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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Rota, Spain
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Rota (LERT / ROZ)
ROZ (IATA) · LERT (ICAO)
Rota holds a wide-body aerodrome reference code, so a single stand takes hull sizes that most outstations route around, cabin galleys included. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering here off one ops desk, with hi-loader boarding lifting sealed carts to galley height rather than leaving them at the foot of the aircraft, and a kitchen route timed to the same wide-body uplift, for scheduled, charter, VIP and government movements out of Rota, Spain.
3,690 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
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 — Rota
Wide-body aviation catering at LERT
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at Rota airport
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at ROZ
The loading window at LERT runs from the sealed cart at our kitchen to the moment it clears the galley door, and it is timed rather than guessed. Ramp access is held on our own clearances, so the convoy crosses the apron on a route agreed with the handling desk rather than queued behind it. That sequence is what a catering uplift is measured against here, cart by cart, cabin by cabin.
Between our kitchen and the Rota stand sit screening, an escort across the apron, and the ordinary traffic of a working ramp, and none of it is left to be worked out on the day. We plan the catering uplift against the worst case each of those steps could add, not the best one, so a delegation or a peak departure wave does not force a late call at the aircraft.
Every cart is temperature-logged at the seal in the kitchen and logged again at handover on the stand, with the chain of custody recorded rather than assumed. A single name signs for the load at each end, so a galley catering discrepancy has one point of accountability instead of several hands to check.
One route, one seal, one signature — from our kitchen to the galley door at Rota.
Crew meals from the kitchen serving Rota (ROZ)
Cleared crews behind government flight catering at LERT
Airport catering at LERT is provisioned from a facility built around the same wide-body reference code the field holds, so hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell run under one roof rather than being split across sites. That matters most on a rotation carrying a full three-cabin load, where a single kitchen keeps every galley on the same specification instead of reconciling several. Airport catering in Rota runs to HACCP throughout, and the flight kitchen at ROZ treats that standard as the floor for every tray, not an extra applied to some.
Government flight catering at Rota is worked by the same named team on every rotation, not a rotating pool assembled per booking. Each member carries security clearance on file and sits on the access list before a delegation or a royal household movement is ever scheduled, trained to the paperwork a sealed uplift carries as much as to the service itself. That continuity is what lets a repeat rotation move faster each time, because the team already knows the routine rather than relearning it.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Rota, Spain
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Rota airport
Menus at Rota are written to the cabin fitted and the mission flown, not to a single fixed list applied everywhere. Inflight catering here draws on regional produce in general terms — dairy, fish and orchard fruit typical of southern Spain — worked into a seasonal rotation rather than a fixed appellation. Every set carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical variants, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen. From a First cabin service to a crew meal box, the same specification and the same sign-off apply across the rotation.
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First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Rota are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for each account, so a repeat rotation is served to the same presentation every time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at LERT take multi-choice hot service built to the galley fitted on the aircraft, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to that equipment. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the working roster, so a duty change does not disturb the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at ROZ are documented per passenger before the uplift is built, covering household, religious and medical sets on a line kept apart from the main production. Halal and kosher trays and the full range of IATA special meal codes are produced there and sealed before departure, with inflight catering records held against the passenger manifest rather than a generic list.
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 food safety at LERT / ROZ
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 Rota
Rota carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single wide-body-rated runway, and that mix turns each movement into its own kind of problem: a delegation is a documentation exercise, a charter wave is a capacity exercise, a repeat rotation is a repetition exercise. Airline catering here is planned against whichever of those applies before the aircraft is even on stand.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the ramp under airside delivery arranged on our own clearances, boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the stairs. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at Rota run off that one route, with airport catering in Spain planned stand by stand rather than assumed generic across the network. Ground handling on the apron works to the same schedule as the kitchen dispatch, so neither side is guessing at the other's timing.
One coordinator carries the rotation from seal to signature, with sealed carts and a signed handover closing every load.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at LERT
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Government and state flight catering at ROZ
A 3,690-metre runway takes the aircraft types a state or delegation movement typically flies, which is what allows government flight catering to be scheduled here rather than routed to a larger field. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff carry security clearance on file, and a head of state movement is sealed at the kitchen before it ever reaches the ramp.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Rota
Private airliners in the BBJ and ACJ class, and wide-body VIP conversions generally, are what the runway length at Rota is built to receive without restriction on payload or fuel. Royal flight catering here holds a written household specification on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced to the same standing order on each rotation.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LERT
Across a single wide-body-rated runway, Rota takes ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions without splitting the uplift across smaller stands. Charter flight catering here covers a full three-cabin load counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering in Rota is staged in the order the galleys are laid out, multi-leg rotations included.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at ROZ
The wide-body reference code held at Rota lets a carrier route diversions and technical stops through here without downgrading the uplift to a partial load. Ad hoc airline catering and outstation catering at LERT cover carriers running this station as an occasional stop, with diversion catering and technical stop catering handled off the same duty roster and AOG included across a multi-leg rotation; crew meals at Rota travel on the identical schedule.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Rota
A wide-body reference code shapes how business aviation is sequenced here, since the same ramp and hi-loader equipment used for larger hulls has to be scheduled around a smaller aircraft's shorter turnaround. Private jet catering at ROZ reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal as FBO catering, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, under our dedicated business aviation catering branch.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at Rota airport
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at Rota (ROZ)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We needed an airline ops catering supplier at Rota (ROZ/LERT) and the support was excellent. They understood airline operations and kept communication short, clear, and useful. We would use the service again without hesitation. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Sofia — VIP Flight Operations Manager
“I arranged private jet catering in Rota for our departure from ROZ/LERT. The order was confirmed quickly, delivered on time, and packed exactly as requested for the aircraft. Good local support for a VIP operation. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Federico — Special Air Mission Coordinator
“Our passenger profile required SPML at Rota (ROZ/LERT), with several different dietary restrictions. The order arrived complete and the special requests were handled with the same presentation as the regular meals. A good experience with complex dietary requests. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Mila — Trip Operations Manager
Aircraft catering station data for Rota (LERT / ROZ)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,690 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LERT |
Business jet catering questions at Rota, Spain
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Rota, Spain
What operations gets asked every week about Rota.
Ask operations directly →Does Rota airport produce halal, kosher and IATA special meal codes, and how are they documented?
Sealed trays leave a dedicated line at our kitchen for halal, kosher and the full range of SPML codes, each one logged against the passenger manifest before it is loaded. Special meals travel in the same chain-of-custody record as the main cabin uplift.
Does ROZ take airline catering delivered airside, direct to the aircraft?
Every cart clears security and apron traffic under our own airside delivery arrangement, then boards by hi-loader to galley height rather than being left at the foot of the stairs. That applies to scheduled airline catering and to ad hoc uplifts alike.
How far in advance does LERT need an order, and how late can a specification still change?
There is a standing lead time for a full three-cabin build, and a shorter window for a last minute airline catering change on a confirmed rotation. Both are set against the loading window itself rather than a fixed clock, since a diversion or a delegation can shorten either one.
Who sets the airline catering cost for a rotation through Rota?
For every quotation, the cabin count, the specification and the loading window decide the figure, not a published rate card. Our desk returns a quotation once those three are confirmed for the flight.
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