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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Sanaa, Yemen
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Sanaa (OYSN / SAH)
SAH (IATA) · OYSN (ICAO)
A wide-body reference code at Sanaa sets the frame for what boards here: three-cabin aircraft, loaded by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. That single fact governs how inflight catering and in-flight catering are planned across scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet movements, with uplift staged, sealed and cleared before the loader reaches the door.
3,252 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
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 — Sanaa
Wide-body inflight catering at SAH
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at OYSN
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Sanaa airport
When a rotation is confirmed at Sanaa, the catering uplift is planned from the sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door, not from a delivery left on the ramp. Ramp access is held on our own clearances rather than a handler's, so the apron sequence is fixed before the hi-loader is called forward. That sequence holds for a scheduled service, a diversion or a technical stop worked through this station.
Between our flight kitchen and the stand at Sanaa the convoy, not the galley catering itself, carries the risk: screening, an escort and apron traffic all sit ahead of the aircraft door. We plan the catering uplift against the worst case on that route rather than the average one, so a delay on the apron never becomes a delay at the galley.
Chain of custody is recorded at both ends of the run: temperature logged when the cart is sealed at the kitchen, logged again at handover, and a signature closing the load before the hi-loader clears the aircraft.
One sealed cart, one signature, from our kitchen door to the galley.
Airline food supplier kitchen serving OYSN / SAH
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Sanaa (SAH)
The wide-body reference code held at Sanaa means the kitchen behind it is built to run hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof rather than as separate contractors. HACCP governs every stage of that production, from intake to the sealed cart, so airport catering at Sanaa and airport catering for a diversion routed here follow the same documented cold chain. Nothing leaves that kitchen without the paperwork that proves it stayed within it.
For government flight catering worked through Sanaa, the team on the load is the same named crew every rotation, not a rotating pool. Security clearance is on file for each of them, access to the kitchen and the apron is limited to that list, and each has been trained to the household and protocol standards a state or royal movement requires. That standing team is what lets a sealed uplift at OYSN move on schedule rather than on a background check.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Sanaa
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at Sanaa, Yemen
Menus at Sanaa are written to the cabin fitted on the aircraft and to the mission it is flying, not to a single fixed offer repeated across every rotation. Inflight catering here draws on regional produce where the season allows it, kept to dairy, fish and orchard fruit described in general terms rather than a named dish or a named supplier. Seasonal changes move the cycle without moving the standard it is checked against. Every set closes on documentation: allergens, halal, kosher and medical requirements are labelled per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins worked through Sanaa are plated to a written specification rather than improvised on the day, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request from that same file. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served to the record already on file, not to memory.
Business cabins
Business cabins routed via OYSN take multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft, boxed as tray sets rather than plated individually. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel on their own manifest line.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Sanaa are documented per passenger before the cart is sealed, covering household, religious and medical needs alongside halal and kosher sets produced on a separate line. The full range of IATA special meal codes is worked from that same document, which is what keeps inflight catering traceable back to the passenger who ordered it.
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
Food safety and cold chain for aviation catering at Sanaa, Yemen
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.
Aircraft catering delivered airside at OYSN
Sanaa carries a mix of scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single wide-body reference code, which turns a delegation movement into a documentation task and a peak wave into a capacity one rather than a delivery problem. That mix is why airport catering in Sanaa is planned stand by stand rather than to one generic schedule, with each rotation checked against its own loading sheet before the kitchen releases a cart.
From our kitchen the route to the aircraft runs airside, under our own ramp clearances, with the hi-loader called to the stand once screening and escort are cleared. Airline catering in Yemen and inflight catering in Yemen both move on that same route through this station, and in-flight catering in Sanaa is staged from the same sealed carts regardless of the segment flying that day. Aviation catering at OYSN is coordinated from one desk rather than several.
