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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Gaziemir, Turkey
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Gaziemir (LTBJ / ADB)
ADB (IATA) · LTBJ (ICAO)
Two runways and a wide-body reference code put Gaziemir on the map for airlines that need more than a trolley swap. Aviation catering here runs from a hi-loader that boards straight to galley height, with uplift planned airside and inflight catering, in-flight catering and aircraft provisioning managed off one desk for every wide-body movement through Gaziemir.
3,240 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
Runways
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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 — Gaziemir
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at LTBJ
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at Gaziemir
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at Gaziemir, Turkey
The catering uplift at Gaziemir starts at the sealed cart, not at the aircraft door, and every stage between the two is timed against the same loading sheet. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the convoy crosses the apron on a fixed route rather than waiting on a general escort, and the hi-loader takes the cart straight to galley height. Nothing on that route is estimated: the loading window at ADB is built from the same sequence on every rotation, wide-body or not.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Gaziemir sit airside screening, an escort slot and apron traffic that moves on its own schedule, and the galley catering plan is built to absorb the worst of all three rather than assume the best. Every cart that leaves the kitchen carries a chain of custody that starts at the seal and ends at the signature on the stand, with nobody able to open it in between. The catering uplift itself is logged twice, once at sealing and once at handover, so a delay shows exactly where it happened rather than where it was noticed.
One seal, one route, one signature: that is the whole loading window.
Crew meals from the flight kitchen serving Gaziemir (ADB)
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for LTBJ / ADB
The flight kitchen at ADB runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, built to feed the wide-body reference code held at Gaziemir rather than a single narrow-body gate. Airport catering at LTBJ is planned against that wide-body standard, with tray sets, passenger meal boxes and crew sets produced on parallel lines rather than one queue behind another. HACCP governs every stage of it, and airport catering in Turkey answers to the same cold chain from the larder to the cart seal.
Ask about the team, and the answer at Gaziemir is the same named crew on every rotation that carries government flight catering: security clearance on file, listed on the access list, and trained to the household standards a protocol movement demands. Chain of custody runs with them from the sealed cart to the signature on the stand, never handed off mid-route. That crew is the one booked for catering at LTBJ whenever the movement is not a standard schedule.
Halal airline meals and special meals at LTBJ
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Gaziemir
Menus at Gaziemir are written to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted through the season, so a First cabin tray set and a group charter tray set never come off the same specification. Local sourcing draws on the produce of the region — orchard fruit, dairy, fish landed on the Aegean coast — worked into a tray set rather than named as a dish. Inflight catering in Gaziemir is documented per passenger for allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, labelled and checked against the manifest before it is sealed. The result is a menu range that moves with the mission, not a fixed carte repeated on every flight.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Gaziemir are plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request rather than fixed to a single set course. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for the rotation, so a repeat movement gets the same presentation without a fresh briefing each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at LTBJ run a multi-choice hot service built to galley-ready tray sets, sized to the aircraft fitted for that rotation. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so the flight deck and the cabin crew each draw from their own set rather than the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at ADB are documented per passenger, from household and religious needs to medical sets, and produced on a separate line before sealing. Inflight catering here runs the full IATA special meal code range, halal and kosher included, each set checked against the manifest rather than assembled on the day.
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 control for flight catering at Gaziemir 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.
Airport catering delivered airside at Gaziemir (ADB)
Gaziemir carries a mixed traffic profile across its two runways, from scheduled airline rotations to charter and government movements that arrive with their own documentation load rather than a fixed timetable. A wide-body delegation flight turns catering into a paperwork exercise before it becomes a kitchen exercise, while a repeat charter rotation turns it into a matter of holding the same specification twice running without a fresh briefing.
The uplift reaches the aircraft here by sealed cart, driven under escort across the apron and lifted to galley height by hi-loader rather than handed over at the foot of the steps. Airline catering and aviation catering share that same route regardless of the segment booking it, and airport catering at ADB is planned stand by stand rather than around a single gate.
