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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Ilam, Iran
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Ilam (OICI / IIL)
IIL (IATA) · OICI (ICAO)
The 2799 m runway at Ilam (OICI / IIL) takes wide-body movements, and the aerodrome reference code held here governs how a hi-loader sequences three cabins to galley height on every uplift. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering off one ops desk at this station, covering scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet flights, with uplift boarded airside rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft.
2,799 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 — Ilam
Inflight catering loaded to galley height at OICI / IIL
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at OICI
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Ilam
Ramp access at Ilam is what sets the loading window, because a hi-loader run only starts once the apron sequencing allows it to reach the aircraft. Our crews stage the sealed cart at the kitchen, hold it through the apron queue, and release it to the galley door only once the aircraft is cleared to receive it. Nothing about that window is estimated: it is the same sequence, tracked step by step, on every catering uplift at this station.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Ilam sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and it is the convoy across that ground, not the food inside it, that decides whether a catering uplift lands on time. We plan the galley catering run against the worst case on that route, holding a margin for whichever of those three delays first. Chain of custody starts at the kitchen door: temperatures are logged when the cart is sealed and logged again at the galley, and a signature closes the load only once both readings match.
One responsibility, from the sealed cart at the kitchen to the signature at the galley door.
Pilot meals prepared for Ilam airport rotations
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at IIL
The flight kitchen that provisions Ilam runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, feeding the stands at this station without splitting the load across separate sites. Every tray leaving that kitchen is produced under HACCP, and the cold chain that starts at sealing is the same one carried through to the galley door. Airport catering at Ilam and airport catering for the traffic that transits it run off that single production floor rather than a network of subcontracted kitchens.
The team that handles government flight catering at Ilam is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating roster assembled per flight. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, access to the kitchen and the ramp is limited to that list, and each is trained to the standards a royal household or a state delegation expects of catering at OICI. That continuity is what keeps a sealed uplift accountable from the kitchen door to the aircraft.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Ilam (IIL)
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at OICI
Menus at this station are written chef-side to the cabin and the mission, not pulled from a single fixed list run at every airport we serve. Ilam sits within reach of produce from western Iran, and where the season allows it our kitchen draws on regional dairy, orchard fruit and grains rather than importing everything ready-made. Every tray, from a passenger meal box to a VVIP set, carries inflight catering built to that cabin's specification, cycled with the season rather than repeated flight after flight. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and labelled on the tray before it leaves the kitchen.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Ilam are plated to a written specification rather than a standard tray run, with caviar service and à-la-carte options available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order held for each aircraft, so the same presentation repeats on every rotation.
Business cabins
Business cabins at OICI take multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft, boarded as tray sets rather than plated individually. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so cockpit and cabin crew are never served from the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at Ilam, and halal and kosher sets are produced on a line kept apart from the main cabin run before being sealed for boarding. The full range of IATA special meal codes is covered, giving inflight catering here a documented match between every code ordered and every tray loaded.
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 and sealed transfer for aircraft catering at Ilam airport
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 OICI / IIL
Ilam handles a mix of scheduled, charter and government movements over its single runway, and that mix decides how catering is planned here rather than how much of it there is: a government delegation is a documentation problem before it is a volume problem, and a repeat charter rotation is a repetition problem the loading sheet has to absorb without variation. The aerodrome reference code held at this station governs the stand our hi-loader works from, and airline catering in Ilam is planned around that stand rather than around the terminal building.
The uplift leaves our kitchen sealed, crosses the apron under escort, and reaches the aircraft by hi-loader rather than by a delivery left at the foot of the steps. Inflight catering at OICI and aviation catering at Ilam run off the same ops desk, so a diversion or a late change in cabin count is worked from one point of contact rather than passed between separate teams. In-flight catering at Ilam is loaded to the galley door, never handed off short of it.
On every rotation through this station we commit to one named coordinator, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover before the aircraft is released, which is the same commitment airport catering at Ilam carries whatever the segment flying that day.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at OICI / IIL
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Government and state flight catering at OICI
On the single wide-body stand held at this station, a government flight catering movement is planned as a documentation exercise first: the protocol file travels with the passenger, not with the flight number. Security-cleared staff seal the uplift at the kitchen before it leaves for the aircraft, and a head of state aircraft is worked to that same sealed standard as any other movement through Ilam.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at IIL
The wide-body reference code held at this station sets a fixed galley layout that a private airliner's household staff have to be worked around rather than the other way round, so the loading order is sequenced to their specification, not to ours. Royal flight catering at Ilam holds that specification on file between movements, covering BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Ilam
The runway here measures 2799 metres, and that length is what clears a wide-body charter for a full-load departure rather than a fuel-restricted one. Charter flight catering at Ilam for ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions runs as a full three-cabin uplift, counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out for that airframe.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at OICI
A wide-body aircraft working the reference code held at OICI can be boarded here on the same stand whether it flies a published schedule or an unplanned rotation. Carriers running Ilam as an outstation get ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with AOG covered on the same call, across a multi-leg pattern without the specification changing between legs.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at IIL
Our kitchen provisions the 2799 m runway at Ilam for business aviation on the same cold chain and paperwork as any wide-body rotation through this station. Private jet catering in Iran reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal through our dedicated branch, sealed and logged exactly as an airline uplift would be.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at OICI
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Ilam airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“I asked for galley ready meals at Ilam (IIL/OICI) because we had limited time to reset the galley. The trays and boxes were organized logically, which saved the cabin crew time before passengers arrived. Exactly what we need for a quick galley setup. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Yuki — Flight Planning Manager
“We used the team for catering uplift at Ilam (IIL/OICI) during a tight turnaround. Communication between dispatch, handling, and catering was clear throughout. We appreciated how easy the coordination was. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Sarah — Crew Planning Coordinator
“We used the team for FBO catering at Ilam (IIL/OICI) on a VIP trip. Everything was easy to check and load, and the passenger requests were prepared exactly as ordered. Exactly what I want from a private aviation caterer. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Yasmin — Ground Operations Coordinator
Airport catering profile for Ilam (OICI / IIL)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,799 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | OICI |
Business jet catering questions at Ilam (IIL)
Crew meals, lead times and access at Ilam (IIL)
What operations gets asked every week about Ilam.
Ask operations directly →What lead time does an order at Ilam need, and how late can the specification change?
We work to a standard lead time for a first order and take last minute airline catering changes up to a shorter cut-off before departure; the ops desk confirms both windows against the specific rotation.
Ilam airport — do you deliver airline catering airside, and how does it reach the aircraft?
The hi-loader carries the sealed cart from our kitchen to the galley door, so airside delivery here is boarded directly rather than handed off at the foot of the steps.
How are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes handled at IIL?
IIL orders covering halal, kosher or any other SPML code are produced on a separate line, sealed apart from the main cabin run, and documented per passenger before boarding.
Given the single wide-body stand at OICI, how much does airline catering cost here?
There is no published price list; a quotation depends on cabin count, the specification chosen and the loading window requested, and the desk returns one once those are set.
Can you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and GA terminal at Ilam?
The GA terminal and the FBOs on the field are covered by our dedicated private jet catering branch, with FBO catering run on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at Ilam Airport, and under what protocol?
Yes, with the file documented per passenger and security-cleared staff handling the load: VIP flight catering and government flight catering both run to the same sealed, logged protocol at this station.
Outstation catering near Ilam
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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