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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
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at London (EGKK / LGW)
LGW (IATA) · EGKK (ICAO)
A 3317 m longest runway and a wide-body reference code put multi-class widebodies on stand at London, where our kitchen boards inflight catering by hi-loader straight to galley height rather than at the foot of the aircraft. That ramp access carries scheduled rotations, ad hoc uplifts and in-flight catering for state, royal and charter movements alike, all worked from one airside desk.
3,317 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
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
Inflight catering loaded to galley height at London airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at London, United Kingdom
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, London airport
Ramp access is what a catering uplift is actually measured against at London: the interval between the sealed cart leaving our kitchen and the tray sets clearing the galley door. Apron traffic, security screening and the taxi distance to the assigned stand all sit inside that interval, and a wide-body reference code means the sequence has to hold across two runways worth of movement. Nothing about that window is estimated after the fact; it is timed on the day, against the rotation actually flying.
Between our kitchen and the stand at London sit screening, an escort through the ramp and whatever apron traffic a wide-body reference code brings with it, and the plan is built against the worst version of that, not the average one. Galley catering only counts once it is sealed, so every cart carries a temperature log opened at the kitchen and closed again at the aircraft. The chain of custody runs on one signature at handover, which is what a catering uplift is checked against if a rotation slips. That signature, not the clock, is what closes the load.
One sealed cart, one signature, from our kitchen to the galley door.
Pilot meals prepared for EGKK / LGW rotations
Airline food supplier crews cleared for London (LGW)
Hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line sit under one roof for the kitchen that provisions LGW, which is what lets a wide-body rotation and a household movement run off the same floor without either one waiting on the other. Airport catering at London is built around that single site rather than around a scattered network, so airport catering here answers to one HACCP standard across every line it runs. Flight kitchen output moves out sealed, on carts built to the cabin count of the aircraft it is boarding.
The team behind government flight catering at LGW is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, named on the access list, and trained to household service standards rather than to a general catering brief. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first, because a rotating roster is the one thing a sealed uplift cannot absorb. Catering at LGW for this tier runs on that fixed team, not on whoever is on shift.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at London
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at EGKK / LGW
Menus at London are written to the cabin flying and to the mission behind it, not to a single fixed offer repeated across every rotation. Local sourcing draws on the produce of the region around the city, dairy, orchard fruit, fish, worked into a seasonal rotation rather than a fixed list, and the same structure carries a scheduled sector, a charter and a VVIP movement without changing its documentation. From passenger meal boxes to VVIP menus, the inflight catering in United Kingdom follows the cabin, the mission and the season, so the specification is what shifts, never the process behind it. Every dietary and allergen set is logged against the passenger it was built for, and it travels with the tray to the aircraft, not separately from it.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at EGKK are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single fixed offer. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for the rotation, so a repeat movement can be reproduced without redrafting it.
Business cabins
Business cabins at LGW run on multi-choice hot service, boxed to a galley-ready format sized to the aircraft actually flying. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in their own tray sets, boxed separately to the working roster rather than folded into the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at London are documented per passenger rather than left to a general note on the manifest, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. That inflight catering set is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, so a household or medical requirement never shares a tray with anything it was built apart from.
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 London
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.
Aviation catering delivered to the stand at EGKK
A wide-body reference code and two runways put London in a mixed traffic profile: scheduled widebodies, ad hoc charter and government movements share the same apron, which turns every uplift into a documentation exercise as much as a loading one. A delegation adds a protocol file to check; a peak wave adds volume against the same sealed-cart method; a repeat charter rotation adds a specification that has to be reproduced, not rewritten, each time it flies.
Airline catering at London moves from our kitchen to the ramp by sealed cart, boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than handed over at the foot of the aircraft, with ramp access held on our own badges rather than borrowed for the day. Aviation catering at London and airport catering at LGW both run off that same route: one stand, one cart, one escort through the apron, whatever the segment behind the booking.
One coordinator carries the rotation from kitchen seal to aircraft signature, and in-flight catering at EGKK closes on that signature, not on a delivery note left at the stand.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at London (LGW)
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Government and state flight catering at LGW
A wide-body reference code held at London, which allows a full multi-class layout onto one stand at a time, and that same discipline carries into government flight catering here: protocol documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen. A head of state aircraft is worked to that written file rather than to a general specification, and where a dedicated terminal is assigned, the routing follows it.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at London
Our kitchen holds a wide-body reference code, which is what lets a private airliner, BBJ, ACJ or wide-body VIP, board the same multi-class layout as a scheduled rotation without a separate line being built for it. Royal flight catering at LGW runs to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household requirements produced on request rather than improvised on the day.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at EGKK
A wide-body reference code governs what boards at London, and that single rating carries a group charter, an ACMI rotation or a wet-lease movement onto the same stand as a scheduled widebody. Charter flight catering at LGW covers a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering at London is staged in the order the galleys are laid out, mission by mission.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at LGW
A 3317 m longest runway sets what has to be sequenced around it: a wide-body rotation needs its loading slot fixed before the aircraft is on stand, which is what ad hoc airline catering at LGW is built to absorb without disturbing the rest of the day. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering each run off the same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg pattern that does not wait for a scheduled window to reopen.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at London
A business jet using the wide-body reference code held at London still boards from the same ramp as the widebodies it shares the field with. Private jet catering in United Kingdom, delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, runs as FBO catering on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, through our dedicated business aviation catering branch.
Private jets →
FBOs at London
signature aviation
Charter flight catering trusted at London, United Kingdom
Operators on commercial aviation catering at EGKK / LGW
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our flight changed at short notice and we arranged urgent airline catering at London (LGW/EGKK). 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. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Rebecca — Special Air Mission Coordinator
“London (LGW/EGKK) was an outstation for us, and we booked off-station catering for the sector. It felt like working with a regular station supplier even though this was not one of our usual airports. A solid solution for outstation operations. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Cecilia — Charter Operations Manager
“The operations team needed an airline catering cost for London (LGW/EGKK) with very little time to decide. Pricing, delivery timing, and packaging were all explained upfront, which helped us approve the uplift quickly. Straightforward and professional from quote to delivery. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Ryan — Freighter Station Supervisor
Inflight catering station profile for London (EGKK / LGW)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,317 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | EGKK |
Business jet catering questions at LGW
Crew meals, lead times and access at LGW
What operations gets asked every week about London.
Ask operations directly →Can LGW deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
Every FBO on the field and the GA terminal receive FBO catering from the same kitchen and cart route used for airline uplifts, sealed and logged before dispatch.
What lead time does EGKK need for an order, and how late can the specification still change?
We work to a standing lead time for a first booking and take last minute airline catering changes on the specification much closer to departure, provided the cabin count and loading window are confirmed.
Do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights in London, and under what protocol?
Yes, with the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen and a documented protocol file carried per passenger for VIP flight catering, government flight catering and royal or VVIP movements alike.
London Gatwick Airport - do you deliver airline catering airside, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
The sealed cart is boarded by hi-loader straight to galley height, so airline catering here reaches the aircraft by airside delivery rather than a stand-side handover.
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Flight catering quote for EGKK
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London (LGW / EGKK)
Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for London, not a brochure.
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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 London (LGW)