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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Ahvaz, Iran
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Ahvaz (OIAW / AWZ)
AWZ (IATA) · OIAW (ICAO)
The wide-body reference code held at Ahvaz sets what a hi-loader can carry to galley height, stand by stand, without a single tray touching the ground. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and wide-body uplift here on that basis, loading three cabins directly through the galley door rather than staging carts at the foot of the aircraft.
3,398 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
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 — Ahvaz
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at AWZ
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at AWZ
Aircraft catering sealed from kitchen to galley at OIAW / AWZ
Sealed at the kitchen door and logged again at the aircraft, the catering uplift at Ahvaz moves on a schedule the ramp holds, not one the kitchen guesses at. Ramp access lets the load go straight to the galley rather than sit staged on the apron waiting for a slot. Every rotation through Ahvaz runs the same sequence, whether it carries a scheduled service or a single charter aircraft.
Between the kitchen door and the galley door at Ahvaz, the convoy is the exposed part of the operation, not the food: screening, an escort vehicle and apron traffic all sit inside that gap, and the plan is built against the worst of them rather than the average. Every catering uplift at this station carries a chain of custody that starts at the seal and ends at a signature on the stand, with nothing handled in between that is not logged. Galley catering here means the cart that leaves the kitchen is the cart that reaches the aircraft, temperature checked at both ends and matched against the same reference before it is opened.
The convoy is the risk on this ramp, never the food inside it.
Crew meals and pilot meals for Ahvaz airport departures
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Ahvaz
The flight kitchen that provisions Ahvaz runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to hold HACCP standards across every rotation the wide-body reference code brings through. Airport catering at this station is planned from that single site rather than split across satellite units, which keeps the cold chain unbroken between the last preparation step and the cart seal. That structure is what lets airport catering at Ahvaz answer a scheduled service and a single VIP movement from the same kitchen floor without either one waiting on the other.
The team behind government flight catering at Ahvaz works every rotation under the same names, not a rotating pool pulled in for one movement. Each member carries a security clearance on file, sits on the access list held for this station, and is trained to the household and protocol standards a sealed uplift is checked against before it leaves the door. That continuity is what a protocol desk is actually buying when it books this kitchen rather than the nearest one to the stand.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Ahvaz airport
VVIP catering to a written specification at AWZ
Menus at Ahvaz are written to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted through the season rather than reissued from scratch each time a rotation changes. Inflight catering here draws on regional produce where the season allows it — orchard fruit, dairy and fresh fish worked into a specification rather than a fixed dish list — so a VIP flight menu and a charter flight menu can share a kitchen without sharing a plate. Every set is built to a written cabin specification and checked against it before it is sealed, which is what lets a multi-leg rotation keep the same standard on its second stop as on its first. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, not assumed from the booking class.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at OIAW receive VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with caviar service and à-la-carte options available on request rather than fixed to a single set menu. Every course is checked against the specification on file before it leaves the kitchen, so a repeat rotation through Ahvaz is served to the same standard as the first.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Ahvaz take multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft, boxed as tray sets rather than plated individually. Crew meals travel on the same load, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately to the roster so the flight deck set never mixes with the cabin service.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at AWZ are documented per passenger before the uplift is built, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes rather than a fixed shortlist. Each set is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, which keeps inflight catering here auditable passenger by passenger rather than by batch.
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 Ahvaz, Iran
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 Ahvaz, Iran
Ahvaz carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single wide-body reference code, which means a delegation movement and a peak departure wave can both land on the same working day. A delegation brings a documentation load — passenger lists, protocol files, sealed uplift records — while a wave of departures is purely a capacity question, and the two are planned differently even when they share a stand.
Uplift reaches the aircraft here by hi-loader from our kitchen to the galley door, staged on the apron only long enough to clear the ramp handler's sequence rather than left waiting at the foot of the aircraft. Airline catering at OIAW and aviation catering at OIAW both run off that same route, with in-flight catering at AWZ and inflight catering at Ahvaz sharing one ops desk rather than separate booking lines. Airport catering at AWZ is planned stand by stand against the loading sheet, not against a generic turnaround time.
