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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Samsun, Turkey
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Samsun (LTFH / SZF)
SZF (IATA) · LTFH (ICAO)
A wide-body reference code at Samsun means the ramp is built for aircraft up to that class, and inflight catering here is planned to that scale rather than scaled up from a narrow-body routine. AERO GOURMET runs in-flight catering into Samsun (SZF) by hi-loader, boarding wide-body cabins at galley height instead of leaving trolleys at the foot of the aircraft, with every uplift staged against the loading sheet before it clears the apron.
3,000 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Samsun
Inflight catering loaded to galley height at Samsun (SZF)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at Samsun airport
In-flight catering, sealed cart to galley door, SZF
Ramp access at Samsun is the step that decides everything after it: once the sealed cart is cleared onto the apron, the catering uplift moves on a fixed sequence rather than a best guess. Our own kitchen holds the load until the hi-loader is on stand, so no cart waits exposed on the ramp. The same sequence runs for a single ad hoc uplift or a full wide-body rotation at SZF.
Chain of custody at Samsun starts at the kitchen door, not at the aircraft: every cart is sealed before it leaves and the seal is checked again at the galley. Between the two points sits the convoy itself, screened onto the apron and escorted across it, which is where a catering uplift is actually put at risk rather than in the galley catering that follows. We plan the route and the escort against the busiest traffic the ramp sees, log temperature at sealing and again at handover, and close the load with a signature that names who received it.
One sealed cart, one signature, from our kitchen door to the galley.
Crew meals and pilot meals for LTFH / SZF departures
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at LTFH
The flight kitchen behind LTFH runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to the wide-body reference code this station holds rather than to a narrower profile. That single-site layout is what lets airport catering here move straight from cold larder to tray set without a second handling point breaking the cold chain. Airport catering at Samsun is built to HACCP throughout, so a full wide-body load and a single ad hoc uplift for SZF leave the same production line.
Government flight catering out of this kitchen is handled by the same named team on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for the occasion. Each member holds security clearance on file, sits on the access list for sealed uplift, and is trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects before the cart is ever loaded. That continuity is what keeps the protocol paperwork consistent between one delegation and the next.
VIP flight catering menus for Samsun, Turkey departures
VVIP catering written per mission at Samsun airport
Menus at Samsun are written to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted for the season, so a First-class rotation and a group charter never draw on the same specification. Turkey's produce, dairy, orchard fruit, fish from the coast, gives the seasonal base, worked into a tray set or a plated course depending on what the cabin calls for. Inflight catering at Samsun closes on documentation as much as on taste: allergen sets, halal and kosher requirements and medical diets are logged per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed. Nothing leaves the kitchen without that record attached to it.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Samsun are plated to a written specification rather than an open brief, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for that cabin, so a repeat rotation is served to the same standard as the first one at LTFH.
Business cabins
Business cabins at SZF take multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the aircraft's own galley, boxed as tray sets rather than plated individually. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so the flight deck and the cabin crew are never drawn from the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Samsun, household, religious and medical alike, are documented per passenger rather than assumed from the booking class. Halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes are produced on a separate line and sealed before that line's output ever meets the main inflight catering 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
Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at SZF
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 Samsun
The wide-body reference code held at Samsun shapes the traffic this station actually sees: scheduled sectors, charter movements and government flights all draw on stands built for that class rather than a narrower one, and each brings its own catering problem, a documentation load for a delegation, a capacity spike for a charter wave, a repeat specification for a scheduled rotation. Airline catering at SZF is planned against whichever of those three the day's traffic sets, never against a single default rotation.
The uplift itself moves from our kitchen to the stand by hi-loader, boarding at galley height rather than being left at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew on the ramp from seal to signature. Aviation catering in Turkey depends on that ramp discipline as much as on the kitchen behind it, because the apron is where a sealed cart is actually exposed. Airport catering at Samsun is planned stand by stand rather than terminal by terminal, which keeps a single ad hoc uplift on the same footing as a full wide-body rotation.
One coordinator holds the rotation from kitchen to signature, with sealed carts and a signed handover closing every load, whatever inflight catering at LTFH is carrying that day.
Royal flight catering and scheduled uplifts at LTFH
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Government and state flight catering at SZF
A 3,000 metre runway at Samsun takes the government and state aircraft that a shorter field would have to turn away, which is what puts this station on a protocol officer's shortlist in the first place. Government flight catering here runs on a documented file per passenger, security-cleared staff and a head of state movement handled on the same sealed-uplift chain as any other catering at SZF.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Samsun
A private airliner, BBJ, ACJ or wide-body VIP configuration, boards at LTFH on the strength of the 3,000 metre runway this station holds, which puts it within reach of the movements a shorter field cannot take. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced against it on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LTFH
Across the stands the 3,000 metre runway at Samsun keeps open to wide-body traffic, charter flight catering covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions on the same footing as a scheduled sector. A full three-cabin uplift is counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order, so charter flight catering at LTFH scales from one aircraft to a multi-leg series without a change of method.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SZF
Our kitchen at Samsun works to the wide-body reference code this station holds, which is what lets a single ad hoc uplift and a full scheduled rotation move through the same production line without either one waiting on the other. Carriers that treat SZF as an outstation draw on outstation catering built to that same standard, and ad hoc airline catering covers a diversion, a technical stop or an AOG call the same way it covers a booked sector, across a multi-leg rotation without a change of specification.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Samsun
Sequencing a business aviation load around a wide-body reference code means working to a slower turnaround rhythm than the aircraft itself needs, since the ramp and the hi-loader fleet at LTFH are sized for the larger traffic first. Private jet catering at Samsun still reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal directly, with FBO catering held to the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at Samsun, Turkey
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Samsun (SZF)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“For a government operation through Samsun (SZF/LTFH), we required discreet government flight catering. They followed the instructions carefully and kept communication limited to the operational contacts involved. We were very satisfied with the level of coordination. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Selim — Ground Services Manager
“We had a larger VIP aircraft at Samsun (SZF/LTFH) and booked VIP airliner catering for the sector. The order was organized by service and passenger request, which saved us time before departure. 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.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Anna — Passenger Services Manager
“Our charter program used the service at Samsun (SZF/LTFH) for pilgrim flight catering. Despite the large order, communication stayed simple and final quantities were confirmed without confusion. A dependable choice for group charter operations. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Michael — Ad Hoc Operations Manager
Airport catering profile for Samsun (LTFH / SZF)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LTFH |
Inflight catering FAQ for Samsun
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Samsun, Turkey
What operations gets asked every week about Samsun.
Ask operations directly →At what point does VIP, VVIP and government flight catering follow a protocol at SZF?
At the point the order is placed, a protocol file opens for VIP flight catering and government flight catering alike, naming who is cleared to handle it. Every requirement is logged against that file before the uplift is sealed and boarded.
Does LTFH take airline catering delivered airside, straight to the aircraft?
Every uplift at LTFH goes airside by hi-loader, boarded at galley height rather than left at the foot of the stand. Airline catering here never stops short of the aircraft door.
How far in advance does an order need to be placed for Samsun?
There is a standard lead time for a full specification, and a shorter window held open for last minute airline catering such as a diversion or a technical stop. Either way the kitchen confirms the loading window once the order is in.
Who sets the airline catering cost at Samsun Çarşamba Airport?
For every quotation, cabin count, specification and loading window decide the price, since no fixed list is published. Across a single ad hoc uplift or a full rotation, the desk returns a quote once those three are known.
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Charter flight catering quote for Samsun
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Samsun (SZF / LTFH)
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Samsun (SZF)