Aviation catering — Omidiyeh, Iran

Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Omidiyeh (OIAG / AKW)

AKW (IATA) · OIAG (ICAO)

A 2113 m runway at Omidiyeh sets the ceiling for what this station boards, and inflight catering here is built to fill that ceiling without slowing a rotation. AERO GOURMET runs hi-loader boarding to galley height for wide-body work, moving in-flight catering airside from a sealed kitchen route rather than handing trays across a truck tailgate at the foot of the aircraft.

A catering hi-loader raised to the forward galley door of a wide-body on stand, the platform level with the doorway and the truck squared up beneath it.
2,113 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
01
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 — Omidiyeh

Wide-body inflight catering at OIAG

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

Aviation catering lead times and loading window at Omidiyeh airport

Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at AKW

Ramp access is what the loading window at Omidiyeh actually measures: the interval from a sealed cart leaving our kitchen to the galley door closing on the apron. Every catering uplift here is logged against that interval rather than against an estimate, so a delay on the ramp shows up before it reaches the aircraft. The single runway and its narrow-body reference code set the tempo the whole window is built to hold.

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 Omidiyeh sit screening, an escort through the checkpoint and whatever traffic is working the apron that hour, and none of it is left to chance on a catering uplift. We plan the route against the worst case of each, not the average one, so the galley catering reaches the door inside the window regardless of what else is moving on the ramp. Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at handover, and the load is not released to the aircraft without a signature closing the chain of custody on both ends.

One sealed route, one signature, from the kitchen seal to the aircraft door.

Flight kitchen and crew meals for Omidiyeh (AKW)

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Cleared crews behind government flight catering at OIAG

The flight kitchen that provisions AKW runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to feed a rotation without splitting the load across sites. HACCP governs every stage from intake to sealing, so airport catering leaving the building is already logged before it reaches the ramp. That single-site model is what lets airport catering in Omidiyeh keep pace with a wide-body turnaround on a single runway.

The team that handles government flight catering at AKW is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating roster pulled in for the occasion. Each member holds security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the ramp, and is trained to the household standards a royal or diplomatic movement requires. That continuity is what keeps catering at AKW consistent between one delegation's departure and the next one's arrival.

Halal airline meals and special meals at Omidiyeh, Iran

VVIP catering to a written specification at Omidiyeh airport

Menus at Omidiyeh are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a single fixed list, drawing on the country's dairy, orchard fruit and fish where the route and the season allow it. Inflight catering in Iran gives the kitchen a regional base to design from, without pinning the tray set to one dish or one source. Every allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirement is documented per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed, not decided at the galley door. The result travels as a specification, not an approximation, from the kitchen to the aircraft.

An identical plated starter repeated down a service line, the front plate standing on a stack of a dozen more ready for the pass.

First & VVIP cabins

First and VVIP cabins at Omidiyeh: VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. The presentation is filed against the standing order so a repeat rotation is served the same way twice.

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 at AKW run multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals in Iran, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately from the passenger tray sets and loaded to the roster, not to the seat count.

Diet.

Protocol & dietary

Protocol and dietary requirements at OIAG are documented per passenger before departure: halal and kosher sets, the full range of IATA special meal codes, and household or medical requirements handled the same way. Inflight catering at AKW produces every set on a separate line and seals it before it leaves the kitchen.

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.

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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 food safety at OIAG / AKW

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 Omidiyeh

Omidiyeh works a mixed traffic profile against a single runway and a narrow-body reference code, which means catering here is planned around one stand doing several jobs rather than several stands sharing the load: a delegation on one rotation is a documentation problem, a charter wave on the next is a capacity problem, and the kitchen has to answer both from the same production line. Airline catering at OIAG and airport catering at Omidiyeh are scheduled stand by stand rather than by a fixed slot grid.

The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader to galley height, moved from the kitchen on a sealed route with our own escort onto the apron rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft. In-flight catering at OIAG and aviation catering at AKW run off one ops desk that tracks the cart from seal to signature, and inflight catering in Omidiyeh is logged against that same route on every rotation, whatever the traffic mix that day.

What we commit to on this station is one coordinator named to the rotation, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover that closes the chain of custody before the aircraft pushes back.

Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at OIAG

Food go.
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Government and state flight catering at AKW
A narrow-body reference code at Omidiyeh means a delegation movement is sequenced around one stand rather than spread across several, so the protocol file has to be complete before the aircraft is called in. Government flight catering here documents each passenger's requirements in advance, staffs the uplift with security-cleared crew, and seals the load before it leaves the kitchen for any head of state movement routed through this field.
Government & state flights →
Royal vvip food.
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Omidiyeh
Narrow-body is the reference code held at Omidiyeh, and it governs how a private airliner is worked into the single stand alongside everything else on the schedule. Royal flight catering here holds a written household specification on file between movements, covering BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations, with halal and other royal household dietary requirements produced to that same standing record on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at OIAG
We work charter flight catering in Omidiyeh against the same narrow-body reference code that governs every other movement here, staging a full three-cabin uplift on the wide-body stand in the order the galleys are laid out. Charter flight catering in Iran covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, each counted against its own loading sheet before boarding.
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 AKW
With a single runway and a narrow-body reference code governing every movement, Omidiyeh works catering to a tight, repeatable rotation rather than a wide spread of stands. Carriers running this field as an outstation draw on ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off the same duty roster, with AOG covered across a multi-leg schedule.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Omidiyeh
A single runway serves every category of traffic through Omidiyeh, business aviation included, and that shared infrastructure is what a GA movement is worked from rather than a separate one built for it. Private jet catering at AKW reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →

Charter flight catering reviewed at Omidiyeh airport

Ops desks rating airline catering services at Omidiyeh (AKW)

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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 used the team at Omidiyeh (AKW/OIAG) for contingency catering after an unexpected operational change. They reacted quickly to revised timings and passenger numbers, and the handover was straightforward. A dependable option for irregular operations. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”

★★★★★

Scheduled airline

Tariq — Flight Support Executive

“We used the service at Omidiyeh (AKW/OIAG) for airline catering at outstations on a station where we do not have our usual suppliers. It felt like working with a regular station supplier even though this was not one of our usual airports. Very useful coverage for smaller or less familiar stations.”

★★★★☆

Scheduled airline

Sami — OCC Coordinator

“The operations team needed an airline catering cost per meal for Omidiyeh (AKW/OIAG) with very little time to decide. They answered our questions without overcomplicating the process and kept the final cost aligned with the confirmation. Straightforward and professional from quote to delivery. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”

★★★★☆

Private jet operator

Camila — Flight Support Executive

Outstation catering data for Omidiyeh (OIAG / AKW)

DatumValue
Longest runway2,113 m
Runways1
Aerodrome reference codenarrow-body
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Aircraft catering questions at Omidiyeh, Iran

Diversion catering and ramp questions at Omidiyeh, Iran

What operations gets asked every week about Omidiyeh.

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When are halal, kosher and other special meals produced for flights from Omidiyeh?

When the passenger manifest confirms requirements, halal, kosher and every IATA special meal code (SPML) requested are produced on a separate line and documented per passenger before the cart is sealed.

Which FBOs does Omidiyeh's airport handle private jet catering for?

The route runs by sealed cart from our kitchen to whichever FBO or GA terminal apron is handling the movement, so FBO catering and private jet catering reach every operator on the field on the same paperwork.

Can you deliver airline catering airside at AKW?

Yes: airside delivery here is by hi-loader to galley height rather than to the foot of the aircraft, moved on a sealed route with our own escort onto the apron.

Where is the order confirmed before a rotation departs OIAG?

The confirmed specification and lead time sit on the loading sheet issued once the order is placed; how far in advance that has to happen depends on cabin count and mission, and last minute airline catering is worked case by case against the loading window still open on the schedule.

Jet catering at airports near Omidiyeh

MRX / OIAM
Mahshahr
Iran · 54 km from Omidiyeh
Airline & VIP flight catering →
AWZ / OIAW
Ahvaz
Iran · 109 km from Omidiyeh
Airline & VIP flight catering →
GCH / OIAH
Gachsaran
Iran · 120 km from Omidiyeh
Airline & VIP flight catering →

Flight catering quote for Omidiyeh

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Omidiyeh (AKW / OIAG)

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Four steps

Flight

Aircraft · stand · local time

Offloading

Return leg, if any

Order

Counts · menus · files

Contact

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Uplift at Omidiyeh (AKW)