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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Tarsus, Turkey
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Tarsus (LTDB / COV)
COV (IATA) · LTDB (ICAO)
With a 3500 m longest runway rated to wide-body reference code, Tarsus (LTDB) takes scheduled, charter, government and royal wide-body movements on hi-loader boarding straight to galley height. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering off one ops desk here, with aviation catering staged airside for scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet flights.
3,500 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
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 — Tarsus
Aviation catering with ramp access at LTDB
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at Tarsus, Turkey
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at Tarsus airport
We do not deliver catering to the foot of the aircraft at Tarsus: ramp access takes the sealed cart to the galley door itself. The catering uplift is timed from seal to signature, with the apron sequence built around wide-body turnaround rather than around a fixed clock. Every stage of that route is logged, so a delayed slot moves the plan without breaking the cold chain.
Between our flight kitchen and the stand at Tarsus sit landside screening, an airside escort and apron traffic feeding two runways, and the galley catering plan is built against the worst combination of the three rather than the average one. Every catering uplift into LTDB carries a temperature log opened at sealing and closed again at handover, so the chain of custody is documented in both directions rather than assumed from one end. A named coordinator signs the load at the galley door, and that signature closes the record for the rotation.
The same file travels with the aircraft whether the movement is a scheduled sector, a technical stop or a government departure, because the paperwork does not change with the customer.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the galley door.
Airline food supplier for LTDB / COV rotations
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at Tarsus (COV)
The flight kitchen behind COV runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, sized to a wide-body rotation rather than a single narrow-body turn. Airport catering at Tarsus is built to HACCP procedure at every stage, from intake to the sealed cart, so the cold chain that leaves the kitchen is the same one that reaches the galley. That single-roof layout is what lets airport catering here answer a government movement and a scheduled departure from the same production run without either one waiting on the other.
Government flight catering at LTDB is handled by a named crew held to the same roster on every rotation, not a rotating pool assigned on the day. Each member carries a security clearance on file and sits on the access list for the ramp and the kitchen alike, so the same faces move the sealed uplift whether the movement is a delegation or a repeat charter. Household and protocol paperwork travel with the load, checked at the kitchen and again at the aircraft, which is what keeps catering at COV auditable end to end.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Tarsus
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Tarsus, Turkey
AERO GOURMET writes First, Business and main cabin menus to the mission flown out of Tarsus, from a scheduled sector to a royal or government movement, rather than to one fixed seasonal card. Turkish dairy, orchard fruit and coastal fish from the wider region sit alongside international formats, so a multi-leg rotation can carry a consistent standard from one departure to the next. Every set is built for inflight catering rather than ground service, which means tray sizing, lidding and hold times are matched to the galley fitted on the aircraft type. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled before the cart is sealed rather than sorted on board.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at LTDB are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed card, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request for royal and government movements. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation reads the same file each time it boards.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Tarsus run on multi-choice hot service, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel as separate sealed sets, boarded to the roster rather than to the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger for every movement through COV, with halal and kosher sets produced on a dedicated line and sealed before it leaves. The full range of IATA special meal codes is covered, so inflight catering here answers a mixed cabin manifest without a late substitution.
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 and sealed transfer for aircraft catering at LTDB / COV
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 LTDB
Tarsus operates two runways rated to a wide-body reference code, which puts scheduled, charter and government traffic on the same apron rather than splitting narrow-body and wide-body handling across separate aprons. That mix turns a delegation into a documentation task and a charter peak into a capacity task, both worked from the same kitchen rather than from separate contracts.
The uplift moves from our flight kitchen to the wide-body stand under airside delivery, sealed before the cart leaves the building and escorted the whole way, with our own crew on the ramp rather than a handover at the kerb. Airline catering and aviation catering at Tarsus both run off one ops desk, and airport catering at COV is planned stand by stand rather than terminal by terminal.
We commit to one named coordinator per rotation, sealed carts checked at both ends, and a signed handover at the galley door, whether the movement is inflight catering for a scheduled sector or in-flight catering for a government flight.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at LTDB
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Government and state flight catering at Tarsus
Two runways rated to a wide-body reference code let a head of state aircraft or a delegation movement use the same stands as a scheduled service, without a separate apron built for it. Government flight catering at LTDB documents the protocol file per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at LTDB
Our kitchen and ramp crew hold the wide-body reference code at Tarsus as the baseline for royal and VVIP movements, not an exception worked around scheduled traffic. Royal flight catering here runs from a written household specification kept on file between movements, covering private airliners such as BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at COV
The wide-body reference code at Tarsus governs a full three-cabin uplift on every charter stand, not a scaled-down version of a scheduled load. Charter flight catering here serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with a second charter flight catering run staged and counted against the loading sheet for multi-leg rotations.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Tarsus
The wide-body reference code held at Tarsus puts a scheduled carrier, a diversion and a technical stop on the same stands rather than routing them to a separate apron. Ad hoc airline catering here runs alongside outstation catering, diversion catering, technical stop catering and AOG cover, all worked off one duty roster across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at LTDB
Business airliners and BBJ-class aircraft board at Tarsus on the same wide-body reference code that clears a scheduled wide-body, which is what lets a smaller private movement share the ramp rather than wait for a dedicated slot. Private jet catering reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain as an airline uplift, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering all run from one kitchen.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at Tarsus airport
Operators on commercial aviation catering at LTDB / COV
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“A short-notice movement brought us into Tarsus (COV/LTDB), so we needed reliable diverted flight catering. Even with the late change, the meals were packed correctly and delivered within the revised window. We would use them again for another short-notice stop. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Leo — Airline Cargo Coordinator
“We needed catering for airlines without flight kitchen for a flight through Tarsus (COV/LTDB) and the process was much easier than expected. The team confirmed everything clearly, handled the local coordination, and delivered the order ready for loading. Reliable and easy to manage from the ops desk. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Fabio — Flight Assistance Manager
“The operations team needed an airline catering cost per meal for Tarsus (COV/LTDB) with very little time to decide. Pricing, delivery timing, and packaging were all explained upfront, which helped us approve the uplift quickly. Straightforward and professional from quote to delivery. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Sarah — Airport Operations Lead
Airport catering data for Tarsus (LTDB / COV)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,500 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LTDB |
Business jet catering questions at Tarsus
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Tarsus
What operations gets asked every week about Tarsus.
Ask operations directly →COV — do you deliver airline catering airside, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
The hi-loader is what carries the load: it takes the sealed cart from our vehicle straight to galley height, so airside delivery ends at the galley door rather than at the foot of the stand.
LTDB — with two runways rated to a wide-body reference code, how much does airline catering cost?
There is no published price list for airline catering cost at this station: a quotation is built from cabin count, specification and the loading window booked for the rotation, and the ops desk comes back with a figure once those are set.
Can Tarsus arrange private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
The same wide-body reference code that clears a scheduled aircraft here covers business aviation traffic, so private jet catering and FBO catering reach every operator on the field on one cold chain, without naming a single handler as the only route.
Do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at Tarsus, and under what protocol?
Yes, under a documented protocol: VIP flight catering and government flight catering are built from a written specification held on file, with security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift for every movement.
How are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced and documented at COV?
COV production runs halal and kosher sets on a dedicated line, with the full range of SPML special meals coded and labelled per passenger before the cart is sealed.
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Charter flight catering quote for LTDB
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Tarsus (COV / LTDB)
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Offloading
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Uplift at Tarsus (COV)