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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Qassim, Saudi Arabia
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Qassim (OEGS / ELQ)
ELQ (IATA) · OEGS (ICAO)
A wide-body aerodrome reference code at Qassim (OEGS), which means the ramp is built to take a full-size aircraft, not to work around one. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and hi-loader boarding straight to galley height here, holding the uplift on ramp access rather than a kerbside handover, for scheduled, charter, VIP and government flights through ELQ.
3,000 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 — Qassim
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at Qassim, Saudi Arabia
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for ELQ departures
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, OEGS / ELQ
Ramp access at Qassim is planned before the aircraft is on stand, not worked out once it lands. Every catering uplift here moves on one route from the sealed cart to the apron, held against the same badges and the same escort each rotation. The window is a method fixed to this station, not a promise made in general terms.
Between the flight kitchen and the stand at Qassim sit screening, escort and apron movement, and a chain of custody has to survive every one of them intact. We plan the catering uplift against the busiest apron sequence the day can bring, not the easiest, so the galley catering load reaches the aircraft on the route we set for it rather than whichever one is free. Temperatures are logged at sealing and again at handover, and a signature closes the load at the galley door, so responsibility for the uplift never sits with more than one name at a time.
One route, one seal, one signature — from our kitchen to the galley door.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for Qassim
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Qassim
Per rotation, the flight kitchen at ELQ runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, holding the cold chain from the moment a tray is closed to the moment it clears the galley door. Airport catering at Qassim is built on that single production floor rather than on a string of subcontracted kitchens, which keeps HACCP practice, the tray specification and the loading paperwork under one authority. That is what airport catering means here: one kitchen, one standard, applied to every cabin that boards through OEGS.
The team behind government flight catering at Qassim is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in as volume demands. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, access to the ramp is granted by name rather than by shift, and training runs to household service standards as well as to the paperwork that has to travel with a sealed uplift. That continuity is what a protocol officer is actually checking when they ask who handles the load.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Qassim airport
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at ELQ
Menus at Qassim are built to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed cycle, so a First cabin rotation and a charter flight menu draw from the same kitchen without drawing from the same specification. Where produce is sourced regionally, it stays regional in general terms — dairy, orchard fruit, grains typical of Saudi Arabia — and never turns into a named dish or a named grower on this page. Inflight catering at this station is planned around what a cabin manifest actually needs, not a generic tray offered to every aircraft that lands. Every allergen, halal, kosher and medical set is documented per passenger and per cabin before it ever reaches the galley.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at OEGS receive VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, filed once and reproduced the same way on every rotation. Caviar and à-la-carte service are available on request, staged against the same standing order the protocol team already holds on file for Qassim.
Business cabins
Business cabins at ELQ run on multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, boxed into oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in the same tray sets, boxed to the roster rather than to a generic count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Qassim are documented per passenger before the cart is sealed, covering household, religious and medical sets on the same manifest. Halal and kosher production, plus the full range of IATA special meal codes, runs on a separate line so that inflight catering for one passenger never crosses paths with another's tray.
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 OEGS
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 Qassim, Saudi Arabia
Qassim runs a wide-body reference code on a single runway, so the traffic that lands here is worked as one stream rather than split across parallel aprons — a delegation becomes a documentation problem on this field, a peak wave becomes a capacity problem, and both get planned for on the same stand. That single-runway shape is why airline catering at ELQ is scheduled against the runway's own rhythm rather than against a generic timetable.
The uplift itself moves from our flight kitchen to the stand under ground handling arranged for the rotation, loaded through the galley door rather than staged on the tarmac beside the aircraft. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering in Saudi Arabia run off one ops desk here, so a diversion or an added leg is worked without opening a second file, and airport catering at Qassim stays planned stand by stand rather than by estimate.
What we commit to at OEGS is one coordinator named to the rotation, carts sealed at the kitchen and a signed handover at the aircraft, so responsibility for the load never splits between two names.
