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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Al-Ula (OEAO / ULH)
ULH (IATA) · OEAO (ICAO)
A wide-body arrival stands on the single 3050 m runway at Al-Ula, and that reference code is what lets a full three-cabin rotation board here rather than divert. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering off one ops desk at this station, with hi-loader boarding to galley height and the uplift staged airside from a kitchen held to the same cold chain from seal to stand.
3,050 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
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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 — Al-Ula
Commercial aviation catering at wide-body scale, OEAO
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Al-Ula airport
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at ULH
The catering uplift at Al-Ula is worked as a sequence, not a single delivery: sealed carts staged, screened, escorted to the stand and loaded by hi-loader to galley height. Ramp access at OEAO is held on our own clearance rather than passed to a third party at the foot of the aircraft. Each stage is logged before the next begins, so the loading window reflects what actually happened on the apron, not an estimate.
Between the flight kitchen and the stand at Al-Ula sit screening, an escort through the ramp and the ordinary traffic of the apron, and the convoy is the part of a catering uplift that carries the most risk, not the food packed inside it. We plan the route and the timing against the worst of what that ramp can do on a given day, rather than the average of it, so the chain of custody holds even when a slot shifts or a stand changes late.
Temperature is logged at the kitchen seal and again at the galley door, and galley catering at ULH only closes once both readings and a signature match against the loading sheet. That signed handover is what a ground handling desk or a protocol officer can check without needing to see the ramp at all.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the galley door.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for Al-Ula (ULH)
Airline food supplier crews cleared for OEAO
Airport catering at Al-Ula runs from a facility that keeps hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, rather than splitting those functions across separate units. That structure is what lets a single kitchen answer a scheduled rotation, a charter group and a government movement on the same day without one displacing another. Airport catering in Al-Ula is produced to a HACCP standard, with the cold chain held from the kitchen seal to the galley door at ULH, flight kitchen included.
The team that handles government flight catering here is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn from wherever is available that day. Each member carries a security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the ramp, and is trained to the household standards a protocol desk expects rather than to a general service brief. That continuity is what keeps a sealed uplift moving through the same hands from the kitchen seal to the aircraft door.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia
VVIP catering written per mission at Al-Ula airport
Menus for Al-Ula are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a single fixed offer, so a scheduled rotation, a government movement and a private charter each receive a specification built for what they are flying. Produce drawn from the wider Saudi region supplies the fruit, dairy and grain lines that anchor the main cabin trays, while First and Business menus carry a written specification for plated and à-la-carte service. Inflight catering at ULH is documented per passenger for allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements, labelled by cabin and matched against the roster before departure. Every set produced to that specification is sealed on the same line and checked against the loading sheet before it leaves the kitchen.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Al-Ula receive VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single set menu. Each course is filed against the standing order for that cabin, so a repeat rotation through OEAO is served to the same specification as the one before it.
Business cabins
Business cabins in Al-Ula run on multi-choice hot service built to a written cabin specification, boarded in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft on that stand. Cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the duty roster, with crew meals at Al-Ula and crew meals at ULH held to the same tray-set standard as the passenger cabins.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at OEAO are documented per passenger rather than left to a general set: household, religious and medical requests, halal and kosher sets, and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, so inflight catering at Al-Ula matches the passenger manifest exactly.
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 control for flight catering at OEAO / ULH
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.
Aircraft catering delivered airside at Al-Ula
Al-Ula sits on a single runway of 3050 metres, built to a wide-body reference code, which means the traffic pattern here mixes scheduled movements with charter, government and royal household flights rather than running a high-frequency commercial timetable. That mix turns catering into a documentation and sequencing problem as much as a volume one: a delegation needs its protocol file matched to the manifest, while a repeat charter needs the same tray set held constant rotation after rotation.
