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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Wick, United Kingdom
Wick (EGPC / WIC): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
WIC (IATA) · EGPC (ICAO)
At Wick, a 1,831 m runway sets the aerodrome reference code to narrow-body, and inflight catering here is planned around that single strip rather than a spread of parallel stands. In-flight catering is boarded by hi-loader to galley height, uplift staged and sealed at the ramp edge for wide-body-standard handling on every rotation.
1,831 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
1
FBO on station
02
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 — Wick
Inflight catering at wide-body scale for Wick airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at EGPC
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at Wick
The loading window at Wick runs from the sealed cart leaving our kitchen to the signature at the galley door, and every stage of that run is logged rather than assumed. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the convoy crosses the apron on a route agreed with the field rather than queued behind general traffic. Catering uplift is timed against the rotation it serves, not against a fixed clock that ignores the aircraft in front of it.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Wick sit screening, an escort across the apron and the ordinary traffic of a working airfield, and the convoy is where a load is actually at risk, not the galley catering once it is sealed. We plan the route against the worst of those delays rather than the average of them, holding the chain of custody from the moment the cart is sealed to the moment it is signed for at the aircraft. Temperature is logged at sealing and logged again at handover, so the record travels with the cart rather than staying behind in the kitchen. Catering uplift that arrives late is a scheduling failure we design against, not an exception we explain afterwards.
One sealed cart, one signature, from our kitchen to the galley door.
Pilot meals prepared for Wick airport rotations
Airline food supplier crews cleared for WIC
Airport catering in Wick is provisioned from a single production line that runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, built to HACCP standard rather than assembled ad hoc for each rotation. Airport catering in United Kingdom of this kind depends on having every section within reach of the same cold chain, so a tray leaving the pass and a tray leaving the larder are held to the same discipline before either reaches a cart. The flight kitchen at WIC is built for that consistency, not for volume alone.
The team that handles government flight catering here is the same named crew across rotations, not a rotating pool assigned by whoever is free: security clearance on file, listed on the access list, and trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects. Security clearance is checked before the shift starts, not assumed from a previous booking, and the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift is prepared by the same hands each time. That continuity is the part a protocol officer checks first.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Wick (WIC)
VVIP catering to a written specification at EGPC
Inflight catering at Wick is written to the cabin flying and the mission behind it, not to a single fixed menu cycled regardless of who is on board. Produce drawn from the wider region, dairy, fish and orchard fruit typical of United Kingdom, sets the seasonal frame that the kitchen works within rather than a name-brand ingredient list. Every specification carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen. That labelling is what lets a multi-leg rotation change composition between sectors without losing track of a single passenger's requirement.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Wick are plated to a written specification rather than improvised at the stand, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order between movements, so a repeat rotation is served to the same standard each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at EGPC take multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets, sized to the aircraft's own galley rather than a generic format. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals at WIC are boxed separately and rostered against the crew list, keeping cabin crew meals distinct from the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger, with halal and kosher sets produced on a dedicated line and the full range of IATA special meal codes covered against that documentation. Inflight catering in Wick keeps that line sealed apart from the main service before it leaves the kitchen, so a dietary tray never shares a cart stage with an unlabelled one.
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 Wick
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 EGPC / WIC
Wick carries scheduled, charter and government movements across a single narrow-body reference code, which makes documentation the constant concern rather than volume: a delegation needs its protocol file matched to the passenger list, and a repeat charter needs the same tray specification held rotation after rotation rather than redrawn each time.
Aircraft provisioning reaches the aircraft by sealed cart, lifted by hi-loader to galley height instead of left at the foot of the stand, with our own crew on the ramp for the full crossing from kitchen to aircraft. Airport catering at EGPC is planned stand by stand rather than assumed from a terminal-wide schedule, and airline catering in United Kingdom of this profile depends on that stand-level planning holding for every movement, not just the busy ones.
One coordinator carries the rotation from seal to signature, in-flight catering in Wick and aviation catering at Wick answering to the same handover record whichever segment is flying that day.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at WIC
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Government and state flight catering at EGPC
A 1,831 m runway is enough to plan a state movement around one committed stand, and that single-stand routing is what makes government flight catering here a documentation exercise rather than a logistics one. State visits and official delegations travel with a protocol file matched per passenger, security-cleared staff, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen at EGPC, with a head of state aircraft handled to the same standing procedure on every rotation.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at WIC
We hold the narrow-body reference code at Wick to the same household specification whichever movement is flying, kept on file between rotations rather than rebuilt each time. Private airliners, BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations, receive royal flight catering to that written standard, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request for the royal household travelling.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Wick
Aerodrome reference code narrow-body governs every charter movement through Wick, keeping ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions on the one stand available. Charter flight catering here delivers a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, with charter flight catering in United Kingdom of this pattern staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at EGPC
A single narrow-body reference code means every uplift plan here is built around one stand rather than a spread of gates, which keeps ad hoc airline catering tightly sequenced when a rotation changes at short notice. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering run off the same duty roster, crew meals in United Kingdom and crew meals in Wick boxed alongside the passenger load across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at WIC
A business jet inbound to Wick uses the same narrow-body-rated stand as a scheduled aircraft, which lets our dedicated private-jet branch run the identical cold chain and paperwork on both. Private jet catering at Wick is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, FBO catering held to the same handover record as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Wick
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Charter flight catering reviewed at Wick (WIC)
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at Wick airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“For a last-minute requirement at Wick (WIC/EGPC), we contacted them as our airline catering broker. The response time was good and we did not have to manage several local suppliers ourselves. Very convenient for operational coverage. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Government flight department
Haris — Diplomatic Flight Manager
“We used the service for airline catering in Wick on a VIP rotation through WIC/EGPC. Communication was responsive and the team handled a late timing change without any issue. We had a smooth experience from order to delivery. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Anthony — Duty Operations Manager
“I requested special meal codes for passengers departing Wick (WIC/EGPC) and the labeling was excellent. The order arrived complete and the special requests were handled with the same presentation as the regular meals. That attention to detail makes a big difference onboard. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Dalia — Crew Logistics Coordinator
Airport catering reference for Wick (EGPC / WIC)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 1,831 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | EGPC |
Business jet catering questions at Wick (WIC)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Wick (WIC)
What operations gets asked every week about Wick.
Ask operations directly →Which route does airline catering take to reach the aircraft at Wick?
The sealed cart leaves our kitchen and is lifted by hi-loader to galley height, with airside delivery held on our own ramp clearance rather than queued behind general traffic.
Whose specification governs how late an order can change at WIC?
For most rotations the lead time runs from initial booking to a cut-off before departure, and how far in advance that cut-off falls depends on the cabin count; last minute airline catering is still worked where the loading window allows it.
Does EGPC produce halal, kosher and the full range of special meal codes?
Every passenger requiring halal, kosher or another IATA SPML code has that requirement documented and produced on a dedicated line, sealed apart from the main service before it leaves the kitchen.
When is a firm figure available for what airline catering costs at Wick?
Once cabin count, specification and the loading window are confirmed, our desk returns a quotation built on those three factors rather than a published price list.
Where is the protocol record kept for VIP flight catering and government flight catering at Wick?
The protocol file travels with the sealed uplift itself, matched per passenger and signed off before departure, so VIP flight catering and government flight catering are handled to that one record rather than a verbal understanding.
Is private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at WIC?
Our coordinator delivers to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal directly, with FBO catering run on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Flight catering at airports near Wick
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