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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Diyarbakır, Turkey
Airside airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Diyarbakır (LTCC / DIY)
DIY (IATA) · LTCC (ICAO)
Two runways and a wide-body reference code set the working scale here, so a full three-cabin uplift boards on a single rotation without a second stand being freed up. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at Diyarbakır (LTCC), with hi-loader boarding to galley height and airside dispatch from a kitchen sized to wide-body demand for inflight catering in Diyarbakır and in-flight catering in Turkey.
3,549 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
Runways
1
FBO on station
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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 — Diyarbakır
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at Diyarbakır (DIY)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at Diyarbakır, Turkey
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Diyarbakır airport
The loading window at LTCC runs from the sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door on a wide-body stand, and it is measured against the ramp access we hold at Diyarbakır rather than estimated after the fact. Every catering uplift is timed to the checkpoint queue and the apron crossing, not just to the cook line. That sequencing is what a two-runway wide-body station like DIY actually asks for.
Between our kitchen and the stand at LTCC sit screening, an escort through the apron and the ordinary traffic of a wide-body movement, and the chain of custody is planned against the worst version of all three rather than the average one. Each cart is sealed at the kitchen door and logged again at the galley, so nothing that reaches the aircraft has travelled unaccounted for. That discipline is what keeps a catering uplift and a galley catering handover both timed to the same clock, not to two different ones, when the ramp gets busy at Diyarbakır.
One coordinator owns the load from the kitchen seal to the aircraft signature.
Crew meals and pilot meals for LTCC / DIY departures
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Diyarbakır (DIY)
Airport catering at LTCC is provisioned from a single production site built to wide-body scale, so hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell operate under one roof rather than across separate units. That structure is what lets airport catering at Diyarbakır hold one HACCP standard across scheduled, charter and government loads at once, instead of switching standard by mission. The same flight kitchen at DIY also carries the cold chain from sealing to handover, without a second facility taking over partway through.
Government flight catering at Diyarbakır is handled by the same named team 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's aircraft is even confirmed on stand, trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects. That chain of custody is documented the same way whether the load is a single sealed cart or a full three-cabin uplift.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Diyarbakır
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Diyarbakır, Turkey
Menus for First, Business and main cabin are written to the cabin and the mission, then adjusted again for the season, so a charter flight menu and a scheduled rotation are never built off the same base sheet. Inflight catering in Turkey draws on regional produce where the mission allows it, working dairy, orchard fruit and grains from the surrounding province into the specification rather than a generic import list. Every set carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical coding, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen. Special meals are produced on their own line and sealed separately, so a dietary set never shares a cart with the standard load.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at LTCC receive VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to one set menu. The presentation is filed against the standing order for that cabin, so a repeat rotation is served to the same benchmark each time it lands at Diyarbakır.
Business cabins
Business cabins at DIY run a multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, boxed into oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to each aircraft type. Crew meals travel in their own tray sets, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately to the duty roster for crew meals at LTCC.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at DIY are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical needs alongside the full set of IATA special meal codes for halal, kosher, vegan and gluten-free sets. Every one of them is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, so inflight catering at DIY keeps the dietary load traceable from production to galley.
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
Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at DIY
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 LTCC
Diyarbakır operates two runways to a wide-body reference code, a combination that supports scheduled, charter and government movements without the field being built around a single traffic type. That mix turns catering into three separate problems at once: a delegation demands paperwork accuracy, a peak wave demands capacity on the loading sheet, and a repeat rotation demands the same specification landing twice without drift.
The uplift reaches the aircraft here by hi-loader, taken from our kitchen to galley height across the apron rather than handed off at the foot of the stand. Ramp access is held on badges cleared for this field, so the loading crew crosses the apron on the same credentials every rotation instead of a fresh pass each time. Airline catering, inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at LTCC all run off that single sequence.
