01
Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Rize, Turkey
Airline catering, VIP and private jet catering at Rize (LTFO / RZV)
RZV (IATA) · LTFO (ICAO)
The wide-body reference code held at Rize sets the load plan before a single tray moves: a hi-loader boards each galley door directly, so the uplift never waits at the foot of the aircraft. That single fact drives inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering here alike, from a scheduled rotation to a diverted widebody needing a fast turn.
3,000 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
02
VIP at any volume
8 First covers or 400 passengers across three cabins, same execution
03
24/7 order desk
Ad hoc, AOG and same-day uplift answered around the clock
04
Multi-leg coordination
One loading sheet, every leg of your rotation
On the apron — Rize
Wide-body aviation catering at Rize (RZV)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for Rize airport departures
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at RZV
Ramp access is what the loading window at Rize actually measures, from the sealed cart leaving our kitchen to the moment the galley door closes on the apron. Every stage sits inside that single ramp access route, never at a curbside handoff, so the catering uplift is timed door to door rather than estimated. The load is planned to the aircraft's own door sequence before the vehicle reaches the aircraft, which is what keeps the window repeatable rotation after rotation.
Screening, escort and apron traffic sit between our kitchen and the stand at Rize, and every galley catering run is planned against the worst of them rather than the average. Chain of custody starts at the seal, not at the stand: one coordinator carries the load from kitchen door to galley door, with nobody else touching it in between. Temperatures are logged when the cart is sealed and logged again at handover, so a catering uplift arrives with a paper trail that matches the food inside it.
One seal, one signature, one route from kitchen to galley door.
Crew meals and pilot meals for Rize (RZV) departures
Cleared crews behind government flight catering at LTFO
Airport catering at Rize runs from one flight kitchen holding hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under a single roof, so a scheduled tray run and a sealed government uplift move through the same HACCP-audited space. That structure is what lets airport catering here scale from a single business cabin to a full multi-class wide-body load without splitting the work across sites. Inflight catering in Turkey depends on that kind of consolidated production, and it is why Rize can hold a repeatable standard on every rotation.
The team behind government flight catering at Rize is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for one movement. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for sealed work, and is trained to household service standards before ever touching a royal or state load. That consistency is what keeps catering at LTFO accountable movement after movement, with the same hands and the same paperwork each time.
VIP flight catering menus for Rize, Turkey departures
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Rize airport
Menus at Rize are built to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to one fixed cycle, so a scheduled service and a VVIP movement draw from the same kitchen under different specifications. Local sourcing leans on the produce of the Turkish Black Sea coast where the facts allow it — dairy, orchard fruit, fish — worked into a written specification rather than a fixed dish. Inflight catering in Turkey is planned this way at every station we hold, cabin by cabin rather than tray by tray. Every set closes on documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Rize are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed cycle, with à-la-carte and tableside service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so the same presentation repeats across a repeat rotation without redrafting it each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at RZV run on multi-choice hot service, oven-ready and sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft on the stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately from the passenger load and matched to the roster before departure.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary work at Rize covers household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger, produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen. Halal and kosher sets sit alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes, and inflight catering here is labelled the same way on every rotation regardless of cabin.
The three books
01
Royal & Government Flights
Royal households · government · state operations
- Plated service · First to main cabin
- Protocol handling · security clearance
02
Charter & Commercial
Charter · ACMI · group · scheduled · ad hoc
- 400 passengers · one uplift
- HACCP cold chain, logged to the galley door
03
Private Jet
Business jet · VVIP charter · flight departments
- From 8 covers · plated forward
- Reheat sequence specified per dish
Compliance
Aircraft catering food safety at RZV
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 Rize
Rize carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single wide-body reference code, and that mix sets three different problems at once: a delegation is a documentation exercise, a peak departure wave is a capacity exercise, and a repeat charter rotation is a repetition exercise. Airline catering at LTFO is planned against whichever of those three the day's traffic profile actually presents, not against a generic schedule.
The uplift travels a fixed ramp route from our kitchen to the stand, boarded by hi-loader rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with our own escort on the apron throughout. Airport catering at LTFO and aviation catering at LTFO both run off that same route, so an in-flight catering order in Rize and a business jet order share the same ramp access and the same paperwork.
