked against that one stand, and the hi-loader run across the apron is timed to the galley door rather than to a general slot. Every uplift at EHLE follows the same sealed order: pack, seal, transit, load.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Lelystad sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and the wide-body reference code held here means the convoy is planned for the worst case rather than the average one. We treat that convoy, not the galley catering itself, as the risk on this rotation, and the chain of custody is written to cover it door to door. Temperatures are logged when the cart is sealed and logged again at handover, with a signature closing the record at the aircraft. That paperwork travels with the load, not behind it, so a diversion or a late change never leaves a gap in the catering uplift record.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature: the load is accountable door to door.
Airline food supplier for Lelystad (LEY) rotations
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for EHLE
Airport catering at Lelystad is run from a production kitchen built to HACCP standard, with hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line held under one roof. That structure means airport catering here is not assembled to order on the ramp: tray sets and passenger meal boxes leave the building already sealed to the cold chain, ready for the hi-loader run to the stand. The same kitchen supplies flight kitchen output for scheduled, charter, government and private movements through EHLE and LEY alike.
The team that handles government flight catering at Lelystad is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance held on file, checked against the access list, and trained to the household service standard that royal and diplomatic work requires. That continuity is what a protocol officer is actually checking when a delegation books this station, more than any single dish on the tray. Nobody outside that cleared roster touches a sealed cart bound for a government or household movement.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Lelystad, Netherlands
VVIP catering written per mission at Lelystad airport
Menus for Lelystad are written to the cabin and the mission, not printed off a single fixed card: a First and VVIP tray set differs from a business tray set, and both differ again from a charter group menu built for volume. Dutch produce sits at the centre of the seasonal frame we draw from, with dairy, fish and orchard fruit rotated through the year rather than flown in against the calendar. Inflight catering at Lelystad closes on documentation as much as on taste: every allergen, halal, kosher and medical set is labelled per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed. That labelling travels with the cart, not with a separate sheet somebody has to match up on the aircraft.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Lelystad receive VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single set course. The presentation is filed against the standing order each time, so a repeat rotation through EHLE is served to the same reference, not reinterpreted.
Business cabins
Business cabins at LEY run multi-choice hot service to a written cabin specification, boxed into oven-ready tray sets sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately and rostered against the same loading sheet as the passenger cabin.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary sets for Lelystad cover household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger, with halal and kosher sets produced on a line kept separate from the main run. Inflight catering here also carries the full range of IATA special meal codes, each one sealed before it leaves that line for the hi-loader.
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 under HACCP control at Lelystad, Netherlands
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 Lelystad
The wide-body reference code held at Lelystad shapes every rotation worked through EHLE: a station rated for that code takes a broader mix of scheduled, charter and government movements than a narrow-body field, and each type carries its own catering demand, from a documentation-heavy delegation to a volume charter wave. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering here run off one ops desk built to plan for that mix rather than react to it.
The uplift itself moves from our flight kitchen to the wide-body stand by hi-loader, boarded to galley height rather than dropped at the foot of the aircraft, with a cleared driver and an escort on the apron for every run. Airline catering at Lelystad is staged in the order the galleys are fitted, so a multi-class rotation loads First, Business and main cabin without the sequence being reworked stand-side. Airport catering at LEY follows that same sequence on every movement, charter or scheduled.
What we commit to on this station is one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts from kitchen to aircraft, and a signed handover at the galley door.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at EHLE
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Government and state flight catering at Lelystad
Our kitchen plans a 2700 m runway's worth of wide-body movement into every government flight catering rotation through EHLE, so a delegation is treated as a documentation case from the first booking. State visits and official movements are handled with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the cart, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen for a head of state aircraft or any other official movement.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at EHLE
A 2700 m runway rated to the wide-body code gives Lelystad the stand capacity a private airliner movement needs, and that capacity is what royal household bookings are actually checking first. VVIP and royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, covering private airliners such as BBJ and ACJ, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LEY
A wide-body charter, ACMI rotation or wet-lease movement can be boarded here because the aerodrome reference code held at Lelystad rates the stand for that aircraft class. Charter flight catering at EHLE covers group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, staged in the order the charter flight catering galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Lelystad
The wide-body reference code held at Lelystad, so a carrier running EHLE as an outstation gets the same stand rating a hub rotation would. Ad hoc airline catering here covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with AOG covered on the same roster across a multi-leg rotation. Crew meals and cabin crew meals travel boxed on the same loading sheet as the passenger cabin.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at EHLE
On the same wide-body-rated field, the GA terminal and the FBOs at Lelystad draw on the identical cold chain and paperwork as any airline rotation through EHLE. Business aviation traffic is handled by our dedicated private jet catering branch, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering delivered to the ramp handler on request.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at Lelystad airport
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Lelystad (LEY)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our flight at Lelystad (LEY/EHLE) required aviation catering packaging with clear service-by-service organization. Everything was labeled, compact, and easy to place directly into the aircraft without repacking on the ramp. Very cabin-friendly catering. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Omar — Ramp Operations Manager
“We had an ad hoc catering requirement at Lelystad (LEY/EHLE) and the coordination was very smooth. The uplift was organized around our revised departure and reached the aircraft without delaying the turn. That operational understanding was the biggest advantage. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Fernando — VIP Account Manager
“We used the team for business jet catering at Lelystad (LEY/EHLE) on a VIP trip. Everything was easy to check and load, and the passenger requests were prepared exactly as ordered. A very good experience from a flight attendant perspective. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Zara — Charter Planning Manager
Outstation catering data for Lelystad (EHLE / LEY)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,700 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | EHLE |
Inflight catering FAQ for Lelystad (LEY)
Crew meals, lead times and access at Lelystad, Netherlands
What operations gets asked every week about Lelystad.
Ask operations directly →Which lead time does an order need at LEY, and how late can the specification change?
The loader and cart are booked against the loading window first, so the lead time for a standard order is set by that slot; last-minute airline catering can still be worked into it right up to the sealed handover, and specification changes are taken until the cart is sealed.
How is private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at EHLE?
EHLE routes private jet catering and FBO catering the same way an airline uplift moves, on the same cold chain and paperwork, delivered to the ramp handler and the GA terminal rather than left at a counter.
What halal, kosher and special meal codes are produced for flights through Lelystad?
We produce halal and kosher sets on a line kept separate from the main run, and we cover the full range of IATA special meal codes (SPML), each one documented per passenger before it is sealed.
Can you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at Lelystad Airport, and under what protocol?
A written household or state specification governs every VIP flight catering and government flight catering movement here, with security-cleared staff and a documented protocol file per passenger.
Does the single wide-body stand at LEY limit how airline catering reaches the aircraft airside?
There is one wide-body stand rated for hi-loader access at Lelystad, and airline catering is boarded from it by hi-loader to galley height rather than delivered to the foot of the aircraft, with airside delivery covering every movement on that stand.
Do you cost airline catering by cabin count or by specification at Lelystad?
A quotation depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window booked, and the desk returns a price once those three are set rather than publishing a fixed rate.
Jet catering at airports near Lelystad
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at Lelystad (LEY)