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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Kharkiv, Ukraine
Airside airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Kharkiv (UKHH / HRK)
HRK (IATA) · UKHH (ICAO)
One runway and a narrow-body reference code set the working rhythm at Kharkiv, so inflight catering here is planned rotation by rotation rather than bank by bank. AERO GOURMET runs in-flight catering and aviation catering off that single stand, boarding wide-body and narrow-body movements alike by hi-loader to galley height for every uplift dispatched airside.
2,220 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 — Kharkiv
Inflight catering loaded to galley height at UKHH / HRK
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Kharkiv
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Kharkiv (HRK)
Ramp access at Kharkiv is what governs the catering uplift, since the field's single stand leaves no room for a second route to the aircraft. Every cart clears the apron on a fixed path from our kitchen to the galley door, sealed before it leaves and logged again on arrival. Kharkiv's narrow-body reference code sets the tempo of that run, not the calendar.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Kharkiv sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and the galley catering plan is built against the worst of those three rather than the best case. That chain of custody runs unbroken from the seal placed at the kitchen to the signature taken at the aircraft, with nothing handed off in between. Temperatures are logged at sealing and logged again at handover, so the catering uplift into the galley at UKHH is documented at both ends, not assumed at either.
One seal, one signature, one route from our kitchen to the galley door.
Airline food supplier for Kharkiv rotations
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at Kharkiv, Ukraine
The flight kitchen provisioning Kharkiv runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built around the field's narrow-body reference code rather than a wide-body wave. Airport catering at this scale means one kitchen answering to one stand, so HACCP procedure and the cold chain are checked at every handover instead of sampled. That same discipline is what makes airport catering at Kharkiv repeatable rotation after rotation, not just on the busy ones.
The team behind government flight catering at Kharkiv is the same named group on every rotation, not a rota drawn from a general pool. Each member carries a current security clearance, sits on the access list for the stand, and is trained to the household service standard that travels with a sealed uplift. That continuity is what a protocol desk checks first, and it is fixed here rather than assembled per movement.
Halal airline meals and special meals at HRK
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at UKHH / HRK
Menus at Kharkiv are written to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted for season, drawing on the country's dairy, orchard fruit and grain where the route allows local sourcing. Inflight catering at Kharkiv covers everything from a passenger meal box on a scheduled sector to a full VVIP specification on a private airliner, built to the same written brief either way. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, never assumed from the manifest. Cabins are planned as First, Business and main cabin, each with its own tray set and its own hold sequence.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Kharkiv are plated to a written specification rather than to memory, with à-la-carte and course-by-course service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order before the seal goes on the cart.
Business cabins
Business cabins moving through HRK get multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft, boxed as tray sets rather than plated by hand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so cabin crew meals never share a cart with the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary work at Kharkiv covers halal, kosher, vegan and gluten-free sets against the full IATA special meal codes, produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line. Inflight catering built to a household or a medical brief is labelled per passenger, never guessed from a headcount.
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
HACCP and sealed transfer for aircraft catering at Kharkiv 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 Kharkiv airport
Kharkiv works a narrow-body traffic profile off a single runway, which turns catering planning into a repetition problem: the same reference code, the same stand, rotation after rotation, so the file that worked last week is the file that works this week with the manifest updated. Inflight catering at HRK is built around that repeat pattern rather than around a peak wave, and aviation catering at Kharkiv is scheduled to the rotation, not to a bank of departures.
The uplift travels a fixed route from our kitchen to the one stand in use, loaded by hi-loader to galley height under airside delivery rather than handed up from ground level. Airline catering in Kharkiv is planned stand by stand because there is only the one stand to plan against, with ramp access held on our own clearance rather than shared across handlers. Airport catering at UKHH is coordinated from that same fixed route on every movement.
One coordinator carries the file from seal to signature, with sealed carts and a signed handover closing every load, in-flight catering in Ukraine held to that same discipline on every rotation through this field.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at UKHH / HRK
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Government and state flight catering at Kharkiv
The 2220 m runway at Kharkiv takes the head of state aircraft and official delegation movements this field is asked to handle, on the single stand available for that traffic. Government flight catering here runs on a protocol file documented per passenger, with security-cleared staff sealing the uplift before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at UKHH
A private airliner working to a household brief boards at Kharkiv on the same 2220 m runway that clears the rest of the field's traffic, BBJ and ACJ movements included. Royal flight catering here holds a written household specification on file between movements, with halal and other household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at HRK
Across the single stand Kharkiv makes available to this traffic, the 2220 m runway sets what a charter movement can bring in for group work or a special mission. Charter flight catering at Kharkiv covers ACMI and wet-lease operators and group movements alike, with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and staged to the galley layout; charter flight catering in Kharkiv runs to that same sheet on every leg.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Kharkiv
Our kitchen provisions Kharkiv's single narrow-body stand for carriers that treat this field as an outstation, holding one duty roster against the reference code rather than a wide-body schedule. Ad hoc airline catering here covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering, with AOG uplift held to the same file across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at UKHH
Sequencing around Kharkiv's single narrow-body stand is the constraint that governs any business aviation movement here, since general aviation shares the same reference-code limits as scheduled traffic. Private jet catering in Ukraine reaches the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field through our dedicated business aviation branch, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering held to the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Aviation catering reviews from operators at Kharkiv
Flight departments on jet catering at Kharkiv
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We were looking for a dependable airline catering broker in Kharkiv (HRK/UKHH) and the process was straightforward. They coordinated locally, sent useful updates, and kept the final uplift aligned with our revised schedule. 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.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Charlotte — Station Performance Manager
“We booked private jet catering in Kharkiv for a flight operating through HRK/UKHH. Everything arrived fresh, well presented, and easy for the cabin crew to organize before boarding. We had a smooth experience from order to delivery. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Louise — VIP Trip Manager
“Our passenger profile required special meal codes at Kharkiv (HRK/UKHH), 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. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Andrea — Operations Desk Manager
Kharkiv (UKHH / HRK): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,220 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | UKHH |
Airline catering services FAQ for HRK
Pilot meals and loading questions at HRK
What operations gets asked every week about Kharkiv.
Ask operations directly →Can Kharkiv support private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
The single narrow-body stand at Kharkiv is shared by scheduled and business traffic, and our private jet catering reaches every FBO on the field plus the GA terminal on that same stand rotation. FBO catering here runs on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, so nothing about the handover changes because the aircraft is smaller.
Do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at Kharkiv Airport, and under what protocol?
Yes, through a protocol file documented per passenger and closed with security-cleared staff on every movement. VIP flight catering and government flight catering both run on that same written file, whether the aircraft is a private airliner or a state movement.
What lead time does an order need at HRK, and how late can the specification still change?
We work to a standing file that is updated rather than rebuilt for each rotation, so the lead time is set by how far ahead the flight is confirmed rather than by a fixed cutoff. Specification changes are taken up until the cart is sealed at the kitchen, after which the load is locked for the run to the stand.
With a single runway and a narrow-body reference code governing every stand at UKHH, how much does airline catering cost?
There is no published price list, because a quotation depends on cabin count, the specification requested and the loading window against the rotation. There are fixed elements in every quote, but the desk at Kharkiv returns a figure only once those three points are confirmed.
How are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes handled for flights through Kharkiv?
Kharkiv's uplift covers halal, kosher, vegan and gluten-free requirements against the full set of special meal codes, produced on a separate line and sealed before it joins the main load. SPML documentation travels with the passenger record, labelled per seat rather than assumed from the manifest.
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