One coordinator carries each load from seal to signature, with a handover record closing every rotation.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Rize (RZV)
01
Government and state flight catering at Rize
Our crews work every uplift at Rize against the same 3,000 metre stand access as a scheduled wide-body service, which is what lets a state movement board on short notice rather than wait for a dedicated slot. Government flight catering here means the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and the uplift for any head of state movement sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
02
Royal and VVIP flight catering at LTFO
A 3,000 metre runway at Rize takes the private airliners this segment flies, BBJ and ACJ types included, without a secondary clearance step. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with the royal household's dietary requirements and halal sets produced on request and the same VVIP standard applied on every repeat rotation.
Royal & VVIP flights →
03
Charter and ACMI flight catering at RZV
A wide-body operating a group charter or an ACMI rotation boards at Rize on the reference code the field is rated to, which is what lets a full three-cabin uplift move as one load rather than several partial ones. Charter flight catering at LTFO and charter flight catering in Rize both cover ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, staged against the loading sheet in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
04
Airline and ad hoc catering at Rize
A 3,000 metre runway at Rize, and that single length sets what a wide-body diversion or a heavy technical stop can actually do here rather than merely pass through. Outstation catering and ad hoc airline catering both run off the same duty roster as scheduled service, diversion catering and technical stop catering included, across a multi-leg rotation without a separate order path.
Commercial airlines →
05
Private jet and FBO catering at LTFO
On the same wide-body reference code that rates Rize for larger aircraft, business aviation traffic is worked through our dedicated private jet catering branch rather than folded into the airline flow. FBO catering here reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, business aviation catering and business jet catering alike on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Rize, Turkey
Flight departments on jet catering at Rize (RZV)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We used sports team flight meals at Rize (RZV/LTFO) for a team charter and had a good experience. The order included different meal types and snacks, but the cabin crew could identify everything immediately. A good partner for sports charter operations. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Idris — Private Jet Operations Manager
“For an urgent mission at Rize (RZV/LTFO), the team supported us with troop flight catering. Communication with operations was efficient and the order was adapted quickly when our timings moved. Reliable service when the mission does not allow delays. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Ella — Charter Planning Manager
“For a cargo sector from Rize (RZV/LTFO), we arranged cargo airline crew catering for the operating crew. The order was simple, filling, clearly labeled, and delivered in a format the crew could load without delay. We would use them again for another cargo sector. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Kamil — Station Operations Supervisor
Airport catering profile for Rize (LTFO / RZV)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LTFO |
Aircraft catering questions at Rize
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Rize, Turkey
What operations gets asked every week about Rize.
Ask operations directly →Do you need a set lead time to confirm a specification at LTFO?
Yes, and how far in advance depends on the segment: standard rotations run on a routine lead time while last minute airline catering for a diversion or a technical stop is still confirmed against the same duty roster.
Who handles airside delivery for airline catering in Rize?
For every stand on the field, our own crew carries the load airside and boards it by hi-loader, so it never sits at the foot of the aircraft waiting for a handoff.
At which point is an airline catering cost for Rize Airport confirmed?
The sequence starts with cabin count and specification, then the loading window itself, and only then does the desk return with a firm figure, since no price list is published in advance.
RZV — do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal?
The same hi-loader and sealed-cart equipment that boards an airline uplift carries FBO catering to every FBO on the field and to the GA terminal, on one cold chain throughout.
Under the household and religious dietary constraint, are halal, kosher and SPML meals produced at LTFO?
There are dedicated halal and kosher production lines alongside the full set of IATA special meal codes, each documented per passenger before it leaves the kitchen.
Commercial aviation catering near Rize
TZX / LTCG
Trabzon
Turkey · 91 km from Rize
Airline & VIP flight catering →
ERZ / LTCE
Erzurum
Turkey · 139 km from Rize
Airline & VIP flight catering →
ERC / LTCD
Erzincan
Turkey · 198 km from Rize
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Inflight catering quote for Rize
Request a quote
Send us your catering needs for RZV
Rize (RZV / LTFO)
Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Rize, 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 Rize (RZV)