Aviation catering — Ohrid, North Macedonia

VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Ohrid (LWOH / OHD)

OHD (IATA) · LWOH (ICAO)

With one wide-body reference code held at Ohrid, an operator can plan a full three-cabin uplift rather than a scaled-down substitute. AERO GOURMET provides inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering here, boarded by hi-loader to galley height so the tray sets and carts reach the door airside, direct from the flight kitchen.

A catering hi-loader raised to the forward galley door of a wide-body on stand, the platform level with the doorway and the truck squared up beneath it.
2,550 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
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Runways
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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
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VIP at any volume
8 First covers or 400 passengers across three cabins, same execution
03
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
A catering hi-loader raised to the aft galley door of a wide-body on stand, its platform level with the doorway and a second truck waiting below.

On the apron — Ohrid

Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at Ohrid (OHD)

Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.

Airport catering order window at Ohrid

Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Ohrid, North Macedonia

The sealed cart carries the catering uplift from our flight kitchen across the apron to the aircraft on stand at Ohrid, with ramp access held on our own clearance rather than a kerbside handover. Each cart is logged the moment it leaves cold storage, again at the vehicle, and again at the galley door, so the record runs continuously rather than in gaps. Nothing reaches the stand without that chain being complete first.

Four branded catering carts latched side by side in an aircraft galley, each door closed on a coloured seal.

Between our kitchen and the stand at Ohrid sit screening, an escort through the apron, and whatever traffic the ramp is carrying that hour; we plan the galley catering run against the busiest of those, not the easiest. A named coordinator travels with the convoy from seal to signature, so the chain of custody has one person answerable for it rather than a handover between shifts. Temperatures are logged when the load is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at the galley door, with both readings kept against the same reference. The catering uplift is not released to the aircraft until that second reading and the signature both clear.

The convoy is the risk on this ramp, never the food inside it.

Pilot meals and cabin service produced for LWOH / OHD

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Airline food supplier crews cleared for LWOH / OHD

The flight kitchen behind Ohrid runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to hold the cold chain from the moment a tray is closed to the moment it is sealed for the ramp. Airport catering here follows a HACCP-run schedule rather than a single peak departure, so a wide-body rotation and a smaller charter movement are worked from the same production floor without either being queued behind the other. That structure is what makes airport catering at this scale possible on a single wide-body reference code.

The team behind government flight catering at Ohrid is the same named group on every rotation, not a rotating shift pulled in as needed. Each member holds security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the kitchen and the ramp, and is trained to the household standards a protocol movement requires. That continuity is what lets a repeat delegation move through Ohrid without the paperwork or the crew changing between visits.

VIP flight catering and dietary sets at LWOH

VVIP catering written per mission at Ohrid

Menus at Ohrid are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than issued from a single fixed sheet, so a First cabin service and a group charter movement are never working from the same tray. Local sourcing draws on the produce of the surrounding region — dairy, orchard fruit, lake fish and cured meats worked into a written specification rather than a fixed dish. Every set carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements, recorded per passenger and per cabin before the load is closed. That documentation travels with the uplift, so a change of aircraft or crew never loses the record behind it, and inflight catering here stays traceable from the kitchen to the seat.

A small stack of sliced rare beef with a blistered pepper and diced tomato set off centre on a wide white plate.

First & VVIP cabins

First and VVIP cabins at Ohrid are plated to a written specification rather than a standard tray, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served to the same record every time.

A complete tray set on a black tray: a hot egg and ham dish, cut fruit, breads, a pastry, a set yoghurt and a portion of preserve.

Business cabins

Business cabins at LWOH take multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets, sized to the fitted galley rather than a generic format. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so the flight deck and the forward cabin are never drawn from the same set.

Diet.

Protocol & dietary

Protocol and dietary requirements at Ohrid are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside halal and kosher production and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each set is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves it, keeping inflight catering traceable set by set through to the cart.

The three books

A tray set on a stainless steel bench: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a bread roll with herb butter, and a berry dessert in a glass.

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Royal & Government Flights

Royal households · government · state operations

  • Plated service · First to main cabin
  • Protocol handling · security clearance
Chefs plating a long line of identical main courses under heat lamps, with loaded catering trolleys waiting at the end of the line.

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Charter & Commercial

Charter · ACMI · group · scheduled · ad hoc

  • 400 passengers · one uplift
  • HACCP cold chain, logged to the galley door
A business jet cabin credenza laid with chilled sparkling wine in a bucket, bottled drinks, a nut dish and folded napkins on a silver tray, beside a single passenger seat.

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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 OHD

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 Ohrid (OHD)

Ohrid works a single wide-body reference code against one runway, which means every rotation here is planned stand by stand rather than across a bank of gates. That layout turns a delegation movement into a documentation task first and a capacity task second, since the ramp itself is not the constraint the way it would be at a multi-runway hub. Airline catering and aviation catering at Ohrid run off the same duty roster that covers the airport catering side of the operation, so a scheduled service and an ad hoc charter share one ops desk rather than two.

