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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — New Iberia, United States
VIP flight catering, airline catering and private jet catering at New Iberia (KARA / ARA)
ARA (IATA) · KARA (ICAO)
A single narrow-body runway of 2439 metres shapes how uplift is sequenced at New Iberia: one movement boarded to completion before the next stand call, never two hi-loaders competing for the same galley door. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and wide-body-trained aviation catering off that constraint, with the tray sets staged airside and the uplift carried to galley height before the aircraft calls for pushback.
2,439 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
1
FBO on station
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 — New Iberia
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at ARA
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for KARA departures
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, New Iberia
Loading at New Iberia is worked as a single measured sequence rather than a target time, from the sealed cart leaving the kitchen to the galley door closing at the stand. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the catering uplift moves onto the apron without waiting on a general handling slot. That sequence is what a diversion or a late change is planned against, not a printed lead time.
Between our kitchen and the stand at KARA sit screening, an escort through the airside gate, and whatever apron traffic the runway's single movement lane is carrying that hour. We plan the catering uplift against the worst of those three, not the best, so a delay on the ramp is absorbed before it reaches the galley catering point. Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed and logged again at handover, and the chain of custody closes on a signature at the aircraft, not on a delivery note left at the stand.
One coordinator owns the load from sealed cart to signed handover, start to finish.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for New Iberia airport
Airline food supplier crews cleared for ARA
Airport catering at New Iberia runs from a production kitchen built around hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, rather than a single galley pieced together for each rotation. That structure is what makes airport catering in New Iberia workable for a narrow-body reference code with one runway: fewer stands, so the kitchen carries the flexibility the ramp cannot. Cold-chain handling runs from the larder to the sealed cart, and the same kitchen supplies flight kitchen output for the FBO traffic that files through ARA outside airline hours.
The team assigned to government flight catering at New Iberia is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in as volume requires. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, access to the kitchen floor is controlled by a fixed list, and each person is trained against a written household service standard rather than briefed once at induction. That continuity is what a protocol desk is checking for when it asks who, specifically, will be handling the load.
VIP flight catering menus for New Iberia (ARA) departures
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at KARA
Menus at New Iberia are written to the cabin and to the mission rather than issued from a single fixed list, so a scheduled turn and a VVIP movement are never served from the same specification. Where local sourcing applies, dairy, orchard fruit and regional produce from United States are worked into the seasonal rotation rather than named as a single dish. Every plate leaving the kitchen carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical coding, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed. That labelling is what turns inflight catering in New Iberia from a served tray into a traceable record.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at New Iberia are plated to a written specification rather than improvised at the stand, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for the rotation, so a repeat movement is served to the same standard each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at ARA run on multi-choice hot service built to a cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft rather than a generic tray. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals in New Iberia are boxed separately to the roster, so the flight deck and the cabin crew each draw from their own set.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at KARA are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets rather than a single standard tray. Halal and kosher meals, alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed before leaving the kitchen, which is what inflight catering built for mixed rosters actually depends on.
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
Aircraft catering under HACCP control at New Iberia, United States
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 KARA / ARA
A single narrow-body runway and a reference code built for narrow-body movements make New Iberia a station of tight, sequential turns rather than parallel wide-body waves, so airline catering here is planned rotation by rotation instead of against a bank of simultaneous stands. That profile turns a repeat charter into a documentation exercise more than a capacity one: the same tray specification is reloaded, checked and signed off on each pass rather than rebuilt from scratch.
The uplift reaches the aircraft from our kitchen by sealed cart, escorted across the apron to the stand and boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. Airport catering at ARA is coordinated with the ramp handler on duty for that movement, so the loading sequence is fixed before the cart leaves the kitchen door. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering in New Iberia run off that same sequence regardless of which operator is on the stand.
What we commit to at this station is unchanged rotation to rotation: one coordinator named to the load, carts sealed at the kitchen, and a signed handover at the aircraft closing the record.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at ARA
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Government and state flight catering at ARA
Our kitchen holds a 2439-metre approach and a single runway as the working constraint for every movement at New Iberia, which is why government flight catering here is built around a fixed sequence rather than a flexible one. Delegations and official movements travel with a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and a head of state aircraft boarded from a sealed uplift.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at New Iberia
A 2439-metre runway sets the working envelope for every wide-body-standard movement handled at New Iberia, and royal flight catering is built to fit inside it rather than around it. Private airliners, from BBJ to ACJ configurations, are served to a written royal household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at KARA
A wide-body charter movement is boarded here against a narrow-body reference code, which keeps the loading sequence tight rather than parallel across multiple stands. Charter flight catering at New Iberia covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order for that airframe.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at ARA
A 2439-metre runway, the only one on the field, gives New Iberia a narrow-body turnaround profile rather than a wide-body one, which is why ad hoc airline catering here is built around fast, sequential rotations. Carriers running this station as an outstation draw on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with AOG covered on the same footing across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at New Iberia
On a field built around one narrow-body runway, business aviation moves through the same tight rotation window as scheduled traffic, which keeps FBO turnarounds close behind each other rather than spread out. Private jet catering at New Iberia reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, run by our dedicated business aviation branch.
Private jets →
FBOs at New Iberia
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Airline catering trusted by operators at KARA
Operators on commercial aviation catering at New Iberia airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“For our departure from New Iberia (ARA/KARA), we specifically needed aviation catering packaging. The order came ready for service with no unnecessary packaging or loose items to sort through. The crew appreciated how easy it was to load. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Karim — Protocol Operations Officer
“Our operation through New Iberia (ARA/KARA) included an ad hoc catering request at short notice. They understood the operational language and did not need every change explained twice. A very useful service for ad hoc flying. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Luca — Flight Dispatch Coordinator
“For our business jet at New Iberia (ARA/KARA), I arranged FBO catering with a few passenger-specific requests. They followed my notes closely, kept me updated, and delivered at the time agreed with the FBO. Exactly what I want from a private aviation caterer. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Omar — Cargo Flight Dispatcher
Airport catering profile for New Iberia (KARA / ARA)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,439 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | KARA |
Airline catering services FAQ for New Iberia (ARA)
Technical stop catering questions at New Iberia (ARA)
What operations gets asked every week about New Iberia.
Ask operations directly →Do you take orders close to departure at New Iberia airport?
Yes, by working a short lead time against the loading window: how far in advance an order is placed decides how late the specification can still change, and last-minute airline catering is handled against that same window rather than a fixed cut-off.
ARA, do you deliver to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
Yes, the sealed cart used for an airline uplift is the same one used for private jet catering here, delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal under FBO catering terms rather than a separate process.
On documentation, KARA produces which special meal sets?
There are dedicated lines for halal and kosher, alongside the full range of IATA special meals and SPML codes, each documented per passenger before it is sealed for the stand.
How far in advance is protocol confirmed for VIP work through New Iberia?
Security clearance and the household specification on file are what the timing rests on, and once those are confirmed we cater VIP, VVIP and government flight catering here under that same protocol on every rotation.
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New Iberia (ARA / KARA)
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Offloading
Return leg, if any
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Uplift at New Iberia (ARA)