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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Hondarribia, Spain
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Hondarribia (LESO / EAS)
EAS (IATA) · LESO (ICAO)
A 1754 m runway at LESO sets the traffic this narrow-body station boards, and inflight catering here is built around that reality rather than around a wide-body fleet it does not carry. In-flight catering moves by hi-loader to galley height wherever the ramp allows it, with uplift staged airside on one rotation at a time.
1,754 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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Runways
2
FBOs on station
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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 — Hondarribia
Wide-body aviation catering at LESO / EAS
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for LESO / EAS departures
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Hondarribia (EAS)
Ramp access at Hondarribia sets the order in which the loading window is worked, from sealed cart to galley door on a single narrow-body stand. Every catering uplift here is timed against that sequence rather than against a fleet of parallel positions, so the apron crew moves one rotation through in full before the next is staged. The result is a window that is measured stand by stand, not averaged across a terminal.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Hondarribia sit screening, escort and the apron traffic that shares the single runway, and we plan the galley catering handover against the worst of that traffic rather than the best. Chain of custody runs from the seal placed on the cart at the kitchen to the signature taken at the galley door, with nothing opened in between. Temperature is logged at both ends of the catering uplift, and the record travels with the load, not separately from it.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature: that is the whole chain.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Hondarribia
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Hondarribia, Spain
Airport catering at Hondarribia runs from a production kitchen holding hot production, pastry and a cold larder under one roof, a measured distance from the single stand at LESO. HACCP governs every stage between the cold larder and the sealed cart, and the cold chain is unbroken from that kitchen to the galley door. Airport catering in Spain is organised the same way at every field we serve: one kitchen, one protocol line, one loading sequence.
The team that handles government flight catering at Hondarribia is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance held on file, each member listed on the access list, and every one trained to royal household standards before a sealed uplift ever reaches the stand. That consistency matters more than headcount on a narrow-body field, where one crew works every movement rather than a rotating pool. The written specification travels with them, not with the aircraft.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at EAS
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at LESO / EAS
Menus at Hondarribia are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single house style, moving from a VIP flight menu at the front of the aircraft to a charter flight menu built for group movement further back. Produce drawn from the surrounding Basque country informs the seasonal line without naming a single supplier or dish, from dairy and orchard fruit to fish landed along this coast. Inflight catering in Spain is documented per passenger, with allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets recorded against the same specification as the standard tray. Nothing reaches the cart without that documentation attached.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Hondarribia are plated to a written specification held on file between rotations, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request rather than assumed by default. VIP flight catering here is checked against that specification piece by piece before it leaves the kitchen, and VIP flight catering in Spain follows the identical standard at every field we serve.
Business cabins
Business cabins at EAS receive multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft working the stand. Crew meals at Hondarribia and crew meals at EAS travel in the same tray sets, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately and matched to the roster before boarding.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at LESO, from halal and kosher sets to the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering at LESO produces these on a separate line, sealed before it ever reaches the tray set boarded to the main cabin.
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 Hondarribia airport
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 Hondarribia airport
Hondarribia handles scheduled, charter, VIP and government movements across a single narrow-body stand, which makes documentation the constraint rather than volume: a delegation adds paperwork to the same rotation a repeat charter adds repetition to. Airline catering at EAS is planned around that single stand rather than around parallel positions, so the sequence in which flights are worked decides the loading window more than the count of flights itself.
Aviation catering at LESO moves from the kitchen to the ramp by sealed cart, boarded by hi-loader to galley height where the aircraft allows it, with our own crew holding ramp access on our own badges rather than borrowing another handler's clearance. Inflight catering at EAS and in-flight catering in Spain both run off the same ops desk, so a change to one rotation is visible to the team working the next one on the same shift.
