Aviation catering — Tadmur, Syria

VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Tadmur (OSPR / PMS)

PMS (IATA) · OSPR (ICAO)

Off a single wide-body reference code at Tadmur, one hi-loader fleet boards uplift straight to galley height rather than setting trays at the foot of the aircraft, on scheduled, charter, government and private movements alike. In-flight catering runs from a sealed kitchen line to the stand under one ops desk, and inflight catering here means wide-body volume handled without dropping VIP or crew standards.

A catering hi-loader box raised level with the open galley door of a wide-body, its platform bridged to the doorway.
2,880 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
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Runways
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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
02
VIP at any volume
8 First covers or 400 passengers across three cabins, same execution
03
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
A catering hi-loader raised to the aft galley door of a wide-body on stand, its platform level with the doorway and a second truck waiting below.

On the apron — Tadmur

Inflight catering loaded to galley height at Tadmur airport

Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.

Airport catering order window at PMS

Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at OSPR / PMS

At Tadmur the window is measured from sealed cart to galley door, not guessed at, because the wide-body reference code held here fixes how a hi-loader lines up on the apron. Ramp access is scheduled against the same slot as the aircraft's own turnaround, so the catering uplift moves on the crew's clock rather than waiting on it. Every cart that leaves our kitchen for OSPR carries a departure and an arrival time against that plan.

Four branded catering carts latched side by side in an aircraft galley, each door closed on a coloured seal.

Between our kitchen and the PMS stand sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and the convoy that carries the load is the real risk in that stretch, not the food inside the cart. We plan the galley catering run against the worst of those three, holding a chain of custody from seal to signature rather than trusting the clock alone. Temperatures are logged when the cart is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at the galley door, and the catering uplift only closes once both readings and a signature are on the sheet.

One seal, one signature, one route: the load never travels unaccounted for.

Crew meals from the flight kitchen serving Tadmur, Syria

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Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Tadmur

Tadmur is provisioned from a flight kitchen built to run hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, so a single facility carries a scheduled tray run and a sealed VVIP cart on the same shift. That range is what airport catering at Tadmur depends on when a delegation and a wide-body rotation land in the same window. HACCP governs every line in the building, and airport catering at PMS is planned against that one standard rather than against a separate rule for each customer.

The team assigned to government flight catering at Tadmur is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rota drawn fresh each time. Every member carries a security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the kitchen and the ramp, and is trained to the household service standards a protocol movement requires. That continuity is what lets a sealed uplift move from kitchen to galley with one signature covering the whole chain.

VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Tadmur airport

Royal flight catering standards per cabin at PMS

Menus at Tadmur are written to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted for season, so a wide-body charter and a VVIP rotation off the same kitchen carry different specifications rather than one generic tray. Where the region's produce fits the mission, we draw on Syrian dairy, orchard fruit and fish rather than importing a fixed international set. Inflight catering here always closes on documentation: allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are recorded per passenger and per cabin, not assumed. That labelled set travels with the load, sealed at the kitchen and checked again at the galley door before dispatch.

Slices of pink duck breast fanned over a sweep of squash purée with a berry reduction and tenderstem broccoli.

First & VVIP cabins

First and VVIP cabins at OSPR are plated to a written specification rather than a printed menu, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request and filed against the standing order. VIP flight catering here means the same specification repeats on every rotation, not a one-off setup redone from scratch each time.

A complete tray set on a black tray: a hot egg and ham dish, cut fruit, breads, a pastry, a set yoghurt and a portion of preserve.

Business cabins

Business cabins into Tadmur run multi-choice hot service to a cabin specification, built in oven-ready formats sized to the aircraft's own galley rather than a generic tray. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals in Syria are boxed separately from the passenger load and matched to the roster, not bundled into it.

Diet.

Protocol & dietary

Protocol and dietary requirements into PMS are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical needs against the IATA special meal codes rather than a general list. Halal and kosher sets for inflight catering here are produced on a separate line and sealed before they ever reach the main run.

The three books

A tray set on a stainless steel bench: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a bread roll with herb butter, and a berry dessert in a glass.

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Royal & Government Flights

Royal households · government · state operations

  • Plated service · First to main cabin
  • Protocol handling · security clearance
Chefs plating a long line of identical main courses under heat lamps, with loaded catering trolleys waiting at the end of the line.

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Charter & Commercial

Charter · ACMI · group · scheduled · ad hoc

  • 400 passengers · one uplift
  • HACCP cold chain, logged to the galley door
A business jet cabin credenza laid with chilled sparkling wine in a bucket, bottled drinks, a nut dish and folded napkins on a silver tray, beside a single passenger seat.

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Private Jet

Business jet · VVIP charter · flight departments

  • From 8 covers · plated forward
  • Reheat sequence specified per dish

Compliance

Food safety and cold chain for aviation catering at Tadmur

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.

Aircraft catering delivered airside at Tadmur, Syria

Tadmur's traffic mix of scheduled, charter and government movements through a single wide-body stand means each rotation is planned individually rather than batched: a delegation brings a documentation load, a charter wave brings a capacity load, and both share the same reference code.

The uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand by hi-loader, boarded to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew holding the ramp from convoy to signature. Aviation catering at Tadmur and airline catering at OSPR run off that single route, and inflight catering at Tadmur, in-flight catering at PMS and airport catering in Tadmur all draw on the same kitchen line rather than separate ones.

On every rotation through this stand we commit one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover at the galley door.

Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Tadmur airport

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Government and state flight catering at Tadmur
The 2880 metres of runway here take a full wide-body movement, which lets a delegation's aircraft land with its own protocol requirements intact rather than diverted to a shorter field nearby. Government flight catering at PMS documents the protocol file per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
Royal vvip food.
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at PMS
Our kitchen holds the wide-body reference code required at Tadmur as the baseline for every household movement, running private airliners such as a BBJ or an ACJ to the same written specification kept on file between rotations. Royal flight catering at OSPR repeats that specification exactly, with halal and other household requirements produced on request rather than improvised.
Royal & VVIP flights →
Charter flight catering first.
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Tadmur
Wide-body governs every charter movement into OSPR, setting the cabin layout an ACMI or wet-lease operator can bring through this stand. Charter flight catering in Syria covers group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift, and charter flight catering at Tadmur is counted against the loading sheet and staged to match the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
A complete tray set on a black tray: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a seeded roll with herb butter and a berry dessert in a glass.
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Tadmur
A single wide-body stand at a 2880 m runway means every rotation through OSPR is sequenced one at a time rather than run in parallel, which is exactly the constraint ad hoc airline catering has to work inside. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all move off that one stand under one duty roster, AOG covered, across a multi-leg pattern without a second kitchen to fall back on.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at PMS
A private airliner sized to the wide-body reference code held at Tadmur can use the same stand a scheduled aircraft uses, which is what lets business aviation traffic share our kitchen rather than a separate line. Private jet catering at Tadmur reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →

Charter flight catering trusted at Tadmur (PMS)

Operators on commercial aviation catering at OSPR

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Government flight department

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Royal household

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Charter operator

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Scheduled airline

“A short-notice movement brought us into Tadmur (PMS/OSPR), so we needed reliable diversion catering. They reacted quickly to revised timings and passenger numbers, and the handover was straightforward. Good support when timing is the main pressure point. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”

★★★★★

Private jet operator

Yann — Executive Charter Coordinator

“For an operation away from our normal base, we arranged airline catering at outstations at Tadmur (PMS/OSPR). The crew received exactly what was ordered, with clear labels and no last-minute chasing from operations. Reliable and easy to manage from the ops desk. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”

★★★★★

Government flight department

Adriana — Mission Support Manager

“We requested an airline catering quote for Tadmur (PMS/OSPR) and appreciated how clear the pricing was. The quote was detailed enough for operations and accounting, but still quick to review. We appreciated the transparency. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”

★★★★★

Charter operator

Lina — Network Operations Coordinator

Flight catering station reference for Tadmur (OSPR / PMS)

DatumValue
Longest runway2,880 m
Runways1
Aerodrome reference codewide-body
ICAOOSPR

Inflight catering FAQ for OSPR / PMS

Diversion catering and ramp questions at Tadmur airport

What operations gets asked every week about Tadmur.

Ask operations directly →
When does Tadmur need our airline catering order confirmed?

When the specification is set, changes can still move up to the loading window; how far in advance the order itself must be placed depends on cabin count and mission, and last minute airline catering is handled case by case against the same window.

What does Tadmur cover for private jet catering on the field?

We deliver to every FBO on the field and to the GA terminal, running FBO catering on the same sealed cart and paperwork as a wide-body uplift.

Do you deliver airline catering airside at PMS?

Yes, by boarding straight to galley height with a hi-loader rather than leaving carts at the foot of the aircraft, with airside delivery held on our own ramp clearance.

Which special meals does OSPR produce, and how are they documented?

The cart carrying halal and kosher sets is produced and sealed on a separate line, with every IATA special meal code (SPML) recorded against the passenger it belongs to before it leaves the kitchen.

Can you tell me what airline catering costs at Tadmur?

Cabin count, specification and the loading window all move the figure, so we publish no price list; send those three and the desk returns a quotation.

How does Tadmur handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering?

Tadmur runs VIP flight catering and government flight catering under the same protocol: security-cleared staff, a documented file per passenger, and a sealed uplift signed off before it leaves the kitchen.

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Charter flight catering quote for Tadmur, Syria

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Tadmur (PMS / OSPR)

Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Tadmur, not a brochure.

orders@aerogourmet.com · operations desk, 24/7

Four steps

Flight

Aircraft · stand · local time

Offloading

Return leg, if any

Order

Counts · menus · files

Contact

Who we come back to

Step 1 of 4 · Flight

Flight

The airport is already filled in. Change it if the uplift boards elsewhere.

Search by city, IATA or ICAO.
Local time at the airport of delivery.
Hi-loader required
Offloading

One question. Answer no and the step closes itself.

Offloading required
Order

What goes on board, and for how many. Attach a loading sheet if you hold one.

Order from one of the three menu books

Give the detail per cabin if there is one.
Accepted formats: PDF, JPG, PNG, Word, Excel, CSV, TXT — up to 4 MB per file.
Contact

One name, one desk. We reply to it and nowhere else.

Uplift at Tadmur (PMS)