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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Haifa, Israel
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Haifa (LLHA / HFA)
HFA (IATA) · LLHA (ICAO)
A single narrow-body reference code governs every stand at Haifa, which sets the loading plan for one aircraft at a time rather than a wide-body wave. That constraint shapes how AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering here: hi-loader boarding straight to the galley, sealed carts staged airside, and in-flight catering uplifted on one ops desk for scheduled, charter, VIP and government movements alike.
1,318 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Haifa
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at Haifa (HFA)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Haifa, Israel
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Haifa (HFA)
Every catering uplift at Haifa moves the same way: sealed at our kitchen, driven under escort, and handed over at the stand with ramp access held on our own badges. The single reference code at LLHA means one aircraft is worked at a time, so the route across the apron is short, direct and repeatable rather than queued behind a wider programme. That discipline is what a narrow-body operation at Haifa is built on, load after load.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Haifa sit screening, an escort vehicle and apron traffic that a single-runway field still has to route around. We plan every catering uplift against the worst of those delays rather than the average of them, so a hold at the gate never becomes a hold on the galley. Chain of custody runs from the seal at the kitchen to the signature at the aircraft, with temperature logged at both ends and the galley catering handed over against that same signed sheet.
One seal, one route, one signature: that is the whole loading window at Haifa.
Cargo crew meals and passenger uplifts for Haifa
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Haifa, Israel
Airport catering at Haifa runs from a flight kitchen holding hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to work a narrow-body reference code rather than a wide-body wave. That single-aircraft rhythm is what airport catering in Israel is measured against at this field: fewer simultaneous loads, but each one carried through HACCP-run production with the same discipline as a larger station. Everything that reaches the stand at Haifa leaves that kitchen sealed.
The team behind government flight catering at Haifa is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access roster, and trained to the paperwork a sealed uplift carries from kitchen to stand. That continuity matters more on a single-stand field, where one crew works every movement rather than one of several. Household standards, protocol documentation and the signed handover are held to that one standing specification, not reissued load by load.
Halal airline meals and special meals at HFA
VIP flight catering, specified per passenger at LLHA / HFA
Menus at Haifa are written to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted for season: a narrow-body specification does not mean a narrower kitchen, it means every tray is planned against one stand instead of several. Inflight catering here draws on produce from northern Israel where the facts allow it, kept general rather than named dish by dish. Passenger meal boxes, plated service and galley-ready sets all run off the same standing menu file. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin before the load ever leaves the kitchen.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Haifa take VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single set course. Presentation is filed against the standing order so a repeat rotation is served the same way every time.
Business cabins
Business cabins into LLHA run on multi-choice hot service, boxed to galley-ready formats sized to the aircraft on the stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are packed separately and boarded against the roster, not folded into the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary work in Israel covers household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger, with halal and kosher sets produced on a separate line before sealing. The full range of IATA special meal codes is built into that same file, so inflight catering here answers a request without reworking the whole tray plan.
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
Aircraft catering under HACCP control at HFA
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 Haifa airport
Haifa carries scheduled, charter and government movements across a single narrow-body reference code, which turns every delegation into a documentation task and every peak arrival into a sequencing task rather than a capacity one. Ad hoc airline catering, government flight catering and charter work all pass through the same one-stand rhythm, so the kitchen plans one load at a time instead of staggering several.
The uplift itself moves from our kitchen to the stand by sealed cart, boarded through the galley door under escort, with ground handling covering the apron and airside delivery to the aircraft. In-flight catering in Israel is coordinated off one ops desk, and airline catering in Haifa is planned stand by stand rather than terminal by terminal, since the field has only the one to work.
What we commit to at LLHA does not change with the mission: one coordinator named to the rotation, sealed carts from kitchen to galley, and a signed handover closing every load, aviation catering in Israel included.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at Haifa (HFA)
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Government and state flight catering at Haifa
A 1318-metre runway at Haifa sets the aircraft types this field boards, and government flight catering here is planned around that same limit rather than around a longer wide-body programme. Delegations and official movements travel with a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and every head of state uplift sealed at the kitchen before it reaches the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Haifa
A private airliner sized to the 1318-metre runway at Haifa can still be boarded here to a full household standard, since the limit governs aircraft length, not service level. Royal flight catering at this field holds BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP movements to one written specification kept on file between rotations, with halal and household requirements produced against it on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LLHA
With only one narrow-body reference code on the field, charter flight catering at Haifa is scheduled aircraft by aircraft rather than across parallel wide-body stands. Charter flight catering in Haifa covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, each counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Haifa
A single narrow-body reference code at Haifa means every carrier using this field as an outstation is worked one aircraft at a time, never queued behind a wider programme. That gives ad hoc airline catering here a short, repeatable route: outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all run off the same duty roster, with crew meals at Haifa boxed to the roster and crew meals at HFA boarded alongside the passenger load on a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Haifa
A narrow-body reference code at Haifa means a business aircraft is worked to the same single-stand sequence as any other movement on the field, with no separate wide-body queue to route around. Private jet catering at Haifa reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, through our dedicated FBO catering and business aviation catering branch, business jet catering included.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at Haifa, Israel
Flight departments on jet catering at Haifa
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged group charter catering for the group at Haifa (HFA/LLHA) after a late schedule update. The order included different meal types and snacks, but the cabin crew could identify everything immediately. A good partner for sports charter operations. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Samuel — Airport Services Manager
“For an urgent mission at Haifa (HFA/LLHA), the team supported us with military charter catering. The team understood that reliability mattered more than complexity and stayed flexible until uplift. Strong support for a demanding operation. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Hassan — Executive Charter Coordinator
“We ordered cargo crew meals for a cargo rotation through Haifa (HFA/LLHA). They respected the unusual timing and kept communication direct with our ops team. Simple, efficient, and on time. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Government flight department
Liam — Delegation Flight Coordinator
Outstation catering data for Haifa (LLHA / HFA)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,318 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | LLHA |
Business jet catering questions at HFA
Diversion catering and ramp questions at HFA
What operations gets asked every week about Haifa.
Ask operations directly →Who sets the lead time for an order at LLHA, and how late can the specification still change?
For scheduled rotations we ask for standing notice well ahead of departure, and how far in advance a change can be made depends on the cabin count and the special meal load; last minute airline catering is still worked where the kitchen and the loading window allow it.
When does Haifa know what airline catering costs for a given rotation?
Once cabin count, specification and loading window are confirmed, the desk returns a quotation built on those three factors rather than a published rate, since airline catering cost is never fixed in advance.
Which method gets airline catering onto the aircraft at Haifa airport?
The hi-loader lifts sealed carts direct to galley height, so airside delivery goes straight from kitchen to aircraft door without a stop at the foot of the stand.
Is private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at HFA?
The coordinator on duty routes FBO catering to every FBO on the field and to the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and paperwork as a scheduled airline load.
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Charter flight catering quote for Haifa airport
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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 Haifa (HFA)