What we commit to at every stand is one coordinator, one sealed cart standard and one signed handover, in-flight catering and inflight catering both run from that same commitment at LTBJ.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at LTBJ
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Government and state flight catering at Gaziemir
On the wide-body reference code held at Gaziemir, government flight catering covers state visits and official delegations with the protocol file documented per passenger before the aircraft is boarded. Security-cleared staff seal the uplift at the kitchen, and a head of state movement is worked to that same sealed standard rather than an arrangement.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at LTBJ
A private airliner on a household rotation is sequenced onto the wide-body reference code at Gaziemir the same way any other wide-body movement is, which is what lets royal flight catering here run from a specification kept on file between movements rather than rebuilt each time. BBJ and ACJ types are boarded under that same household standard, halal and other requirements included on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at ADB
3240 metres of runway, which lets a fully loaded wide-body charter depart Gaziemir without a weight restriction on the uplift it carries. Charter flight catering at ADB covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with a full three-cabin load staged in galley order and counted against the loading sheet; charter flight catering in Gaziemir runs to that same sheet on every rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Gaziemir
A wide-body operating an outstation rotation through Gaziemir is boarded against the same reference code that governs the field's two runways, whichever segment is booking the movement. Ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering here run off one duty roster, with crew meals boxed for the flight deck and AOG covered across a multi-leg schedule without a fresh briefing each time.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at LTBJ
Our kitchen runs the same 3240-metre-runway wide-body standard down to the GA terminal at Gaziemir, so a business jet gets the identical cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift. Private jet catering in Turkey is delivered to the FBOs on the field on request, boxed and sealed before it leaves the production line.
Private jets →
FBOs at Gaziemir
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Charter flight catering trusted at Gaziemir
Operators on commercial aviation catering at ADB
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged sports team flight meals for the group at Gaziemir (ADB/LTBJ) after a late schedule update. They handled the nutrition requests well and kept everything organized for fast distribution onboard. Very practical for team and group charter work. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Daphne — Executive Charter Coordinator
“We arranged humanitarian flight catering at Gaziemir (ADB/LTBJ) for a non-routine passenger movement. Communication with operations was efficient and the order was adapted quickly when our timings moved. A good experience under difficult timing conditions. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Ibrahim — Crew Operations Coordinator
“Our freighter crew needed freighter crew meals at Gaziemir (ADB/LTBJ) during a short turnaround. They respected the unusual timing and kept communication direct with our ops team. Simple, efficient, and on time. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Pablo — Ground Operations Manager
Flight catering station reference for Gaziemir (LTBJ / ADB)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,240 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LTBJ |
Aircraft catering questions at Gaziemir, Turkey
Diversion catering and ramp questions at LTBJ
What operations gets asked every week about Gaziemir.
Ask operations directly →Whose private jet catering reaches the FBOs and the GA terminal at Gaziemir?
For every operator on the field, private jet catering is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on request. FBO catering there runs on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Where does airline catering get delivered airside at Gaziemir Airport?
The loading sheet shows every cart moved airside to the stand, then lifted by hi-loader straight to galley height. Airline catering never stops at the foot of the aircraft here; airside delivery runs the full route under escort.
Does ADB cater VIP, VVIP and government flights, and under what protocol?
Every VIP flight catering and government flight catering movement through ADB is documented per passenger before boarding, under the same protocol file regardless of segment. Each rotation gets a security-cleared crew and a sealed cart signed off on the stand.
At which point are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced at LTBJ?
The first step is the order line, where halal, kosher and SPML codes are logged against the passenger manifest before production starts. Special meals are then built on a separate line and sealed apart from the main tray run at LTBJ.
How far in advance does an order need to be placed for Gaziemir, and how late can it change?
The standard rests on the same duty roster that covers ad hoc and diversion work, so a specification can move later than a scheduled airline would expect. Last minute airline catering and lead time both run through the same ops desk, which confirms what can still change once the cart is near sealing.
Jet catering at airports near Gaziemir
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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