One coordinator carries the rotation from seal to signature, with sealed carts and a signed handover closing every load.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at SAH
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Government and state flight catering at Sanaa
A 3,252 metre runway at Sanaa is what allows a head of state aircraft to operate here on the same movement as a scheduled service, without a separate strip or a shortened load. Government flight catering for that traffic is built on a protocol file documented per passenger, worked by security-cleared staff, with the uplift sealed at the kitchen before it ever reaches the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at OYSN
A private airliner — a BBJ, an ACJ or another wide-body VIP configuration — is what the 3,252 metre runway at Sanaa is built to receive without a shortened rotation. Royal flight catering for that traffic holds to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced against it on request rather than improvised on the day.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at SAH
Across the wide-body stand at Sanaa, a single reference code is what lets an ACMI or wet-lease operator plan a group movement to the same loading sheet as a scheduled carrier. Charter flight catering here covers special missions and multi-leg rotations alike, and charter flight catering in Sanaa is staged in the order the galleys are laid out, counted against that sheet before the hi-loader is called.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Sanaa
Our kitchen works to the wide-body reference code held at Sanaa, which is what lets a scheduled carrier run this station as an outstation rather than a one-off stop. Outstation catering and diversion catering are planned off the same duty roster, technical stop catering and AOG are covered without a change of process, and a multi-leg rotation keeps the same tray standard from one sector to the next: crew meals in Yemen and crew meals at OYSN both travel on that roster, alongside ad hoc airline catering at SAH itself.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at OYSN
Working a business aviation movement into a wide-body rotation at Sanaa means sequencing a smaller load around the same reference code and apron traffic that governs the larger aircraft. Private jet catering in Yemen, run through our dedicated branch, reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, covering business aviation catering, FBO catering and business jet catering alike.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at OYSN
Flight departments on jet catering at OYSN / SAH
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We needed presidential flight catering at Sanaa (SAH/OYSN) for a protocol-sensitive flight. The team understood the need for confidentiality and kept the order organized despite late passenger and dietary changes. We were very satisfied with the level of coordination. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Rafael — Mission Support Manager
“For a VIP rotation through Sanaa (SAH/OYSN), we used the team for BBJ catering. Everything arrived neatly packed, easy to identify in the galley, and consistent with the presentation we requested. I would happily use them again on a VIP rotation. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Carmen — Charter Planning Manager
“We arranged hajj flight catering for a group movement through Sanaa (SAH/OYSN). The team handled the volume well and kept the boxes clearly identified by flight and service. A dependable choice for group charter operations. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
George — Cargo Flight Dispatcher
Station data for airport catering at Sanaa (OYSN / SAH)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,252 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | OYSN |
Business jet catering questions at Sanaa
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Sanaa
What operations gets asked every week about Sanaa.
Ask operations directly →Which method gets airline catering airside at Sanaa airport?
The hi-loader lifts sealed carts from our kitchen straight to galley height, so airline catering here is boarded rather than left at the foot of the aircraft; airside delivery runs on our own ramp clearance.
When does an operator get a firm figure for airline catering cost at SAH?
Once cabin count, specification and the loading window are confirmed, our desk returns a firm airline catering cost rather than a published rate, because no two rotations load the same way.
Does OYSN produce halal, kosher and the full range of special meal codes?
Each rotation through OYSN can carry halal, kosher and the standard IATA SPML set, produced on a separate line and documented against the passenger manifest before sealing.
Where is the protocol record kept for VIP flight catering and government flight catering out of Sanaa?
The protocol file travels with the uplift itself, documented per passenger and signed off before the cart leaves the kitchen, covering both VIP flight catering and government flight catering movements.
Who sets the lead time for an order into Sanaa airport, and how late can it change?
For a standing rotation the specification is fixed well ahead of the loading window, but our desk still takes a last minute airline catering change up to the point the cart is sealed.
Flight catering at airports near Sanaa
TAI / OYTZ
Taiz
Yemen · 199 km from Sanaa
Airline & VIP flight catering →
GIZ / OEGN
Jizan
Saudi Arabia · 236 km from Sanaa
Airline & VIP flight catering →
EAM / OENG
Najran
Saudi Arabia · 238 km from Sanaa
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Charter flight catering quote for OYSN
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Sanaa (SAH / OYSN)
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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 Sanaa (SAH)