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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Mardin, Turkey
Airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Mardin (LTCR / MQM)
MQM (IATA) · LTCR (ICAO)
The 2501 m runway at Mardin takes wide-body movements onto stands worked directly from our kitchen, so a scheduled service, a charter or a government departure boards from the same ramp under one loading standard. Inflight catering here means hi-loader boarding to galley height rather than delivery to the foot of the aircraft, with in-flight catering uplifted airside and every cart accounted for on the loading sheet before doors close.
2,501 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 — Mardin
Hi-loader aviation catering on the LTCR apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Mardin airport
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Mardin (MQM)
Between our kitchen and the aircraft at Mardin, the load moves as a sealed, timed sequence rather than a delivery dropped at the ramp. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the cart moves straight from the kitchen door onto the apron without a handover at the perimeter. Each stage is logged as it happens, from the seal at despatch to the signature at the galley door, so the catering uplift can be reconstructed after the fact rather than assumed.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Mardin sit screening, an escort across the apron and the ordinary traffic of a working ramp, and none of it is left to chance: the route and the timing are planned against the worst case, not the average one. Chain of custody runs from the seal at the kitchen to the signature at the galley, with a named handler responsible at each stage of the catering uplift. Temperature is logged at sealing and logged again at handover, so the galley catering that leaves our kitchen is the same cold load that reaches the aircraft, provable rather than assumed.
One seal, one route, one signature: that is what a loading window actually proves.
Airline food supplier for Mardin rotations
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Mardin, Turkey
Sealed carts leave our kitchen on a fixed run to Mardin's stands, produced under the HACCP standard that governs every line in the building. Hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell sit under one roof, so airport catering at MQM is not assembled from separate suppliers but built and checked in one place before it moves. That single-site model is what lets airport catering at LTCR hold the same cold chain from mixing bowl to hi-loader without a break in the record.
The team that handles government flight catering at this station is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assigned on the day. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the kitchen and the ramp, and is trained to the household and protocol standards that royal and state work requires. That continuity is what lets a repeat movement be planned once and executed the same way each time it returns.
VIP flight catering menus for MQM departures
VVIP catering written per mission at LTCR / MQM
Menus at Mardin are written to the cabin and the mission first, and only then to the season: a First cabin specification does not travel on a main-cabin tray, and a charter rotation is not fed from the same plan as a scheduled service. Where local sourcing is available we draw on produce from the surrounding region, worked into the menu rather than named as a feature of it. Inflight catering here closes on documentation, not on presentation: allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are recorded per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed. That paper trail travels with the load, so a crew can confirm what is on board without opening it.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Mardin are plated to a written specification rather than improvised on the day, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is checked against that specification cart by cart, so the presentation a protocol officer signed off on is the one that boards.
Business cabins
Business cabins at MQM run on multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft, and boxed into tray sets rather than plated loose. Cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately from the passenger load, so crew meals in Mardin and crew meals in Turkey follow their own roster rather than the cabin count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at LTCR are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical needs alongside halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering at LTCR keeps this production on a separate line from the main cabin run, sealed before it leaves the kitchen so the two loads never mix.
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-compliant aircraft catering at LTCR
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 Mardin airport
Mardin's single 2501 m runway carries scheduled, charter and government movements across the same wide-body reference code, so a state delegation and a repeat charter rotation are worked to the same documentation standard rather than two different ones. That mix makes catering here a question of paperwork discipline as much as volume: a delegation needs its protocol file matched passenger by passenger, while a repeat rotation needs the same tray specification to reappear on schedule.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand by hi-loader, boarded through the galley door at cabin height rather than handed off at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew on the apron for the loading. Airline catering at LTCR is planned against the stand assignment for each movement, so the route from kitchen to aircraft is fixed before the cart leaves the building.
On every rotation we commit to one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover: inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering in Mardin, alongside airport catering in Turkey, run off that same duty roster, with the record closed the moment the aircraft is boarded.
Government, royal and charter flight catering at Mardin, Turkey
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Government and state flight catering at LTCR
At Mardin, the wide-body reference code that governs the ramp also governs how a delegation movement is planned, since the same stand and loading sequence used for scheduled traffic is reserved and re-sequenced for government flight catering when a state visit is scheduled. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff are security-cleared for the movement, and the head of state file travels sealed from the kitchen to the aircraft.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at MQM
A private airliner on a household rotation has to be sequenced around Mardin's single stand rather than assigned a second one, which is why royal flight catering here is planned against the same loading window every time the aircraft returns. BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VVIP movements are held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Mardin
2501 metres of runway, which is enough to bring a wide-body charter onto this ramp for a group movement or a special mission without splitting the load across two rotations. Charter flight catering at Mardin covers ACMI and wet-lease operators alongside group and special-mission flying, and charter flight catering in Turkey is staged as a full three-cabin uplift, counted against the loading sheet in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at LTCR
A wide-body arriving on Mardin's single reference-code stand can be boarded on ad hoc airline catering without a standing contract in place, which covers a carrier using this field as an outstation rather than a base. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering in Turkey run off the same duty roster, with AOG covered and crew meals at MQM and crew meals at Mardin boxed to whichever multi-leg rotation the aircraft is flying.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at MQM
Our kitchen works the same 2501 m ramp for business aviation as for scheduled and charter traffic, delivering private jet catering in Turkey to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal through our dedicated business aviation branch. FBO catering here runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, so a business jet crew gets the identical documentation trail a wide-body captain signs for.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at Mardin airport
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Mardin
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged state visit aircraft catering at Mardin (MQM/LTCR) for a sensitive movement. Communication was discreet, changes were handled calmly, and the delivery was coordinated exactly within the agreed window. We would trust the team again for a similar movement. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Selim — Trip Operations Manager
“I handled the cabin order for a flight from Mardin (MQM/LTCR) and needed private airliner catering. The portions, packaging, and labeling worked well for the cabin, and the timing was spot on. Exactly the level of detail we expect for VIP flying. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Fiona — Cargo Operations Manager
“For a high-volume passenger flight at Mardin (MQM/LTCR), we needed reliable umrah flight catering. Despite the large order, communication stayed simple and final quantities were confirmed without confusion. Good coordination for a high-volume movement. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Mariam — Trip Operations Coordinator
Outstation catering data for Mardin (LTCR / MQM)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,501 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LTCR |
Business jet catering questions at MQM
Diversion catering and ramp questions at MQM
What operations gets asked every week about Mardin.
Ask operations directly →How much does airline catering cost at Mardin?
The security clearance and access-list arrangements we hold for this station do not set a fixed price; a quotation depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window you need, and our desk comes back with a figure once those are known.
Does MQM get private jet catering delivered to the FBOs on the field?
There is a dedicated business aviation branch that delivers private jet catering to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, with FBO catering run on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Can a specification still change close to departure at LTCR?
The lead time we ask for depends on the cabin count and the complexity of the load, but how far in advance an order is placed still leaves room for late changes; even last minute airline catering can usually be worked into the sealed run before the cart closes.
Do you produce halal, kosher and other special meals for flights out of Mardin?
Yes, produced on a separate line and documented per passenger: halal, kosher and the full set of IATA SPML special meal codes are all covered as standard.
Mardin — do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights, and under what protocol?
The sealed cart that carries a passenger load is the same equipment used for VIP flight catering and government flight catering here, with protocol documented per passenger and security-cleared staff handling the uplift throughout.
At which point does airline catering reach the aircraft at MQM?
The first step is the seal at our kitchen, after which the load moves by hi-loader for airside delivery straight to the galley door, boarded at cabin height rather than handed over at the foot of the aircraft.
Airport catering near Mardin
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