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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Damascus, Syria
Airside airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Damascus (OSDI / DAM)
DAM (IATA) · OSDI (ICAO)
The wide-body reference code held at Damascus governs a single runway of 3,600 metres, and it means the widest aircraft flying scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet missions can be boarded here without restriction. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering from a kitchen positioned for hi-loader boarding, taking every tray set to galley height on the wide-body stand rather than leaving it at the foot of the aircraft, with aviation catering and uplift managed off one ops desk.
3,600 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 — Damascus
Wide-body inflight catering at OSDI / DAM
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at OSDI / DAM
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Damascus (DAM)
Every catering uplift at OSDI moves under one documented sequence rather than an estimate, from the moment the cart is sealed at our kitchen to the moment it is signed for at the galley door. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the convoy crosses the apron on a route agreed with the handling desk rather than queued behind general traffic. That sequence is what a wide-body rotation at Damascus is actually timed against, not a printed lead time.
Between our kitchen and the wide-body stand at Damascus sit screening, an escorted convoy and apron traffic that moves on its own schedule, and the galley catering plan is built against the worst case of all three rather than the average one. A single named coordinator carries the load from seal to handover, so the chain of custody has one point of accountability instead of a relay of separate handlers. Temperatures are logged when the cart is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at the aircraft, the two readings kept against the same reference so a gap between them is visible immediately rather than discovered on arrival. That same discipline applies whether the catering uplift is a scheduled rotation or a single ad hoc call at DAM, and the signature that closes the load is the same signature that opened it.
One coordinator carries the load from sealed cart to signed handover, start to finish.
Pilot meals prepared for Damascus rotations
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Damascus, Syria
Airport catering at Damascus runs from a single flight kitchen built to hold hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, so a wide-body rotation is provisioned without splitting the order across separate facilities. That structure is what lets airport catering in Syria answer a delegation movement and a scheduled turnaround on the same afternoon without either one displacing the other. Every batch leaving the kitchen for DAM is produced and held to HACCP standards, logged before it is sealed for the ramp.
The team behind government flight catering at Damascus is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assembled per booking. Each member carries security clearance on file and sits on the access list before a delegation or a household movement is confirmed, trained to the household standards that protocol work is judged against. That same team carries the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift, so the chain of custody has one set of hands behind it from the kitchen to the signature at the aircraft.
VIP flight catering menus for DAM departures
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at OSDI / DAM
Menus at Damascus are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a fixed cycle, so a scheduled rotation, a charter flight menu and a VIP flight menu can run in parallel off the same kitchen without one compromising another. Inflight catering here draws on the produce of the region where the specification allows it, working dairy, orchard fruit and regional staples into a plated or tray-set format rather than a fixed dish list. Seasonal changes are built into the menu cycle month to month, so the cabin experience shifts with what is available rather than staying static year round. Every allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirement is documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled on the tray before it leaves the kitchen rather than checked afterward.
First & VVIP cabins
First & VVIP cabins at Damascus draw on VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single cycle. Every presentation is filed against the standing order at OSDI, so a repeat rotation is served to the same standard the previous one set.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Damascus run multi-choice hot service to a written cabin specification, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals at DAM and cabin crew meals travel in the same tray sets as the passenger load, with pilot meals boxed separately and crew meals at Damascus logged against the same roster as the cabin.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol & dietary work at Damascus documents household, religious and medical requirements per passenger before the tray is built, covering halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering at DAM produces these on a separate line, sealed apart from the main run before it ever reaches the aircraft.
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 Damascus 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 Damascus airport
Damascus carries scheduled, charter, VIP and government traffic across a single wide-body-rated runway, and that mix turns every rotation into either a documentation task, a capacity task or a repetition task depending on who is on the aircraft. A delegation movement is planned around protocol paperwork before it is planned around volume, while a charter wave on the same stand is planned the other way round. Airline catering at Damascus and inflight catering share one ops desk rather than two separate rosters, so a diversion inbound to OSDI is worked by the same team that plans the scheduled rotation. In-flight catering in Damascus reaches the aircraft by hi-loader to galley height, with a cleared driver and an escort covering the ramp crossing rather than a delivery left at the foot of the stairs. Aviation catering at Damascus and airport catering at OSDI both commit to one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover, whatever the traffic on the runway that day.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at OSDI / DAM
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Government and state flight catering at Damascus
The 3,600-metre runway at Damascus takes the wide-body aircraft that head of state and delegation movements typically use, and government flight catering here is built around that capacity rather than around a smaller apron. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff carry security clearance on file, and the uplift is sealed before it leaves the kitchen for the dedicated movement.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at OSDI
The 3,600-metre runway at Damascus takes private airliners flying VVIP and royal work, including BBJ, ACJ and other wide-body VIP configurations, without restriction on type. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request rather than as an afterthought.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at DAM
Across the wide-body stand at Damascus, the single 3,600-metre runway is what lets ACMI and wet-lease operators run group movements and special missions through this station without a size restriction on the aircraft. Charter flight catering in Syria and charter flight catering at DAM cover a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, 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 Damascus
Damascus holds a single wide-body-rated runway, and carriers running this station as an outstation load against that same stand whatever the rotation pattern. Ad hoc airline catering at DAM covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, with crew meals at OSDI and crew meals in Damascus boxed to the same roster across a multi-leg pattern.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at OSDI
A single wide-body-rated stand at Damascus has to sequence airline rotations and business aviation movements on the same apron, so private jet catering here runs through our dedicated branch on a schedule built around that shared ramp. Delivery reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering held to the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, private jet catering in Syria included.
Private jets →
Aviation catering reviews from operators at Damascus
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Damascus
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We were looking for a dependable airline catering partner in Damascus (DAM/OSDI) and the process was straightforward. They coordinated locally, sent useful updates, and kept the final uplift aligned with our revised schedule. It made the station much easier to manage. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Sophie — Operations Desk Coordinator
“Our team needed VIP flight catering in Damascus for a short-notice flight at DAM/OSDI. The order was confirmed quickly, delivered on time, and packed exactly as requested for the aircraft. A very easy service to use at this station. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Stefan — Airport Services Manager
“Our passenger profile required special meal codes at Damascus (DAM/OSDI), with several different dietary restrictions. The order arrived complete and the special requests were handled with the same presentation as the regular meals. We were happy with the accuracy of the order. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Romain — Cabin Operations Lead
Airport catering profile for Damascus (OSDI / DAM)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,600 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | OSDI |
Business jet catering questions at DAM
Technical stop catering questions at DAM
What operations gets asked every week about Damascus.
Ask operations directly →Whose private jet catering reaches the FBOs and the GA terminal at Damascus?
Across the field at Damascus, private jet catering and FBO catering reach every FBO and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
At which point are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced at DAM?
Before a tray joins the main run, halal, kosher and the full range of IATA special meal codes are produced on a separate line and logged per passenger under the SPML system.
How far in advance does OSDI need an order confirmed, and how late can it change?
Against the same clearance that governs a sealed uplift, standard rotations are confirmed with lead time ahead of departure, while the specification itself can still be adjusted closer to the loading window for an ad hoc or last minute airline catering request.
Where does airline catering reach the aircraft at Damascus?
The signed handover record shows airside delivery direct to the wide-body stand, with the hi-loader taking every cart to galley height rather than leaving it at the foot of the aircraft.
Does Damascus cater VIP, VVIP and government flights under a documented protocol?
Every movement of this kind runs to the same written protocol, with VIP flight catering and government flight catering documented per passenger and cleared staff on the access list before the aircraft is boarded.
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