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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Ataq, Yemen
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Ataq (OYAT / AXK)
AXK (IATA) · OYAT (ICAO)
The 2890 m runway at Ataq clears wide-body movements onto a single reference-code stand, and that is where inflight catering here starts: hi-loader to galley height, not a trolley left on the ramp. In-flight catering for scheduled, government, royal and charter operators moves through one ops desk, with uplift staged for wide-body cabins and boarded airside on demand.
2,890 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 — Ataq
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at Ataq, Yemen
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at AXK
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at OYAT / AXK
Ramp access at Ataq is held on our own clearance, so the catering uplift moves from the sealed cart at the kitchen to the aircraft without a handoff at the foot of the stairs. The single wide-body stand here sets the sequence: one movement at a time, staged against the apron rather than queued behind other loads. Every stage of that run is logged, from the kitchen door to the galley, against the aircraft actually on the stand at Ataq.
Between our kitchen and the wide-body stand at Ataq sit screening, an escort through the apron and the traffic the airfield is working that hour, and that convoy is the part of the job we plan against, not the galley catering itself. Chain of custody is kept unbroken from seal to signature: the cart is checked out, escorted, and checked in against the same manifest it left with. Temperature is logged at sealing and again at handover, so the catering uplift arrives with a written record rather than a verbal assurance, and the same discipline applies whether the load is a single cabin or a full wide-body set bound for Ataq.
The convoy is the risk on this route, never the food we seal.
Airline food supplier for OYAT rotations
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at Ataq
The flight kitchen that provisions Ataq runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to feed the wide-body cabins the single stand here takes. Airport catering at AXK is organised around that one movement rather than a wave of them, so production is scheduled tight to the stand rather than banked days ahead. HACCP governs every stage of it, and airport catering leaving that kitchen for Ataq carries the same documented cold chain from sealing to handover.
The team that handles government flight catering at Ataq is the same named crew every rotation: security clearance on file, on the access list, and trained to royal household standards rather than rotated in for the day. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first, ahead of anything on the tray. Chain of custody runs with the same people from the kitchen seal to the signature at the aircraft, movement after movement.
VIP flight catering menus for Ataq airport departures
VVIP catering written per mission at AXK
Menus at Ataq are built to the cabin flown and the mission booked, not to a fixed printed card, and that is what inflight catering means on a single wide-body stand: one specification, adjusted to First, Business or main cabin as the manifest requires. Yemeni sourcing runs where the season allows it, drawing on regional produce such as dairy, fish and orchard fruit rather than a fixed import list. Seasonal changes are worked into the standing specification, not improvised on the day. Every set carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical codes, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen for Ataq.
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First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Ataq are plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte and course-by-course service available on request. AXK's single wide-body stand does not change the standard: the same specification travels whether the movement is a scheduled sector or a government rotation.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Ataq run multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets, sized to the aircraft actually on the stand. Crew meals in Ataq are boxed separately from the passenger load, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals built to the roster rather than a single fixed count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary sets at Ataq cover household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger, including halal and kosher production and 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 for a mixed cabin arrives already sorted by code rather than by hand at the aircraft.
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
Aviation catering food safety records at Ataq (AXK)
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 Ataq, Yemen
Ataq works a single wide-body stand off one runway, which makes traffic here less about volume than about sequencing: a state delegation is a documentation problem, a charter rotation is a turnaround problem, and both share the same apron slot. Airport catering in Ataq is planned movement by movement rather than against a bank of parallel loads, so the stand governs the schedule more than the aircraft type does.
Uplift travels from our kitchen to that stand by hi-loader, boarded to galley height rather than left at ground level, with our own crew on the ramp for the whole run. Airline catering in Yemen through this station means airside delivery under our own clearance, with inflight catering and aviation catering at OYAT run off the same ops desk that plans the stand itself. In-flight catering at Ataq does not change method between a scheduled sector and a one-off charter.
One coordinator owns each movement here, sealed carts travel escorted, and a signed handover closes the load before departure.
Royal flight catering and scheduled uplifts at Ataq
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Government and state flight catering at Ataq
A single wide-body stand means one movement is worked at a time, which is exactly the sequencing a delegation needs rather than a constraint on it. Government flight catering at Ataq for state visits and head of state movements runs on a protocol file documented 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 OYAT
Wide-body is the reference code held at Ataq, and that single classification is what lets a private airliner load here to the same standard as a scheduled aircraft. Royal flight catering at Ataq covers BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP movements, held to a written household specification kept on file between rotations, with halal and other household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at AXK
We load a full three-cabin uplift onto the single wide-body stand this reference code allows, counted against the loading sheet rather than estimated on the day. Charter flight catering at AXK serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, and charter flight catering in Yemen through this station is staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Ataq
At the single wide-body stand OYAT works, a 2890 m runway is what lets carriers treat Ataq as an outstation rather than a diversion-only field. Ad hoc airline catering at Ataq covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, and crew meals at AXK are boxed to the same roster across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at OYAT
A 2890 m runway at Ataq takes business aviation traffic onto the same wide-body stand the airline schedule uses, rather than a separate general-aviation apron. Private jet catering at OYAT reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, handled by our dedicated private-jet branch.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at OYAT / AXK
Protocol officers on government flight catering at OYAT
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We requested airline catering IATA standards at Ataq (AXK/OYAT) and the packaging worked very well onboard. Everything was labeled, compact, and easy to place directly into the aircraft without repacking on the ramp. Very cabin-friendly catering. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Government flight department
Aya — Mission Planning Officer
“We had an outstation requirement at Ataq (AXK/OYAT) and the coordination was very smooth. Communication between dispatch, handling, and catering was clear throughout. That operational understanding was the biggest advantage. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Vera — Charter Flight Coordinator
“I ordered private jet menu for our departure from Ataq (AXK/OYAT) and was very happy with the service. Everything was easy to check and load, and the passenger requests were prepared exactly as ordered. I would definitely order from them again. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Lea — Freighter Duty Manager
Outstation catering data for Ataq (OYAT / AXK)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,890 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | OYAT |
Business jet catering questions at Ataq airport
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Ataq airport
What operations gets asked every week about Ataq.
Ask operations directly →Does Ataq airport catering take a late specification change, and how far in advance must the first order go in?
Every order at Ataq is booked against the loading window for the stand, so lead time depends on the cabin count and the specification; last minute airline catering changes are taken up to the cut-off our ops desk confirms per movement.
What is the airline catering method at AXK, and is it delivered airside?
We load AXK airside by hi-loader, boarding straight to galley height on the wide-body stand rather than handing trays off at the foot of the aircraft.
Which factors set the airline catering cost at OYAT?
The sealed cart route from our kitchen to the OYAT stand is priced on cabin count, specification and the loading window booked, since no fixed price list is published; our desk returns a quotation against the movement.
Are halal, kosher and IATA special meal codes produced for flights through Ataq?
The coordinator on each rotation documents halal, kosher and the full range of SPML codes per passenger, produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the Ataq kitchen.
Where does private jet catering reach at Ataq for business aviation traffic?
The handover record for each load shows delivery to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, for FBO catering at Ataq.
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Offloading
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Uplift at Ataq (AXK)