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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Al Ghaydah, Yemen
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Al Ghaydah (OYGD / AAY)
AAY (IATA) · OYGD (ICAO)
One wide-body reference code governs every stand at Al Ghaydah, so a full three-cabin uplift is boarded here to the same tray standard as a hub rotation. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and hi-loader boarding to galley height for scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet flights, with uplift staged airside against the loading sheet rather than left at the foot of the aircraft.
2,700 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
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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 — Al Ghaydah
Wide-body aviation catering at OYGD / AAY
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at AAY
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, OYGD / AAY
Ramp access at Al Ghaydah is what sets the pace of the catering uplift, not a printed schedule: the sealed cart moves from our kitchen across the apron the moment the stand clears. The single wide-body reference code held here means every rotation is planned to the same galley-door sequence, so nothing is left waiting at the aircraft steps. What the timeline below shows is that sequence measured, load by load, rather than promised in advance.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Al Ghaydah sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and the convoy is where a rotation actually loses time, not the galley catering itself. We plan the route against the worst of those three rather than the best, which is why the chain of custody holds even when the apron is busy. Every cart is sealed at the kitchen and the seal is checked again at the aircraft, with a temperature log kept at both ends and a signature closing the handover before the galley door shuts. That signed record is what a protocol officer or an ops desk asks for first, and it exists for every catering uplift that leaves our building bound for OYGD.
One sealed cart, one signature, from our kitchen door to the galley.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for OYGD
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Al Ghaydah
The flight kitchen that provisions Al Ghaydah runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, holding the HACCP standard that governs every tray leaving the building. Airport catering at this field is planned from that single kitchen rather than split across several suppliers, which keeps the cold chain unbroken from sealing to stand. That single-site model is what makes airport catering at AAY consistent between a scheduled rotation and a one-off charter routed through Al Ghaydah in Yemen.
The team that handles government flight catering at Al Ghaydah is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for the day. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the ramp, and is trained to the household service standards a royal or state movement expects. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks before anything else, because the paperwork travelling with a sealed uplift only holds if the hands on it never change.
Kosher inflight catering and dietary sets at Al Ghaydah airport
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at AAY
Menus for Al Ghaydah are written to the cabin and the mission first, and only then to the season: a full-service First and Business specification differs from a group-charter tray set, and both differ again from a VVIP household order, though all three leave the same kitchen. Sourcing draws on what the region supplies where it can, from dairy and fish to orchard produce, without naming a single dish or grower on the page. Inflight catering here is written down before it is cooked, so the same order reproduces exactly on the next rotation. Every set closes on documentation: allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements recorded per passenger and per cabin, not assumed from the manifest.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Al Ghaydah are plated to a written specification rather than improvised on the day, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request against that same file. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so a repeat household rotation sees the same presentation each time it lands at OYGD.
Business cabins
Business cabins at AAY run a multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boarded as tray sets rather than assembled on board. Crew meals travel in the same load: cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately and matched to the roster before the cart is sealed.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Al Ghaydah are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes, from vegan to gluten-free to medical diets. Inflight catering built to those codes is produced on a separate line at the kitchen and sealed before it leaves that line, keeping a household or delegation order apart from the general 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
HACCP-compliant aircraft catering at Al Ghaydah 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 Al Ghaydah, Yemen
Al Ghaydah holds a single wide-body reference code across its one runway, which means every movement through the field is planned against that same stand geometry whether it is a scheduled service, a charter or a government flight. A delegation arriving off-schedule is a documentation problem before it is a kitchen problem, and a repeat rotation through the same stand is a matter of holding the specification steady load after load rather than reworking it each time.
The uplift travels from our kitchen across the apron to the stand by sealed cart, boarded through the galley door by hi-loader rather than set down at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew on the ramp for the handover. Airline catering at OYGD and aviation catering in Al Ghaydah both run off that same route, and airport catering at AAY is planned stand by stand rather than assumed from a fixed schedule, because the field takes whatever mix of traffic is on the apron that day.
