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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Eskilstuna, Sweden
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Eskilstuna (ESSU / EKT)
EKT (IATA) · ESSU (ICAO)
A narrow-body aerodrome reference code sets the aircraft this station boards, and it shapes every rotation planned through Eskilstuna. Inflight catering here runs on a single wide-body-style hi-loader method carried down to that scale: sealed carts to galley height, uplift staged against the loading sheet, and in-flight catering documented from kitchen to stand rather than delivered and left at the foot of the aircraft.
1,886 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
02
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 — Eskilstuna
Hi-loader aviation catering on the ESSU / EKT apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering lead times at ESSU / EKT
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at Eskilstuna (EKT)
Ramp access, not a kerb drop, is what the loading window at Eskilstuna actually measures: the interval between the cart leaving our kitchen sealed and the same cart clearing the galley door on the apron. A catering uplift here is staged to the aircraft's own boarding sequence, not to a courier's convenience, and it is logged at both ends. The narrow-body reference code held at this station sets how that sequence runs, stand by stand.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Eskilstuna sit screening, an escort through airside checkpoints, and whatever apron traffic the rotation brings; we plan the catering uplift against the busiest of those, not the easiest. Chain of custody is not a phrase on a form here, it is the seal itself: broken only at the galley door, under the eye of the crew taking the load. Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at handover, and the galley catering delivery closes on a signature, not a guess.
One seal, one signature, from our kitchen to the galley door.
Pilot meals and crew meals prepared for EKT
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Eskilstuna, Sweden
The flight kitchen provisioning Eskilstuna is built to HACCP standard across production, cold storage and the protocol line, and every batch is worked to that standard whether the rotation is a single narrow-body movement or a delegation. Airport catering at Eskilstuna runs hot production, pastry and a cold larder under one roof, so a mixed day of scheduled and ad hoc work is planned from the same floor rather than juggled between sites. That single-site model is what keeps airport catering in Eskilstuna answerable to one HACCP file instead of several.
Government flight catering at ESSU is handled by the same named team on every rotation, not a rotating pool: security clearance on file, names on the access list, and training against household service standards for the movements that call for it. Chain of custody stays with that team from the seal at the kitchen to the signature at the aircraft, so nothing changes hands unrecorded on the way to catering at ESSU. Numbers vary by rotation; the clearance and the roster do not.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at EKT
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at ESSU / EKT
Menus at Eskilstuna are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed set, drawing on Swedish dairy, cold-water fish and orchard fruit worked into a specification the kitchen holds on file, not into a fixed dish. Inflight catering here moves from passenger meal boxes to a VVIP-grade set without changing kitchens or handover procedure. Seasonal produce rotates the offer through the year, while the tray-set standard behind it stays fixed. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and produced against that documentation rather than against a general assumption.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Eskilstuna are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu card, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for the movement, so a repeat rotation is served to the same standard as the first one.
Business cabins
Business cabins at EKT run a multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the aircraft's own galley, boxed as tray sets rather than loose trays. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in Eskilstuna in the same sealed boxes, coded to the roster rather than to the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at ESSU are documented per passenger before production starts, covering halal, kosher and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering for those sets is produced on a separate line at the kitchen and sealed before it leaves that line, keeping it apart from the general cabin run.
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
Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at Eskilstuna 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 Eskilstuna airport
Eskilstuna's narrow-body aerodrome reference code and single runway set a traffic profile built on scheduled, ad hoc and charter movements rather than continuous wide-body waves, which turns each rotation into a documentation task more than a capacity one. Airport catering in Sweden at this scale is planned rotation by rotation, with the specification checked before the cart ever leaves the kitchen.
The uplift reaches the aircraft here by sealed cart, escorted airside to the stand and boarded by hi-loader to galley height, with our own crew on the ramp for the handover. Airline catering at EKT and aviation catering at Eskilstuna both run off that same route, so a scheduled flight and an ad hoc charter are worked the same way, only on different clocks.
