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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Ingliston, United Kingdom
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Ingliston (EGPH / EDI)
EDI (IATA) · EGPH (ICAO)
Wide-body aircraft catering handled at Ingliston (EGPH / EDI) means one hi-loader boarding straight to galley height, not a delivery left at the foot of the aircraft. Our kitchen provisions inflight catering and in-flight catering for scheduled, charter, government and private jet departures, with every uplift staged for wide-body loading and airside handover on the stand.
2,558 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
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Runways
1
FBO 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 — Ingliston
Commercial aviation catering at wide-body scale, EGPH
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Ingliston (EDI)
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at EDI
Ramp access at Ingliston is what turns a delivery into a boarding: our crews cross the apron on their own clearance and load the galley directly, rather than handing a cart to a third party at the foot of the aircraft. Each catering uplift is staged against the rotation it serves, sealed at the kitchen and logged again at the aircraft door. Nothing on this route is estimated; it is walked, timed and repeated the same way on every wide-body movement through EDI.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Ingliston, the convoy carries the risk, not the food: screening, escort and apron traffic all sit on the route before a cart reaches the galley. We plan every catering uplift against the worst of that sequence rather than the average of it, holding the chain of custody from the sealed door at the kitchen to the signature at the aircraft. Temperatures are logged when the load is sealed and logged again at handover, and galley catering only leaves the vehicle once both readings and the paperwork agree.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the aircraft, nothing in between unaccounted for.
Crew meals and pilot meals for Ingliston, United Kingdom departures
Airline food supplier crews cleared for EGPH
Airport catering at Ingliston runs from a kitchen built to feed wide-body rotations rather than single flights: hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, each held to its own HACCP standard. That arrangement is what lets airport catering here move from oven to sealed cart without a break in the cold chain. Flight kitchen output at EDI is planned against the stand it is boarding, not against a general run of trays.
Government flight catering at Ingliston is handled by the same named team on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for the day. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the ramp, and is trained to the household and protocol standards that travel with a sealed uplift. That continuity is what a protocol desk checks before it checks anything else.
Kosher inflight catering and dietary sets at Ingliston, United Kingdom
VVIP catering to a written specification at Ingliston airport
Menus at Ingliston are written to the cabin they board and the mission they serve, moving with the season rather than sitting fixed across a year. Local sourcing draws on produce from across the United Kingdom, worked into a specification rather than left to a single dish. Inflight catering here carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, each labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen. The tray standard holds across First, Business and main cabin alike, whatever the rotation.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Ingliston take VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. Every course is filed against the standing order that governs the rotation, not improvised on the day.
Business cabins
Business cabins at EDI run on multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boxed in tray sets ready for the cart. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately against the roster, not folded into the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at EGPH are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside halal and kosher production and the full run of IATA special meal codes. Each set is produced on a separate line and sealed before that line's inflight catering leaves the kitchen for the stand.
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 under HACCP control at Ingliston
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 Ingliston
Ingliston runs a mixed traffic profile across scheduled, charter and government movements, and that mix sets the catering plan before a single tray is loaded: a delegation brings a documentation load, a peak wave brings a capacity load, and a repeat rotation brings a repetition load that the kitchen plans against directly. Airline catering at Ingliston is built around whichever of those pressures the day's schedule actually carries, not a single fixed routine.
The uplift itself moves by hi-loader from our kitchen to the stand, crossing the apron on our own airside clearance rather than handing off at the foot of the aircraft. Aviation catering at EDI is staged this way for every wide-body movement, with the loading crew working to the same route and the same checkpoint sequence each time, whatever the aircraft or the operator behind it. Airport catering here is planned stand by stand rather than as one general delivery.
Inflight catering and in-flight catering across the United Kingdom answer to the same commitment at this station: one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts from the kitchen, and a signed handover at the aircraft door that closes the load.
Aviation catering for five mission types at Ingliston airport
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Government and state flight catering at Ingliston
A head of state aircraft boards here on the same wide-body reference code that governs every other movement through the field, which is what lets government flight catering run to protocol rather than to a general schedule. The file travels documented per passenger, staff on it are security-cleared, and the uplift is sealed before it leaves the kitchen for the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at EGPH
Against a 2558 m runway, private airliners including BBJ and ACJ types board here under the same wide-body handling as any other movement through the field. Royal flight catering holds a written household specification on file between movements, with halal and other household requirements produced on request rather than improvised per rotation.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at EDI
A 2558 m runway sets what a charter loading plan has to work around: sequencing a full three-cabin uplift so the galleys clear before the slot closes. Charter flight catering at EDI serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with the load counted against the loading sheet before it ever reaches the wide-body stand, and charter flight catering at EGPH staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Ingliston
The wide-body reference code held here is what lets a scheduled operator run Ingliston as an outstation rather than a one-off stop. Ad hoc airline catering sits alongside outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with AOG covered across a multi-leg rotation and the tray standard fixed even when the menu cycle moves week to week.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at EGPH
The runway here runs to 2558 m, which keeps the GA apron and the stands business aviation uses within the same wide-body handling as an airline rotation. Private jet catering in United Kingdom reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal through our dedicated branch, run on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as any other uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Ingliston
signature aviation
Charter flight catering reviewed at Ingliston (EDI)
Flight departments on jet catering at Ingliston (EDI)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our sports movement through Ingliston (EDI/EGPH) required group charter catering on a tight schedule. Final numbers changed late and the team adjusted without making the process difficult. We would book them again for another team movement. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Ryan — Ground Services Manager
“We arranged humanitarian flight catering at Ingliston (EDI/EGPH) for a non-routine passenger movement. The meals were practical, clearly packed, and easy for the crew to distribute during the flight. A good experience under difficult timing conditions. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Manuel — VIP Flight Operations Manager
“We used the team at Ingliston (EDI/EGPH) for cargo airline catering on a night operation. Meals arrived on time and were packed practically for a working crew rather than over-presented. Simple, efficient, and on time. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Nabil — Network Operations Coordinator
Airport catering data for Ingliston (EGPH / EDI)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,558 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | EGPH |
Airline catering services FAQ for Ingliston, United Kingdom
Technical stop catering questions at Ingliston, United Kingdom
What operations gets asked every week about Ingliston.
Ask operations directly →Which factors set airline catering cost at Ingliston?
The loader, the cart and the route set the baseline, then cabin count, specification and loading window move the figure from there. We publish no fixed price list; every quotation comes back from the desk against your rotation.
Does Ingliston Airport allow a late change to a catering specification?
Every order carries its own lead time, set by cabin count and loading window rather than a fixed cut-off. We ask for as much notice as the rotation allows, and we hold the specification open for changes for as long as the loading window permits.
Where does private jet catering reach on the EDI ramp?
The handover record shows delivery to the FBOs on the field and to the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift. FBO catering here runs off the same duty roster as any other movement through the station.
When does VIP flight catering at EGPH move to government protocol?
Once a movement is flagged as a state or household flight, government flight catering and VIP flight catering switch to security-cleared staff and a documented protocol file per passenger. As soon as that flag is set, the uplift is sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Are halal, kosher and SPML meals produced at Ingliston?
The coordinator on duty confirms each special meal code against the passenger list before production starts. Halal, kosher and the full set of IATA special meal codes are produced on a separate line and documented per passenger before boarding.
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