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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Mashhad, Iran
Airline catering, VIP and private jet catering at Mashhad (OIMM / MHD)
MHD (IATA) · OIMM (ICAO)
Sequencing a wide-body rotation here means staging carts against one galley door at a time, since the reference code held at Mashhad (OIMM) governs how many aircraft board together. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering for MHD run on hi-loader boarding to galley height, with the uplift held airside until the seal is checked at the aircraft.
3,925 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
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 — Mashhad
Wide-body aviation catering at Mashhad, Iran
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for Mashhad (MHD) departures
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at OIMM
Ramp access at OIMM is planned before the cart ever leaves the kitchen, since the wide-body reference code held here decides how many stands can be worked in parallel. Every catering uplift is staged against that sequence rather than against a fixed clock, and the route is fixed before the convoy moves. The result is a loading window built around the apron at Mashhad, not around a generic lead time.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Mashhad sit screening, an escorted convoy and apron traffic that shares the ramp with wide-body movements, and we plan the catering uplift against the worst of that mix rather than the average of it. Every galley catering run is sequenced to the aerodrome reference code held here, because a wide-body rotation cannot be staged the way a single narrow-body stand can, and the chain of custody has to hold through screening, escort and handover. Temperatures are logged when the cart is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at the galley, and the load is not signed off until both readings and the seal match at the door.
One sealed run, one signature, from the kitchen at Mashhad to the galley door.
Airline catering companies' production standard at Mashhad, Iran
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at Mashhad airport
The flight kitchen behind Mashhad is built to feed wide-body rotations rather than a single narrow-body turn, which is what the reference code held at MHD actually demands of a supply line. Hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell sit under one roof, run to HACCP standard from intake to seal, so a delegation aircraft and a scheduled wide-body can be provisioned from the same premises without either queue slowing the other. Airport catering at MHD and airport catering across Iran both draw on that one cleared production line rather than on a network of subcontracted kitchens.
The team that handles government flight catering here is the same named crew on every rotation, carrying security clearance on file and standing on the access list rather than being rotated in for a single movement. They are trained to royal household standards as well as to airline turnaround pace, because a wide-body reference code like the one held at Mashhad puts both kinds of aircraft on the same ramp. Every sealed uplift they release travels with a signed chain of custody from the kitchen door to the aircraft.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at OIMM / MHD
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Mashhad (MHD)
Menus for Mashhad are written to the cabin flying and to the mission it is flying, not to a single fixed offer repeated on every rotation. Inflight catering here draws on produce from the region — orchard fruit, dairy and fresh-water fish among them — worked into a specification built around the season rather than a fixed printed card. A VIP flight menu and a charter flight menu are planned differently from the outset, one built around a standing household order, the other around a full-load rotation. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and produced against that record rather than against a general assumption.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Mashhad are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed printed menu, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request for a standing order. VIP flight catering here is filed cabin by cabin, so the same presentation can be repeated on a repeat rotation without re-briefing the kitchen each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins out of OIMM take multi-choice hot service built to a written cabin specification, boxed into 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, boarded alongside the passenger load rather than as a separate run.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at MHD are documented per passenger before the kitchen begins, covering halal, kosher, vegan, gluten free and the full set of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering to that specification is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, kept apart from the general cabin run throughout.
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 OIMM
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 MHD
Mashhad carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across two runways, and a wide-body reference code held here means a single arriving delegation or a peak charter wave both draw on the same stand capacity rather than a dedicated bay. That mix turns a delegation into a documentation exercise as much as a loading one, while a charter wave is mostly a question of how many carts can be staged and sequenced at once.
The uplift travels from our flight kitchen to the stand under airside delivery, sealed before the convoy crosses the apron and escorted to the aircraft rather than dropped at its foot; boarding itself is by hi-loader to galley height. Airline catering, inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at Mashhad all run off that one route, with airport catering in Mashhad and aviation catering across Iran planned stand by stand rather than as a fixed daily slot.