One coordinator carries the rotation from kitchen to signature, and inflight catering at Eskilstuna closes on a signed handover, with in-flight catering in Eskilstuna logged the same way whether the aircraft is on its first stop of the day or its last.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at Eskilstuna, Sweden
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Government and state flight catering at EKT
A 1886 m runway is what a head of state aircraft or a diplomatic movement needs cleared at Eskilstuna before a protocol file is even opened. Government flight catering here documents that file per passenger, puts security-cleared staff on the load, and seals the uplift before it leaves the kitchen for the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Eskilstuna
A private airliner sized to Eskilstuna's 1886 m runway is boarded here on the same written household specification kept on file between movements, covering BBJ, ACJ and comparable wide-body VIP types. Royal flight catering at this station holds household standards across repeat rotations, with halal and other household requirements produced on request and catering at EKT logged the same way each time.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at ESSU
Across the single runway at Eskilstuna, ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions are boarded to the same specification as scheduled work. Charter flight catering in Sweden runs a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering in Eskilstuna is staged in the order the galleys are laid out, not the order trucks arrive.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at EKT
Eskilstuna's narrow-body aerodrome reference code means our crews plan every rotation as a single-aircraft movement rather than a bank of parallel ones. That scale carries ad hoc airline catering for carriers using this station as an outstation, with outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering worked off one duty roster, crew meals at Eskilstuna and at ESSU boxed to the same roster, and AOG covered on the same multi-leg call as outstation catering at ESSU and ad hoc catering at EKT.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Eskilstuna
A narrow-body aerodrome reference code means business aviation movements at Eskilstuna share the same stands and sequencing as scheduled traffic rather than a separate apron. Private jet catering in Eskilstuna is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, coordinated by our dedicated branch.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Eskilstuna
Protocol officers on government flight catering at Eskilstuna
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We arranged government flight catering at Eskilstuna (EKT/ESSU) for a sensitive movement. They followed the instructions carefully and kept communication limited to the operational contacts involved. We were very satisfied with the level of coordination. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Noor — Trip Planning Manager
“For a VIP rotation through Eskilstuna (EKT/ESSU), we used the team for wide body VIP aircraft catering. They followed our plating notes closely and made the final setup easy for the cabin crew. Exactly the level of detail we expect for VIP flying. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Carla — Outstation Manager
“Our charter program used the service at Eskilstuna (EKT/ESSU) for hajj flight catering. The team handled the volume well and kept the boxes clearly identified by flight and service. We would use the service again for a similar charter. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Kenji — VIP Operations Controller
Airport catering facts for Eskilstuna (ESSU / EKT)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,886 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | ESSU |
Business jet catering questions at EKT
Diversion catering and ramp questions at EKT
What operations gets asked every week about Eskilstuna.
Ask operations directly →How far in advance does an order for Eskilstuna need to be placed?
Our HACCP-run kitchen holds a standing lead time for a full specification change, and later amendments are still taken against the loading window; ask how far in advance your rotation needs to lock for last minute airline catering.
Where does airline catering reach the aircraft at Eskilstuna Airport?
The handover record shows every load sealed at the kitchen and signed for again at the stand, with airside delivery by hi-loader to galley height rather than a kerb drop at the aircraft steps.
Is airline catering cost fixed at EKT?
The coordinator assigned to your rotation prices from cabin count, specification and loading window rather than a published list, and comes back with a quotation once those are known.
Whose catering reaches the GA terminal and FBOs at ESSU?
Across the field, our dedicated branch delivers private jet catering and FBO catering to every operator on it, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Commercial aviation catering near Eskilstuna
VST / ESOW
Stockholm / Västerås
Sweden · 27 km from Eskilstuna
Airline & VIP flight catering →
NYO / ESKN
Nyköping
Sweden · 63 km from Eskilstuna
Airline & VIP flight catering →
BMA / ESSB
Stockholm
Sweden · 70 km from Eskilstuna
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Eskilstuna (EKT / ESSU)
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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 Eskilstuna (EKT)