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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Tel Aviv, Israel
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Tel Aviv (LLBG / TLV)
TLV (IATA) · LLBG (ICAO)
A wide-body reference code and three runways mean a full-length aircraft can be worked here without splitting a rotation across two stands. That scale is what inflight catering demands: uplift boarded by hi-loader to galley height, sealed and staged for scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet flights, off one ops desk that runs in-flight catering and airside delivery together, around the clock at this station.
4,062 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
3
Runways
4
FBOs on station
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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 — Tel Aviv
Hi-loader aviation catering on the Tel Aviv apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at Tel Aviv
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Tel Aviv, Israel
The wide-body reference code held at Tel Aviv sets the pace this window is built around: a full three-cabin load staged and sequenced rather than delivered in one drop. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the catering uplift moves from sealed cart to galley door without waiting on a borrowed pass. What the timeline below shows is the sequence itself, not an estimate of it.
Between our kitchen and the stand at TLV sit screening, an escorted run across the apron, and the traffic of a field working three runways at once; we plan the galley catering sequence against the worst of that, not the average of it. The convoy carrying a sealed catering uplift is the part of the journey we control most closely, because it is also the part most exposed to a delay that has nothing to do with the food. Each cart is logged at sealing and checked again at handover, and the chain of custody closes only once a named crew member has signed for the galley on receipt.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the galley, nothing open between them.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for LLBG
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at LLBG / TLV
HACCP-run production behind Tel Aviv's wide-body stands puts hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, which is what lets airport catering here move from three separate menu cycles to one sealed convoy without recombining loads at the ramp. Airport catering in Israel is provisioned to the reference code held at this field, so a full-length aircraft is never treated as an exception to the standard layout. The flight kitchen at TLV runs its cold chain from sealing to handover, not just at the loading bay.
Three runways bring enough varied traffic through LLBG that the team assigned to government flight catering here is kept as one named crew rather than rotated shift to shift. Every member carries security clearance on file and sits on the access list before a delegation's convoy is confirmed, trained to the household standards a protocol officer expects rather than to a general service brief. The same crew signs the chain of custody at handover, so responsibility for the sealed uplift never passes between hands it was not written for.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at LLBG
VVIP catering to a written specification at Tel Aviv
With three runways and a wide-body reference code behind it, Tel Aviv sees enough scheduled, charter and VIP traffic that inflight catering here is written to the cabin and the mission rather than to one fixed rotation. Menus draw on produce sourced through Israel, from citrus and dairy to fish landed along the coast, worked into sets that follow the season rather than a static list. Inflight catering at Tel Aviv includes documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, each labelled per passenger and per cabin before it reaches the galley. Special meal codes are produced on their own line and matched to the roster the aircraft actually carries, not to a generic template.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins boarded through Tel Aviv are plated to a written specification rather than a standard tray, with VIP flight catering built around à-la-carte service on request. Every course is filed against the standing order before it leaves the kitchen, so the presentation on board matches what was confirmed for that rotation, not an approximation of it.
Business cabins
Business cabins routed through LLBG take multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, boxed into oven-ready formats sized to the aircraft's own galley rather than a generic tray. Crew meals and pilot meals travel in their own sealed sets at TLV, kept apart from the passenger load so cabin crew meals and flight-deck sets never compete for the same cart space.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Tel Aviv are documented per passenger, from household and religious sets to medical diets confirmed against the manifest before boarding. Halal, kosher and the full range of IATA special meal codes are produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, so inflight catering here answers a mixed cabin without slowing the rest of the load.
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 compliance at Tel Aviv (TLV)
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 Tel Aviv (TLV)
Tel Aviv runs scheduled, charter and government traffic together across three runways and a wide-body reference code, which turns a state delegation into a documentation problem as much as a loading one, and a peak wave into a question of stand sequencing rather than kitchen capacity. Airline catering at TLV is planned to that mix, not to a single traffic type, because the same ramp carries a repeat commercial rotation one hour and a one-off charter the next.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader from our own kitchen, boarded to galley height rather than left at the foot of the stand, with our own escorted crew carrying it across the apron under ramp access held on our own clearance. Aviation catering in Tel Aviv follows that same route whatever the mission, so an in-flight catering load and an airport catering run for a charter are staged the same way, just on a different stand.
