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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Al Wajh, Saudi Arabia
Airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Al Wajh (OEWJ / EJH)
EJH (IATA) · OEWJ (ICAO)
A 3050 m runway rated for wide-body operations gives Al Wajh the reach to receive scheduled, charter, government and private jet movements on one certified stand. Inflight catering here runs from a sealed kitchen to hi-loader boarding at galley height, with in-flight catering staged airside and one ops desk carrying the uplift from seal to signature.
3,050 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 — Al Wajh
Aviation catering with ramp access at OEWJ
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at EJH
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at OEWJ / EJH
The wide-body stand at Al Wajh is reached under ramp access rather than kerbside drop, so the sealed cart moves by hi-loader straight to the galley door. Every step between our kitchen and that door is logged, not guessed, from the moment the load is closed to the moment it clears the apron. That sequence is what a catering uplift at OEWJ is measured against on every rotation.
Between our kitchen and the wide-body stand at OEWJ sit screening, an escort across the apron and the ordinary traffic of a single-runway field, and the galley catering plan is built against the worst version of all three rather than the average one. Every catering uplift leaving the kitchen is sealed under one chain of custody, carried by hi-loader to galley height and handed over rather than left at the foot of the aircraft.
Temperatures are logged at the moment the load is sealed and again at the moment it is handed over at the galley, so the cold chain is checked at both ends of the same short route. A single signature closes each load against the loading sheet, naming the coordinator who carried it from kitchen to aircraft at Al Wajh.
One sealed load, one coordinator, from the kitchen door to the galley door.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for Al Wajh (EJH)
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Al Wajh
Airport catering at Al Wajh is produced under one roof that holds hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell together, rather than split across several sites feeding the same stand. That single-site model is what keeps airport catering repeatable on a field served by one runway and one wide-body stand, because every tray set leaves from the same HACCP-run line regardless of which segment it is boarding. The flight kitchen behind OEWJ is built to hold that standard on a scheduled rotation and on a diversion alike.
The team that handles government flight catering at this kitchen is the same named crew on every rotation through Al Wajh, not a roster drawn fresh each time. Each member carries a security clearance on file and sits on the access list before a sealed uplift is released to the ramp, trained to the household standards a protocol movement requires. That continuity is what lets a delegation or a royal movement be planned exactly like the one before it.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Al Wajh airport
VVIP catering to a written specification at EJH
From passenger meal boxes to VVIP tray sets, inflight catering at Al Wajh is written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a single fixed offer. Produce drawn from the wider Saudi Arabian supply chain, dairy, orchard fruit and fish among it, sits alongside menus built for a First and VVIP cabin, a Business cabin and the main cabin on the same rotation. Special meal sets, halal, kosher, allergen and medical, are documented per passenger and per cabin rather than issued as a blanket substitute. Every set produced at OEWJ carries that same paperwork forward, whatever segment is boarding that day.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at OEWJ are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed set list, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request for the mission at hand. VIP flight catering in Saudi Arabia is filed against the standing order between rotations, so the presentation can be repeated exactly on the next movement through Al Wajh.
Business cabins
Business cabins at EJH take multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, boxed into oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft, tray sets and meal boxes alike. Crew meals at Al Wajh and cabin crew meals travel on the same loading sheet as pilot meals, boxed to the roster rather than added as an afterthought.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at OEWJ are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical needs rather than a generic substitution list. Halal and kosher sets, along with the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line at the kitchen and sealed before they leave it, so inflight catering in Saudi Arabia carries the same paperwork as 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
HACCP-compliant aircraft catering at OEWJ / EJH
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 Al Wajh, Saudi Arabia
A single wide-body-rated runway at Al Wajh means the field is built around one class of movement rather than a mixed short-haul pattern, so a delegation, a charter peak or a repeat rotation each arrives with its own planning problem: a delegation is a documentation exercise, a peak wave is a capacity exercise, a repeat service is a repetition exercise. Airline catering at EJH is planned against whichever of those three governs the day, never against a generic schedule.
The uplift reaches the aircraft from our kitchen by hi-loader, sealed at the point of departure and escorted across the apron to the wide-body stand rather than dropped at the foot of the aircraft. Aviation catering in Al Wajh runs off that same ramp-access route on every movement, in-flight catering at OEWJ included, so a scheduled sector and an unplanned diversion are boarded the same way.
