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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Lerwick, United Kingdom
Private jet catering, VIP flight catering and airline catering at Lerwick (EGPB / LSI)
LSI (IATA) · EGPB (ICAO)
A 1,498 metre runway lets narrow-body aircraft turn here on schedule, which sets the pace for every uplift we load. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and full aviation provisioning from a kitchen built for hi-loader boarding, taking wide-body-standard tray sets to galley height on scheduled, charter, VIP and government rotations through Lerwick.
1,498 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
3
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 — Lerwick
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at EGPB
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at EGPB / LSI
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Lerwick (LSI)
Ramp access at Lerwick is the variable every loading plan is built around, since a narrow-body reference code sets how the apron is worked stand by stand. Each catering uplift moves from a sealed cart to the galley door on a route agreed with the ramp before the aircraft is on stand, not after. Nothing about that route is estimated: it is the same sequence, run the same way, on every rotation through EGPB.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Lerwick sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and a narrow-body reference code that keeps the ramp routing tight rather than generous. We build the catering uplift plan against the worst of those three, not the average of them, so a delay on the apron never becomes a delay at the galley door. Chain of custody runs from the seal at the kitchen to the signature at handover, with the galley catering load checked against the same loading sheet at both ends. Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed and logged again when it is opened at the aircraft, so the record covers the whole route, not just the departure.
One seal, one route, one signature: that is what a loading window actually measures.
Crew meals and pilot meals for Lerwick departures
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Lerwick, United Kingdom
The flight kitchen behind Lerwick runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP standard from intake to seal. Airport catering here is planned around a single narrow-body reference code, so the kitchen sizes its production kitchen and cold larder to what that ramp can actually turn, not to a theoretical peak. Cold chain is held from the moment a tray set leaves production to the moment it clears the galley door, and that same discipline governs airport catering for every mission type Lerwick handles.
The team behind government flight catering at Lerwick is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rota drawn fresh each time. Security clearance is held on file, each member sits on the access list for the ramp, and each is trained to household service standards before a sealed uplift is ever handed to them. That continuity is what lets a protocol file move with the food rather than trailing behind it, uplift after uplift, at EGPB.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at LSI
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at EGPB / LSI
Menus at Lerwick are written to the cabin and to the mission, adapted by our chefs rather than issued from a fixed national menu. Local sourcing draws on Shetland's dairy, its cheese and its fish where the flight plan allows it, alongside seasonal produce brought in for longer sectors. Inflight catering here is documented per passenger: allergen declarations, halal and kosher sets and any medical requirement are labelled and tracked by cabin, not batched together. That discipline holds whether the flight is a scheduled sector, a charter movement or a VIP rotation through EGPB.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins routed through Lerwick receive VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request rather than assumed by default. Every presentation is checked against the standing order before the cart is sealed, so the cabin sees exactly what was specified, not what was convenient to produce that day.
Business cabins
Business cabins worked out of LSI take multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boxed in tray sets built for a fast turn. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster at EGPB, so the flight deck and the cabin crew are never drawing from the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements in Lerwick are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical needs from the initial order through to boarding. Halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes are produced on a separate line and sealed before leaving it, so inflight catering here answers to the same written record on every rotation.
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 standards for aviation catering at EGPB
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 Lerwick airport
Lerwick works a narrow-body traffic profile off a single reference code, which turns catering into a repetition problem more than a capacity one: the same tray specification has to land correctly on every rotation, not just the first. A 1,498 metre runway keeps the aircraft mix consistent, so the kitchen builds one production rhythm rather than planning around occasional wide-body peaks.
Uplift reaches the aircraft here by hi-loader to the galley door, staged from a sealed cart that leaves our kitchen already loaded to the aircraft's tray configuration. Ground handling on the apron coordinates the ramp slot with our own delivery window, so airline catering and aviation catering movements are timed against the same schedule the handler is already working to, not a separate one layered on top. Airport catering at EGPB is planned stand by stand rather than terminal-wide, which keeps in-flight catering movements clear of the wider apron traffic. Inflight catering at Lerwick, in short, runs off one coordinated route from kitchen to galley door.
