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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Uden, Netherlands
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Uden (EHVK / UDE)
UDE (IATA) · EHVK (ICAO)
The wide-body reference code assigned at Uden means the stand takes aircraft up to that class, and our crews board them by hi-loader straight to galley height rather than staging trays at the foot of the aircraft. We run inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering from one ops desk, with the uplift held airside from seal to signature until the galley door closes.
3,027 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
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 — Uden
Hi-loader aviation catering on the Uden, Netherlands apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at Uden airport
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at UDE
Ramp access at Uden is booked before the cart ever leaves the kitchen, so the apron sequence is set rather than negotiated on arrival. Every catering uplift is timed from seal to handover, with the window held against the stand's own turnaround rather than a generic estimate. That sequencing is what lets three cabins board on schedule when the apron is running close behind the previous rotation.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Uden, the risk sits in the convoy, not in the food: screening, escort and apron traffic all cost minutes that a sealed load cannot recover once it is moving. We plan the catering uplift against the worst of that traffic rather than the average of it, so a delayed escort never becomes a delayed galley catering handover. Chain of custody is logged twice, once at the seal and once at the aircraft, so the galley crew signs for exactly what left the kitchen.
One coordinator, one seal, one signature: that is the whole chain of custody.
Crew meals from the flight kitchen serving Uden
Cleared crews behind government flight catering at EHVK
The flight kitchen behind UDE runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to hold the cold chain from output to the galley door. HACCP governs every stage of that production, from intake to the sealed cart that leaves for the stand. Airport catering at Uden and airport catering across the wider Netherlands network draw on the same standard, so a rotation booked here meets the same specification it would anywhere else on the network.
Government flight catering at Uden is handled by the same named team on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for the day. Every member holds security clearance on file, sits on the access list for that movement, and is trained to household service standards before a sealed uplift ever reaches them. Catering at UDE for this tier of work is documented from that clearance through to the signature at handover.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Uden, Netherlands
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Uden airport
Menus at Uden are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a fixed cycle, adjusted for season and for the produce the Netherlands can supply through dairy, orchard fruit and fish. Inflight catering here draws on that regional supply without naming a single dish or a single grower, so the specification can flex rotation to rotation. Every set is labelled per passenger and per cabin, with allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements documented before the tray leaves the kitchen. The result is one written specification that a multi-leg operator can rely on at every stop, not a menu that changes with the chef on shift.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Uden are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu, with à-la-carte service on request for the movements that call for it. VIP flight catering here is filed against that standing order so a repeat rotation gets the same presentation every time it lands.
Business cabins
Business cabins at EHVK run on multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, alongside the tray sets and meal boxes that move with the main cabin.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Uden are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets on a single form that travels with the sealed load. Halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes are produced on a separate line, which keeps inflight catering here consistent whatever the mix of codes on a given manifest.
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 EHVK
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 Uden
Uden takes a mix of scheduled, charter and government traffic across its wide-body stand, and that mix sets the planning problem: a delegation movement is a documentation exercise, a charter wave is a capacity exercise, and a repeat rotation is a repetition exercise that rewards a fixed specification. Airline catering at UDE and inflight catering at UDE both run off the same ops desk regardless of which of those three shows up on a given day.
The uplift travels from our flight kitchen to the aircraft by hi-loader, boarded directly to the galley door rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew on the ramp for the whole sequence. In-flight catering at Uden and aviation catering across the Netherlands network both depend on that same ramp step, which is why we hold it under our own clearance rather than a third party's schedule. Airport catering at EHVK is planned stand by stand, not fleet by fleet, so a diversion or an added rotation does not have to wait on a wider schedule.
What we commit to on this station is one coordinator per movement, sealed carts from kitchen to stand, and a signed handover at the aircraft.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at EHVK
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Government and state flight catering at UDE
A head of state aircraft or an official delegation movement can be boarded from the same wide-body stand as any scheduled service, which is what makes government flight catering at Uden workable without a separate facility. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff are security-cleared, and the uplift is sealed at the kitchen before catering at EHVK ever reaches the ramp.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Uden
On the same wide-body stand booked for a scheduled rotation, a private airliner load runs to a household specification rather than a standard one. Royal flight catering at UDE for BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VVIP movements is held to that written specification, kept on file between movements, with halal and household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at EHVK
Sequencing a full three-cabin load onto a single wide-body stand means the galley order decides the loading plan before the aircraft type does. Charter flight catering at UDE for ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions runs on that same sequence, with charter flight catering at Uden counted against the loading sheet stand by stand.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at UDE
The wide-body reference code held at this stand carries scheduled rotations as readily as a one-off call, which is what makes ad hoc airline catering here workable on short notice. Carriers running Uden as an outstation draw on the same duty roster as outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation without a change of specification.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Uden
The wide-body reference code held at this stand governs the commercial rotations, and that same clearance carries the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field to the same standard. Private jet catering at Uden reaches both, delivered on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering worked from the identical duty roster.
Private jets →
Inflight catering rated by operators at EHVK / UDE
Flight departments on jet catering at Uden (UDE)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our flight changed at short notice and we arranged diverted flight catering at Uden (UDE/EHVK). Communication was fast and practical, which made a difficult turnaround much easier for our crew. We would use them again for another short-notice stop. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Arthur — Delegation Flight Coordinator
“We needed outstation catering for a flight through Uden (UDE/EHVK) and the process was much easier than expected. It felt like working with a regular station supplier even though this was not one of our usual airports. Very useful coverage for smaller or less familiar stations. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Jasmine — Flight Operations Specialist
“For our flight at Uden (UDE/EHVK), we needed a quick airline catering cost per meal before confirming the order. Pricing, delivery timing, and packaging were all explained upfront, which helped us approve the uplift quickly. Good option when you need a fast and transparent answer. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Simon — Freighter Station Supervisor
Station data for aviation catering at Uden (EHVK / UDE)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,027 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | EHVK |
Aircraft catering questions at UDE
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Uden, Netherlands
What operations gets asked every week about Uden.
Ask operations directly →UDE, do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
The hi-loader and our sealed cart reach every stand on the field, so private jet catering at Uden covers the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift. FBO catering is booked through the same ops desk as any other movement here.
Whose crew handles the ramp step for airline catering at EHVK?
For every movement at EHVK, our own loading crew works the ramp under our own clearance, and airside delivery runs by hi-loader from the sealed cart straight to the galley door. That keeps the convoy and the boarding under one responsibility rather than handed off partway.
At which point is the airline catering cost for Uden confirmed?
At the point the cabin count, specification and loading window are set, our desk returns a quotation rather than working from a published price list. Airline catering cost at Uden depends on those three factors, not on a flat rate per flight.
At the airport of Uden, are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced on site?
There is a dedicated production line for halal and kosher sets and the full range of SPML codes, run separately from the main cabin service. Special meals are documented per passenger and sealed before they join the rest of the uplift.
Inflight catering at other airports near Uden
NRN / EDLV
Weeze
Germany · 31 km from Uden
Airline & VIP flight catering →
EIN / EHEH
Eindhoven
Netherlands · 33 km from Uden
Airline & VIP flight catering →
GLZ / EHGR
Rijen
Netherlands · 55 km from Uden
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Charter flight catering quote for Uden
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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 Uden (UDE)