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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Ar Rayyan, Qatar
Private jet catering, VIP flight catering and airline catering at Ar Rayyan (OTBH / XJD)
XJD (IATA) · OTBH (ICAO)
A single wide-body reference code at Ar Rayyan lets one hi-loader board a full three-cabin set without a second lift, so airline catering, government and charter uplifts all move through the same ramp sequence. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering here from sealed cart to galley door, holding aviation catering to one standard whatever the tail number on stand.
3,750 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
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
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Multi-leg coordination
One loading sheet, every leg of your rotation
On the apron — Ar Rayyan
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at Ar Rayyan, Qatar
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for Ar Rayyan, Qatar departures
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Ar Rayyan airport
Ramp access at Ar Rayyan governs the whole loading sequence, since the catering uplift crosses the same apron used by every other ground movement on the field. Rather than staging trays at the foot of the aircraft, the convoy holds ramp access clearance through to the stand and boards straight onto the galley by hi-loader. The window is planned from sealed cart to signed handover, with the apron crossing as the one variable we plan around.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Ar Rayyan sit screening, escort clearance and apron traffic, and the galley catering plan is built against the worst combination of the three rather than the average one. Every catering uplift leaving the kitchen is logged at sealing point, then again at the stand, so the chain of custody has a temperature record at both ends of the ramp crossing. A single named coordinator carries the load from seal to signature, and the paperwork closes only once the galley crew has countersigned the handover.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the galley door, nothing in between left unlogged.
Crew meals from the flight kitchen serving Ar Rayyan
Cleared crews behind government flight catering at Ar Rayyan (XJD)
Airport catering at Ar Rayyan runs from one facility holding hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under a single roof, rather than splitting VIP and main-cabin output across separate sites. HACCP governs every line in the building, so a state delegation tray and a main-cabin meal box leave the same cold chain under the same discipline. Airport catering at XJD is planned to the rotation rather than to a fixed daily rhythm, which keeps the flight kitchen able to flex between a single charter and a multi-class wave without reworking the production plan.
The team that handles government flight catering at this facility is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assigned per booking. Each member carries a current security clearance, sits on the access list for the ramp and the kitchen alike, and is trained to the household standards a royal or state movement requires of the staff who touch its trays. That continuity is what lets a repeat state or royal booking be handled by people who already know the specification on file, rather than a fresh briefing every time.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Ar Rayyan
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Ar Rayyan, Qatar
Menus at Ar Rayyan are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a single fixed spread applied across every flight. Inflight catering here draws on the region's produce in general terms, dairy, fish and orchard fruit worked into cabin-specific menus rather than a single generic tray. A VIP flight menu and a charter flight menu are built from the same kitchen but to different specifications, one plated to a written household brief and the other staged for volume across a full cabin set. Every allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirement is documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled through to the galley rather than left to be checked on board.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Ar Rayyan are plated to a written specification rather than a standard tray, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order so a repeat rotation is served to the same brief every time, at galley height, without renegotiating the presentation on each visit.
Business cabins
Business cabins at XJD run multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft rather than a generic tray. Crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, and cabin crew meals travel on the same sealed cart as the passenger service at Ar Rayyan.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Ar Rayyan are documented per passenger rather than handled on the day, covering household, religious and medical needs across every cabin. Halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes are produced on a separate line and sealed before leaving it, keeping this inflight catering distinct from the main cabin run.
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 OTBH
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 OTBH
A single wide-body reference code at Ar Rayyan means every movement through the field, scheduled, charter or government, loads against the same stand geometry rather than a mix of narrow-body and wide-body plans. That uniformity turns a government delegation into a documentation exercise rather than a capacity one, since the ramp and the loading sequence do not change with the mission, only the protocol file attached to it.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the wide-body stand and boards by hi-loader directly onto the galley, never staged at the foot of the aircraft. Ground handling on the apron coordinates the crossing so the convoy holds ramp access through to the stand rather than queuing behind other traffic. Airline catering and in-flight catering share that same route, with inflight catering and aviation catering at Ar Rayyan run off one ops desk regardless of which segment is loading.
