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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Irkutsk, Russia
Irkutsk (UIII / IKT): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
IKT (IATA) · UIII (ICAO)
On a 3565 m runway rated for wide-body movements, Irkutsk boards multi-class aircraft without the routing constraints a shorter field would impose. Inflight catering here moves by hi-loader straight to galley height, and in-flight catering leaves our kitchen sealed for uplift across scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet flights.
3,565 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Irkutsk
Inflight catering at wide-body scale for Irkutsk airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at UIII
Aircraft catering sealed from kitchen to galley at Irkutsk
Ramp access at Irkutsk is what lets the catering uplift move directly from our kitchen to the aircraft rather than waiting at a curb. The convoy is sequenced against the stand assignment before the cart leaves the gate, and each seal is checked at the galley door. That sequence, not a stated duration, is what the loading window here actually measures.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Irkutsk sit screening, escort and the ordinary traffic of a working apron, and the plan for each catering uplift is built against the worst case among them rather than the average one. The chain of custody runs through a single named coordinator, who carries the load from sealed departure to galley handover without passing responsibility along the way. Temperatures are logged when the cart is sealed and again when the galley catering is handed over, and the paperwork that closes the load carries a signature at both ends.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the galley.
Pilot meals prepared for Irkutsk airport rotations
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at IKT
Airport catering at Irkutsk runs from a single facility built around hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, rather than from separate units assembled for each flight. That layout is what lets airport catering at IKT move a wide-body rotation and a government flight through the same building without either one waiting on the other. The flight kitchen at IKT holds its output to a HACCP standard from the moment production starts to the moment the cart is sealed for the cold chain.
The team that handles government flight catering at Irkutsk is the same named crew on every rotation, carried on the access list rather than rotated flight to flight. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, and household standards are worked into the same written service specification that travels with the sealed uplift. That continuity is what keeps a protocol movement and a routine charter running through catering at IKT without a different crew learning the file each time.
VIP flight catering menus for Irkutsk (IKT) departures
VVIP catering written per mission at UIII
Menus at Irkutsk are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than issued as one fixed list across every flight. Local sourcing draws on the dairy, fish and produce of the surrounding region wherever the mission allows it, worked into a specification rather than a fixed plate. Inflight catering in Irkutsk closes every menu against a documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical set, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen. That labelling travels with the tray set onto the aircraft, not as a separate note appended afterwards.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Irkutsk are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu card, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request against the standing order. VIP flight catering in Irkutsk is filed and reproduced rotation to rotation, so a repeat movement receives the same presentation as the first.
Business cabins
Business cabins at UIII run multi-choice hot service to a cabin specification, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals at IKT are boxed separately from the passenger load, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals built to the roster rather than to a fixed count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Irkutsk are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical needs against the file held for each movement. Halal and kosher sets, and the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed before departure, and inflight catering at IKT logs each one against the passenger it was built for.
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 Irkutsk
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 UIII / IKT
Irkutsk carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single wide-body-rated runway, and that mix turns every delegation into a documentation task and every peak rotation into a capacity task rather than a menu task. Airline catering here is planned to absorb both without either one displacing the other on the loading sheet.
The uplift reaches the aircraft from our kitchen by sealed cart, moved airside under ramp access held on our own badges rather than handed off at a curb. Inflight catering, in-flight catering in Russia and aviation catering at IKT run off one ops desk, and airport catering in Irkutsk is planned stand by stand rather than as a single blanket schedule.
On every stand, one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover are the same commitment whether the flight is a scheduled service or a single ad hoc movement.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at Irkutsk airport
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Government and state flight catering at IKT
The 3565 m runway at Irkutsk takes wide-body government movements without a routing constraint on the approach, which keeps a protocol schedule as flexible as a commercial one. Government flight catering here documents the file per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen for any head of state movement.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Irkutsk
Our kitchen holds the wide-body reference code standard across every private airliner movement through Irkutsk, from a BBJ or ACJ to a full wide-body VIP configuration. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at UIII
Wide-body clears for a full three-cabin uplift on the stands at Irkutsk without a configuration limit narrowing the load. Charter flight catering here serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, and charter flight catering at UIII is counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out for a multi-leg rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at IKT
A single wide-body-rated runway at Irkutsk means every extra movement is sequenced through the same stand capacity, which is what ad hoc airline catering here is built to absorb without delay. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering run off one duty roster, with crew meals boxed to the same rotation across a multi-leg schedule.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Irkutsk
A BBJ or ACJ movement working through Irkutsk boards on the same wide-body-rated field as a scheduled aircraft, which is what lets our dedicated private jet catering branch reach it without a separate routing. FBO catering and business aviation catering are delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at Irkutsk (IKT)
Protocol officers on government flight catering at Irkutsk airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“A short-notice movement brought us into Irkutsk (IKT/UIII), so we needed reliable contingency catering. They reacted quickly to revised timings and passenger numbers, and the handover was straightforward. Good support when timing is the main pressure point. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Sofia — Client Services Manager
“Irkutsk (IKT/UIII) was an outstation for us, and we booked outstation catering for the sector. The crew received exactly what was ordered, with clear labels and no last-minute chasing from operations. We would be comfortable using the service there again. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Alain — Charter Account Manager
“We requested an airline catering quote for Irkutsk (IKT/UIII) and appreciated how clear the pricing was. The inclusions were easy to understand, lead time was realistic, and there were no surprises when the final order was confirmed. The clear communication made the booking easy. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Felix — Turnaround Coordinator
Irkutsk (UIII / IKT): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,565 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | UIII |
Business jet catering questions at Irkutsk (IKT)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Irkutsk (IKT)
What operations gets asked every week about Irkutsk.
Ask operations directly →Do you produce halal, kosher and other special meals for flights through Irkutsk?
Yes, halal, kosher and the full range of IATA special meal codes are produced on a separate line and documented per passenger before the uplift is sealed.
At what point does airline catering reach the aircraft at Irkutsk Airport?
The sealed cart leaves our kitchen first, then moves by airside delivery to the stand, where hi-loader boarding takes it directly to galley height.
Can an order still change close to departure at IKT?
Lead time depends on the cabin count and specification, but how far in advance you confirm the base order decides how late a change can still be accepted without disrupting the loading window.
How much does airline catering cost at UIII?
The standard applied is the same HACCP-cleared production and sealed chain of custody on every quotation, and the airline catering cost itself depends on cabin count, specification and loading window, so our desk returns a quotation rather than a published price.
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Charter flight catering quote for UIII / IKT
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Irkutsk (IKT / UIII)
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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 Irkutsk (IKT)