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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Rafsanjan, Iran
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Rafsanjan (OIKR / RJN)
RJN (IATA) · OIKR (ICAO)
A single wide-body reference code governs every stand at Rafsanjan, which is why in-flight catering here is built around hi-loader boarding rather than kerb-side handoff. Uplift moves straight from our sealed carts to galley height, and inflight catering for scheduled, charter, VIP and government movements is planned against that one wide-body standard, airside, every rotation.
2,991 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
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 — Rafsanjan
Wide-body inflight catering at Rafsanjan, Iran
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at Rafsanjan (RJN)
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, OIKR
Ramp access at Rafsanjan governs the whole catering uplift sequence, from the sealed cart leaving our kitchen to the moment it clears the galley door. Nothing moves across the apron without a badge and an escort, so the sequence is built around that checkpoint rather than around the flight schedule. Every uplift here follows the same fixed order, whatever the aircraft or the mission on the stand.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Rafsanjan sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and the plan for every catering uplift is built against the worst of those three, not the average. A single named coordinator carries the load from seal to signature, so the chain of custody never passes between hands that were not briefed on it. The galley catering itself is checked twice: once when the cart is sealed, once again when the crew signs for it at the door, with the temperature logged at both ends.
The convoy is the risk here, never the food on the cart.
Airline catering companies' production standard at Rafsanjan, Iran
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Rafsanjan airport
The flight kitchen at RJN runs hot production, pastry and a cold larder under one roof, built to HACCP standard from intake to seal. Airport catering here is produced on dedicated lines rather than shared ones, so a wide-body rotation and a government movement never cross paths in the same batch. That separation is what lets airport catering at Rafsanjan hold its cold chain intact from the larder to the cart.
The team behind government flight catering at Rafsanjan is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating roster pulled from the wider kitchen. Each member carries security clearance on file and sits on the access list before a cart is ever sealed for the stand. They are trained to household service standards as well as airline ones, so the same hands that load a scheduled aircraft can turn to a state movement without a handover gap.
Halal airline meals and special meals at OIKR / RJN
VVIP catering written per mission at Rafsanjan (RJN)
Menus at Rafsanjan are written to the cabin and the mission first, and to the season second: a First-cabin plate differs from a main-cabin tray in structure, not just portion. Iran's dairy, orchard fruit and regional produce sit inside the specification where the mission calls for local sourcing, never as a headline in themselves. Inflight catering here carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, each labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen. Cycles are seasonal, but the specification behind each tray set does not move.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Rafsanjan are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so the same presentation repeats rotation after rotation rather than drifting between crews.
Business cabins
Business cabins at OIKR take multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets, sized to the aircraft's own galley fitting. Crew meals at RJN, including cabin crew meals and pilot meals, are boxed separately and matched to the duty roster rather than bundled with the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Rafsanjan are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering produced against these codes runs on a separate line and is sealed before it leaves that line, keeping it apart from the standard cabin service.
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 OIKR
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 RJN
Rafsanjan holds a single wide-body reference code across its one runway, which means every movement through this field is planned to the same wide-body standard rather than sorted by aircraft size. That uniformity turns catering into a scheduling problem rather than a fleet-matching one: the same tray sets, carts and hi-loader reach work for a scheduled service, a charter or a government movement using the same stand.
Uplift leaves our kitchen sealed and moves airside under escort to the stand, where a hi-loader raises it to galley height rather than handing it off at ground level. Airline catering, inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at OIKR all run off that same ramp sequence, with our own crews holding the badges needed to cross it. Airport catering at Rafsanjan is planned stand by stand rather than terminal by terminal, since the field carries no multi-pier split to plan around.
On every stand at Rafsanjan, one coordinator carries the load from seal to signature, with a temperature log closing the file at handover.
Commercial aviation catering for every mission at Rafsanjan, Iran
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Government and state flight catering at Rafsanjan
The 2991 metre runway at Rafsanjan takes the aircraft that state and diplomatic movements use without a length constraint on the approach. Government flight catering here covers state visits and head of state movements with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the cart, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at OIKR
Private airliners, including BBJ and ACJ types, board at Rafsanjan under the same wide-body reference code as a scheduled widebody, which keeps royal flight catering on the same hi-loader and cart standard rather than a separate one. Royal household requirements are held on a written specification kept on file between movements, with halal and household dietary sets produced on request for the royal household and VVIP cabin alike.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at RJN
Across the wide-body stands at Rafsanjan, the same reference code that clears a scheduled service also clears ACMI, wet-lease and group charter movements without a separate booking class. Charter flight catering here covers special missions and group movements with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, staged in the order the galleys are laid out, and charter flight catering scales the same way whether the aircraft flies once or on a repeated multi-leg pattern.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Rafsanjan
The single wide-body reference code held at Rafsanjan means every carrier working this stand meets the same loading standard, whether the rotation is scheduled or unplanned. Ad hoc airline catering covers outstation catering for carriers running RJN as a base, diversion catering when a flight lands off-plan, and technical stop catering for a short-ground turn, all against one duty roster, with AOG handled the same way across a multi-leg pattern.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at OIKR
Loading a business aircraft against the same wide-body reference code as a scheduled service means the sequence has to be worked around the larger movement's slot, not the other way round. Private jet catering at Rafsanjan reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, run through our dedicated private-jet branch and FBO catering coordination rather than a separate kitchen.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at OIKR / RJN
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Rafsanjan, Iran
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“A short-notice movement brought us into Rafsanjan (RJN/OIKR), so we needed reliable technical stop catering. Confirmation was quick, the order stayed clear despite several updates, and delivery reached the aircraft on time. Exactly what we need when operations change with very little notice. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Aisha — Freighter Operations Manager
“Rafsanjan (RJN/OIKR) was an outstation for us, and we booked airline catering at outstations for the sector. It felt like working with a regular station supplier even though this was not one of our usual airports. Reliable and easy to manage from the ops desk. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Nicolas — Flight Assistance Manager
“The operations team needed an airline catering cost per meal for Rafsanjan (RJN/OIKR) with very little time to decide. The inclusions were easy to understand, lead time was realistic, and there were no surprises when the final order was confirmed. The clear communication made the booking easy. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Francesca — Ground Operations Manager
Airport catering facts for Rafsanjan (OIKR / RJN)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,991 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | OIKR |
Airline catering services FAQ for OIKR / RJN
Crew meals, lead times and access at OIKR / RJN
What operations gets asked every week about Rafsanjan.
Ask operations directly →How does airline catering reach the aircraft airside at Rafsanjan?
Rafsanjan loads by hi-loader straight to galley height, with airside delivery run under escort from our kitchen to the stand rather than handed off at ground level.
Which protocol governs VIP flight catering and government flight catering at RJN?
The loader, the cart and the route are fixed before departure: a sealed cart moves under escort to the stand, and the same protocol file covers VIP flight catering and government flight catering alike.
Where are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes documented for OIKR departures?
The production record for each tray states the SPML code, the halal or kosher status and the passenger it is assigned to, filed before the cart is sealed and carried with it to the stand.
When does private jet catering reach the FBOs and the GA terminal at Rafsanjan?
Once a business aircraft is on the field, our FBO catering branch delivers to the GA terminal and the FBOs on it on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Is there a minimum lead time for an order at Rafsanjan, and how late can the specification change?
The coordinator on duty confirms lead time against the loading window at booking, and a specification can still move close to departure provided the change reaches the kitchen before the cart is sealed.
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Uplift at Rafsanjan (RJN)