One coordinator carries the rotation from seal to signature, and no cart crosses the apron without both.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at Mashhad airport
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Government and state flight catering at Mashhad
Our kitchen plans every rotation against the wide-body reference code held at Mashhad, because a head of state aircraft is boarded on the same stands and to the same sequence as a scheduled wide-body movement. Government flight catering here covers state visits and official delegations, with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the access list, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at OIMM
The wide-body reference code held at Mashhad governs the private airliners this station takes, from a BBJ or ACJ movement to a full wide-body VIP configuration, on the same stands used for scheduled traffic. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with royal household standards repeated on every rotation and halal and other dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at MHD
A full wide-body aircraft on an ACMI or wet-lease rotation is boarded here under the same reference code that clears scheduled wide-body traffic onto the stands at Mashhad. Charter flight catering at Mashhad and charter flight catering at OIMM cover group movements and special missions alike, with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out, across a multi-leg routing.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Mashhad
Two runways and the wide-body reference code held at Mashhad mean a diverted or delayed wide-body can be worked from the same stands as a scheduled rotation rather than sent to a secondary bay. Ad hoc airline catering at MHD covers carriers running this station as an outstation, with outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering each drawn off one duty roster; crew meals at Mashhad and crew meals at OIMM travel with the same load, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at OIMM
On the same field that clears wide-body movements under the reference code held at Mashhad, business aviation is worked from the GA terminal and the FBOs rather than from the wide-body stands. Private jet catering at OIMM reaches all of them, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering run on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Mashhad (MHD)
Flight departments on jet catering at Mashhad, Iran
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“I asked for airline meal boxes at Mashhad (MHD/OIMM) because we had limited time to reset the galley. Everything was labeled, compact, and easy to place directly into the aircraft without repacking on the ramp. Good attention to the operational side of catering. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Ava — Flight Support Executive
“We had a tech stop requirement at Mashhad (MHD/OIMM) and the coordination was very smooth. The uplift was organized around our revised departure and reached the aircraft without delaying the turn. That operational understanding was the biggest advantage. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Mateo — Government Flight Operations Manager
“I ordered business jet catering for our departure from Mashhad (MHD/OIMM) and was very happy with the service. The food arrived fresh and well presented, with clear labels and packaging that actually worked in our galley. I would definitely order from them again. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Rebecca — Trip Operations Manager
Airport catering profile for Mashhad (OIMM / MHD)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,925 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | OIMM |
Business jet catering questions at OIMM / MHD
Diversion catering and ramp questions at OIMM / MHD
What operations gets asked every week about Mashhad.
Ask operations directly →Where does private jet catering reach the FBOs and the GA terminal at MHD?
Every order is logged against a delivery record that names the FBO or the GA terminal receiving it, so private jet catering and FBO catering both travel on the same sealed chain as an airline uplift.
Which factors set airline catering cost at OIMM?
The loader, the cart configuration and the route from our kitchen to the stand set the base of any quotation, before cabin count and specification are added; we publish no fixed price list, and the desk returns a quotation once those points are confirmed.
Does Mashhad take a late change to a confirmed specification?
Every order carries a lead time that covers sourcing and production, and each cabin's specification can still be revised closer to departure than a first booking, right up to a cut-off set when the order is confirmed; how far in advance to book and how late a change can land both depend on that same schedule, which rules out true last minute airline catering only after the cart is sealed.
When is a rotation at Mashhad International Airport handled under VIP or government protocol?
When a movement is flagged as VIP, VVIP or a government flight, the file is opened under protocol from the first order, with VIP flight catering and government flight catering both carrying a documented handover rather than a standard delivery note.
Are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced at MHD?
The kitchen coordinator files every special meal order against the passenger record before production starts, covering halal, kosher and the full set of SPML codes, each one produced on a separate line and sealed apart from the general cabin run.
Commercial aviation catering near Mashhad
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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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