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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Pendik, Turkey
Hi-loader airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Pendik (LTFJ / SAW)
SAW (IATA) · LTFJ (ICAO)
Our kitchen provisions wide-body aircraft at Pendik (LTFJ), where aerodrome reference code wide-body governs every stand and every hi-loader run to the galley door. We run inflight catering, in-flight catering at LTFJ and aviation catering off one ops desk, boarding scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet flights inflight catering at SAW, three cabins at a time, airside.
3,540 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
Runways
4
FBOs 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 — Pendik
Inflight catering at wide-body scale for LTFJ / SAW
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at SAW
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at LTFJ / SAW
The loading window at Pendik is measured from the sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door, not estimated after the fact. Ramp access governs the sequence: once a stand is called, the hi-loader is positioned and the catering uplift moves under escort across the apron. Every stage of that run is logged against the same clock LTFJ operations already work to.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Pendik sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and the convoy is the part of the operation we plan against, not the food itself. We build the route against the worst version of that sequence at SAW, so a delay in clearance or a change of stand does not touch the chain of custody on the galley catering itself. Temperature is logged at sealing and again at handover, and the catering uplift closes only once a named handler has signed for it at the aircraft.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the aircraft.
Pilot meals prepared for LTFJ rotations
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Pendik
The flight kitchen behind Pendik runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to the HACCP standard the whole operation answers to. Airport catering at Pendik moves through that sequence before it ever reaches the ramp, and airport catering in Pendik is planned against the same cold chain from the first tray to the last cart sealed for the stand. That single site is what lets flight kitchen output at SAW cover a scheduled service and a same-day ad hoc uplift without splitting the production line.
The team behind government flight catering at Pendik is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assembled per movement. Security clearance is held on file, each member sits on the access list for the ramp, and the protocol paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift is worked by the same hands that trained on royal household standards. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first, and at LTFJ it does not change between one movement and the next.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Pendik airport
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at SAW
Menus at Pendik are written to the cabin and the mission before they are written to the season, and inflight catering at Pendim follows that order on every rotation. Regional produce from Turkey sits alongside international formats, so dairy, orchard fruit and fish from the wider country enter the specification without naming a single supplier. Every set is filed against a standing order, so a repeat rotation reads the same tray twice running. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and inflight catering here is built to carry that paperwork without slowing the loading sequence.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Pendik are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request against the standing order. VIP flight catering here is filed per passenger, so the presentation at LTFJ repeats exactly on the next rotation rather than being rebuilt from scratch.
Business cabins
Business cabins at SAW run multi-choice hot service built to a written cabin specification, boxed into galley-ready tray sets sized to the aircraft fitted on the stand. Crew meals at LTFJ and cabin crew meals travel on the same manifest, with pilot meals boxed separately against the roster crew meals in Pendik depend on.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Pendik are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each set is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, so inflight catering in Pendik carries religious and medical requirements without mixing them with the standard tray run.
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
Food safety records for aviation catering at Pendik 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 Pendik, Turkey
Pendik carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across two runways and a wide-body reference code, and that mix sets three different problems for catering: a delegation is a documentation problem, a peak wave is a capacity problem, a repeat charter rotation is a repetition problem the kitchen has to hold exactly. Airline catering in Pendik is planned against whichever of those three is on the board that day, never against a single template.
The uplift reaches the aircraft from our kitchen by sealed cart, moved airside under escort to the stand and boarded by hi-loader at galley height rather than handed over at ground level. In-flight catering at Pendik and aviation catering at Pendim share that same ramp access, so a scheduled carrier and a one-off charter are loaded through the same checkpoint and the same badges. Airport catering in Turkey depends on that consistency more than on any single stand, because the ramp routing rarely changes even when the aircraft type does.
