Aviation catering — Khark, Iran

Hi-loader airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Khark (OIBQ / KHK)

KHK (IATA) · OIBQ (ICAO)

Our kitchen runs inflight catering at a station whose single narrow-body reference code sets every stand, every hi-loader run and every galley door we work. That single classification governs wide-body substitutions on the odd rotation, and in-flight catering here is planned around it, uplift by uplift, on airside stands reached direct from the ramp.

A catering hi-loader box raised level with the open galley door of a wide-body, its platform bridged to the doorway.
1,805 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
02
VIP at any volume
8 First covers or 400 passengers across three cabins, same execution
03
24/7 order desk
Ad hoc, AOG and same-day uplift answered around the clock
04
Multi-leg coordination
One loading sheet, every leg of your rotation
A catering hi-loader raised to the aft galley door of a wide-body on stand, its platform level with the doorway and a second truck waiting below.

On the apron — Khark

Wide-body inflight catering at Khark airport

Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.

Airport catering order window at Khark airport

Aircraft catering sealed from kitchen to galley at KHK

Ramp access at Khark runs from a sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door on the apron, on the single narrow-body classification this station holds. Every catering uplift here crosses that same apron once, on foot of the airside gate, before the hi-loader takes it to height. Nothing about the route changes rotation to rotation: one runway, one reference code, one sequence from seal to signature.

Four branded catering carts latched side by side in an aircraft galley, each door closed on a coloured seal.

Between our kitchen and the stand at Khark sit screening, an escort and the apron traffic that a single-runway field still carries at peak hours. We plan the galley catering run against the worst of that traffic rather than the average of it, because a delay on the ramp is a delay against the galley door, not against the kitchen. Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed and again at handover, and the catering uplift closes on a signature that names who took custody at the aircraft.

One seal, one route, one signature: the load is proven from kitchen to galley door.

Flight kitchen and crew meals for Khark (KHK)

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Airline food supplier crews cleared for OIBQ

The flight kitchen that provisions Khark runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, feeding the narrow-body stand this station works to. Airport catering here is built to HACCP standard from seal to handover, and airport catering output is sized to a single-runway traffic pattern rather than to a wide-body wave. Cold chain control runs continuous from the larder to the sealed cart that leaves for the apron.

The team that handles government flight catering at Khark is the same named crew every rotation: security clearance on file, on the access list, briefed to household and protocol standards before the cart is sealed. That continuity matters more on a single-stand field than anywhere with room to rotate staff between movements. Security-cleared personnel sign the load at both ends, and the paperwork travels with the cart, not with the flight.

Halal airline meals and special meals at Khark, Iran

VVIP catering written per mission at Khark airport

Menus here are written to the cabin and the mission, not printed off a shared national list, and inflight catering in Iran draws on produce common to the region — dairy, orchard fruit, fish from the Gulf coast — worked into a set specification rather than a single fixed dish. Cabin classes are served to their own tray or plate standard: First and Business each carry their own build, main cabin its own galley-ready format. Seasonal changes move through the menu cycle without touching the tray specification underneath it. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, and produced against that written record rather than against memory.

Hand-cut beef tartare under a mound of shaved horseradish and caviar pearls, a toasted baguette slice laid alongside on white china.

First & VVIP cabins

First and VVIP cabins at Khark: VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte service available on request against the standing order. The presentation is filed and repeated rotation to rotation, not reinvented for each one.

A complete tray set on a black tray: a hot egg and ham dish, cut fruit, breads, a pastry, a set yoghurt and a portion of preserve.

Business cabins

Business cabins worked from OIBQ: multi-choice hot service in oven-ready trays sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals at Khark, cabin crew meals and pilot meals, are boxed separately to the roster and loaded alongside the passenger tray sets.

Diet.

Protocol & dietary

Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at KHK and produced on a separate line before sealing. Halal and kosher sets, the full range of IATA special meal codes and inflight catering built to medical restriction all leave the kitchen boxed and labelled to that same record.

The three books

A tray set on a stainless steel bench: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a bread roll with herb butter, and a berry dessert in a glass.

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Royal & Government Flights

Royal households · government · state operations

  • Plated service · First to main cabin
  • Protocol handling · security clearance
Chefs plating a long line of identical main courses under heat lamps, with loaded catering trolleys waiting at the end of the line.

02

Charter & Commercial

Charter · ACMI · group · scheduled · ad hoc

  • 400 passengers · one uplift
  • HACCP cold chain, logged to the galley door
A business jet cabin credenza laid with chilled sparkling wine in a bucket, bottled drinks, a nut dish and folded napkins on a silver tray, beside a single passenger seat.

03

Private Jet

Business jet · VVIP charter · flight departments

  • From 8 covers · plated forward
  • Reheat sequence specified per dish

Compliance

Aircraft catering food safety at Khark

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 Khark

Khark works a narrow-body traffic profile off a single runway, which turns catering into a repetition problem rather than a capacity one: the same stand, the same cart size, the same sequence, movement after movement, with little room to absorb an unplanned wide-body diversion. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering here run off one ops desk that plans against that repetition rather than against peak-wave volume.