On every rotation through this station we commit to one named coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover at the aircraft.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at Lerwick, United Kingdom
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Government and state flight catering at Lerwick
A narrow-body reference code narrows the stand options available to a delegation movement, so the protocol file has to be settled before the aircraft is even assigned a position. Government flight catering at Lerwick answers to that constraint with security-cleared staff, a head of state aircraft handled to the same sealed standard as any other movement, and the uplift closed before it ever leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at EGPB
Narrow-body is the reference code held at this station, and it means a royal household movement is worked on the same stand infrastructure as any scheduled arrival, never a separate one. Royal flight catering at Lerwick keeps a written household specification on file between rotations, covering private airliners such as a BBJ or ACJ, with halal and other VVIP dietary requirements produced to that same standing record.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LSI
We load a full three-cabin specification against a narrow-body reference code at Lerwick, which keeps a charter movement on the same galley sequence as a scheduled one. Charter flight catering at LSI serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering in Lerwick staged and counted against the loading sheet before the cart ever leaves the kitchen.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Lerwick
With a runway measured at 1,498 metres, Lerwick sits at the narrow-body end of the network we serve, and that is exactly where ad hoc airline catering earns its keep. Carriers running this station as an outstation draw on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, while crew meals in Lerwick and crew meals in United Kingdom travel on the same tray standard as the passenger load.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at EGPB
A 1,498 metre runway is enough to keep business aviation moving through Lerwick alongside the scheduled traffic it shares the field with. Private jet catering at LSI reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal through our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and paperwork as any airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at EGPB / LSI
Flight departments on jet catering at Lerwick
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We used tour operator charter catering at Lerwick (LSI/EGPB) for a team charter and had a good experience. 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.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Antonio — Charter Operations Executive
“We needed military charter catering at Lerwick (LSI/EGPB) for a time-sensitive operation. They kept the menu simple, respected the special requirements, and delivered exactly when the aircraft was ready to receive it. We appreciated the flexibility. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Aisha — Cargo Flight Dispatcher
“Our freighter crew needed freighter crew meals at Lerwick (LSI/EGPB) during a short turnaround. The crew received the correct quantities and the handover was quick, which is exactly what we needed. Good service for freighter crews and odd-hour schedules. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Eric — Operations Support Coordinator
Airport catering data for Lerwick (EGPB / LSI)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,498 m |
| Runways | 3 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | EGPB |
Airline catering services FAQ for LSI
Diversion catering and ramp questions at LSI
What operations gets asked every week about Lerwick.
Ask operations directly →When do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at LSI, and under what protocol?
When a movement is flagged VIP, VVIP or government, it moves onto our protocol file immediately: security-cleared staff, a sealed uplift and documentation that travels with the flight rather than trailing it.
Does EGPB require a fixed lead time, and how late can a specification still change?
Every order is opened as early as the schedule allows, but the tray specification itself can be revised up to the loading window, which is when the cart is sealed for the galley.
Are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced for flights through Lerwick?
The kitchen coordinator produces halal, kosher and the full set of SPML codes on a separate line, and each tray is logged against the passenger it was ordered for.
What does airside delivery look like for airline catering at Lerwick Airport?
We hi-loader every cart directly to the galley door on the stand, so nothing is set down at the foot of the aircraft and nothing waits on the apron unsealed.
Where does private jet catering reach on the field at LSI?
The delivery record covers every FBO on the field and the GA terminal, with FBO catering run on the same cold chain and paperwork as a scheduled airline uplift.
Commercial aviation catering near Lerwick
EOI / EGED
Eday
United Kingdom · 113 km from Lerwick
Airline & VIP flight catering →
KOI / EGPA
Kirkwall
United Kingdom · 137 km from Lerwick
Airline & VIP flight catering →
WIC / EGPC
Wick
United Kingdom · 188 km from Lerwick
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Lerwick (LSI)