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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Çorlu, Turkey
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Çorlu (LTBU / TEQ)
TEQ (IATA) · LTBU (ICAO)
A 3000 m runway at Çorlu takes wide-body movements onto a single strip, and that geometry is what lets a full three-cabin uplift be boarded here rather than merely delivered. Inflight catering moves by hi-loader straight to galley height, in-flight catering and aviation catering run off one desk, and the same reference code that clears the aircraft clears the load.
3,000 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 — Çorlu
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at Çorlu (TEQ)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for Çorlu airport departures
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, TEQ
Ramp access at Çorlu is what turns a catering uplift from a delivery into a boarding: the sealed cart moves from our kitchen door straight across the apron to the aircraft. Nothing is set down at the foot of the steps and carried up by hand. The single wide-body stand here is worked to that same sequence on every rotation, tracked from seal to signature.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Çorlu sit the checkpoint, the escort and whatever else is moving on the apron that hour, and the convoy is where a catering uplift is actually won or lost, not the galley catering itself. We plan the route against the worst of that traffic rather than the average of it, because a wide-body rotation at LTBU does not get a second pass at the loading window. Chain of custody runs from the seal at the kitchen to the signature at the galley, with the temperature logged at both ends of that route.
One coordinator owns the load from the kitchen seal to the galley signature.
Cargo crew meals and passenger uplifts for Çorlu (TEQ)
Cleared crews behind government flight catering at LTBU
Hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line sit under one roof to provision Çorlu, so a scheduled tray run and a sealed household order leave the same building rather than two different ones. HACCP governs every stage of that production, from intake to the sealed cart, and the cold chain is held from the larder to the door of the hi-loader. Airport catering built this way means airport catering at LTBU never depends on a second kitchen being available.
The team behind government flight catering at Çorlu is the same named group on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in for one movement. Each member carries a current security clearance, sits on the access list for the ramp, and is trained to the household and protocol standards a sealed uplift travels under. That continuity is what lets a repeat delegation moving through TEQ be handled to the same file each time, with catering documented and countersigned before it leaves the building.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Çorlu, Turkey
VIP flight catering, specified per passenger at Çorlu airport
Menus at Çorlu are written to the cabin and the mission before they are written to a season, so a scheduled rotation, a state movement and a wide-body charter each leave the kitchen against a different specification. Inflight catering at LTBU draws on regional dairy, orchard fruit and fish where the sourcing supports it, without naming a single grower or a single dish on the file. Every set is built around what the galley on that aircraft can actually hold and serve. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and carried on the load sheet rather than left to memory.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins out of Çorlu are plated to a written specification rather than improvised at the galley, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order so a repeat rotation through TEQ is served to the same file each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at LTBU take multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boxed as tray sets rather than plated individually. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so the flight deck and the cabin crew meals never share a tray with the passenger service.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements out of Çorlu are documented per passenger rather than assumed from a general list, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering for these requirements is produced on a separate line at TEQ and sealed before it leaves that line, keeping it apart from the general cabin service.
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 under HACCP control at TEQ
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 Çorlu
A single wide-body stand and a 3000 metre runway define the traffic Çorlu actually takes: scheduled movements, charter rotations and government flights that need a stand rated for a wide-body aircraft rather than a narrow-body slot. That mix turns catering into a documentation and sequencing problem as much as a volume one, since a delegation and a scheduled rotation can share the same stand hours apart. Airline catering at Çorlu moves from our kitchen to that stand by hi-loader, boarded to galley height rather than handed over at ground level, with a cleared driver and an escorted route across the apron. Aviation catering at LTBU and inflight catering in Çorlu run off the same duty roster, so an ad hoc uplift and a standing rotation are worked by the same desk rather than two separate ones. In-flight catering at TEQ and airport catering at LTBU are both planned to that single stand, with one coordinator carrying the load from seal to signature on every rotation.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Çorlu (TEQ)
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Government and state flight catering at Çorlu
At Çorlu, the single wide-body stand carries the same weight for a scheduled service and for a head of state aircraft, which is why government flight catering here runs on a separate protocol file rather than the general roster. Security-cleared staff document the load per passenger, and the uplift is sealed at the kitchen before it crosses the apron to the aircraft.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at LTBU
Sequencing a household movement around a single wide-body stand means the loading plan has to be fixed before the aircraft is, because there is no second stand to fall back to at Çorlu. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, covering private airliners such as BBJ and ACJ types, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at TEQ
The runway at Çorlu measures 3000 metres, long enough to take the wide-body movements that charter flight catering here is built around, from ACMI and wet-lease operators to group and special-mission flying. Charter flight catering at TEQ is boarded as a full three-cabin load, counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Çorlu
A wide-body reference code at Çorlu is what lets a diverted aircraft or an added rotation be boarded here rather than turned toward another field. Carriers running LTBU as an outstation draw on ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off the same duty roster, with AOG covered on the same multi-leg rotation and crew meals at TEQ boxed to the roster rather than the passenger count.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at LTBU
Our kitchen provisions the single wide-body stand at Çorlu and, alongside it, the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field for business aviation traffic. Private jet catering at TEQ reaches those FBOs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering following business aviation catering and business jet catering out of the same production line.
Private jets →
Aviation catering trusted by operators at Çorlu, Turkey
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Çorlu (TEQ)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We had a last-minute schedule change into Çorlu (TEQ/LTBU) and needed urgent airline catering. Communication was fast and practical, which made a difficult turnaround much easier for our crew. We would use them again for another short-notice stop. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Robert — VIP Flight Operations Manager
“Çorlu (TEQ/LTBU) was an outstation for us, and we booked outstation catering for the sector. The team confirmed everything clearly, handled the local coordination, and delivered the order ready for loading. Reliable and easy to manage from the ops desk. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Fabio — Operations Desk Manager
“For our flight at Çorlu (TEQ/LTBU), we needed a quick airline catering quote before confirming the order. The quote was detailed enough for operations and accounting, but still quick to review. We appreciated the transparency. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Marius — Airport Operations Lead
Airport catering data for Çorlu (LTBU / TEQ)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LTBU |
Business jet catering questions at Çorlu, Turkey
Technical stop catering questions at Çorlu, Turkey
What operations gets asked every week about Çorlu.
Ask operations directly →When must an airline catering order be placed with Çorlu, and how late can the specification change?
When a rotation is confirmed through LTBU, we take the standing lead time for the initial order and hold the specification open for changes up to a shorter cut-off before departure; last minute airline catering requests are handled against the same duty roster rather than a separate process.
Do you deliver airline catering airside at TEQ, or is it handed over at the terminal?
Yes, airside delivery is the only method we use here: the load moves by hi-loader from our kitchen to the aircraft, boarded at galley height rather than passed across at the foot of the steps.
What does private jet catering at LTBU cover for aircraft using the FBOs and the GA terminal?
We provision the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field on the same cold chain and paperwork as a scheduled airline uplift, with FBO catering following the same sealed route across the apron.
Can you say what airline catering costs for a flight through Çorlu?
Airline catering cost here depends on cabin count, the specification chosen and the loading window booked, so we do not publish a price list; the desk returns a quotation once those three are confirmed.
Which special meal sets does the Çorlu kitchen produce, and how are they documented?
The sealed cart route separates halal, kosher and the full range of IATA special meal codes onto their own production line, and each set is logged per passenger against the load sheet before it leaves the kitchen.
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Charter flight catering quote for Çorlu
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Uplift at Çorlu (TEQ)