Aviation catering — Pskov, Russia

Hi-loader airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Pskov (ULOO / PKV)

PKV (IATA) · ULOO (ICAO)

The wide-body reference code assigned here means our crews board a full three-cabin aircraft from a single stand, cart by cart, without staging on the tarmac. Inflight catering moves straight from the sealed kitchen onto the hi-loader, and in-flight catering reaches galley height at Pskov (ULOO / PKV) on that same uplift, sector after sector.

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.
2,524 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
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Runways
01
Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
02
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 — Pskov

Wide-body inflight catering at ULOO

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

Airport catering order window at ULOO / PKV

Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Pskov (PKV)

On the wide-body reference code held at Pskov, a catering uplift moves as one sealed run rather than a string of separate carts. Ramp access is booked against the same slot as the aircraft, so the apron crew and the loading crew work to a single clock. What the timeline below shows is that sequence, kitchen exit to galley door, with nothing improvised in between.

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 Pskov sit screening, an escort through the airside gate, and apron traffic that a single wide-body stand still has to absorb at peak. We plan the catering uplift against the worst of that queue rather than the average of it, because a missed slot on one stand has nowhere to slip to. Every galley catering cart is logged twice: once sealed at the kitchen, once opened at handover, with a signature closing the chain of custody at the aircraft door.

One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the aircraft: nothing moves unlogged between them.

Airline catering companies' production standard at Pskov

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Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Pskov, Russia

The kitchen that provisions ULOO runs hot production, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built around the wide-body reference code this station holds. Airport catering here is planned to that code rather than to a generic aircraft size, which keeps tray counts and cart configurations fixed between rotations. HACCP procedure governs every stage from intake to seal, and airport catering at Pskov is signed off against that standard before a cart leaves the building.

The team that handles government flight catering at Pskov is the same named crew every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in for one movement. Each member carries a security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the airside gate, and is trained to the household paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift. That continuity is what keeps catering at ULOO consistent across a repeat delegation rather than reset with every visit.

VIP flight catering menus for PKV departures

Royal flight catering standards per cabin at ULOO / PKV

Menus at Pskov are built to the wide-body reference code this station holds, so a full three-cabin load is planned as one specification rather than three separate orders. Regional produce from the surrounding Russia countryside, dairy, orchard fruit, cured fish, is worked into the main-cabin and Business trays where the season allows it, alongside the plated sets carried forward for First and VVIP service. Inflight catering at Pskov is written to the cabin, to the mission, and to what a repeat rotation asks for the second time round. Every allergen, halal, kosher and medical set is documented per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed.

Three slices of pink-cooked loin fanned over a grain and vegetable base, dill fronds and two sauces trailed across white china.

First & VVIP cabins

First and VVIP cabins at ULOO are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single cycle. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so the same presentation repeats across a delegation's return leg.

A complete tray set on a black tray: sliced beef fillet in gravy with piped mash and vegetables, a seeded roll with herb butter and a berry dessert in a glass.

Business cabins

Business cabins at PKV run multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, tray sets and meal boxes staged in loading order. Cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel boxed to the roster, alongside the crew meals carried for the main-cabin service.

Diet.

Protocol & dietary

Halal and kosher sets, along with the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced at Pskov on a separate line and sealed before that line ever meets the main-cabin uplift. Inflight catering here documents each requirement per passenger, household, religious and medical alike, against the manifest rather than a generic count.

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

HACCP and sealed transfer for aircraft catering at ULOO / PKV

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 Pskov airport

Pskov holds a wide-body aerodrome reference code on a single runway, which means scheduled, charter and government movements are all planned against one stand rather than distributed across several. A delegation arriving on that stand is a documentation problem before it is a volume one, and a repeat charter rotation is a repetition problem: the same tray configuration has to reappear without drift. Airline catering at Pskov is planned to that single-stand reality rather than to a generic wide-body template.

The uplift travels from our kitchen to the ramp by sealed cart, boarded through the galley door by hi-loader rather than handed up at the foot of the aircraft. In-flight catering in Russia rarely runs this reference code on one runway, so our loading crew works the stand directly rather than staging between bays; inflight catering in Russia elsewhere often splits across terminals, which this station does not require. Airport catering at ULOO is coordinated from that single point of ramp access, with our own badges covering the escort.

