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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Kiana, United States
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Kiana (PAIK / IAN)
IAN (IATA) · PAIK (ICAO)
The narrow-body reference code held at Kiana sets the loading plan: single-aisle stands worked to a fixed galley height, no wide-body reach required for a full uplift. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering off that stand, hi-loader to galley door, airside, for scheduled, charter, VIP and private movements through IAN.
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Kiana
Commercial aviation catering at wide-body scale, PAIK
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at Kiana airport
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at IAN
The loading window at Kiana runs from the sealed cart leaving our kitchen to the moment it clears the galley door on stand. Ramp access is held on our own credentials rather than routed through a third party, which keeps the catering uplift moving on the narrow-body schedule this apron works to. Every stage between kitchen and aircraft is timed against that stand, not against a generic turnaround.
Between our kitchen and the stand at PAIK sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and the convoy is the part of the run we plan against, not the galley catering itself. We work the worst case of that route first, so the catering uplift still lands inside the window a narrow-body turnaround allows at Kiana. A temperature log opens at the seal and closes again at handover, and the chain of custody runs unbroken from one to the other, signed at both ends.
The convoy is the risk on this ramp, never the food we load.
Crew meals from the flight kitchen serving IAN
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for PAIK
The flight kitchen behind IAN carries hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, run to the HACCP standard that governs every load leaving the building. Airport catering at Kiana moves off that single production floor rather than a network of subcontracted lines, which keeps the cold chain unbroken from the pan to the cart. Airport catering at PAIK is planned around that one kitchen, cabin specification first, loading sequence second.
The team assigned to government flight catering at Kiana is the same named crew on every rotation, carrying security clearance on file and standing on the access list before a cart is sealed. They are trained to royal household service standards as well as to the paperwork a state movement travels with, and the two are checked together, not separately. That pairing of clearance and procedure is what a protocol desk actually verifies before a delegation boards.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Kiana, United States
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Kiana airport
Menus at Kiana are written to the cabin fitted on the aircraft and to the mission it is flying, not to a fixed network standard applied everywhere the same way. Local sourcing draws on the produce of the wider region — dairy, fish, orchard fruit — worked into a specification rather than a fixed dish list, so a menu cycle can turn without touching the tray standard underneath it. Inflight catering at IAN is planned this way from the outset, cabin by cabin, so a First cabin card and a main cabin box come off the same kitchen without either compromising the other. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and travel with the load as a labelled record rather than a verbal note.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Kiana are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. Every presentation is filed against the standing order, so VIP flight catering repeats to the same result on the next rotation through PAIK.
Business cabins
Business cabins at IAN run on multi-choice hot service, boxed to galley-ready formats sized to the aircraft's own fitment. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are packed separately from the passenger tray sets and boarded to the roster, not the manifest.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at PAIK are documented per passenger, covering halal, kosher and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves, this inflight catering keeps household, religious and medical sets apart from the main cabin 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
Food safety and cold chain for aviation catering at Kiana 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.
Aircraft catering delivered airside at Kiana
Kiana carries scheduled, charter and government movements across a narrow-body reference code, which turns catering here into a documentation and repetition problem rather than a volume one: the same stand takes a delegation one rotation and a repeat charter the next, and each needs its own paperwork held ready before pushback. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at IAN run off one ops desk that tracks which is which.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the stand by sealed cart, escorted across the apron, with our own crew handling the load from ramp gate to galley door rather than passing it to a separate handling stage. Airline catering at Kiana is airside-delivered this way on every rotation the field takes, narrow-body or otherwise.
Airport catering in United States runs to the same commitment wherever we hold a kitchen: one coordinator named to the rotation, carts sealed before they leave the building, and a signed handover at the aircraft that closes the record.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at PAIK / IAN
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Government and state flight catering at PAIK
The narrow-body reference code held at Kiana still takes a full state movement on one stand, documented as carefully as a wide-body delegation would be elsewhere. Government flight catering at IAN covers state visits and head of state movements with the protocol file recorded per passenger, 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 IAN
A private airliner sized to Kiana's narrow-body stand still boards to a full household specification, BBJ and ACJ formats included, on the same ramp used for scheduled traffic. Royal flight catering at PAIK holds that VVIP standard across repeat rotations, with royal household requirements and halal service kept on file between movements rather than rebuilt each time.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Kiana
On the narrow-body stand that Kiana holds for this traffic, a charter airline, an ACMI or wet-lease operator, or a group movement boards a full multi-leg rotation from one kitchen. Charter flight catering at Kiana counted against the loading sheet keeps a special mission staged in the order the galleys are laid out, the same discipline whether the sector is short or long.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at PAIK
Kiana's narrow-body reference code means every carrier using this field as an outstation loads from the same single-aisle stand profile, so ad hoc airline catering here is planned to one galley height rather than a mixed fleet. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering run off that stand on a duty roster that covers AOG across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at IAN
Sequencing a business aviation movement around the same narrow-body stand profile as scheduled traffic means the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field are worked into the same rotation plan rather than a separate one. Private jet catering at IAN reaches them on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, run through our dedicated private-jet branch.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at Kiana
Charter operators on flight catering at Kiana (IAN)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We arranged government flight catering at Kiana (IAN/PAIK) for a sensitive movement. Special meals and crew items were clearly separated, and the aircraft-side handover was smooth. We would trust the team again for a similar movement. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Ivan — Executive Aviation Coordinator
“For a VIP rotation through Kiana (IAN/PAIK), 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. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Amine — Operations Desk Manager
“Our charter program used the service at Kiana (IAN/PAIK) for hajj flight catering. Packaging was practical for the cabin and the uplift arrived in good order for departure. A dependable choice for group charter operations. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Arthur — Station Operations Supervisor
Inflight catering station profile for Kiana (PAIK / IAN)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | PAIK |
Business jet catering questions at Kiana, United States
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Kiana, United States
What operations gets asked every week about Kiana.
Ask operations directly →How does PAIK handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering, and under what protocol?
PAIK runs VIP flight catering and government flight catering under one protocol file, with security clearance on record and the load sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
What private jet catering do you deliver to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Kiana?
We deliver private jet catering to the FBOs on the field and to the GA terminal at Kiana, run through our dedicated business-aviation line under FBO catering terms.
Can you say how much airline catering costs at Kiana Airport?
A quotation turns on the cabin count, the specification chosen and the loading window booked, so airline catering cost is confirmed once those three are set, not published as a fixed price.
Do you deliver airline catering airside at IAN, and how does it reach the aircraft?
Yes, airline catering here moves by airside delivery from our kitchen to the stand, boarded to galley height without a hi-loader on this narrow-body profile.
Which halal, kosher and special meal codes do you produce at PAIK, and how are they documented?
The sealed cart carries halal, kosher and the full set of IATA SPML codes on a separate production line, documented per passenger before it leaves the kitchen.
When does an order need to be placed for Kiana, and how late can the specification still change?
Once the rotation is confirmed our desk sets the lead time for the load, and a specification can still move close to departure provided the cabin count and the loading window are already agreed.
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Aircraft catering quote for Kiana
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Four steps
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Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
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Uplift at Kiana (IAN)