One coordinator owns the rotation from kitchen seal to aircraft signature, and that commitment does not change with the traffic profile: sealed carts, a documented handover, and inflight catering across Israel run to the same closed chain of custody as everywhere else on the network.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at LLBG / TLV
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Government and state flight catering at TLV
A wide-body reference code held at this field means a head of state aircraft is worked to the same stand class as any other full-length movement, never treated as a special case on the ramp. Government flight catering at Tel Aviv runs on that same footing: protocol filed 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 Tel Aviv
The wide-body reference code held at this field allows a private airliner such as a BBJ or ACJ to be worked to the same stand class as a full-size aircraft, so household standards do not have to bend to a smaller ramp footprint. Royal flight catering at TLV is held to a written specification kept on file between movements, with halal and household dietary requirements produced against it on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LLBG
We work every charter rotation at Tel Aviv against the same wide-body reference code that governs scheduled traffic, so ACMI and wet-lease operators are never staged on a reduced standard. Charter flight catering here covers group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering across Israel follows that same multi-leg sequencing from one rotation to the next.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at TLV
With a wide-body reference code held across three runways, Tel Aviv is worked as an outstation for carriers that route wide-body equipment through it without a base kitchen of their own. Ad hoc airline catering here covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation without waiting on a second kitchen to confirm the load.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Tel Aviv
Three runways bring enough business aviation movements through this field that private jet catering at LLBG runs as its own dedicated branch rather than an extension of the airline schedule. Delivery reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal alike, with FBO catering held to the same cold chain and business aviation catering paperwork as any wide-body uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Tel Aviv
aerohandling executive (bedek)
fattal terminal
laufer aviation - g.h.i. ltd (exec)
quality airport services israel ltd
Inflight catering rated by operators at TLV
Flight departments on jet catering at TLV
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“A short-notice movement brought us into Tel Aviv (TLV/LLBG), so we needed reliable contingency catering. They reacted quickly to revised timings and passenger numbers, and the handover was straightforward. We would use them again for another short-notice stop. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Camila — Private Flight Coordinator
“We needed off-station catering for a flight through Tel Aviv (TLV/LLBG) and the process was much easier than expected. Updates were concise and the delivery timing matched our handling plan. We would be comfortable using the service there again. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Lorenzo — Special Air Mission Coordinator
“We compared options for Tel Aviv (TLV/LLBG) and asked for an airline catering cost per meal. Pricing, delivery timing, and packaging were all explained upfront, which helped us approve the uplift quickly. Good option when you need a fast and transparent answer. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Anwar — Charter Operations Manager
Station data for aviation catering at Tel Aviv (LLBG / TLV)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 4,062 m |
| Runways | 3 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LLBG |
Airline catering services FAQ for LLBG
Diversion catering and ramp questions at LLBG
What operations gets asked every week about Tel Aviv.
Ask operations directly →Can halal, kosher and other special meal codes be produced at LLBG, and how are they documented?
Halal, kosher and the full set of IATA SPML codes are produced on a separate line at our Tel Aviv kitchen and labelled per passenger before sealing. Each set is matched against the manifest so the documentation travels with the tray, not just with the order.
Tel Aviv, how much does airline catering cost, and how is a quotation built?
The sealed cart and the loading sequence it moves through, not a fixed price list, are what a quotation is built around here. Cabin count, menu specification and the loading window all shape the figure, and our desk returns a quotation once those three are confirmed for the rotation.
Given the volume this airport handles, do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at Tel Aviv Airport, and under what protocol?
There is a protocol file opened per passenger for every VIP, VVIP or government flight catering at Tel Aviv Airport, naming security-cleared staff before the convoy is confirmed. The uplift is sealed at the kitchen and signed for again at the aircraft, closing the chain of custody at both ends.
Do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at TLV?
Yes, through our dedicated private jet catering branch, which reaches every FBO on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain as an airline uplift. FBO catering here follows the same sealed handover and paperwork as a wide-body rotation, whichever ramp the aircraft is parked on.
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