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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — London, United Kingdom
Airside airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at London (EGLC / LCY)
LCY (IATA) · EGLC (ICAO)
One runway of 1,508 metres and a narrow-body reference code set what boards here, and it is boarded direct: hi-loader to the galley door, never left at the foot of the aircraft. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at this stand, with wide-body uplift routed through the same airside desk on request.
1,508 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
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 — London
Hi-loader aviation catering on the London (LCY) apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for LCY departures
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at EGLC / LCY
A narrow-body reference code governs the ramp at London, and every catering uplift is planned around the ramp access that code allows rather than around the apron in general. The route runs from our sealed kitchen carts to the galley door, cleared through the same airside checkpoint every rotation. Nothing about the sequence changes for a VIP or a government movement: only the escort and the paperwork around it do.
Between our kitchen and the stand at EGLC sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and the convoy is where a rotation is actually lost or held, not the galley catering itself. We plan the route against the worst of those three, holding the catering uplift to a fixed sequence rather than to the clock alone. Chain of custody starts at the seal on the cart and does not break until a name is signed against the galley on arrival, with the temperature logged at both ends of the run.
One sealed cart, one route, one signature: that is the whole loading window.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for EGLC / LCY
Airline food supplier crews cleared for LCY
Airport catering at London runs from a production kitchen built to serve a narrow-body stand rather than a wide-body bank, which keeps hot production, pastry and a cold larder working to one HACCP standard under a single roof. Airport catering at EGLC is planned against that same standard for every class of movement, scheduled, charter or VIP. Tray sets and passenger meal boxes leave the kitchen already sequenced to the loading sheet, so the ramp crew handles order, not assembly.
The team behind government flight catering at London is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn from a wider roster. Security clearance is held on file for each member, access to the kitchen and the ramp is limited to that list, and household service standards are trained into the team rather than briefed once. Catering at EGLC for a state or royal movement is handed to that same crew, working from a written specification kept on file between movements.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at London airport
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at LCY
Menus at London move to the cabin flown and the mission behind it, from a VIP flight menu plated to a written specification through to a charter flight menu built for volume across a full rotation. Where the mission calls for it, dishes draw on produce sourced within the United Kingdom, worked into seasonal menus rather than a fixed year-round list. Inflight catering at EGLC is documented down to the passenger: allergen sets, halal, kosher and medical requirements are labelled per tray and per cabin before the cart is sealed. Nothing leaves the kitchen without that label attached, whatever the size of the order.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at London are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request against the standing order. VIP flight catering here is filed and signed off before the cart is sealed, so presentation is repeated exactly rather than reinterpreted each rotation.
Business cabins
Business cabins at LCY run multi-choice hot service to a written cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately and labelled to the roster, alongside the tray sets built for the paying cabins.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at LCY are documented per passenger before production starts, covering household, religious and medical needs on the same file. Halal and kosher sets, and the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed apart, so inflight catering for one passenger never touches another's tray.
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 LCY
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 London, United Kingdom
London runs a narrow-body traffic profile off a single runway, which keeps the mix concentrated: business and government movements alongside scheduled and charter rotations, each one a documentation task before it is a volume one. That profile is why airport catering in the United Kingdom is planned stand by stand here rather than bank by bank, with each rotation carrying its own loading sheet.
Uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader to galley height, staged from our kitchen and escorted across the ramp under our own badges rather than handed off at a gate. Inflight catering in the United Kingdom, aviation catering at London and in-flight catering at LCY all run off that same route, whatever the segment behind the booking.
One coordinator holds each rotation from seal to signature, working sealed carts and a signed handover as the fixed part of an otherwise variable day.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at London
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Government and state flight catering at London
The 1,508 metre runway at LCY takes the aircraft a delegation typically arrives on, and that is the movement government flight catering here is built around. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff are security-cleared against a fixed access list, and the uplift for a head of state aircraft is sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at EGLC
A private airliner sized to this runway boards here on the same stand used for scheduled traffic, and it is boarded to a household rather than an airline specification. Royal flight catering and VVIP work at London are held to that written household standard across repeat rotations, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request between movements.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LCY
At a stand governed by a single narrow-body reference code, the runway length at London still sets what a charter operator can bring in for a group movement or a special mission. Charter flight catering here covers ACMI and wet-lease operators alike, with charter flight catering staged as a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet before boarding.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at London
A narrow-body reference code sets the loading pattern our crews work to at every stand here, and that pattern is what a scheduled carrier running LCY as an outstation books against. Ad hoc airline catering covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation without a change of tray standard.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at EGLC
A narrow-body reference code sets what a business aircraft shares the ramp with at London, so a private movement is sequenced around the same stand windows as the scheduled traffic rather than around a separate apron. Private jet catering here reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with business aviation catering and business jet catering run from the same duty roster.
Private jets →
FBOs at London
london city airport private jet centre
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at EGLC / LCY
Ops desks rating airline catering services at EGLC
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We booked private jet catering in London for a flight operating through LCY/EGLC. Communication was responsive and the team handled a late timing change without any issue. I would use them again for another flight from London. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Lorenzo — Ground Support Manager
“For a last-minute requirement at London (LCY/EGLC), we contacted them as our airline catering broker. They coordinated locally, sent useful updates, and kept the final uplift aligned with our revised schedule. We would use the service again without hesitation. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Abdullah — Freighter Station Supervisor
“For our flight from London (LCY/EGLC), the cabin order included multiple SPML. The order arrived complete and the special requests were handled with the same presentation as the regular meals. A good experience with complex dietary requests. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Yann — Ramp Operations Manager
Airport catering facts for London (EGLC / LCY)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,508 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | EGLC |
Business jet catering questions at London airport
Crew meals, lead times and access at London (LCY)
What operations gets asked every week about London.
Ask operations directly →Do you deliver airline catering airside at London?
Yes, by hi-loader straight to the galley door: every cart is sealed at our kitchen and escorted across the ramp for airside delivery, never left at the foot of the aircraft.
Which special meal codes does LCY produce?
The loader carries halal, kosher and the full range of IATA special meal codes, produced on a separate line and labelled per passenger before the cart is sealed.
What does private jet catering at EGLC cover?
We deliver to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, so FBO catering here is never a separate standard.
When does an order need to be placed for London?
When the schedule is confirmed is the earliest we ask for it, and lead time then depends on cabin count and specification; once booked, a menu can still change closer to departure than most desks expect.
How does London handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering?
London runs VIP flight catering and government flight catering through the same security-cleared team on every rotation, working to a protocol file agreed before the aircraft is on the ground.
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Airline catering quote for London, United Kingdom
Request a quote
Send us your catering needs for LCY
London (LCY / EGLC)
Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for London, not a brochure.
orders@aerogourmet.com · operations desk, 24/7
Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at London (LCY)