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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Erzurum, Turkey
Erzurum (LTCE / ERZ): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
ERZ (IATA) · LTCE (ICAO)
Two runways and a wide-body reference code mean Erzurum boards a full three-cabin uplift on stand rather than at an outstation makeshift. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering ERZ from a kitchen staged for hi-loader boarding, with inflight catering Erzurum loaded straight to the galley door, airside, on wide-body stands.
3,810 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
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 — Erzurum
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at LTCE / ERZ
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at LTCE
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Erzurum
The catering uplift at ERZ moves on a fixed sequence rather than a guess: sealed at the kitchen, escorted across the apron, boarded through the galley door. Ramp access here is held on our own clearances, so the cart reaches the aircraft without a stop at the foot of the stairs. Every load is logged at the point it leaves the kitchen and again at the point it is handed over on the stand.
Between our kitchen and the stand at LTCE sit screening, an escort across the apron, and the ordinary traffic of a two-runway field working wide-body rotations. We plan the catering uplift against the busiest version of that sequence, not the easiest one, so a delay upstream never becomes a delay at the galley catering the aircraft. Temperatures are logged when the cart is sealed and logged again at handover, and the paperwork that closes the load carries a signature at both ends, which is what chain of custody means in practice rather than as a phrase.
One sealed cart, one signature, from our kitchen to the galley door.
Airline food supplier kitchen serving Erzurum airport
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for ERZ
The flight kitchen behind Erzurum runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to hold a wide-body specification rather than a single-aisle one. Airport catering ERZ is planned against the two-runway traffic this field carries, with production sized to a full three-cabin load rather than a top-up run. Airport catering Turkey standards apply throughout, and the kitchen works to HACCP, with the cold chain checked at every stage between the larder and the sealed cart bound for the flight kitchen ERZ serves.
The team that handles government flight catering at Erzurum is a named crew rather than whoever is on shift: security clearance on file, on the access list, and trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects. That same crew carries the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift, so the chain of custody does not change hands between the kitchen and the aircraft. Nothing about the specification is improvised on the day.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Erzurum (ERZ)
VVIP catering to a written specification at LTCE
Menus at Erzurum are built to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed set, drawing on regional produce where the season allows it: dairy, orchard fruit and fish sourced without naming a single supplier. Inflight catering LTCE runs on cycles that change week to week while the tray standard and the plating specification stay constant across every rotation. From passenger meal boxes to VVIP menus, cabin service is written to what the mission actually requires rather than to a fixed catalogue. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, and produced against that documentation rather than against a guess made on the day.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Erzurum are plated to a written specification rather than a standard tray, with VIP flight catering covering à-la-carte and caviar service on request. The presentation is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served the same way it was the first time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at ERZ run on multi-choice hot service built to the cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals in Erzurum, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, alongside crew meals Erzurum sets built the same way every rotation.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at LTCE are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets: halal and kosher meals, the full range of IATA special meal codes, and inflight catering ERZ produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves it. Every set is traceable back to the passenger it was written for.
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 Erzurum 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 LTCE / ERZ
Erzurum runs on two runways built to a wide-body reference code, which means scheduled, charter and government traffic share the same stands rather than being split across separate infrastructure. That mix turns a delegation into a documentation task, a charter wave into a capacity task, and a repeat rotation into a repetition task, and airline catering Erzurum is planned against whichever of the three is booked that day.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand under ground handling on the apron, with airside delivery direct to the aircraft rather than a handoff at the terminal door. Inflight catering in Erzurum and in-flight catering Erzurum run off one ops desk, and aviation catering ERZ is loaded by hi-loader to galley height so the ramp access stays under our own badges throughout.
One coordinator holds the rotation from seal to signature, and airport catering Erzurum closes on a signed handover at the stand, every time.
Charter flight catering and state missions at ERZ
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Government and state flight catering at LTCE
The dedicated handling this field applies to wide-body movements extends to delegations and official traffic without a separate facility being required. Government flight catering at Erzurum for state visits and head of state movements is documented per passenger, run by security-cleared staff, and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, with the protocol file closed before the aircraft is boarded.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at ERZ
The same two runways that take scheduled wide-body traffic take private airliners on the identical stands, with no separate handling required for a BBJ, an ACJ or a wide-body VIP configuration. Royal flight catering at ERZ holds a written household specification on file between movements, with ERZ catering covering halal and other household requirements on request, movement after movement.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Erzurum
Wide-body stands built for scheduled service take charter and ACMI traffic on the same footprint, without a separate apron being needed for group movements. Charter flight catering Erzurum covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, tour operator and repatriation missions, with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet; charter flight catering Turkey is staged in the order the galleys are laid out, multi-leg rotations included.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at LTCE
Two runways rated to a wide-body reference code let Erzurum take carriers running it as a scheduled stop and those routing through it unplanned on the same stands. Ad hoc airline catering ERZ covers outstation catering Turkey, diversion catering ERZ and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, with crew meals LTCE and crew meals Turkey boxed to the roster across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at ERZ
The same ramp that takes wide-body rotations at Erzurum also serves the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field, so business aviation moves through the identical cold chain rather than a separate one. Private jet catering in Erzurum and FBO catering reach every operator on the apron, with business aviation catering and business jet catering following the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at LTCE
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Erzurum airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our team used the service at Erzurum (ERZ/LTCE) for state visit aircraft catering with strict timing and handling requirements. The team understood the need for confidentiality and kept the order organized despite late passenger and dietary changes. A professional service for movements where discretion matters. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Patrick — Charter Flight Coordinator
“For a VIP rotation through Erzurum (ERZ/LTCE), we used the team for wide body VIP aircraft catering. Everything arrived neatly packed, easy to identify in the galley, and consistent with the presentation we requested. I would happily use them again on a VIP rotation. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Adrian — Cargo Control Manager
“Our charter program used the service at Erzurum (ERZ/LTCE) for hajj charter catering. Meal counts were accurate, halal requirements were clearly managed, and the delivery was organized for a quick uplift. Good coordination for a high-volume movement. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Hassan — Trip Planning Manager
Airport catering profile for Erzurum (LTCE / ERZ)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,810 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LTCE |
Aviation catering FAQ for LTCE
Outstation catering and access questions at Erzurum (ERZ)
What operations gets asked every week about Erzurum.
Ask operations directly →Who handles private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal in Erzurum?
For every operator on the field, we deliver FBO catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Does Erzurum Airport handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering under protocol?
Every movement of that kind runs under a documented protocol file: VIP flight catering and government flight catering are both handled by security-cleared staff, per passenger.
Is there a fixed airline catering cost at ERZ?
The coordinator who plans your rotation builds the airline catering cost from the cabin count, the specification and the loading window rather than from a published list; the desk returns a quotation for each booking.
Where is airline catering delivered airside at LTCE?
The handover record shows it: airline catering here is loaded by airside delivery straight to the galley door, with a hi-loader boarding the cart to galley height rather than leaving it at the foot of the aircraft.
How far in advance does an order need to be placed for Erzurum, and how late can it change?
The clearance and production schedule set the lead time; the desk needs advance notice to plan the loading window but can usually still adjust a specification closer to departure than most operators expect.
At what point are halal, kosher and special meal codes produced for Erzurum Airport?
The documentation step comes first: halal, kosher and the full range of SPML special meals are recorded against the passenger list before production, then made on a separate line and sealed for boarding.
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