What we commit to on this station is unchanged by the traffic mix: one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts from kitchen to stand, and a signed handover at the galley door, with airport catering at LESO logged the same way whether the flight is scheduled or ad hoc.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at Hondarribia, Spain
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Government and state flight catering at EAS
Working to a narrow-body reference code means a delegation movement is sequenced onto the same single stand as every other flight that day, which is what makes documentation the constraint rather than aircraft size. Government flight catering at Hondarribia covers state visits and official delegations, with the head of state file kept sealed and security-cleared staff handling the uplift from kitchen to stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Hondarribia
Narrow-body is the reference code held at LESO, which allows private airliners flying to that size — BBJ, ACJ and similar VIP configurations — to be worked on the same single stand as scheduled traffic. Royal flight catering at this station holds royal household standards on file between movements, with VVIP requirements set against a written specification rather than reconstructed each time.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LESO
We stage a full three-cabin uplift against the loading sheet for every charter working the narrow-body stand held at Hondarribia. Charter flight catering at LESO covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and multi-leg special missions, and charter flight catering at Hondarribia follows that same sheet from kitchen seal to galley handover.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at EAS
At a station holding a 1754 m runway and a single narrow-body stand, ad hoc airline catering is worked into the same rotation as scheduled traffic rather than around it. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering each move through the identical loading sequence, with AOG covered on the same duty roster across a multi-leg day.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Hondarribia
The 1754 m runway at Hondarribia carries business aviation alongside scheduled and charter traffic, routed to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal rather than to a separate facility. Private jet catering in Hondarribia runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with business aviation catering and FBO catering following one specification regardless of aircraft size; business jet catering is quoted the same way.
Private jets →
FBOs at Hondarribia
aviavip
united aviation services s.l.
Charter flight catering reviewed at Hondarribia
Protocol officers on government flight catering at Hondarribia
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“I asked for HACCP at Hondarribia (EAS/LESO) because we had limited time to reset the galley. The order came ready for service with no unnecessary packaging or loose items to sort through. Exactly what we need for a quick galley setup. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Mariam — Cabin Service Coordinator
“We had an ACMI requirement at Hondarribia (EAS/LESO) and the coordination was very smooth. The uplift was organized around our revised departure and reached the aircraft without delaying the turn. Good support for a changing flight schedule. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Akira — Charter Planning Manager
“I needed reliable private jet menu at Hondarribia (EAS/LESO) for a same-day departure. The food arrived fresh and well presented, with clear labels and packaging that actually worked in our galley. Exactly what I want from a private aviation caterer. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Sophie — Station Operations Manager
Station data for airport catering at Hondarribia (LESO / EAS)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,754 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | LESO |
Business jet catering questions at EAS
Diversion catering and ramp questions at EAS
What operations gets asked every week about Hondarribia.
Ask operations directly →Which FBOs at Hondarribia airport can receive private jet catering?
The hi-loader and sealed cart route we use reach every FBO on the field and the GA terminal directly, so private jet catering and FBO catering follow one cold chain and one paperwork trail regardless of which apron position is assigned.
Where does the lead time start for an order placed at EAS?
The record starts at the confirmed loading sheet: how far in advance an order must be placed depends on cabin count and specification, but the lead time is fixed once that sheet is signed, and last minute airline catering is worked against the same sheet under tighter turnaround.
How much does airline catering cost at LESO?
LESO carries no published price list, because airline catering cost depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window booked for the rotation; the desk returns a quotation once those three are confirmed.
Can Hondarribia catering be delivered airside, direct to the aircraft?
The single narrow-body stand at Hondarribia is worked by hi-loader boarding to galley height, so airline catering here is airside delivery by default, not an added service, and it is staged the same way on every rotation.
Commercial aviation catering near Hondarribia
BIQ / LFBZ
Biarritz
France · 25 km from Hondarribia
Airline & VIP flight catering →
PNA / LEPP
Pamplona
Spain · 66 km from Hondarribia
Airline & VIP flight catering →
BIO / LEBB
Bilbao
Spain · 91 km from Hondarribia
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Hondarribia (EAS / LESO)
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Offloading
Return leg, if any
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Counts · menus · files
Contact
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Uplift at Hondarribia (EAS)