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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Inverness, United Kingdom
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Inverness (EGPE / INV)
INV (IATA) · EGPE (ICAO)
The 1888 m runway at Inverness boards narrow-body aircraft on scheduled, charter, VIP and government rotations, and inflight catering here is built around that reference code rather than around a wide-body assumption. Every cart clears the ramp by hi-loader to galley height, with in-flight catering staged on the apron and uplift sequenced to the loading sheet, not delivered and left at the foot of the aircraft.
1,888 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
Runways
3
FBOs 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 — Inverness
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at Inverness (INV)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at EGPE / INV
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Inverness airport
The loading window at Inverness runs from the sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door on the stand, and it is held against the narrow-body reference code the airport works to. Ramp access is booked before the cart moves, not negotiated on the apron once the hi-loader is already positioned. That sequence is what a catering uplift is measured against here, rotation after rotation.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Inverness sit screening, an escort through the airside gate, and whatever apron traffic the narrow-body schedule is carrying that hour. We plan the catering uplift against the worst of those three, not the average of them, so the chain of custody holds even when the ramp is busy. Every galley catering cart is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at the aircraft. Temperature is read at both points, and the load is signed off only once the seal matches what left the door.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the galley door.
Airline food supplier for EGPE / INV rotations
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at Inverness (INV)
The flight kitchen provisioning Inverness runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to serve the narrow-body reference code this airport operates to. HACCP governs every stage the food passes through before it reaches the ramp, and the cold chain is held from the larder to the cart. Airport catering here means a single kitchen answering to scheduled, charter, VIP and government demand on the same production floor, and airport catering at EGPE is planned around that one facility rather than split across several.
The team behind government flight catering at Inverness is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access list, and trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects. Chain of custody runs with them from the sealed cart to the handover signature, never handed off mid-route. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first when catering at EGPE is booked for a state or household movement.
Kosher inflight catering and dietary sets at Inverness
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Inverness, United Kingdom
Trays leaving the Inverness kitchen are written to the cabin fitted and the mission flown, from a single passenger box to a full multi-class rotation, with inflight catering in Inverness following the same specification each time rather than a new brief every week. Produce drawn from the wider Scottish Highlands supply base — dairy, fish, game and orchard fruit — sits alongside standing menu cycles built for scheduled, charter, VIP and government work. Seasonal changes move the cycle, never the tray standard it is built on. Every dietary and religious set is documented per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed, so nothing is decided at the aircraft door.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Inverness are plated to a written specification, with VIP flight catering covering à-la-carte and caviar service on request rather than a fixed set menu. The presentation is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served exactly as the last one was.
Business cabins
Business cabins at EGPE run on multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets, sized to the aircraft's own galley rather than a generic format. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so cockpit and cabin crew are never drawing on the same tray run as the passengers.
Protocol & dietary
Halal, kosher and the full range of IATA special meal codes are produced at Inverness on a separate line, with household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger before sealing. Inflight catering at INV treats every SPML request as a standing specification, produced to that code on each rotation it recurs.
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 EGPE
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 EGPE
Inverness works scheduled, charter and government traffic across a narrow-body reference code, and that mix sets the planning problem: a government movement is a documentation exercise, a charter peak is a capacity exercise, and a repeat scheduled rotation is a repetition exercise that rewards a fixed tray standard. Airline catering at INV is planned against whichever of those three the day's schedule actually carries, not against a single assumed profile.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand by sealed cart, cleared through the airside gate and loaded by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. Ground handling on the apron coordinates the timing so the cart reaches the stand inside the loading window, and in-flight catering in Inverness is staged to that handover rather than to a fixed clock time.
One coordinator carries the load from seal to signature on every rotation, so aviation catering in Inverness and airport catering at Inverness answer to the same desk whatever the flight type on the stand that day.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at EGPE / INV
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Government and state flight catering at Inverness
Working to a narrow-body reference code sets what has to be sequenced ahead of a delegation's arrival, since the stand and the loading window are fixed before the movement is confirmed. Government flight catering for state visits and official delegations at Inverness is planned against that constraint: protocol documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the access list, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen, whatever head of state or ministerial movement is on the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at EGPE
The reference code here is narrow-body, and that governs which private airliners board directly rather than through a wider-body ramp plan. Royal flight catering and VVIP catering at INV are held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, covering BBJ and ACJ types, with halal and other royal household requirements produced on request rather than assumed.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at INV
Our kitchen plans a full three-cabin uplift against the narrow-body reference code Inverness operates to, staging trays in the order the galleys are laid out rather than by cabin class alone. Charter flight catering at INV serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering in United Kingdom counted against the loading sheet on every rotation, not estimated on the day.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Inverness
With a 1888 m runway and a narrow-body reference code, Inverness works as an outstation for carriers that do not base a kitchen here, and ad hoc airline catering covers the gaps a base station would otherwise fill. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering run off one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals for United Kingdom sectors boxed to the same schedule as the passenger trays for crew meals in Inverness.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at EGPE
A 1888 m runway is enough to bring business aviation onto the same apron as the scheduled and charter traffic at Inverness, and private jet catering at INV is delivered from that shared ramp rather than a separate facility. FBO catering reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Inverness
highland aviation
signature aviation
the highland jet centre
Charter flight catering reviewed at Inverness, United Kingdom
Operators on commercial aviation catering at EGPE / INV
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“I asked for airline meal boxes at Inverness (INV/EGPE) because we had limited time to reset the galley. The order came ready for service with no unnecessary packaging or loose items to sort through. Exactly what we need for a quick galley setup. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Hana — Ad Hoc Operations Manager
“We had an ad hoc catering requirement at Inverness (INV/EGPE) and the coordination was very smooth. Communication between dispatch, handling, and catering was clear throughout. A very useful service for ad hoc flying. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Akira — Air Freight Operations Lead
“I ordered private jet menu for our departure from Inverness (INV/EGPE) and was very happy with the service. The food arrived fresh and well presented, with clear labels and packaging that actually worked in our galley. I would definitely order from them again. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Benjamin — Operations Support Coordinator
Station data for airport catering at Inverness (EGPE / INV)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 1,888 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | EGPE |
Business jet catering questions at Inverness
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Inverness
What operations gets asked every week about Inverness.
Ask operations directly →When does airline catering reach the aircraft airside at EGPE?
When the sealed cart clears the airside gate, it is escorted straight to the stand and boarded by hi-loader to galley height, so the uplift never sits at the foot of the aircraft waiting for a crew.
At what point does an order need to be placed for Inverness, and how late can the specification change?
The first step is booking the loading window against the rotation's slot, which sets how far in advance we need the order; a specification can usually still move after that, but last minute airline catering close to departure narrows what can be resequenced.
Does Inverness Airport support private jet catering delivery to the FBOs on the field?
Every FBO catering request on the field is delivered to the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, so a business jet movement is handled to the identical standard as a scheduled one.
Is VIP flight catering available for VVIP and government flights at INV?
The coordinator assigned to a rotation runs government flight catering and VIP flight catering under the same protocol, with security clearance on file and the load sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Where does an airline catering cost figure at EGPE come from, since no price list is published?
The loading sheet for the rotation sets the basis for a quotation, since cabin count, specification and the loading window all move the airline catering cost, and our desk returns a figure against that sheet rather than a fixed rate.
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Return leg, if any
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