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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Abu Musa, Iran
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Abu Musa (OIBA / AEU)
AEU (IATA) · OIBA (ICAO)
A 2986 m runway at Abu Musa (OIBA / AEU) takes wide-body movements straight onto a single stand, which is where our uplift is built to work. Inflight catering here moves by hi-loader to galley height rather than to the foot of the aircraft, and in-flight catering for scheduled, charter, VIP and government flights is planned airside, on one ops desk, around the clock.
2,986 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Abu Musa
Inflight catering at wide-body scale for OIBA
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Abu Musa airport
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at OIBA
Ramp access at Abu Musa is what sets the pace of every catering uplift: the single wide-body stand is worked from the apron, not from a curbside drop, so the sealed cart moves under escort from the point it leaves our kitchen. That route is fixed before the aircraft is on stand, so the hi-loader is positioned and cleared to close the galley door on schedule. At OIBA the window is planned against the reference code, not against an average.
Between our kitchen and the wide-body stand at Abu Musa sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and the galley catering plan is built against the worst of the three, not the best. Chain of custody runs on a sealed cart from the moment it leaves the kitchen door, logged again at the aircraft, with a signature closing the load. That sequence is what a catering uplift at OIBA is measured on, not a promised minute count. Every seal, every log and every signature is filed the same way, rotation after rotation, at Abu Musa.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the aircraft, nothing else in between.
Pilot meals prepared for Abu Musa, Iran rotations
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Abu Musa airport
Airport catering at Abu Musa runs from a production kitchen built around hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, all held to HACCP across the cold chain from prep to seal. That structure is what lets airport catering here serve a scheduled rotation and a government delegation from the same site without either interrupting the other. Flight kitchen output at AEU is planned to the reference code on the stand, not to an average aircraft.
The team behind government flight catering at Abu Musa is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, on the access list, and trained to household service standards before a sealed uplift ever leaves the kitchen. Paperwork travels with the load, not behind it, so the chain of custody holds from the seal to the signature at the aircraft. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first when catering at OIBA is booked against a state or royal movement.
Halal airline meals and special meals at OIBA / AEU
VVIP catering written per mission at Abu Musa (AEU)
Wide-body volume at Abu Musa is written to the cabin, the mission and the season, not to a single fixed menu run off a printer. Where local sourcing applies, dairy, fish and orchard produce from the wider region enter the specification alongside the standing tray sets, always named as ingredients rather than as a finished dish. Inflight catering at Abu Musa is documented per passenger for allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, labelled by cabin before it ever reaches the galley. That documentation travels with the load, not as an afterthought once the aircraft is boarded.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Abu Musa are plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte and tray service built around the mission rather than a fixed weekly cycle. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so the same presentation returns on every repeat rotation through OIBA.
Business cabins
Business cabins at AEU run on multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the day's aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so the tray sets clear the galley door in the sequence the cabin crew need them.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Abu Musa are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering in Iran produces each of these on a separate line before it is sealed, so a household or a medical set never shares a tray run with the standing cabin menu.
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 compliance at OIBA / AEU
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 AEU
Abu Musa carries a mix of scheduled, charter and government movement across a single wide-body stand, which turns catering here into a documentation exercise as much as a loading one: a delegation needs its protocol file sealed before departure, and a repeat rotation needs its tray specification to match the last one exactly. Airport catering at OIBA is planned against that stand rather than against a terminal average, because there is only the one to work from.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader from a sealed cart, moved under escort from our kitchen door to the stand, with ramp access held on our own clearance rather than on a curbside handover. Airline catering in Abu Musa and inflight catering at OIBA run off the same ops desk, so a diversion or an ad hoc order is worked without a second point of contact. Aviation catering in Abu Musa is planned stand by stand for that reason, with the loading sequence fixed before the aircraft blocks in.