Aviation catering for five mission types at Qassim, Saudi Arabia
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Government and state flight catering at Qassim
A 3000 metre runway at Qassim takes the aircraft that state and delegation movements typically use, which is the reason official traffic routes through this field at all. For a head of state aircraft or a wider delegation, government flight catering here means the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and the uplift sealed before it leaves our kitchen for OEGS.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at OEGS
A private airliner — BBJ, ACJ or another wide-body VIP configuration — is what the 3000 metre runway at Qassim is built to receive, rather than a narrow-body substitute. Royal flight catering and wider VVIP catering at ELQ are held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request for the royal household travelling.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at ELQ
On the wide-body stand at Qassim, the 3000 metre runway is what lets a full-size charter aircraft operate here rather than divert to a longer field nearby. Charter flight catering at OEGS covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and charter flight catering staged in the order the galleys are laid out for a multi-leg pattern.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Qassim
Our kitchen works to the wide-body reference code held at ELQ, which is what lets a scheduled carrier run this station as an outstation rather than a one-off stop. We handle ad hoc airline catering for carriers without a standing programme here, outstation catering for those that do, diversion catering when a rotation lands unplanned, and technical stop catering across a multi-leg pattern, all off one duty roster.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at OEGS
Sequencing a business aviation movement around the same wide-body reference code that governs the scheduled traffic at ELQ is the constraint any loading plan here has to work around first. Private jet catering at Qassim is handled by a dedicated branch, delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering across Saudi Arabia run on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at OEGS / ELQ
Flight departments on jet catering at OEGS
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“For a team flight from Qassim (ELQ/OEGS), we booked group charter catering with several dietary requests. The order included different meal types and snacks, but the cabin crew could identify everything immediately. A good partner for sports charter operations. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Nicolas — Cargo Dispatch Coordinator
“We arranged repatriation flight catering at Qassim (ELQ/OEGS) for a non-routine passenger movement. The team understood that reliability mattered more than complexity and stayed flexible until uplift. A good experience under difficult timing conditions. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Ricardo — Flight Support Executive
“We used the team at Qassim (ELQ/OEGS) for freighter crew meals on a night operation. The crew received the correct quantities and the handover was quick, which is exactly what we needed. A reliable option for cargo operations. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Alina — Ground Operations Manager
Airport catering facts for Qassim (OEGS / ELQ)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | OEGS |
Airline catering services FAQ for Qassim airport
Crew meals, lead times and access at Qassim airport
What operations gets asked every week about Qassim.
Ask operations directly →Where does airline catering reach the aircraft at ELQ?
Our loading sheet records airside delivery straight to the galley door, boarded by hi-loader rather than handed over at the foot of the aircraft.
Who handles private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at OEGS?
Across the field, our dedicated private-jet branch reaches every FBO and the GA terminal with the same FBO catering standard, on one cold chain and one paperwork trail.
Does Qassim cater VIP, VVIP and government flights under protocol?
Every VIP flight catering and government flight catering order here runs under a documented protocol file, with security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift on each rotation.
At which point are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced at Qassim Regional Airport?
Special meal orders are logged against the passenger manifest before production starts, so halal, kosher and every SPML code are prepared on a separate line and sealed before the cart leaves the kitchen.
Is airline catering cost fixed at ELQ?
Our coordinator prices each order against cabin count, specification and the loading window booked, and comes back with a quotation rather than a published rate.
Outstation catering near Qassim
DWD / OEDM
Dawadmi
Saudi Arabia · 209 km from Qassim
Airline & VIP flight catering →
HAS / OEHL
Hail
Saudi Arabia · 243 km from Qassim
Airline & VIP flight catering →
KMC / OEKK
King Khaled Military City
Saudi Arabia · 248 km from Qassim
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Aviation catering quote for Qassim, Saudi Arabia
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Qassim (ELQ / OEGS)
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Flight
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Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
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Contact
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Uplift at Qassim (ELQ)