One named coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover close every load, so airport catering at Ar Rayyan is answerable to a single point of contact from kitchen to stand.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Ar Rayyan, Qatar
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Government and state flight catering at XJD
A wide-body reference code governs every stand at Ar Rayyan, so a head of state aircraft loads under the same geometry as any other movement rather than a ramp plan. Government flight catering here covers state visits and official delegations with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Ar Rayyan
One wide-body reference code at Ar Rayyan, which means a private airliner loads on the same stand geometry as a scheduled widebody rather than a separate general aviation plan. Royal flight catering here serves BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP movements to a written royal household specification kept on file between rotations, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at OTBH
Our kitchen plans a full three-cabin uplift against the wide-body stand geometry at Ar Rayyan, staging trays in the order the galleys are laid out rather than as a single undifferentiated load. Charter flight catering here covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and multi-leg special missions, with charter flight catering counted against the loading sheet stand by stand.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at XJD
A single wide-body reference code at Ar Rayyan means an outstation carrier and a diverted widebody load onto the same stand geometry as a scheduled rotation. Ad hoc airline catering here covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with AOG handled on the same footing across a multi-leg pattern rather than as an exception.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Ar Rayyan
The 3750 metre runway at Ar Rayyan brings business jets onto the same field as scheduled and government wide-body traffic rather than a separate general aviation strip. Private jet catering here reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal through our dedicated branch, with FBO catering held to the same cold chain and business aviation catering to the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Ar Rayyan, Qatar
Operators on commercial aviation catering at OTBH / XJD
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“For our departure from Ar Rayyan (XJD/OTBH), we specifically needed galley ready meals. Everything was labeled, compact, and easy to place directly into the aircraft without repacking on the ramp. The crew appreciated how easy it was to load. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Dimitri — Corporate Aviation Manager
“Our operation through Ar Rayyan (XJD/OTBH) included an ad hoc catering request at short notice. They understood the operational language and did not need every change explained twice. We appreciated how easy the coordination was. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Mohamed — Delegation Travel Coordinator
“For our business jet at Ar Rayyan (XJD/OTBH), I arranged FBO catering with a few passenger-specific requests. Everything was easy to check and load, and the passenger requests were prepared exactly as ordered. Reliable, responsive, and easy to work with. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Jack — Network Operations Coordinator
Airport catering facts for Ar Rayyan (OTBH / XJD)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,750 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | OTBH |
Business jet catering questions at Ar Rayyan
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Ar Rayyan
What operations gets asked every week about Ar Rayyan.
Ask operations directly →Does Ar Rayyan take private jet catering deliveries to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
The hi-loader and our sealed cart route reach every FBO on the field and the GA terminal alike, so FBO catering runs on the same cold chain as an airline uplift rather than a separate delivery.
Do you need a fixed lead time to place an order at XJD, and how late can the specification change?
Yes, with lead time held against the loading window rather than a single fixed cut-off, and how far in advance a booking is placed sets how late the cabin count or the specification can still move before the cart is sealed; a last minute airline catering change is worked against that same window rather than refused outright.
At what point does airline catering cost at OTBH get fixed, since no price list is published?
The first step is the specification itself, cabin count, mission type and loading window together, and the airline catering cost that follows depends on that brief rather than a standard rate card; the desk returns a quotation once those three are set.
Who handles the airside delivery of airline catering at Ar Rayyan, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
Across the ramp at this station, the sealed cart travels under escort to the wide-body stand and boards by hi-loader directly onto the galley, never staged at the foot of the aircraft.
Commercial aviation catering near Ar Rayyan
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Qatar · 30 km from Ar Rayyan
Airline & VIP flight catering →
DOH / OTHH
Doha
Qatar · 34 km from Ar Rayyan
Airline & VIP flight catering →
BAH / OBBI
Manama
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at Ar Rayyan (XJD)