One coordinator owns the rotation end to end, sealed carts move under a signed handover, and aviation catering at Pskov closes on that same signature every time.

Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at ULOO

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Government and state flight catering at Pskov
A wide-body aircraft on an official movement uses the same single stand this station holds for every other rotation, which keeps the protocol file consistent rather than split across bays. Government flight catering at Pskov documents that file per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen for any head of state movement routed through here.
Government & state flights →
Royal vvip food.
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at ULOO
At Pskov, the 2524 metre runway is what clears a private airliner onto the same wide-body stand this station holds for every other movement. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between rotations, covering BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VVIP aircraft, with royal household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at PKV
A single wide-body stand has to absorb a full charter load without the buffer a second stand would give, which is the constraint the 2524 metre runway at Pskov sets on every group movement. Charter flight catering in Russia is planned around that limit here, and charter flight catering in Pskov stages a full three-cabin uplift against the loading sheet for ACMI, wet-lease and multi-leg group operators.
Wide-body charter →
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.
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Pskov
Pskov's wide-body reference code lets a carrier running this station as an outstation load a full cabin set from a single stand rather than a shared one. Ad hoc airline catering here covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, with crew meals at PKV and crew meals at ULOO carried on the same multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at ULOO
The 2524 metre runway at Pskov is short enough that it shapes which business aircraft use this field, and long enough to keep private jet catering in Russia moving through the same single stand as the scheduled traffic. FBO catering here reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, business aviation catering and business jet catering included.
Private jets →

Inflight catering trusted by operators at Pskov airport

Operators on commercial aviation catering at Pskov

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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

“Our flight changed at short notice and we arranged urgent airline catering at Pskov (PKV/ULOO). Communication was fast and practical, which made a difficult turnaround much easier for our crew. Exactly what we need when operations change with very little notice. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”

★★★★☆

Charter operator

Kenji — Cargo Flight Dispatcher

“We used the service at Pskov (PKV/ULOO) for airline catering at small airports on a station where we do not have our usual suppliers. It felt like working with a regular station supplier even though this was not one of our usual airports. We would be comfortable using the service there again.”

★★★★★

Scheduled airline

Antoine — Flight Logistics Manager

“The operations team needed an airline catering cost for Pskov (PKV/ULOO) with very little time to decide. Pricing, delivery timing, and packaging were all explained upfront, which helped us approve the uplift quickly. Straightforward and professional from quote to delivery. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”

★★★★★

Scheduled airline

Bianca — Station Services Coordinator

Station data for aviation catering at Pskov (ULOO / PKV)

DatumValue
Longest runway2,524 m
Runways1
Aerodrome reference codewide-body
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Business jet catering questions at PKV

Technical stop catering questions at PKV

What operations gets asked every week about Pskov.

Ask operations directly →
ULOO — how much does airline catering cost at this station?

The hi-loader cart and the cabin specification set the price, not a flat rate: cabin count, tray configuration and the loading window all feed the quotation, and our desk returns one once those are confirmed.

How far in advance does Pskov need a catering order placed?

Pskov works to a lead time set by the loading window on the single wide-body stand; standing orders are held on file, and a specification can still change closer to departure than a first-time booking can.

Can Pskov Airport produce halal and kosher meals against the IATA special meal codes?

The full range of SPML codes is produced here, halal and kosher included, each documented per passenger and sealed on a separate line before it joins the main uplift.

PKV — do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights, and under what protocol?

There is a security-cleared team on the access list for exactly this work, handling VIP flight catering and government flight catering under a documented protocol file kept per movement.

ULOO — how does airline catering reach the aircraft airside?

The chain of custody runs from a sealed kitchen cart to hi-loader boarding at the galley door, with airside delivery covering the whole route from kitchen exit to aircraft.

Aviation catering at airports near Pskov

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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Charter flight catering quote for Pskov airport

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Pskov (PKV / ULOO)

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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

Flight

The airport is already filled in. Change it if the uplift boards elsewhere.

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Offloading

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Uplift at Pskov (PKV)