What we commit to on this station is one named coordinator for the rotation, carts sealed at the kitchen and checked again on arrival, and a signed handover at the aircraft, in-flight catering at OYGD included, before the galley door closes.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at Al Ghaydah
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Government and state flight catering at AAY
At a field holding a single wide-body reference code, a head of state aircraft is boarded on the same stand geometry as any other wide-body movement, which keeps the protocol file the variable rather than the ramp. Government flight catering at Al Ghaydah for state visits and official delegations is documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared crew, and sealed at the kitchen before the cart ever reaches OYGD.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Al Ghaydah
Sequencing a household order around a single wide-body reference code means the specification has to be fixed before the stand is even confirmed, because there is one geometry to plan against rather than several. Royal flight catering at Al Ghaydah is held to a written household standard kept on file between movements, covering private airliners such as a BBJ or ACJ, with halal and other household requirements produced on request at OYGD.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at OYGD
The runway at Al Ghaydah runs to 2,700 metres, which sets what can be worked on this ramp for a group movement or a special mission without a diversion elsewhere. Charter flight catering at Al Ghaydah for ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and repatriation or humanitarian missions is a full three-cabin uplift staged against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering at OYGD follows the same galley sequence on every rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at AAY
A wide-body reference code at Al Ghaydah means the widest airframe this field takes can be boarded on the same stand geometry as a scheduled service, which is what carriers running this field as an outstation rely on. Ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all move off one duty roster here, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, while the tray standard holds steady even as the menu cycle changes week to week.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Al Ghaydah
Our kitchen provisions the 2,700 metre runway at Al Ghaydah for business aviation on the same route it uses for a scheduled wide-body rotation. Private jet catering in Yemen from this kitchen reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal directly, on the same cold chain and the same sealed paperwork as an airline uplift bound for OYGD.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at AAY
Protocol officers on government flight catering at OYGD
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“For a team flight from Al Ghaydah (AAY/OYGD), we booked group charter catering with several dietary requests. Final numbers changed late and the team adjusted without making the process difficult. We would book them again for another team movement. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Bruno — Ground Handling Coordinator
“For an urgent mission at Al Ghaydah (AAY/OYGD), the team supported us with humanitarian flight catering. The team understood that reliability mattered more than complexity and stayed flexible until uplift. A good experience under difficult timing conditions. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Olivia — Station Operations Manager
“Our freighter crew needed cargo airline crew catering at Al Ghaydah (AAY/OYGD) during a short turnaround. The crew received the correct quantities and the handover was quick, which is exactly what we needed. Simple, efficient, and on time. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Nina — VIP Aviation Coordinator
Airport catering reference for Al Ghaydah (OYGD / AAY)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,700 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | OYGD |
Inflight catering FAQ for OYGD
Pilot meals and loading questions at Al Ghaydah airport
What operations gets asked every week about Al Ghaydah.
Ask operations directly →Which hi-loader access does OYGD offer for airside delivery of airline catering?
The hi-loader boards directly to galley height at the stand, so airline catering moves from our sealed cart to the aircraft without being set down at the foot of it, and airside delivery is coordinated with the ramp handler on duty for that rotation.
Whose lead time applies to a last-minute change on an Al Ghaydah order?
For a standard rotation the specification is confirmed well ahead of the loading window, but last minute airline catering changes are taken up to the cut-off our coordinator sets for that stand, and how far in advance a full menu change needs to be requested depends on the cabin count involved.
When is a quotation issued for airline catering cost at Al Ghaydah Airport?
Once we have the cabin mix, the specification and the loading window for the rotation, our desk returns a written quotation; airline catering cost at this station depends on those three factors rather than on a published price list.
Is private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and GA terminal at AAY?
Our coordinator delivers to every FBO on the field and to the GA terminal on the same run, so private jet catering and FBO catering follow the same cold chain and the same sealed paperwork as an airline uplift at this station.
Jet catering at airports near Al Ghaydah
SLL / OOSA
Salalah
Oman · 225 km from Al Ghaydah
Airline & VIP flight catering →
TTH / OOTH
Thumrait
Oman · 256 km from Al Ghaydah
Airline & VIP flight catering →
RIY / OYRN
Mukalla
Yemen · 345 km from Al Ghaydah
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Inflight catering quote for Al Ghaydah (AAY)
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Al Ghaydah (AAY / OYGD)
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Offloading
Return leg, if any
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Counts · menus · files
Contact
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Uplift at Al Ghaydah (AAY)