The uplift moves from our kitchen to the apron by sealed cart, crosses the airside gate on escort, and is boarded to the galley door by hi-loader on the single stand this station holds; airport catering at KHK is planned rotation by rotation rather than gate by gate. Airline catering at OIBQ is staged so the cart never queues on the ramp longer than the loading window allows.

One coordinator owns each rotation from seal to signature, so the same load that left the kitchen sealed is the one handed over at the aircraft.

Aviation catering for five mission types at Khark airport

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Government and state flight catering at Khark
A narrow-body aircraft on a state visit boards here under the same single-runway constraint as any scheduled flight, which is precisely why the protocol file has to travel with the cart rather than the aircraft type. Government flight catering at Khark for delegations and official movements is documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared crew, and sealed before it leaves our kitchen for the head of state movement it serves.
Government & state flights →
Royal vvip food.
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at OIBQ
At Khark, the 1805 metre runway sets the class of private airliner this station can turn around, and royal flight catering is built to that limit rather than around it. VVIP and royal household work here covers private airliners — BBJ, ACJ and comparable wide-body VIP types where the runway allows — held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and household dietary sets produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at KHK
The 1805 metre runway at Khark sets what a charter operator can bring in, so the loading plan is built around that ceiling before a single tray is sized. Charter flight catering here serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions with a full cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering is staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
A complete tray set on a black tray: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a seeded roll with herb butter and a berry dessert in a glass.
04
Airline and ad hoc catering at Khark
A single narrow-body reference code governs every stand assignment at Khark, which keeps a scheduled carrier's rotation and an unplanned diversion on the same loading sequence rather than two different ones. Carriers running this station as an outstation get ad hoc airline catering and outstation catering off one duty roster; diversion catering and technical stop catering follow the identical cart and tray build across a multi-leg pattern.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at OIBQ
The runway here measures 1805 metres, which keeps business aviation traffic on the same single stand and apron the scheduled flights use rather than a separate ramp. Private jet catering in Khark reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, business aviation catering and business jet catering included.
Private jets →

Charter flight catering reviewed at Khark (KHK)

Flight departments on jet catering at Khark (KHK)

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Government flight department

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Royal household

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Charter operator

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Scheduled airline

“We had a last-minute schedule change into Khark (KHK/OIBQ) and needed contingency catering. Communication was fast and practical, which made a difficult turnaround much easier for our crew. Good support when timing is the main pressure point. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”

★★★★★

Scheduled airline

Louise — Operations Control Officer

“We needed airline catering at outstations for a flight through Khark (KHK/OIBQ) and the process was much easier than expected. It felt like working with a regular station supplier even though this was not one of our usual airports. A solid solution for outstation operations. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”

★★★★★

Private jet operator

Tariq — Private Aviation Manager

“The operations team needed an airline catering cost for Khark (KHK/OIBQ) with very little time to decide. The quote was detailed enough for operations and accounting, but still quick to review. We appreciated the transparency. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”

★★★★★

Government flight department

Alexander — Air Mobility Coordinator

Outstation catering data for Khark (OIBQ / KHK)

DatumValue
Longest runway1,805 m
Runways1
Aerodrome reference codenarrow-body
ICAOOIBQ

Inflight catering FAQ for OIBQ / KHK

Technical stop catering questions at Khark, Iran

What operations gets asked every week about Khark.

Ask operations directly →
What protocol governs VIP flight catering and government flight catering at Khark?

We run VIP flight catering, VVIP and government flight catering here under the same protocol file: security clearance on record, the load sealed before it leaves the kitchen, and a named handover at the aircraft.

How much does airline catering cost at KHK?

KHK quotations are built on cabin count, specification and the loading window rather than a published price list; our desk returns a quotation once those three are known.

When are halal, kosher and IATA special meal codes produced at OIBQ?

Once a booking carries its SPML codes, halal, kosher and other special meals are produced on a separate line and documented per passenger before sealing.

Can you deliver airline catering airside in Khark?

The single stand at Khark is worked by airside delivery direct to the aircraft, with the final lift to galley height done by hi-loader rather than at the foot of the aircraft.

Where is the lead time recorded for an order at Khark?

The loading sheet and the standing specification on file are what fix how far in advance an order is placed and how late a change can still be worked in; last-minute airline catering is worked against that same record.

Commercial aviation catering near Khark

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Airline & VIP flight catering →

Aviation catering quote for Khark

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Khark (KHK / OIBQ)

Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Khark, not a brochure.

orders@aerogourmet.com · operations desk, 24/7

Four steps

Flight

Aircraft · stand · local time

Offloading

Return leg, if any

Order

Counts · menus · files

Contact

Who we come back to

Step 1 of 4 · Flight

Flight

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Uplift at Khark (KHK)