What we commit to at DIY is one coordinator per rotation, carts sealed at the kitchen and signed again at the aircraft, so airport catering in Turkey carries one chain of custody from door to door.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at Diyarbakır (DIY)
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Government and state flight catering at LTCC
The 3,549-metre runway at Diyarbakır takes the aircraft types a head of state or an official delegation typically flies, which is what makes government flight catering here a standing capability rather than a one-off arrangement. Protocol is documented per passenger, security-cleared staff handle the load, and the uplift is sealed before it leaves the kitchen for any state visit or diplomatic movement.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at DIY
A private airliner — BBJ, ACJ or wide-body VIP configuration — is what the 3,549-metre runway at Diyarbakır is built to take, which is the reason royal flight catering runs here as a standing line rather than an exception. Royal household requirements are held to a written specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary sets produced on request for each rotation.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Diyarbakır
Across the wide-body stands at a field built to a 3,549-metre runway, charter flight catering covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet. Charter flight catering at LTCC is staged in the order the galleys are laid out, so a multi-leg rotation boards in one pass rather than several partial ones.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at LTCC
Two runways and a wide-body reference code let carriers work Diyarbakır as an outstation without a dedicated fleet based here, so ad hoc airline catering is built to arrive on short notice rather than a standing weekly order. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering at DIY all run off the same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals at Diyarbakır boxed to the same schedule as the cabin load.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at DIY
Sequencing a wide-body uplift alongside business aviation traffic is the constraint this field sets, and it is worked around by routing private jet catering through the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field on their own schedule. FBO catering at DIY follows the same cold chain and the same paperwork as business aviation catering and business jet catering for an airline uplift, extending to private jet catering in Turkey more broadly.
Private jets →
FBOs at Diyarbakır
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Charter flight catering reviewed at Diyarbakır, Turkey
Operators on commercial aviation catering at LTCC / DIY
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We requested airline meal boxes at Diyarbakır (DIY/LTCC) and the packaging worked very well onboard. The trays and boxes were organized logically, which saved the cabin crew time before passengers arrived. Very cabin-friendly catering. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Julien — Passenger Services Manager
“We had an ad hoc catering requirement at Diyarbakır (DIY/LTCC) and the coordination was very smooth. The team stayed in contact with operations, adjusted to the new timing, and kept the aircraft handover simple. That operational understanding was the biggest advantage. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Omar — Charter Dispatch Manager
“I ordered private jet catering for our departure from Diyarbakır (DIY/LTCC) and was very happy with the service. The food arrived fresh and well presented, with clear labels and packaging that actually worked in our galley. I would definitely order from them again. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Stefan — Turnaround Coordinator
Outstation catering data for Diyarbakır (LTCC / DIY)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,549 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LTCC |
Business jet catering questions at Diyarbakır
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Diyarbakır
What operations gets asked every week about Diyarbakır.
Ask operations directly →What private jet catering do you deliver to the FBOs and the GA terminal at DIY?
We deliver private jet catering to every FBO on the field and to the GA terminal at DIY, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering handled by the same coordinator who runs the wide-body stands.
How is VIP, VVIP and government flight catering handled at LTCC, and under what protocol?
LTCC runs VIP flight catering and government flight catering under a documented protocol file per passenger, with security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift for every state or royal movement.
When does an order need to be placed for a rotation through Diyarbakır, and how late can the specification change?
When a booking is confirmed, lead time is set from the stand allocation rather than a fixed date, and how far in advance a specification can still move depends on the cabin count; last minute airline catering is worked where the loading window allows it.
Do you deliver airline catering airside at Diyarbakır Airport, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
Yes, by hi-loader straight to galley height, with airside delivery held on cleared ramp badges so the cart never stops at the foot of the stand.
Which halal, kosher and special meal codes are produced for DIY departures, and how are they documented?
The loading crew routes halal, kosher and the full set of IATA SPML special meals on a separate cart, produced on their own line and labelled per passenger before boarding.
Can you give a figure for what airline catering costs at LTCC?
The span depends on cabin count, specification and loading window rather than a fixed rate, since airline catering cost is quoted per rotation and the desk comes back with a figure once those are known.
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Uplift at Diyarbakır (DIY)