One coordinator carries every movement at this station, from the sealed cart to the signed handover at the aircraft door.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at LTFJ / SAW
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Government and state flight catering at Pendik
A head of state aircraft can be worked from the same wide-body stands Pendik holds for scheduled traffic, because the reference code covers both without a separate apron. Government flight catering at LTFJ then follows: protocol documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the access list, and the uplift sealed before it leaves our kitchen for the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at LTFJ
With a 3540 metre runway available at Pendik, private airliners in the BBJ and ACJ class as well as wide-body VIP movements are worked from the same stands as scheduled traffic. Royal flight catering at this station is 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 SAW
A 3540 metre runway sets what a charter loading plan has to sequence around at Pendik, since ACMI and wet-lease movements share the same wide-body stands as scheduled carriers. Charter flight catering at Pendik and charter flight catering in Turkey cover group movements and special missions as a full three-cabin uplift, counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Pendik
Wide-body reference code holds across both runways at Pendik, which is what lets a diverted widebody and a scheduled carrier share the same stand rotation without a second loading plan. Ad hoc airline catering at LTFJ covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster in Turkey, with crew meals at SAW and crew meals at Pendik boxed to the same roster across a multi-leg pattern.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at LTFJ
At 3540 metres, the longest of Pendik's two runways admits wide-body movements alongside the light and mid-size jets routed to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, where private jet catering at LTFJ runs on our dedicated business aviation catering branch rather than an airport-wide kitchen. FBO catering here follows the same cold chain and chain-of-custody paperwork as a scheduled uplift, so a business jet catering order and a corporate jet catering order clear security together, not on separate documentation.
Private jets →
FBOs at Pendik
bilen air services / execujet
celebi platinum fbo services
genel havacilik a.s.
gozen air services
Charter flight catering reviewed at Pendik
Operators on commercial aviation catering at LTFJ
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We needed an airline catering partner at Pendik (SAW/LTFJ) and the support was excellent. They understood airline operations and kept communication short, clear, and useful. Very convenient for operational coverage. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Karim — Flight Assistance Manager
“I arranged VIP flight catering in Pendik for our departure from SAW/LTFJ. Everything arrived fresh, well presented, and easy for the cabin crew to organize before boarding. I would use them again for another flight from Pendik. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Ali — Station Performance Manager
“For our flight from Pendik (SAW/LTFJ), the cabin order included multiple SPML. The order arrived complete and the special requests were handled with the same presentation as the regular meals. A good experience with complex dietary requests. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Charlotte — VIP Flight Operations Manager
Outstation catering data for Pendik (LTFJ / SAW)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,540 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LTFJ |
Aircraft catering questions at LTFJ
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Pendik airport
What operations gets asked every week about Pendik.
Ask operations directly →Are VIP, VVIP and government flights catered at Pendik under protocol?
Our coordinator runs every VIP, VVIP and government movement here under a documented protocol file, with VIP flight catering and government flight catering handled by the same cleared team on every rotation.
Where does airline catering cost get set for Pendik Airport?
The specification sheet on file for each rotation is what a quotation is built from, since airline catering cost depends on cabin count, menu specification and loading window rather than a published price list; our desk returns a quote once those are confirmed.
When does airline catering reach the aircraft airside at SAW?
Once a stand is called, airline catering moves airside by sealed cart and boards the aircraft by hi-loader at galley height, so airside delivery never passes through a landside handover point.
At what point must an order be placed for LTFJ, and how late can it change?
Confirmation of the cabin specification is the first step in our sequence, and lead time from there depends on the mission; last minute airline catering is handled where the specification change reaches the kitchen before the loading window closes.
Does Pendik receive private jet catering at the FBOs and the GA terminal?
Every FBO on the field and the GA terminal at Pendik receive private jet catering and FBO catering on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Jet catering at airports near Pendik
ISL / LTBA
Istanbul
Turkey · 42 km from Pendik
Airline & VIP flight catering →
IST / LTFM
Istanbul
Turkey · 64 km from Pendik
Airline & VIP flight catering →
KCO / LTBQ
Kartepe
Turkey · 68 km from Pendik
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Charter flight catering quote for Pendik, Turkey
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Pendik (SAW / LTFJ)
Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Pendik, not a brochure.
orders@aerogourmet.com · operations desk, 24/7
Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Pendik (SAW)