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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Tabas, Iran
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Tabas (OIMT / TCX)
TCX (IATA) · OIMT (ICAO)
A 3041 m runway at Tabas takes wide-body movements onto a single reference-coded stand, which is what lets a scheduled, charter or government aircraft board here without touching the ground first. Inflight catering reaches the cabin by hi-loader, straight to galley height, and the same in-flight catering desk runs uplift, documentation and dispatch for every rotation through OIMT.
3,041 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 — Tabas
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at TCX
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at OIMT / TCX
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at Tabas (TCX)
Loading at OIMT is worked as a measured sequence rather than a promise: the cart is sealed at the kitchen, cleared for ramp access, and moved to the wide-body stand under one continuous chain of custody. Every catering uplift at OIMT follows that same order regardless of the segment behind it, government, charter or scheduled. Nothing reaches the galley door outside that sequence.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Tabas sit screening, an apron escort and the ordinary traffic of a single-runway field, and we plan the loading window against the worst of them rather than the best. That plan is what keeps a government flight catering rotation or a routine turnaround on the same clock, whichever one is working the stand that hour. Every catering uplift at TCX is logged twice for temperature, once at the kitchen seal and once at handover, and the sheet that results carries a single name against it: the coordinator who signs for that specific galley catering load, cart by cart, from seal to signature.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the aircraft door.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Tabas
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Tabas, Iran
Airport catering at Tabas runs from a single production kitchen built to feed the wide-body stand rather than a terminal counter, with hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell working under one roof. That structure is what lets airport catering in Iran hold to one HACCP standard across a scheduled rotation, a charter series and a government movement without changing kitchens between them. The same flight kitchen at TCX carries cold-chain custody from the moment a tray is sealed to the moment it clears the galley door.
The team behind government flight catering at Tabas is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating roster assembled per booking. Each member carries security clearance on file and sits on the access list before the cart is sealed, trained to household standards as well as to the airline paperwork that travels with it. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first, and it is fixed here rather than assembled to order.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at TCX
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at OIMT / TCX
Inflight catering at TCX is written to the cabin first and the mission second: a First and VVIP specification for head-of-state and royal household movements, a Business tray set built for repeat charter rotations, and a main-cabin range sized to a full wide-body load. Local sourcing draws on Iran's orchard fruit, dairy and grain where a menu calls for it, worked into the standing specification rather than named dish by dish. Every set carries a documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical profile, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed. Season and mission adjust the cycle; the tray standard and the paperwork behind it do not change between them.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at OIMT are plated to a written specification rather than an open menu, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request against the standing order. VIP flight catering here is filed against that same specification so a repeat rotation is served identically on the next visit.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Tabas run on multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft working the stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in the same tray sets, boarded and logged alongside the passenger load rather than as an afterthought.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at TCX are documented per passenger before the cart is sealed: halal and kosher sets, the full range of IATA special meal codes, and household or medical requirements produced on a separate line. That line feeds the same inflight catering chain of custody as the rest of the cabin, tracked from production to galley door.
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
Food safety records for aviation catering at Tabas, Iran
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 Tabas airport
Tabas holds a single wide-body-coded stand off one runway, which means every movement through it, scheduled, charter or government, is worked as a planned event rather than absorbed into a queue of parallel traffic. That structure turns a delegation into a documentation task and a repeat charter series into a repetition task, both handled from the same duty roster rather than improvised per aircraft.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the ramp under a sealed cart, cleared for airside delivery and boarded by hi-loader directly to the galley door rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. Aviation catering at TCX and airport catering at TCX run off that same route regardless of which segment is on the stand, with ramp access held on our own clearances rather than borrowed for the occasion.
One coordinator carries every load from seal to signature, which is the single commitment that does not change between a scheduled turnaround and a government rotation. Inflight catering at Tabas, in-flight catering at TCX and airline catering in Iran all answer to that same signed handover.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at Tabas, Iran
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Government and state flight catering at OIMT
On the wide-body stand held under Tabas's reference code, a head of state aircraft boards from the same hi-loader route as any scheduled movement, with nothing about the ground handling marking it apart from the rest of the day's traffic. Government flight catering here runs on a 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 TCX
A wide-body-coded stand sets the sequence a royal movement has to fit, so private airliners, BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations alike, are worked to the same loading order as scheduled traffic rather than around it. Royal flight catering at TCX holds to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced against it on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Tabas
3041 metres of runway clears the wide-body types that charter and ACMI operators typically route through Tabas, which keeps a full three-cabin uplift on one stand rather than split across several. Charter flight catering here counts against the loading sheet for ACMI and wet-lease movements, group charters and special missions alike, with the galleys staged in the order they are laid out for that specific charter flight catering rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at OIMT
A scheduled widebody working Tabas as an outstation boards from the same wide-body-coded stand as every other movement here, which is what makes ad hoc airline catering possible on short notice rather than only on a published rotation. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all run off that one stand and one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg routing without a change of kitchen.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at TCX
Our kitchen works the same 3041 m stand access that a scheduled wide-body uses to supply business aviation movements at Tabas, delivering to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal rather than routing them through a separate branch. Private jet catering and FBO catering here run on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, which is also how business aviation catering and business jet catering are handled at this station.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at OIMT
Flight departments on jet catering at Tabas
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“For our departure from Tabas (TCX/OIMT), we specifically needed airline catering IATA standards. 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.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Paul — Trip Support Manager
“We used the team for ad hoc catering at Tabas (TCX/OIMT) during a tight turnaround. Communication between dispatch, handling, and catering was clear throughout. A very useful service for ad hoc flying. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Miriam — Airline Operations Manager
“I ordered FBO catering for our departure from Tabas (TCX/OIMT) and was very happy with the service. They followed my notes closely, kept me updated, and delivered at the time agreed with the FBO. A very good experience from a flight attendant perspective. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Carla — Flight Support Executive
Tabas (OIMT / TCX): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,041 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | OIMT |
Aircraft catering questions at Tabas (TCX)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at TCX
What operations gets asked every week about Tabas.
Ask operations directly →Where can halal, kosher and special meal codes be produced for flights at Tabas Airport?
The protocol file logged against each rotation records every halal, kosher and SPML request by passenger before the cart is sealed. Those special meals are produced on a separate line at our kitchen and documented through to the galley door.
Which flights get VIP, VVIP and government protocol at TCX?
The same hi-loader route and sealed cart carry a head of state movement, a royal rotation or a routine charter, with the protocol layer added on top rather than run separately. VIP flight catering and government flight catering here both sit inside one documented handover, security clearance included.
How is airline catering delivered airside at OIMT?
OIMT boards every uplift by hi-loader straight to the galley door rather than leaving it at the foot of the aircraft. Airline catering here moves under one airside delivery route from kitchen seal to cabin, whatever the segment on the stand.
Is there a fixed lead time for ordering catering at Tabas?
The coordinator who signs for a load sets the lead time against the loading window rather than a fixed clock, and takes changes to specification as late as the sealing stage allows. How far in advance an order should be placed depends on the cabin count and mission, which the desk confirms on enquiry, not last minute airline catering left to guesswork.
When can private jet catering reach the FBOs at Tabas Airport?
Once a business aviation movement is confirmed on the field, the same kitchen that supplies scheduled traffic delivers to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the same cold chain. FBO catering at Tabas carries the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with no separate booking route.
What does airline catering cost at TCX?
We quote against cabin count, specification and the loading window rather than a published price list, since no two rotations draw the same uplift. The airline catering cost for a given flight is confirmed once those three points are set, and the desk returns a quotation directly.
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Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
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