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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Yanbu (OEYN / YNB)
YNB (IATA) · OEYN (ICAO)
A single 3210 metre runway and a wide-body reference code let Yanbu take a full-size widebody onto its stand, and every rotation off it is boarded by hi-loader straight to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. That reach is what carries inflight catering here, from scheduled sectors to a diverted wide-body needing an uplift with no notice, and it is why in-flight catering at this station is planned around the hi-loader, not around a trolley on the tarmac.
3,210 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 — Yanbu
Aviation catering with ramp access at OEYN / YNB
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Yanbu airport
The catering uplift at Yanbu moves as a sealed sequence rather than a single delivery: carts are built, checked and closed at the kitchen before they ever reach the apron. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the convoy crosses the airside route on a fixed path to the wide-body stand rather than queuing behind general traffic. From seal to galley door the load is tracked as one continuous movement, not a series of separate handoffs.
The convoy between our kitchen and the stand at Yanbu is the part of the operation we plan hardest, because screening, escort and apron movement are what can slow a catering uplift, not the galley catering itself. We hold our own ramp badges and route the convoy on a fixed path, with an escort where the airside plan calls for one, so the chain of custody stays with one crew from seal to signature. Temperature is logged when the cart is closed at the kitchen and logged again at the galley door, and both readings travel with the paperwork that closes out the load.
One sealed cart, one crew, from the kitchen door to the galley door.
Airline food supplier for OEYN / YNB rotations
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Yanbu (YNB)
The flight kitchen that provisions Yanbu runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP and to a cold chain that holds from sealing to the galley door. Airport catering at OEYN draws on that single facility rather than a string of subcontracted kitchens, which keeps the specification consistent whether the flight is a scheduled sector or an ad hoc uplift. Airport catering in Saudi Arabia at this scale depends on having pastry, cold larder and protocol work on one site rather than split across several.
The team that handles government flight catering at Yanbu is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rota drawn from the wider kitchen floor. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, access to the sealed area is limited to that list, and each is trained on the paperwork a royal household or a state delegation expects to travel with the load. That continuity is what protocol officers check first when they clear a caterer for catering at OEYN.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Yanbu
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
Menus at Yanbu are written to the cabin and to the mission rather than to a single fixed cycle, so a wide-body charter and a scheduled sector do not receive the same tray set. Where the season allows, produce sourced from Saudi Arabia carries the main-cabin and business menus, kept general rather than built around any single dish. Inflight catering at YNB closes on documentation: allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are recorded per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed. That record travels with the load, not as an afterthought at the door.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Yanbu are plated to a written specification held on file between rotations, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request rather than fixed to one cycle. VIP flight catering here is checked against that specification before the cart is sealed, so presentation is repeatable, not improvised.
Business cabins
Business cabins at OEYN take multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boxed as tray sets rather than plated individually. Crew meals travel on the same load: cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately against the roster, not carried inside the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Yanbu are documented per passenger before the cart is sealed, covering household, religious and medical needs alongside halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering of this kind is produced on a separate line at the kitchen, kept apart from the main run until it is closed and ready to travel.
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 food safety at Yanbu airport
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 OEYN
Yanbu carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single wide-body stand profile, and each of those mixes asks something different of catering: a state delegation is a documentation exercise, a charter wave is a capacity exercise, and a repeat scheduled rotation is a repetition exercise. That variety, worked through one stand configuration, is what sets the loading plan for every uplift here.
Alongside the ground handling already working the ramp, uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand by a fixed airside route, boarded through the galley door by hi-loader rather than handed off at the foot of the aircraft. Airline catering at YNB and airport catering both run off that same delivery path, with in-flight catering at OEYN and aviation catering in Yanbu following the identical sealed sequence regardless of which segment is flying. Inflight catering in Saudi Arabia at this scale depends on that one route being held constant.
What we commit to on this stand is one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover at the galley door.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at OEYN / YNB
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Government and state flight catering at Yanbu
A single wide-body stand configuration means a head of state aircraft and a scheduled sector share the same loading sequence at Yanbu, so protocol work has to be planned around that shared stand rather than a dedicated one. Government flight catering here documents the file per passenger, keeps security-cleared staff on the load, and seals the uplift before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at OEYN
Wide-body is the reference code held at Yanbu, and that keeps a private airliner's cabin configuration within the same handling plan as a scheduled widebody on the same stand. Royal flight catering at this station holds a household specification on file between movements, covering BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP aircraft, with halal and household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at YNB
We stage a full three-cabin uplift against the wide-body reference code held at Yanbu, counting every cart against the loading sheet before it leaves the kitchen. Charter flight catering here covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, and charter flight catering in Saudi Arabia at this scale runs on the same staged sequence every time.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Yanbu
On the wide-body reference code held at Yanbu, carriers running this station as an outstation get ad hoc airline catering without a change of specification between rotations. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering run off the one duty roster, AOG included, with crew meals boxed alongside the passenger load across a multi-leg pattern.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at OEYN
The 3210 metre runway at Yanbu takes business aviation onto the same field as the wide-body stands, and that traffic is handled by our dedicated private jet catering branch. Delivery reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering all closing on one signed handover.
Private jets →
Inflight catering rated by operators at Yanbu
Protocol officers on government flight catering at OEYN / YNB
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We needed royal flight catering at Yanbu (YNB/OEYN) for a protocol-sensitive flight. Special meals and crew items were clearly separated, and the aircraft-side handover was smooth. We would trust the team again for a similar movement. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Abdullah — Flight Dispatch Coordinator
“For a VIP rotation through Yanbu (YNB/OEYN), we used the team for wide body VIP aircraft catering. They followed our plating notes closely and made the final setup easy for the cabin crew. I would happily use them again on a VIP rotation. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Esther — Cargo Network Controller
“We arranged umrah flight catering for a group movement through Yanbu (YNB/OEYN). The team handled the volume well and kept the boxes clearly identified by flight and service. A dependable choice for group charter operations. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Alice — Trip Planning Manager
Airport catering data for Yanbu (OEYN / YNB)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,210 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | OEYN |
Business jet catering questions at Yanbu
Pilot meals and loading questions at Yanbu
What operations gets asked every week about Yanbu.
Ask operations directly →How does airline catering reach the aircraft airside at OEYN?
Clearance for airside delivery is held on our own ramp badges, and the uplift is boarded by hi-loader directly to the galley door rather than handed off at the foot of the aircraft.
Yanbu operators ask how much airline catering costs here, so what does a quotation depend on?
The hi-loader run and the sealed cart sequence set the base of the work, and pricing then follows the cabin count, the specification and the loading window rather than a fixed list, so we come back with a quotation once those are known.
Do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Yanbu Airport?
Yes, through our dedicated private jet catering branch, which reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal with FBO catering held to the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
How far in advance does an order need to be placed at YNB, and how late can a specification change?
YNB works standing orders on a fixed cycle for scheduled rotations, and still takes last minute airline catering for diversions and ad hoc uplifts, with the lead time confirmed against the loading window at booking.
Can halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes be produced and documented at OEYN?
The full range of special meals, including halal, kosher and SPML-coded requirements, is produced on a separate line at the kitchen and documented per passenger before the cart is sealed.
Outstation catering near Yanbu
MED / OEMA
Medina
Saudi Arabia · 172 km from Yanbu
Airline & VIP flight catering →
RSI / OERS
Hanak
Saudi Arabia · 192 km from Yanbu
Airline & VIP flight catering →
ULH / OEAO
Al-Ula
Saudi Arabia · 260 km from Yanbu
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Yanbu (YNB / OEYN)
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Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
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Uplift at Yanbu (YNB)