On every rotation through this station we commit one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover at the aircraft door.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at AWZ
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Government and state flight catering at Ahvaz
A 3398 m runway is what lets a head of state aircraft operate through Ahvaz on the same movement as a delegation support flight, rather than splitting the party across two fields. Government flight catering here documents the protocol file per passenger, assigns security-cleared staff to the load, and has the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen door.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at OIAW
A private airliner — BBJ, ACJ or wide-body VIP configuration — is what the 3398 m runway at Ahvaz is built to receive on a royal movement, landing and departing on the same reference code as a scheduled service. Royal flight catering at this station is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and household dietary requirements available on request and catering at OIAW planned to the same standard each time the aircraft returns.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at AWZ
On the wide-body stands at Ahvaz, a 3398 m runway is what allows a full three-cabin charter aircraft to operate the same rotation as a scheduled service without a separate stand plan. Charter flight catering at OIAW for ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions is counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order, with charter flight catering in Iran run to that same standard on every leg.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Ahvaz
Our kitchen runs against the wide-body reference code held at Ahvaz, which sets the pace for carriers that treat this station as an outstation rather than a base. Ad hoc airline catering at AWZ, outstation catering at OIAW, diversion catering at AWZ and technical stop catering all run off one duty roster, AOG included, with crew meals in Iran boxed to the same rotation across a multi-leg routing and ad hoc catering at AWZ held to the same tray standard from one leg to the next.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at OIAW
Sequencing a business aircraft alongside a wide-body rotation on the same reference code is what the ramp at Ahvaz has to work around, since both draw on the same apron and the same hi-loader fleet. Private jet catering at AWZ reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, through our dedicated business aviation catering branch, covering FBO catering and business jet catering from one kitchen.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at OIAW
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at OIAW
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our flight changed at short notice and we arranged urgent airline catering at Ahvaz (AWZ/OIAW). Confirmation was quick, the order stayed clear despite several updates, and delivery reached the aircraft on time. We would use them again for another short-notice stop. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Max — VIP Aviation Coordinator
“For an operation away from our normal base, we arranged airline catering at outstations at Ahvaz (AWZ/OIAW). The crew received exactly what was ordered, with clear labels and no last-minute chasing from operations. Very useful coverage for smaller or less familiar stations. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Abel — Duty Operations Manager
“We compared options for Ahvaz (AWZ/OIAW) and asked for an airline catering cost. The quote was detailed enough for operations and accounting, but still quick to review. Straightforward and professional from quote to delivery. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Agnes — OCC Coordinator
Airport catering data for Ahvaz (OIAW / AWZ)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,398 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | OIAW |
Airline catering services FAQ for Ahvaz airport
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Ahvaz airport
What operations gets asked every week about Ahvaz.
Ask operations directly →How does Ahvaz handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering, and under what protocol?
Ahvaz runs VIP flight catering and government flight catering under one protocol file, with each passenger's requirements documented and the load sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Which halal, kosher and special meal codes does Ahvaz airport produce?
The loader routes halal and kosher sets, along with the full range of IATA SPML codes, through a separate production line at our kitchen, each set sealed and labelled before it joins the cart.
When does an order need to be placed for a flight through AWZ, and how late can the specification change?
As soon as the routing through AWZ is confirmed we open a file, and last minute airline catering changes can still be worked into the specification up until the cart is sealed for loading.
What does OIAW offer for private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal?
We deliver FBO catering to every operator on the field and to the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and paperwork as a private jet catering booking for a scheduled carrier.
Do you deliver airline catering airside at Ahvaz, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
Yes, by hi-loader straight to the galley door, with airside delivery routed from our kitchen to the stand without the load ever staging at the foot of the aircraft.
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Return leg, if any
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Uplift at Ahvaz (AWZ)