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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Rome, United States
Private jet catering, VIP flight catering and airline catering at Rome (KRME / RME)
RME (IATA) · KRME (ICAO)
A wide-body operator files against a 3603 m runway at KRME and boards without a length constraint on the loading plan. Inflight catering here runs from a sealed kitchen to the galley door by hi-loader, and in-flight catering for government, charter and private jet flights moves on the same uplift, apron-side, with ramp access held on our own badges.
3,603 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
03
24/7 order desk
Ad hoc, AOG and same-day uplift answered around the clock
04
Multi-leg coordination
One loading sheet, every leg of your rotation
On the apron — Rome
Hi-loader aviation catering on the Rome, United States apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at Rome
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at Rome, United States
The loading window at KRME is measured from the moment the cart is sealed at our kitchen to the moment it clears the galley door, not estimated after the fact. Ramp access carries the uplift across the apron on our own schedule, ahead of the loading window the flight deck is given. Every catering uplift at Rome is logged against that sequence, stand by stand, so a delay is traced to a step rather than to a guess.
Between our kitchen and the stand at KRME sit screening, an escort through the apron and the ordinary traffic of a working ramp, and we plan every catering uplift against the worst of those three rather than the best. The chain of custody stays with one coordinator from the kitchen seal to the aircraft door, so nothing changes hands without a name attached to it. Temperatures are logged when the galley catering is sealed and logged again at handover, and the load is closed with a signature at the aircraft rather than at the ramp gate.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the aircraft, nothing unaccounted between them.
Crew meals from the kitchen serving RME
Airline food supplier crews cleared for KRME / RME
The flight kitchen behind RME runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, built to feed a wide-body rotation rather than a single galley. Airport catering at Rome moves off that one site to the stand, so a delegation and a scheduled service draw on the same production line without either waiting on the other. HACCP governs every stage from intake to seal, and the cold chain is held from the larder to the hi-loader, which is what airport catering in Rome is actually judged on.
The team behind government flight catering at KRME is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in for a single movement. Each member carries a current security clearance, sits on the access list for the ramp, and is trained to the household service standards a protocol officer expects on arrival. That crew also carries the paperwork that has to travel with a sealed uplift, so the chain of custody survives the handover from kitchen to stand intact.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at KRME
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Rome
From passenger meal boxes to VVIP menus, inflight catering at KRME is written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a single fixed offer. Local sourcing draws on the dairy, orchard fruit and produce of the surrounding region, worked into a menu range rather than a fixed dish list. Special requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, covering allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets under the IATA meal codes an ops desk already works with. Menus rotate with the season; the documentation behind each set does not change with it.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at KRME: VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. The presentation is filed against the standing order so a repeat rotation is served to the same brief every time it lands at Rome.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Rome: multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, boxed into oven-ready tray sets sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in the same load, so crew meals at KRME clear the galley alongside the passenger service rather than as a separate uplift.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary sets at RME are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher requirements alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each set is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves it, so inflight catering at KRME carries religious and medical requirements with the same chain of custody as the main cabin service.
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
HACCP and sealed transfer for aircraft catering at KRME
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 Rome (RME)
Rome handles scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single wide-body-rated runway, and that mix sets three different problems for the same kitchen: a delegation is a documentation problem, a peak wave is a capacity problem, and a repeat rotation is a repetition problem the crew has to solve identically each time.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand under ground handling on the apron, with airside delivery carried the last distance by hi-loader rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. Aviation catering in United States run through this field is worked off one duty roster, and airline catering in United States at KRME is planned stand by stand rather than to a generic slot; inflight catering in United States and in-flight catering at Rome share that same sequence.
One coordinator carries the load from kitchen seal to aircraft signature on every rotation worked here.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at KRME / RME
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Government and state flight catering at RME
A wide-body reference code governs how a delegation's aircraft is sequenced on the ramp against every other movement scheduled that day, and government flight catering at KRME is planned inside that sequence rather than around it. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff carry a security clearance for every touchpoint, and a head of state aircraft is sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Rome
A single wide-body stand at KRME, and every private airliner using it is held to the same written specification kept on file between movements. Royal flight catering here covers BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VVIP movements, with royal household dietary requirements and halal VIP sets produced against that specification rather than improvised on the day.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at KRME
Our kitchen loads a full three-cabin uplift against the wide-body reference code held at this field, staged in the order the galleys are laid out rather than in delivery order. Charter flight catering in Rome covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and multi-leg missions, and charter flight catering in United States run through this station is counted against the loading sheet before it ever reaches the ramp.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at RME
Against the single wide-body-rated runway at KRME, carriers running Rome as an outstation draw on the same kitchen as a scheduled service. Ad hoc airline catering here covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with crew meals in Rome boxed to the same roster and AOG handled across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Rome
The 3603 m runway at KRME takes the same wide-body movements that also carry business aviation traffic through the field's GA terminal. Private jet catering in United States delivered here runs through the FBOs on the field on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering and business aviation catering handled by our dedicated private-jet branch, business jet catering included.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at KRME / RME
Flight departments on jet catering at RME
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“For our departure from Rome (RME/KRME), we specifically needed galley ready meals. 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. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Miriam — Cabin Service Coordinator
“We used the team for ACMI at Rome (RME/KRME) during a tight turnaround. They understood the operational language and did not need every change explained twice. We appreciated how easy the coordination was. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Hana — Charter Logistics Manager
“We used the team for private jet menu at Rome (RME/KRME) on a VIP trip. Everything was easy to check and load, and the passenger requests were prepared exactly as ordered. Exactly what I want from a private aviation caterer. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Bruno — Airport Services Manager
Airport catering facts for Rome (KRME / RME)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,603 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | KRME |
Airline catering services FAQ for KRME
Pilot meals and loading questions at KRME
What operations gets asked every week about Rome.
Ask operations directly →Who do we cater VIP, VVIP and government flights for at KRME, and under what protocol?
For state visits, royal movements and official delegations, VIP flight catering and government flight catering at KRME run under a documented protocol: staff cleared, the specification filed, and the load sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
How far in advance are halal, kosher and special meal codes confirmed for flights through Rome?
Against the standard our kitchen already runs to, halal, kosher and the full range of IATA special meal codes are produced on request and documented per passenger, with SPML codes confirmed as early as the booking allows.
Is airline catering delivered airside at Rome, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
The loading coordinator moves the uplift by hi-loader from the sealed kitchen cart to the galley door, so airside delivery here means boarding directly rather than a drop at the foot of the aircraft.
Does airline catering cost the same for every flight through RME?
Every quotation depends on the cabin count, the specification and the loading window requested, since we publish no fixed price list; the desk returns a figure once those three are known.
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Four steps
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Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
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Contact
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Uplift at Rome (RME)