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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Eday, United Kingdom
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Eday (EGED / EOI)
EOI (IATA) · EGED (ICAO)
Our kitchen provisions Eday to a narrow-body reference code, boarding the cabins a scheduled or charter rotation carries through this station. Wide-body operators route through partner stations, so uplift here is built for hi-loader access at galley height, with in-flight catering and inflight catering held to the same sealed sequence as every larger field we work.
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Eday
Aviation catering with ramp access at EGED / EOI
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for Eday (EOI) departures
In-flight catering, sealed cart to galley door, EGED
What happens between our kitchen and the aircraft at Eday is worked to the narrow-body reference code held here, not to an estimate. Every cart is sealed at the kitchen before it moves, and ramp access carries it onto the apron under our own escort rather than a handover at the foot of the aircraft. That single run, kitchen to galley door, is what a catering uplift at this station actually measures.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Eday sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and the narrow-body reference code held here sets how that run is planned rather than how long it takes. We build the catering uplift against the worst of those three, not the average of them, so a delay on the ramp never becomes a delay at the galley door. Chain of custody runs from the seal at the kitchen to the signature at the aircraft, with temperature logged at both ends and every galley catering cart accounted for before it clears.
One sealed run, one signature: the kitchen owns the load until the galley door closes.
Pilot meals prepared for Eday, United Kingdom rotations
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at Eday airport
The flight kitchen at EOI runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, provisioning the airport catering built to the narrow-body reference code held at Eday. Airport catering here means tray sets and passenger meal boxes produced against a single specification, not a batch run split across shifts. HACCP governs the cold chain from the cold larder to the sealed cart, and that standard is what airport catering at EGED is actually measured against.
The team that handles government flight catering at Eday is the same named crew every rotation, held to a security clearance on file and to the access list rather than to a rota that changes week to week. They are trained to royal household standards, and the same file follows a wide-body charter or a scheduled sector booked as catering at EGED. Chain of custody is signed by that crew alone, kitchen to galley door.
Kosher inflight catering and dietary sets at EGED / EOI
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Eday (EOI)
Menus for Eday are built around the cabin and the mission first, drawing on the produce of the wider Orkney region — dairy, fish and seasonal orchard fruit — before the specification is fixed for a rotation. Inflight catering here spans a VIP flight menu for a household movement and a charter flight menu for a group departure, plated and boxed against the same standing order. Every set is written to the season, not held over from the last one, and adjusted as the cabin count or the mission changes. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, sealed on the tray before it leaves the kitchen.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at EGED: VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. Presentation is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation through Eday boards the same set.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Eday: multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boxed as crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals to the roster. The same tray sets travel on into United Kingdom sectors without a change of specification.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at EOI, with halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes produced on a separate line. Inflight catering at Eday seals each set before it clears for boarding, labelled to the passenger and the 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
HACCP and sealed transfer for aircraft catering at Eday 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 EOI
Eday takes scheduled and charter movements against a narrow-body reference code, and a mixed slate like that turns catering into a documentation exercise as much as a production one: each sector carries its own specification even when the airframe repeats. Airline catering and inflight catering off this station run from one duty roster, and aviation catering for a charter or a government sector sits on the same sheet as a scheduled departure.
Uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand under airside delivery, sealed before it leaves and escorted across the apron rather than handed off at the aircraft steps. Ramp access is held on our own badges, so the load reaches the stand under our custody rather than a third party's.
One coordinator owns the rotation from seal to signature, and airport catering in United Kingdom at this scale is committed on that single point of contact, cart by cart.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at Eday airport
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Government and state flight catering at Eday
A narrow-body movement carrying a delegation still boards through the same reference code held at Eday, which is what lets a head of state aircraft or an official party be worked on the standard file rather than a special one. Government flight catering here means the protocol record documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at EGED
At the narrow-body stand worked at Eday, the reference code held here governs what a private airliner on a royal or VVIP movement can board through this station. Royal flight catering and VVIP work travel on a written household specification kept on file between movements, covering private airliners such as a BBJ or ACJ where the routing allows, with halal and household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at EOI
A charter or ACMI rotation through Eday has to be sequenced around the narrow-body reference code held here before anything else is planned, because that code sets the galley layout the loading sheet is built against. Charter flight catering at Eday for wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions boards a full multi-leg specification counted against that sheet, and charter flight catering in Eday runs on the same standing order rotation after rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Eday
The narrow-body reference code held at Eday sets the airframe this station boards, and carriers running it as an outstation get ad hoc airline catering off the same duty roster as a scheduled sector. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering follow one specification across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals at EOI and crew meals at EGED boxed to the roster and AOG covered on the same file.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at EGED
The narrow-body reference code held at Eday sets what this ramp boards, and that same standard carries across to the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field. Private jet catering in Eday is delivered there on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering handled by our dedicated private-jet branch.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Eday
Flight departments on jet catering at Eday, United Kingdom
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We were looking for a dependable airline catering partner in Eday (EOI/EGED) and the process was straightforward. They understood airline operations and kept communication short, clear, and useful. We would use the service again without hesitation. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Sofia — Flight Crew Logistics Manager
“I arranged airline catering in Eday for our departure from EOI/EGED. Communication was responsive and the team handled a late timing change without any issue. We had a smooth experience from order to delivery. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Aisha — Trip Operations Coordinator
“I requested special meals for passengers departing Eday (EOI/EGED) and the labeling was excellent. The order arrived complete and the special requests were handled with the same presentation as the regular meals. That attention to detail makes a big difference onboard. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Mauro — Ramp Operations Manager
Outstation catering data for Eday (EGED / EOI)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | EGED |
Airline catering services FAQ for EGED / EOI
Diversion catering and ramp questions at EGED / EOI
What operations gets asked every week about Eday.
Ask operations directly →What halal, kosher and special meal codes do you produce for Eday?
We produce halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA SPML codes at Eday, each one documented per passenger and sealed on a separate line before it clears for boarding.
Which lead time do you need to confirm an order for EOI?
The loading crew works to a fixed cart-sealing point ahead of the stand time, and within that window a specification can still change; last minute airline catering requests are worked against how far in advance the change reaches the kitchen.
Given the narrow-body reference code held here, do you deliver airline catering airside at EGED?
There is a sealed, escorted route from our kitchen straight to the stand at EGED, with airside delivery carrying the load onto the apron rather than a handover at the aircraft steps.
How do you reach private jet catering customers on the field in Eday?
Eday is where our private-jet branch delivers to the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field, with FBO catering held to the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Can you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at Eday, and under what protocol?
The narrow-body reference code held here is the span our protocol file is built around, covering VIP flight catering and government flight catering with security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift on every movement.
Outstation catering near Eday
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
WIC / EGPC
Wick
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
LSI / EGPB
Lerwick
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Eday (EOI / EGED)
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Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
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Counts · menus · files
Contact
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Uplift at Eday (EOI)