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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Lubbock, United States
Airline catering, VIP and private jet catering at Lubbock (KLBB / LBB)
LBB (IATA) · KLBB (ICAO)
A wide-body reference code at this Texas station means multi-class rotations are worked stand by stand rather than squeezed to fit. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at Lubbock (KLBB), in Lubbock, United States, boarding by hi-loader to galley height for scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet flights, from a kitchen staged for wide-body uplift.
3,505 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
3
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 — Lubbock
Wide-body aviation catering at Lubbock, United States
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for LBB departures
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at KLBB / LBB
Ramp access at this Texas field is the fact that sets the schedule: the apron sits close enough that the cart is loaded and sealed before it ever queues. The catering uplift moves under escort from kitchen door to stand, then up the hi-loader to galley height. Nothing about the window is estimated here; it is walked and timed on the rotation it serves.
Between our kitchen and the stand at this Texas field sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and the schedule is built around the worst of the three rather than the best. That is what a catering uplift depends on more than the drive itself: the convoy, not the food, is what could slip. Every galley catering run is logged twice, once at sealing and once at handover, with the temperature read at both ends and a signature closing the load. The chain of custody runs from that first seal to the crew member who signs for the cart at the aircraft, with nothing handled outside that record.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the aircraft, nothing handled in between.
Cargo crew meals and passenger uplifts for KLBB
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Lubbock
A wide-body reference code at this station means the kitchen behind it is built for full-cabin rotations rather than single trays. Hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell sit under one roof, run to HACCP standard from seal to signature, which is what airport catering at LBB is judged on. Airport catering at KLBB and the flight kitchen at LBB share the same cold chain from mixing bowl to hi-loader.
The team behind government flight catering at Lubbock is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for the movement. Security clearance is held on file, each member sits on the access list, and household service standards are trained rather than briefed on the day. That continuity is what keeps a sealed uplift traceable at catering at LBB, movement after movement.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Lubbock airport
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at LBB
Menus at this Texas station are written to the cabin and the mission before they are written to a season, and inflight catering at KLBB moves from passenger meal boxes through to VVIP sets on that same logic. Local sourcing draws on Texas produce where the route allows it, ranch beef, dairy and orchard fruit worked into the specification rather than named as a feature. Every allergen, halal, kosher and medical set is documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled before it leaves the kitchen. Special meal codes travel with the tray, not as a note appended afterwards.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Lubbock move on VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, held on file between rotations rather than rebuilt each time. Caviar and à-la-carte service are available on request, with presentation filed against the standing order for KLBB movements.
Business cabins
Business cabins at LBB run on multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel as separate tray sets and meal boxes, boxed to the roster at KLBB.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary work at Lubbock covers household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger, halal and kosher sets produced on a separate line and sealed before dispatch. The full range of IATA special meal codes is produced this way, and inflight catering at LBB carries every code through to handover.
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
Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at KLBB
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 Lubbock, United States
A wide-body reference code and three runways put Lubbock in a position to take scheduled, charter and government traffic on the same apron, which turns a delegation into a documentation task and a peak wave into a capacity one rather than two separate problems. That mix is what airline catering at KLBB is built to answer, with in-flight catering and inflight catering routed off the same ops desk regardless of which segment is flying.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand under escort, then up by hi-loader to galley height, with ramp access held on our own badges rather than borrowed for the day. Aviation catering at LBB is planned stand by stand, and airport catering in Lubbock follows the loading sheet rather than the terminal clock.
One coordinator runs the movement from seal to signature, with sealed carts and a signed handover closing every rotation.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Lubbock, United States
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Government and state flight catering at LBB
Our kitchen runs government flight catering at this Texas station on a written protocol file rather than a verbal brief, documenting each passenger's requirement before the cart is sealed. State visits and official delegations travel with security-cleared staff and a head of state aircraft handled to the same standard as every other movement, uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Lubbock
Three runways give this station room to hold a private airliner on stand without disrupting scheduled traffic. Royal flight catering at KLBB for BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP movements runs to a written household specification kept on file between rotations, with VVIP catering and halal VIP requirements produced on request against that same royal household record.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at KLBB
Wide-body group movements board at this reference-code station without a change of cabin plan between operators. Charter flight catering at Lubbock for ACMI and wet-lease operators, sports team charter and tour operator charter runs a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, with charter flight catering in United States covering repatriation and humanitarian missions on the same multi-leg basis.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at LBB
A wide-body reference code at this station means carriers can run Lubbock as an outstation without downsizing the specification. Ad hoc airline catering in Lubbock and outstation catering in United States sit alongside diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with crew meals in Lubbock and crew meals in United States boarded on the same ad hoc catering at LBB run, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Lubbock
On the same reference-code field that boards our wide-body rotations, business aviation is worked through a dedicated private jet catering branch delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal. Business aviation catering and business jet catering at this station run on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as FBO catering for private jet catering in United States movements.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at KLBB / LBB
Flight departments on jet catering at KLBB
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“A short-notice movement brought us into Lubbock (LBB/KLBB), so we needed reliable AOG catering. Communication was fast and practical, which made a difficult turnaround much easier for our crew. We would use them again for another short-notice stop. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Carla — Cabin Services Manager
“Lubbock (LBB/KLBB) was an outstation for us, and we booked catering for airlines without flight kitchen for the sector. Updates were concise and the delivery timing matched our handling plan. A solid solution for outstation operations. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Malik — Mission Operations Manager
“We requested an airline catering cost per meal for Lubbock (LBB/KLBB) and appreciated how clear the pricing was. Pricing, delivery timing, and packaging were all explained upfront, which helped us approve the uplift quickly. We appreciated the transparency. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Giovanni — Charter Operations Manager
Airport catering profile for Lubbock (KLBB / LBB)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,505 m |
| Runways | 3 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | KLBB |
Airline catering services FAQ for Lubbock airport
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Lubbock airport
What operations gets asked every week about Lubbock.
Ask operations directly →When do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at KLBB, and under what protocol?
When a movement is confirmed, VIP flight catering and government flight catering at this station run on a written protocol file, documented per passenger and cleared before the cart is sealed.
Where do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal in Lubbock?
The handover record shows delivery to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, with private jet catering and FBO catering carried on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Does Lubbock International Airport need advance notice, and how late can a specification change?
Every cabin set has its own lead time, and how far in advance an order should be placed depends on the cabin count and the mission; last minute airline catering is worked where the loading window still allows it.
Which factors set airline catering cost at LBB?
The loader, the cart configuration and the loading window set the quotation more than any single ingredient does; the desk reviews cabin count and specification and comes back with a figure rather than a published price list.
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
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Uplift at Lubbock (LBB)