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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — El Hierro Island, Spain
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at El Hierro Island (GCHI / VDE)
VDE (IATA) · GCHI (ICAO)
At El Hierro Island, a 1250 m runway sets a narrow-body reference code, and inflight catering here is built around that single wide-body-scale rotation rather than a bank of parallel movements. In-flight catering reaches the cabin by hi-loader to galley height, with uplift staged airside for each aircraft the field can turn.
1,250 m
Longest runway
Narrow-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 — El Hierro Island
Hi-loader aviation catering on the GCHI apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at El Hierro Island airport
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, GCHI / VDE
The loading window at El Hierro Island runs from the sealed cart leaving our flight kitchen to the moment it clears the galley door, and it is timed rather than promised. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the convoy crosses the apron without waiting on a shared gate. Every catering uplift here is logged against that same route, stand by stand.
Between our kitchen and the stand at El Hierro Island sit screening, an escort across the apron and the ordinary traffic of a single-runway field, and we plan each catering uplift against the worst of the three rather than the average. Chain of custody stays with one named handover from seal to signature, so nothing on the galley catering cart changes hands without a record. Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed and logged again at the aircraft, closing the same file the escort opened.
One seal, one escort, one signature: the load never changes hands unrecorded.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for El Hierro Island (VDE)
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at El Hierro Island
The flight kitchen that provisions El Hierro Island runs hot production, pastry and a cold larder under one roof, with a protocol line kept apart from the general run of trays. HACCP governs every stage from goods-in to the sealed cart, and airport catering here is planned around that single production line rather than a bank of parallel kitchens. Whatever the mission on the board, airport catering leaves the same door, checked against the same standard.
The team that handles government flight catering at El Hierro Island is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access roster, and trained to the household paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift. Nobody outside that roster touches a VIP or state load between the kitchen and the aircraft. The standing specification governs what leaves the door; the roster governs who is allowed to carry it.
VIP flight catering menus for El Hierro Island airport departures
VVIP catering written per mission at VDE
Menus at El Hierro Island are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed list, adjusted for season and for the length of the sector. Where local produce is available on the island and in Spain more widely, dairy, fish and orchard fruit find their way onto the specification alongside the standard tray range. Inflight catering in Spain is planned around what the region actually supplies, not around a generic pattern shipped in from elsewhere. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, filed against the loading sheet before the cart is sealed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at El Hierro Island are plated to a written specification rather than improvised on the day, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request against that same file. VIP flight catering here is checked, sealed and logged before it leaves the kitchen for the stand.
Business cabins
Business cabins at GCHI take a multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft on the stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, alongside the tray sets that carry the main cabin service.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements are documented per passenger at El Hierro Island, covering halal and kosher sets, the IATA special meal codes and any medical or household need on file. Inflight catering produced against those codes is run on a separate line and sealed before it joins the rest of the load.
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
Airline catering services under HACCP at El Hierro Island (VDE)
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 El Hierro Island, Spain
El Hierro Island works a mix of scheduled and charter movements across its single narrow-body-scale runway, so a delegation on the schedule is chiefly a documentation exercise and a full charter rotation is chiefly a capacity one, planned stand by stand rather than across parallel gates. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering for these rotations run off one ops desk rather than a shift roster split by segment.
The uplift reaches the aircraft from our flight kitchen by sealed cart, escorted across the apron to the stand and boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the steps. Airline catering at El Hierro Island is staged against the loading sheet for each cabin, with airport catering scheduled around the single runway's turnaround pattern rather than around a bank of simultaneous movements.
One coordinator carries each rotation from seal to signature, so aviation catering leaves this kitchen under one name and one handover, whatever the mission on the board.
Government, royal and charter flight catering at El Hierro Island
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Government and state flight catering at VDE
The 1250 m runway at El Hierro Island sets a narrow-body reference code, which keeps a state movement to the same single-stand routing as every other rotation here. Government flight catering for delegations and official visits is documented per passenger, staffed with security-cleared crew, and sealed at the kitchen before a head of state aircraft is boarded.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at El Hierro Island
Our kitchen holds a narrow-body reference code specification on file between movements, so a royal household rotation through El Hierro Island is worked to the same written standard each time rather than rebuilt from scratch. Royal flight catering covers private airliners in the BBJ and ACJ class, with halal and household dietary requirements produced against that file on request, and VVIP protocol carried the same way on every visit.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at GCHI
A narrow-body reference code governs every stand at El Hierro Island, and it sets the working envelope charter flight catering is planned against here. ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions take a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, with charter flight catering staged in the order the galleys are laid out on the aircraft.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at VDE
A single narrow-body-scale runway means every rotation through El Hierro Island is worked stand by stand, with no parallel gate to absorb a schedule change at short notice. Ad hoc airline catering covers the carriers that run this station as an outstation, with outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering handled off the same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg pattern.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at El Hierro Island
Business aircraft using the narrow-body reference code held at El Hierro Island are boarded from the same kitchen and the same ramp as the scheduled traffic, not from a separate line. Private jet catering reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering all run off one desk.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at El Hierro Island airport
Operators on commercial aviation catering at GCHI
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our team used the service at El Hierro Island (VDE/GCHI) for state visit aircraft catering with strict timing and handling requirements. They followed the instructions carefully and kept communication limited to the operational contacts involved. Reliable, discreet, and easy to work with. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Mark — Crew Operations Coordinator
“For a VIP rotation through El Hierro Island (VDE/GCHI), we used the team for private airliner catering. Everything arrived neatly packed, easy to identify in the galley, and consistent with the presentation we requested. Good quality and very practical for onboard service. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Fernando — Airline Operations Controller
“Our charter program used the service at El Hierro Island (VDE/GCHI) for pilgrim flight catering. Packaging was practical for the cabin and the uplift arrived in good order for departure. The operation ran smoothly from order to uplift. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Samuel — Private Aviation Manager
El Hierro Island (GCHI / VDE): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,250 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | GCHI |
Business jet catering questions at El Hierro Island airport
Crew meals, lead times and access at El Hierro Island airport
What operations gets asked every week about El Hierro Island.
Ask operations directly →Do you produce halal, kosher and IATA special meal codes at El Hierro Island?
Yes, halal and kosher sets and the full range of SPML codes are produced against a documented order and labelled per passenger before the cart is sealed.
With only one stand worked at a time, do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at VDE?
There is coverage across every FBO on the field and the GA terminal, with FBO catering run on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
At GCHI, do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights, and under what protocol?
The sealed cart and hi-loader carry every VIP flight catering and government flight catering order to galley height, with protocol documentation filed per passenger before departure.
How far in advance do you need the order to price airline catering cost at El Hierro Island?
The HACCP-cleared kitchen schedule sets the answer: a quotation depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window requested, and the desk returns a price once those are known.
Outstation catering near El Hierro Island
SPC / GCLA
Sta Cruz de la Palma
Spain · 91 km from El Hierro Island
Airline & VIP flight catering →
TFS / GCTS
Tenerife
Spain · 132 km from El Hierro Island
Airline & VIP flight catering →
TFN / GCXO
Tenerife
Spain · 169 km from El Hierro Island
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Airline catering quote for El Hierro Island, Spain
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El Hierro Island (VDE / GCHI)
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Four steps
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Offloading
Return leg, if any
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Uplift at El Hierro Island (VDE)