The uplift travels from our flight kitchen across the apron by sealed cart, loaded by hi-loader to galley height rather than handed off at the foot of the aircraft. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, with an escort accompanying the convoy for the length of the apron crossing. Inflight catering and in-flight catering at Ohrid are worked to that same route on every movement, scheduled or otherwise.

On this stand we commit to one named coordinator per rotation, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover before the aircraft is released.

Commercial aviation catering for every mission at LWOH / OHD

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Government and state flight catering at Ohrid
A 2,550-metre runway is enough to hold a wide-body movement on its own stand, which lets a delegation aircraft park without competing for a gate against scheduled traffic. Government flight catering at OHD for state visits and official delegations runs on a protocol file documented per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the head of state aircraft sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
Royal vvip food.
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at LWOH
Our kitchen holds the wide-body reference code assigned to Ohrid as the basis for royal household work, not a scaled-down adaptation of a narrow-body specification. We cater private airliners — BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP — to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with royal flight catering at LWOH covering halal and household requirements on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at OHD
Wide-body is the reference code this field is built around, and it is what lets a full three-cabin charter uplift board on a single stand rather than across split positions. Charter flight catering at Ohrid serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out, with charter flight catering in Ohrid worked to that same sequence on every rotation.
Wide-body charter →
A complete tray set on a black tray: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a seeded roll with herb butter and a berry dessert in a glass.
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Ohrid
A 2,550-metre runway sets what can be planned against a single wide-body stand rather than a bank of gates, so ad hoc airline catering at OHD is worked to that one slot rather than spread across parallel positions. Carriers running Ohrid as an outstation draw on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off the same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals in North Macedonia boxed separately to the flight deck roster.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at LWOH
A wide-body airliner is what the reference code at Ohrid is set up to take, and that same stand and ramp access extend to the smaller movements worked from the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field. Private jet catering in North Macedonia is delivered there on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, business aviation catering included.
Private jets →

Charter flight catering trusted at Ohrid

Protocol teams on VVIP catering at OHD

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Government flight department

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Royal household

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Charter operator

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Scheduled airline

“We used sports team flight meals at Ohrid (OHD/LWOH) for a team charter and had a good experience. Final numbers changed late and the team adjusted without making the process difficult. We would book them again for another team movement. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”

★★★★★

Charter operator

Ricardo — Crew Services Coordinator

“We needed military charter catering at Ohrid (OHD/LWOH) for a time-sensitive operation. They kept the menu simple, respected the special requirements, and delivered exactly when the aircraft was ready to receive it. Reliable service when the mission does not allow delays. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”

★★★★☆

Scheduled airline

Stefan — Airport Services Coordinator

“For a cargo sector from Ohrid (OHD/LWOH), we arranged freighter crew meals for the operating crew. The crew received the correct quantities and the handover was quick, which is exactly what we needed. We would use them again for another cargo sector. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”

★★★★★

Scheduled airline

Anwar — Airport Duty Manager

Aviation catering data for Ohrid (LWOH / OHD)

DatumValue
Longest runway2,550 m
Runways1
Aerodrome reference codewide-body
ICAOLWOH

Business jet catering questions at LWOH

Crew meals, lead times and access at LWOH

What operations gets asked every week about Ohrid.

Ask operations directly →
Is private jet catering available to the FBOs and the GA terminal at OHD?

The ramp handler and our own coordinator cover every FBO on the field and the GA terminal alike, with FBO catering delivered on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.

Who sets the lead time for an order placed at LWOH, and how late can it change?

For a scheduled rotation the standard lead time applies, but the specification itself can still change closer to departure than the count; last minute airline catering is worked through the same duty desk rather than a separate process.

Where is VIP, VVIP and government flight catering handled at Ohrid, and under what protocol?

A protocol file travels with every VIP flight catering and government flight catering movement, documented per passenger and signed off before the uplift leaves the kitchen.

Which route does airline catering take from kitchen to aircraft at Ohrid Airport?

The hi-loader carries the sealed cart from our flight kitchen across the apron and boards it directly at galley height, so airside delivery here never passes through a kerbside handover.

When does OHD publish a figure for what airline catering costs?

Once the cabin count, the specification and the loading window are confirmed, the desk returns a quotation built on those three factors rather than a fixed price list.

Inflight catering at other airports near Ohrid

TIA / LATI
Rinas
Albania · 89 km from Ohrid
Airline & VIP flight catering →
KFZ / LAKU
Kukës
Albania · 99 km from Ohrid
Airline & VIP flight catering →
SKP / LWSK
Ilinden
North Macedonia · 113 km from Ohrid
Airline & VIP flight catering →

Inflight catering quote for LWOH

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Ohrid (OHD / LWOH)

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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

Step 1 of 4 · Flight

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Uplift at Ohrid (OHD)