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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Bojnord, Iran
Airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Bojnord (OIMN / BJB)
BJB (IATA) · OIMN (ICAO)
A 3225 m runway gives Bojnord the reach to hold wide-body movements through one aerodrome reference code. That single stretch of asphalt turns scheduled, charter, government and private jet flights into one loading problem: three cabins, hi-loader boarding to galley height, uplift built to reach the door sealed. Inflight catering here runs from one kitchen off the ramp, with in-flight catering and inflight catering both boarded the same way, hi-loader to galley, cart by cart.
3,225 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
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 — Bojnord
Aviation catering with ramp access at Bojnord, Iran
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at OIMN / BJB
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Bojnord, Iran
Ramp access is what the loading window at BJB is actually built around: not delivery to the aircraft steps but boarding straight from the ramp to the galley door. Catering at BJB is planned backward from that door, through screening and apron transit, to the moment the cart is sealed at the kitchen. Every leg of that route sits inside one written catering uplift, timed rather than guessed.
Between our kitchen and the wide-body stand at OIMN sit screening, an escorted apron transit and the ordinary congestion of a working ramp. We plan the catering uplift against the worst case on that route, not the average one, so a delay upstream never becomes a delay at the galley door. Chain of custody runs on one document from seal to signature: temperature logged when the cart is sealed at the kitchen, logged again at handover, and the galley catering signed for by name at the aircraft. That signature is the record an ops desk can point to after the aircraft has pushed back.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the door.
Airline catering companies' production standard at BJB
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for OIMN / BJB
Airport catering at Bojnord runs from a facility built around hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell held under one roof, rather than from separate stations stitched together per order. That structure is what lets airport catering at OIMN hold a single specification across a multi-class rotation instead of reworking it stand by stand. Production runs to HACCP across every line, so a tray set leaving the flight kitchen at BJB carries the same documented cold chain whether it boards a scheduled service or a single VIP movement.
The team behind government flight catering at Bojnord is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assigned on the day: security clearance on file, names on the access list, training against household service standards as well as the airline tray. That continuity is what carries the paperwork as well as the food, so a protocol file opened for one movement reads the same on the next. Catering at OIMN is signed off by the same coordinator who sealed it, closing the loop between kitchen and aircraft.
Halal airline meals and special meals at OIMN
VVIP catering to a written specification at Bojnord
From passenger meal boxes to VVIP tray sets, the menu range at Bojnord is written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than fixed on a single standing card. Inflight catering here draws on regional produce where the country's dairy, orchard fruit and fish stocks allow, without naming a dish or a source the specification does not carry. Every menu is filed to the cabin it boards, first, business or main cabin, so a multi-class rotation can carry three different services from one kitchen. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled through to the galley rather than left to be checked on board.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at OIMN take VIP flight catering plated to a written specification rather than a standing menu card, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. The presentation itself is filed against that standing order, so a repeat rotation through Bojnord boards to the same plate twice.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Bojnord run on multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, boarded in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in the same tray sets, boxed separately and labelled to the roster rather than mixed into the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at BJB are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside halal and kosher production and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering for these sets is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, keeping the specification traceable through to the galley.
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
HACCP-compliant aircraft catering at OIMN
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.
Airside airport catering at Bojnord (BJB)
Bojnord's single wide-body-rated runway concentrates scheduled, charter and government movements onto one aerodrome reference code, which turns a delegation into a documentation problem and a charter peak into a capacity problem on the same stand. Aviation catering at BJB is planned around that concentration rather than around a spread of gates, because every movement through Bojnord shares the same loading sequence.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader, boarded to galley height rather than set down at the foot of the steps, with ground handling on the apron coordinating the escorted run from our kitchen to the stand. Airline catering at OIMN and airport catering in Bojnord both move on that same route, so a diversion or a late change is absorbed by adjusting the convoy rather than the specification. In-flight catering in Iran, more broadly, follows the same ramp discipline wherever a wide-body stand is worked.
One coordinator carries every rotation through Bojnord from sealed cart to signed handover, and inflight catering at OIMN is documented on that single file rather than split across separate tickets.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at OIMN / BJB
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Government and state flight catering at BJB
On the same wide-body stand that takes a scheduled service, a head of state movement is worked to a separate protocol file rather than a separate ramp routine. Government flight catering at Bojnord documents that file per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen for the apron.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Bojnord
A wide-body reference code capable of taking a private airliner is what lets a BBJ, an ACJ or a wide-body VIP movement share Bojnord's stand with scheduled traffic without adjusting the loading sequence. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at OIMN
3225 metres of runway is enough to hold a full charter rotation without splitting a group movement across two arrivals. Charter flight catering at BJB and charter flight catering at OIMN both cover ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and multi-leg special missions, with a full three-cabin uplift staged against the loading sheet in galley order.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at BJB
Bojnord's wide-body reference code lets a scheduled widebody, a technical stop and an AOG diversion all work the same stand without a change of loading plan. Ad hoc airline catering at BJB covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with crew meals in Iran boxed to the roster and crew meals at Bojnord boarded on the same tray standard across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Bojnord
Our kitchen works the same 3225 metre runway that clears wide-body traffic to provision business aviation movements through the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field. Private jet catering at Bojnord, FBO catering and business aviation catering run on the same cold chain and the same documented paperwork as a business jet catering order for the main ramp.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at OIMN / BJB
Flight departments on jet catering at BJB
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“For a team flight from Bojnord (BJB/OIMN), we booked group charter catering with several dietary requests. They handled the nutrition requests well and kept everything organized for fast distribution onboard. A good partner for sports charter operations. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Damian — VIP Aviation Coordinator
“Our flight through Bojnord (BJB/OIMN) required evacuation flight catering with limited preparation time. Communication with operations was efficient and the order was adapted quickly when our timings moved. We appreciated the flexibility. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Camila — Charter Operations Executive
“For a cargo sector from Bojnord (BJB/OIMN), we arranged freighter crew meals for the operating crew. They respected the unusual timing and kept communication direct with our ops team. Simple, efficient, and on time. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Giorgio — Duty Station Manager
Flight catering station reference for Bojnord (OIMN / BJB)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,225 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | OIMN |
Business jet catering questions at OIMN
Diversion catering and ramp questions at OIMN
What operations gets asked every week about Bojnord.
Ask operations directly →At what point are halal, kosher and SPML meals documented for a flight through OIMN?
Special meal codes are logged against the passenger manifest at order stage, then halal and kosher sets are produced on a separate line and sealed before the cart leaves the kitchen for Bojnord's stand.
Where does airline catering reach the aircraft airside in Bojnord?
The handover record shows the cart moving direct from our kitchen to the galley door by hi-loader, with airside delivery logged at both ends rather than a drop at the foot of the steps.
How far in advance does Bojnord Airport need an order, and how late can the specification change?
The clearance that governs a rotation sets the lead time; ordinary lead time runs well ahead of departure, while last minute airline catering changes are still worked against the same written specification up to a shorter cut-off near boarding.
Does BJB handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering under protocol?
Every movement in that category is worked to its own protocol file: VIP flight catering and government flight catering at Bojnord both carry security clearance on file and a sealed uplift signed for by name at the aircraft.
Flight catering at airports near Bojnord
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Sabzevar
Iran · 150 km from Bojnord
Airline & VIP flight catering →
MHD / OIMM
Mashhad
Iran · 250 km from Bojnord
Airline & VIP flight catering →
GBT / OING
Gorgan
Iran · 266 km from Bojnord
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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