What we commit to on this stand is one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover at the galley door, the same in-flight catering discipline at OIBA whether the movement is a scheduled sector or a single-aircraft charter.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at OIBA
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Government and state flight catering at OIBA
At the single wide-body stand held to the OIBA reference code, a head of state aircraft is boarded on the same hi-loader route as a scheduled widebody, with nothing at the stand itself distinguishing the two movements. Government flight catering at Abu Musa for state visits and official delegations runs on a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the access list, and catering at AEU sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Abu Musa
Sequencing a household movement around the single reference-code stand at Abu Musa means the forward cabin closes last and the household file is checked before the hi-loader ever approaches the aircraft. Royal flight catering at OIBA holds household standards across repeat rotations from a written specification kept on file between movements, covering private airliners such as BBJ and ACJ configurations, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at OIBA
A 2986 metre runway at Abu Musa, which is enough to bring a wide-body charter onto the single stand without a weight restriction changing the loading plan. Charter flight catering in Iran for ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions runs as a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering at AEU is staged in the order the galleys are laid out on arrival.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at OIBA
A wide-body diverted or working a technical stop through Abu Musa boards from the same reference-code stand as a scheduled sector, which is what makes ad hoc airline catering possible here without a second stand to plan around. Carriers running AEU as an outstation draw on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with AOG covered across a multi-leg rotation and crew meals in Iran boxed to the same roster as the cabin trays. Ad hoc catering at AEU is confirmed off that single desk, and diversion catering at AEU follows the identical sealed-cart route as a planned uplift, so crew meals in Abu Musa are never the variable that slips.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Abu Musa
Our kitchen works the same 2986 metre stand access for business aviation as for a wide-body rotation, so private jet catering in Abu Musa reaches the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field on the identical cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift. Business aviation catering and FBO catering at OIBA are dispatched from our dedicated business jet catering branch, which keeps this segment distinct from the scheduled desk without changing the standard it is held to.
Private jets →
Aviation catering rated at Abu Musa (AEU)
Flight departments on jet catering at Abu Musa, Iran
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“A short-notice movement brought us into Abu Musa (AEU/OIBA), so we needed reliable urgent airline catering. They reacted quickly to revised timings and passenger numbers, and the handover was straightforward. A dependable option for irregular operations. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Luca — Turnaround Coordinator
“Abu Musa (AEU/OIBA) was an outstation for us, and we booked outstation catering for the sector. Updates were concise and the delivery timing matched our handling plan. Reliable and easy to manage from the ops desk. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Aiden — Passenger Services Manager
“We compared options for Abu Musa (AEU/OIBA) and asked for an airline catering cost. Pricing, delivery timing, and packaging were all explained upfront, which helped us approve the uplift quickly. We appreciated the transparency. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Dimitri — Presidential Flight Coordinator
Airport catering reference for Abu Musa (OIBA / AEU)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,986 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | OIBA |
Outstation catering questions at OIBA / AEU
Diversion catering and ramp questions at OIBA / AEU
What operations gets asked every week about Abu Musa.
Ask operations directly →Where does airline catering reach the aircraft at Abu Musa?
The loading sheet records airside delivery straight to the wide-body stand, with the uplift moved by hi-loader to galley height rather than dropped at the aircraft steps.
How far in advance does AEU need a catering order confirmed?
The lead time is set against our production and clearance schedule at the kitchen, and a specification can still change closer to departure once the security clearance on the load is confirmed; the desk will give the exact cut-off against your rotation.
Does OIBA handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering?
Every movement through the single wide-body stand can be worked as VIP flight catering or government flight catering, sealed to the same protocol whether the file is a state visit or a private charter.
At what point are halal, kosher and SPML meals produced for Abu Musa departures?
The first step in the sequence is documenting the special meal codes per passenger, after which halal and kosher sets and the rest of the SPML range are produced on a separate line and sealed before boarding.
Do you deliver catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Abu Musa?
FBO catering here reaches every operator on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, coordinated through our business aviation desk.
Airline catering near Abu Musa
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Siri
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
DXB / OMDB
Dubai
United Arab Emirates · 77 km from Abu Musa
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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