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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Isle of Islay, United Kingdom
Airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Isle of Islay (EGPI / ILY)
ILY (IATA) · EGPI (ICAO)
Two runways and a narrow-body reference code set the boarding pattern at Isle of Islay: single-aisle rotations worked stand by stand, with hi-loader access straight to the galley door rather than a kerbside handover. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and wide-body-grade discipline on every uplift here, staging trays to cabin sequence before the loader ever reaches the aircraft.
1,554 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
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 — Isle of Islay
Aviation catering with ramp access at Isle of Islay (ILY)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for EGPI departures
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Isle of Islay
Ramp access is what the loading window at Isle of Islay is actually built around: our sealed cart clears the apron and reaches the galley door on a route timed before the rotation is confirmed, not adjusted on the day. Every catering uplift here follows the same sequence regardless of aircraft type on the narrow-body stand. That repeatability is what lets an ops desk plan a tight turn with confidence rather than a margin of guesswork.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Isle of Islay sit screening, an escort across the apron, and whatever traffic the ramp is carrying that hour; we plan the catering uplift against the busiest version of that route, not the easiest one. Chain of custody runs from the seal at the kitchen door to the signature at the galley, with nothing handed over unescorted in between. Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed and logged again at the aircraft, so the record for that galley catering load closes with both readings side by side, not one assumed from the other.
One coordinator owns the load, from the sealed kitchen door to the signature at the galley.
Crew meals and pilot meals for EGPI / ILY departures
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at ILY
The flight kitchen behind Isle of Islay's stands runs hot production, pastry and a cold larder under one roof, with a protocol cell for sealed and documented work standing apart from the general line. HACCP governs every stage of that production, from intake to the sealed cart, and the cold chain is held continuously rather than restored at the stand. That structure is what airport catering at EGPI depends on for consistency across a narrow-body rotation, and it is why airport catering here does not vary by aircraft type or time of day at Isle of Islay.
The team assigned to government flight catering at Isle of Islay is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating roster drawn from the general kitchen floor. Each member carries security clearance on file and sits on the access list for sealed and protocol work, trained to the household standards that travel with royal and state movements. Chain of custody is theirs from the moment a cart is sealed to the moment it is signed for at the aircraft.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Isle of Islay (ILY)
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at EGPI
Menus at Isle of Islay are written to the cabin and the mission first, and only then to the season, so a delegation rotation and a scheduled turn are never served from the same specification. Local sourcing draws on the island's dairy, fish and orchard produce where the calendar allows it, worked into the tray plan rather than treated as decoration. From passenger meal boxes to VVIP menus, the Isle of Islay airline catering menu follows the cabin, the mission and the season in that order. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed, so nothing reaches the galley unlabelled.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Isle of Islay are plated to a written specification kept on file between movements, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request rather than as a fixed default. VIP flight catering here follows that same specification whether the movement is a single rotation or a repeat booking through EGPI.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Isle of Islay run multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft on stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, alongside passenger tray sets built to the same cabin specification.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at EGPI are documented per passenger rather than assumed from a general list, covering halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. That inflight catering line is produced and sealed apart from the general kitchen floor before it ever reaches the cart.
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 ILY
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 EGPI / ILY
Isle of Islay's narrow-body reference code and two runways shape a traffic profile of scheduled, charter and occasional government movements rather than continuous wide-body waves, which turns catering here into a documentation and sequencing exercise more than a raw-capacity one: each rotation is planned individually against its own cabin count and protocol needs.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by ramp loading from our flight kitchen straight to the narrow-body stand, with our own crew handling the apron leg under escort rather than a kerbside drop-off. Airline catering at ILY, inflight catering at Isle of Islay, in-flight catering in United Kingdom and airport catering in United Kingdom all run through that single ramp route regardless of which segment is on the stand.
What we commit to on this station is one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts from kitchen to galley, and a signed handover that closes the record before departure.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Isle of Islay (ILY)
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Government and state flight catering at EGPI
On a narrow-body reference code stand, a head of state aircraft is boarded through the same sequence as any protocol movement, with nothing left to the general schedule. Government flight catering at Isle of Islay for state visits and official delegations runs on a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff, and an uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at ILY
A narrow-body stand sets how a private airliner is sequenced onto the ramp, so household movements are worked to a fixed slot rather than fitted around other traffic. Royal flight catering at Isle of Islay covers BBJ, ACJ and other private airliners to a written household specification held on file between movements, with halal and other dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Isle of Islay
1554 metres of runway, which keeps this stand working narrow-body charter and ACMI rotations rather than long-haul wide-body diversions. Charter flight catering at ILY for wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions runs a full cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering in Isle of Islay is staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at EGPI
A narrow-body airliner working Isle of Islay as an outstation boards from the same reference-code stand whether it arrives on schedule or on a diversion. Ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering at ILY all draw on the same duty roster, crew meals in Isle of Islay included, with AOG cover held across a multi-leg rotation and ad hoc catering at ILY confirmed inside the day.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at ILY
We work the 1554 m runway at Isle of Islay for business aviation on the same terms as scheduled traffic, sequencing each movement onto its stand rather than treating it as an afterthought. Private jet catering at EGPI reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at EGPI
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Isle of Islay airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“A short-notice movement brought us into Isle of Islay (ILY/EGPI), so we needed reliable AOG catering. Even with the late change, the meals were packed correctly and delivered within the revised window. Exactly what we need when operations change with very little notice. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Lea — Client Services Manager
“For an operation away from our normal base, we arranged off-station catering at Isle of Islay (ILY/EGPI). Updates were concise and the delivery timing matched our handling plan. A solid solution for outstation operations. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Fernando — Special Air Mission Coordinator
“We requested an airline catering cost per meal for Isle of Islay (ILY/EGPI) and appreciated how clear the pricing was. The quote was detailed enough for operations and accounting, but still quick to review. The clear communication made the booking easy. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Elias — Charter Services Manager
Station data for airport catering at Isle of Islay (EGPI / ILY)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,554 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | EGPI |
Business jet catering questions at Isle of Islay (ILY)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Isle of Islay (ILY)
What operations gets asked every week about Isle of Islay.
Ask operations directly →At EGPI, do you deliver airline catering airside, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
A hi-loader carries the sealed cart from our kitchen directly to the galley door on the stand, so airside delivery here never passes through a kerbside handover.
Can you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Isle of Islay?
The narrow-body stands and the GA terminal share the same apron route, so FBO catering reaches every operator on the field on the same cold chain as an airline uplift.
With a single narrow-body reference code governing the ramp, how much does airline catering cost at Isle of Islay Airport?
There is no published price list, because airline catering cost depends on cabin count, specification and loading window, and the desk returns a quotation once those are set.
Do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at ILY, and under what protocol?
Yes, with a named security-cleared crew handling VIP flight catering and government flight catering under a documented protocol file, sealed before the cart leaves the kitchen.
What lead time does EGPI need, and how late can a specification still change?
We confirm the loading window as early as the rotation is known and can still take a specification change inside the day for most cabin classes, ahead of the sealed cutoff.
How are halal, kosher and IATA special meal codes handled for flights through Isle of Islay?
Isle of Islay production covers halal, kosher and the full set of SPML codes, each documented per passenger and sealed on a separate line before boarding.
Outstation catering near Isle of Islay
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at Isle of Islay (ILY)