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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Deir ez-Zor, Syria
Hi-loader airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Deir ez-Zor (OSDZ / DEZ)
DEZ (IATA) · OSDZ (ICAO)
The wide-body reference code assigned at this field lets our crews bring a hi-loader straight to the fuselage rather than staging carts at the foot of the aircraft, so inflight catering here is boarded, not delivered. Uplift for scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet movements runs from one flight kitchen, with in-flight catering built around galley-height loading and airside handover from apron to cabin door.
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 — Deir ez-Zor
Inflight catering loaded to galley height at DEZ
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at Deir ez-Zor
Aircraft catering sealed from kitchen to galley at Deir ez-Zor, Syria
Ramp access at this station is what turns a loading window from an estimate into a measurement: the sealed cart leaves our kitchen, crosses the apron under escort, and reaches the galley door on a clock we log ourselves. Catering uplift for a wide-body rotation is planned to that same clock, not to a generic turnaround figure borrowed from another field. What the timeline below shows is the sequence itself, kitchen to ramp to galley, at Deir ez-Zor.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Deir ez-Zor sit screening, an escort convoy and apron traffic that a wide-body rotation has to cross before the galley door opens. We plan the catering uplift against the worst of that sequence rather than the average of it, because a single delay on the apron reaches every cabin behind it.
Each cart is sealed at the kitchen door, logged again at the galley, and the chain of custody is closed by a signature at handover, not by a delivery note left at the ramp. Galley catering at this station is timed and recorded at both ends of that convoy, so the record exists before the aircraft pushes back.
One coordinator, one sealed convoy, one signature at the galley door.
Airline food supplier kitchen serving DEZ
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for OSDZ / DEZ
Airport catering at Deir ez-Zor runs from a single flight kitchen built to feed the wide-body reference code this field is rated to, which is what lets one production line cover a full three-cabin rotation rather than splitting output across sites. Hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell sit under one roof, run to HACCP standard from intake to sealed cart, with tray sets and passenger meal boxes finished on separate lines. That same production line is what airport catering at DEZ draws on for scheduled, charter and government movements alike.
The team behind government flight catering at Deir ez-Zor is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in for a single movement. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, access to the protocol cell is limited to that list, and household service standards are trained rather than improvised on the day. Chain of custody on a sealed uplift runs through that same team from kitchen door to galley.
VIP flight catering menus for OSDZ departures
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Deir ez-Zor
Menus at this station are written to the cabin flying that day and the mission behind it, not to a single fixed cycle repeated regardless of who is on board. Inflight catering here draws on produce from the wider region in general terms, with dairy, orchard fruit and grains sourced where the season allows it, and the VIP flight menu and charter flight menu built from the same larder but plated to different specifications. Every set is documented per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen, with allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements logged against the loading sheet rather than left to memory. Nothing served on board is produced without that documentation attached to it.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Deir ez-Zor are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu card, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request against that same standing order. VIP flight catering here is filed, checked and re-plated to the identical standard on every repeat rotation, not reinvented each time a movement is booked.
Business cabins
Business cabins at OSDZ take a multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft, with tray sets and meal boxes staged in loading order. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately against the roster so galley loading and crew catering never compete for the same cart.
Protocol & dietary
Halal and kosher sets, alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line at Deir ez-Zor and sealed before that cart ever reaches the convoy to the stand. Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger, and inflight catering built to those codes travels under the same chain of custody 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 Deir ez-Zor, Syria
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 Deir ez-Zor (DEZ)
Deir ez-Zor is built around the wide-body reference code it holds, which sets the scale of hull this station is rated to receive on its single runway. A government movement or a state delegation through here is a documentation problem before it is a volume one, and airline catering in Syria is planned on that basis rather than on throughput alone.
The uplift itself moves by hi-loader from our flight kitchen to the stand, boarded direct to galley height rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew holding ramp access on badges issued for that stand. Aviation catering at DEZ is worked this way for every movement that crosses this apron, scheduled or otherwise.
One coordinator is named to each rotation, the cart is sealed at the kitchen and signed for at the galley, and that same discipline covers in-flight catering at DEZ and inflight catering in Deir ez-Zor alike, whatever the flag on the tail.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at OSDZ / DEZ
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Government and state flight catering at DEZ
A head of state aircraft is one of the movements this station's wide-body reference code is rated to receive, which is why government flight catering at OSDZ is built around documentation as much as volume. State visits and official delegations travel with a protocol file logged per passenger, security-cleared staff on the access list, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen for catering at OSDZ.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Deir ez-Zor
On a runway measured at 3000 metres, this field takes the private airliners a royal household or VVIP movement typically flies, BBJ and ACJ types included. Royal flight catering at Deir ez-Zor is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request rather than improvised on the day.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at OSDZ
A loading plan here has to work around a single runway rated to 3000 metres, which sequences every wide-body movement onto the same stand rather than spreading them across parallel infrastructure. Charter flight catering in Syria for ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions takes a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, with charter flight catering in Deir ez-Zor staged in the exact order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at DEZ
The wide-body reference code held at this station is what lets a scheduled carrier run Deir ez-Zor as an outstation rather than a technical-stop-only field. Ad hoc airline catering at Deir ez-Zor covers outstation catering in Deir ez-Zor, diversion catering at DEZ and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with AOG covered on the same call and crew meals at DEZ boxed against a multi-leg rotation; crew meals at OSDZ and ad hoc catering at DEZ run from that same kitchen.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Deir ez-Zor
The runway here runs to 3000 metres, which is enough to bring in the business jet types that route through this field alongside scheduled and charter traffic. Private jet catering at DEZ reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, through our dedicated business aviation catering branch and its own business jet catering line for FBO catering orders.
Private jets →
Inflight catering rated by operators at OSDZ
Operators on commercial aviation catering at DEZ
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We needed an airline catering partner at Deir ez-Zor (DEZ/OSDZ) and the support was excellent. The response time was good and we did not have to manage several local suppliers ourselves. A good partner to have when the usual supplier is not available. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Martin — Passenger Services Manager
“We booked airline catering in Deir ez-Zor for a flight operating through DEZ/OSDZ. 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.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Michael — Presidential Flight Coordinator
“I requested SPML for passengers departing Deir ez-Zor (DEZ/OSDZ) and the labeling was excellent. Each item was clearly identified, separated from the standard meals, and easy to check before boarding. Very reassuring for the cabin crew. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Sophie — Charter Operations Executive
Airport catering profile for Deir ez-Zor (OSDZ / DEZ)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | OSDZ |
Business jet catering questions at OSDZ
Technical stop catering questions at OSDZ
What operations gets asked every week about Deir ez-Zor.
Ask operations directly →For a movement through Deir ez-Zor, do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights, and under what protocol?
There is a standing protocol file for VIP flight catering and government flight catering at Deir ez-Zor, with security-cleared staff, a documented specification and a sealed uplift closed before it leaves the kitchen.
Do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Deir ez-Zor Airport?
Yes, through our dedicated business aviation branch, which runs FBO catering to every operator on the field on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
DEZ — how much does airline catering cost for a rotation through this station?
The tray sets, cart count and galley fit of the aircraft set the airline catering cost on each quotation, since no fixed price list is published; the desk returns a figure once cabin count and specification are confirmed.
How far in advance does OSDZ need an order placed, and how late can the specification still change?
OSDZ works to a lead time set by the loading window rather than a fixed calendar date, so how far in advance to book depends on cabin count and mission, though last minute airline catering for a diversion or technical stop is handled on the same call.
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
Charter flight catering quote for Deir ez-Zor (DEZ)
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Uplift at Deir ez-Zor (DEZ)