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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Kirkwall, United Kingdom
Airline catering, VIP and private jet catering at Kirkwall (EGPA / KOI)
KOI (IATA) · EGPA (ICAO)
A narrow-body reference code sets the working envelope here, so a rotation is planned to that limit rather than to a wide-body assumption, and every uplift is sequenced accordingly. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and hi-loader boarding to galley height at Kirkwall for scheduled, charter, VIP and government flights.
1,430 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 — Kirkwall
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at Kirkwall
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at KOI
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, EGPA / KOI
Ramp access is what the loading window here is actually built around: the apron sequencing, the escort, and the point at which the cart is cleared to move. Every catering uplift at this station is planned against that sequence rather than against a fixed slot, because the apron is worked to the narrow-body reference code and the timing follows it. The result is a window that is held, not guessed at, from the moment the seal is checked to the moment the galley door closes.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Kirkwall sit screening, an escort and apron traffic worked to the narrow-body reference code, and the galley catering plan is built against the worst of those three rather than the best. A coordinator owns the run from seal to signature, logging the temperature at despatch and again at the galley door so the cold chain has two recorded points, not one assumed between them. That same coordinator carries the catering uplift paperwork through the checkpoint, so nothing changes hands without a name attached to it.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature: the load is owned end to end.
Airline food supplier for EGPA rotations
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Kirkwall
The production kitchen behind Kirkwall runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP standard and to the cold chain a wide-body or narrow-body rotation both need. Airport catering here is planned around that single site rather than a network of subcontractors, so a menu change, a special meal set and a crew tray set all leave from the same door. That structure is what lets airport catering at Kirkwall hold one standard whether the movement is a scheduled turnaround or an ad hoc call.
The team that handles government flight catering at Kirkwall is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rota drawn from the wider kitchen floor. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, their names sit on the access list before the movement lands, and they are trained to the household and protocol paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift. That continuity is what a protocol desk is actually checking for when it asks who touches the load.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Kirkwall airport
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at KOI
Menus here are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed spec, moving week to week while the tray standard behind them stays constant. Where the movement calls for it, dishes draw on produce from Orkney and the wider United Kingdom coast, worked into general categories such as dairy, shellfish and orchard fruit rather than a named source. Inflight catering at this station is documented per passenger for allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, labelled by cabin before it leaves the kitchen. That labelling is what a cabin crew checks against the manifest, not a printed card at the seat.
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First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Kirkwall are plated to a written specification rather than to a standing menu, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request against that same file. VIP flight catering here is filed against the protocol paperwork so the presentation is repeatable on the next rotation, not reinvented for it.
Business cabins
Business cabins at KOI run a multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on board. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so the tray sets and the crew meal boxes never share a cart with the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at Kirkwall, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering to these codes is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, so a special meal never shares a cart with the standard tray run.
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 food safety at Kirkwall (KOI)
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 Kirkwall, United Kingdom
Kirkwall works a narrow-body reference code across scheduled, charter and government movements, so a delegation is planned as a documentation exercise and a repeat rotation as a repetition exercise, rather than either being treated as an exception to the other. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering here run off the same duty roster whichever category the movement falls under.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by sealed cart from our kitchen to the stand, moved under ramp access held on our own badges rather than a general airside pass, with the loading crew on the apron for the full transfer. Airline catering at EGPA and airport catering at KOI are both planned stand by stand rather than to a generic slot, because the reference code fixes how close the cart can work to the aircraft.
On every movement we commit to one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover, so responsibility for the load never passes without a name attached to it.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Kirkwall
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Government and state flight catering at KOI
Our kitchen plans a 1,430 metre runway into every government flight catering movement at Kirkwall, since the reference code it sets governs how the sealed cart reaches the stand. State visits and official delegations are worked to a protocol file documented per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen for any head of state movement on the schedule.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Kirkwall
The 1,430 metre runway at Kirkwall governs which private airliners can work this station, and it does so before any household requirement is even discussed. Royal flight catering here covers BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP movements alike, held to a written household specification kept on file between rotations, with halal and other household dietary needs produced against that same file on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at EGPA
A wide-body airliner working a group charter or a special mission still boards against the narrow-body reference code held at Kirkwall, which is the fact that shapes the loading plan before the manifest does. Charter flight catering at Kirkwall for ACMI and wet-lease operators runs a full three-cabin uplift staged in galley order, and charter flight catering in the United Kingdom more broadly is counted against the same loading sheet on every leg.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at KOI
A 1,430 metre runway sets the working envelope at Kirkwall, so ad hoc airline catering here is planned to a narrow-body rotation rather than assumed against a wider one. Carriers running this station as an outstation draw on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off the same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg pattern, while crew meals at EGPA and crew meals at Kirkwall are boxed separately to the roster on every one of them.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Kirkwall
On the same apron that takes scheduled and charter traffic, the narrow-body reference code also governs how business aviation is worked at Kirkwall. Private jet catering at Kirkwall is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, run through our dedicated branch on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering and business aviation catering following that one specification and business jet catering handled to it as well.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at KOI
Flight departments on jet catering at EGPA
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“For a last-minute requirement at Kirkwall (KOI/EGPA), we contacted them as our airline ops catering supplier. They understood airline operations and kept communication short, clear, and useful. It made the station much easier to manage. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Victoria — Airline Operations Manager
“Our team needed VIP flight catering in Kirkwall for a short-notice flight at KOI/EGPA. The menu selection was good and all special requests were clearly identified. A very easy service to use at this station. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Hannah — Corporate Aviation Manager
“I requested SPML for passengers departing Kirkwall (KOI/EGPA) and the labeling was excellent. The team confirmed the dietary details carefully and there was no confusion when the order arrived. A good experience with complex dietary requests. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Alejandro — Ad Hoc Operations Manager
Outstation catering data for Kirkwall (EGPA / KOI)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,430 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | EGPA |
Inflight catering FAQ for Kirkwall airport
Crew meals, lead times and access at Kirkwall airport
What operations gets asked every week about Kirkwall.
Ask operations directly →What protocol governs VIP, VVIP and government flights at EGPA?
We run VIP flight catering and government flight catering at Kirkwall under a documented protocol: security-cleared staff, a sealed uplift and a named coordinator for the movement.
How much does airline catering cost at Kirkwall?
Kirkwall quotations are built on cabin count, specification and the loading window rather than a fixed rate, so the airline catering cost changes with those three inputs and our desk returns a figure once it has them.
Can we deliver airline catering airside at Kirkwall Airport?
The narrow-body reference code held at this station is what fixes how close the cart can work, and airside delivery runs by sealed cart to the stand rather than hi-loader boarding, on every movement we plan here.
When are halal, kosher and special meal codes produced for KOI departures?
When the booking confirms the manifest, halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes, including SPML entries, are produced on a separate line and documented per passenger before the seal is checked.
Aviation catering across the Kirkwall region
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Eday
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Wick
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
LSI / EGPB
Lerwick
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
Aviation catering quote for Kirkwall, United Kingdom
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
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Uplift at Kirkwall (KOI)