One coordinator carries each load from the sealed kitchen cart to a signed handover at the galley door, and inflight catering at EJH is closed against that same signature every time, with airport catering in Saudi Arabia held to the identical chain of custody regardless of which segment it serves.
Government, royal and charter flight catering at Al Wajh
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Government and state flight catering at OEWJ
On a field built to one wide-body reference code, a head of state aircraft is worked to the same stand discipline as any other movement, which is what protocol planning at Al Wajh depends on. Government flight catering here covers state visits and official delegations with the file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at EJH
Sequencing a household movement against a single wide-body stand means the loading plan has to be fixed well before the aircraft is on the ramp, which is what royal flight catering at Al Wajh is built around. Private airliners, BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP among them, are held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household requirements available on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Al Wajh
3050 metres of runway clears a fully loaded wide-body charter for departure, which is what keeps group movements and ACMI rotations off any weight-driven restriction at this field. Charter flight catering at Al Wajh serves wet-lease operators and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering at OEWJ is staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at OEWJ
A wide-body-rated stand at Al Wajh takes a scheduled widebody sector on the same footing as an unplanned one, which is what makes ad hoc airline catering practical here rather than exceptional. Carriers running this station as an outstation draw on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at EJH
Our kitchen works the same 3050 metre stand for business aviation as for a wide-body sector, sealing a smaller load under the identical chain of custody. Private jet catering at OEWJ is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering carried on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at Al Wajh airport
Operators on commercial aviation catering at OEWJ
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We used the team at Al Wajh (EJH/OEWJ) for diversion catering after an unexpected operational change. Confirmation was quick, the order stayed clear despite several updates, and delivery reached the aircraft on time. A dependable option for irregular operations. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Government flight department
Diana — Government Charter Coordinator
“Al Wajh (EJH/OEWJ) was an outstation for us, and we booked off-station catering for the sector. It felt like working with a regular station supplier even though this was not one of our usual airports. Reliable and easy to manage from the ops desk. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Valentina — Trip Operations Manager
“The operations team needed an airline catering cost per meal for Al Wajh (EJH/OEWJ) with very little time to decide. The inclusions were easy to understand, lead time was realistic, and there were no surprises when the final order was confirmed. The clear communication made the booking easy. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Boris — Airline Cargo Coordinator
Airport catering facts for Al Wajh (OEWJ / EJH)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,050 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | OEWJ |
Business jet catering questions at Al Wajh airport
Crew meals, lead times and access at Al Wajh airport
What operations gets asked every week about Al Wajh.
Ask operations directly →At what point does airline catering reach the aircraft at Al Wajh?
The sealed cart leaves our kitchen first, then moves by hi-loader for airside delivery straight to the galley door rather than to the foot of the aircraft.
EJH — do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights, and under what protocol?
The hi-loader carries the sealed uplift to galley height under the same protocol file for VIP flight catering and government flight catering alike, documented per passenger before release.
Can the specification still change close to departure at OEWJ?
The lead time depends on the cabin count and the loading window booked, and how far in advance the order is placed decides how late a change can still be worked; last minute airline catering is handled against whatever window remains.
How much does airline catering cost at Al Wajh?
The HACCP standard the kitchen runs to sets the floor for every quotation, and airline catering cost then depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window requested, with the desk returning a figure once those are known.
With one wide-body stand at Al Wajh, is private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal?
There is a standing route from our kitchen to every FBO on the field and to the GA terminal, so private jet catering and FBO catering run on the same cold chain as an airline uplift.
EJH — do you produce halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes?
Yes, produced on a separate line at the kitchen and sealed before departure, with halal, kosher and the full set of SPML codes documented per passenger for special meals boarding through Al Wajh.
Outstation catering near Al Wajh
RSI / OERS
Hanak
Saudi Arabia · 88 km from Al Wajh
Airline & VIP flight catering →
ULH / OEAO
Al-Ula
Saudi Arabia · 167 km from Al Wajh
Airline & VIP flight catering →
NUM / OENN
Sharma
Saudi Arabia · 225 km from Al Wajh
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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