The uplift reaches the aircraft here from our flight kitchen by sealed cart, escorted across the apron and loaded by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the stairs. Airline catering at ULH, aviation catering at OEAO and airport catering in Saudi Arabia all run off that same route, with airside delivery held on our own clearance for the stand assigned to that rotation. Inflight catering and in-flight catering at ULH share the one ops desk that plans the sequence before the aircraft is even on the ground.
On every one of those movements the commitment is the same: one coordinator, sealed carts, and a signed handover at the galley door.
Aviation catering for five mission types at OEAO
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Government and state flight catering at ULH
Against the wide-body reference code held at Al-Ula, a delegation aircraft is sequenced onto the same stand geometry as any scheduled wide-body, which is what lets government flight catering here run without a dedicated apron. Head of state movements and official delegations receive a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and an uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Al-Ula
A wide-body reference code at this field, measured against the same stand geometry used for scheduled traffic, allows private airliners of BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configuration to be worked without a separate apron. Royal flight catering at OEAO is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request for each rotation.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at OEAO
Our kitchen loads the wide-body reference code held at Al-Ula against a full three-cabin uplift, staging every cart in the order the galleys are laid out on that aircraft type. Charter flight catering here serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering at Al-Ula counted against the loading sheet across a multi-leg pattern rather than a single sector.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at ULH
Onto the single wide-body stand configuration at Al-Ula, carriers running this station as an outstation bring irregular schedules that our ops desk absorbs without notice periods stretching. Ad hoc airline catering here covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, with crew meals at ULH and crew meals at OEAO boarded on the same tray-set standard as a scheduled rotation across a multi-leg pattern.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Al-Ula
The 3050 m runway at this field carries business aviation alongside the wide-body movements it was built for, and that shared infrastructure is what lets our dedicated branch deliver private jet catering at Al-Ula to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal. FBO catering here runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as business aviation catering and business jet catering for an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at Al-Ula airport
Flight departments on jet catering at Al-Ula (ULH)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our ops team used the service at Al-Ula (ULH/OEAO) as an airline catering partner. They coordinated locally, sent useful updates, and kept the final uplift aligned with our revised schedule. We would use the service again without hesitation. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Joseph — Flight Operations Specialist
“We booked private jet catering in Al-Ula for a flight operating through ULH/OEAO. The order was confirmed quickly, delivered on time, and packed exactly as requested for the aircraft. Good local support for a VIP operation. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Anwar — Crew Planning Coordinator
“For our flight from Al-Ula (ULH/OEAO), the cabin order included multiple kosher airline meals. The team confirmed the dietary details carefully and there was no confusion when the order arrived. Very reassuring for the cabin crew. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Stefan — Trip Operations Coordinator
Airport catering reference for Al-Ula (OEAO / ULH)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,050 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | OEAO |
Airline catering services FAQ for Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia
What operations gets asked every week about Al-Ula.
Ask operations directly →Can we deliver airline catering airside in Al-Ula?
Airside delivery is the standard method here: sealed carts move by escort across the apron and board by hi-loader to galley height rather than being left at the foot of the aircraft.
What protocol governs VIP, VVIP and government flight catering at Al-Ula Airport?
We run VIP flight catering and government flight catering under a documented protocol file, matched per passenger to the manifest, with security-cleared staff handling the load from seal to signature.
Which FBOs and GA terminal facilities receive private jet catering at ULH?
The sealed cart and hi-loader route used for a wide-body uplift is the same one that reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, so FBO catering here follows one paperwork trail regardless of stand.
Where does the lead time for an order at OEAO get set?
The loading sheet is the record that fixes it: how far in advance an order must be placed depends on cabin count and specification, and last minute airline catering can still be worked into a rotation when the change reaches us before the cart is sealed.
Inflight catering at other airports near Al-Ula
RSI / OERS
Hanak
Saudi Arabia · 140 km from Al-Ula
Airline & VIP flight catering →
EJH / OEWJ
Al Wajh
Saudi Arabia · 167 km from Al-Ula
Airline & VIP flight catering →
TUU / OETB
Tabuk
Saudi Arabia · 256 km from Al-Ula
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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