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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Waterloo, United States
Waterloo (KALO / ALO): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
ALO (IATA) · KALO (ICAO)
Inside a wide-body reference code, a 2,560 metre runway gives Waterloo the room to work large-bodied aircraft on schedule. That capacity carries through to the ramp, where inflight catering and in-flight catering move by hi-loader straight to galley height, boarded rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with uplift staged against the loading sheet before doors close.
2,560 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
Runways
1
FBO on station
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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 — Waterloo
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at KALO
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at Waterloo airport
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at ALO
The catering uplift at Waterloo moves through a fixed sequence rather than a guess: sealed at the kitchen, escorted across the apron, loaded through the galley door. Ramp access is held under our own clearance, so the convoy is never staged at a fence line waiting on someone else's badge. What the timeline below shows is that sequence, timed stage by stage across the wide-body stands at KALO.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Waterloo sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and the plan is built against the worst of those, not the best case. Galley catering is sealed before the convoy moves, and the seal is checked again at handover, so a delay never has to be taken on trust. Chain of custody runs on paper the whole way: one coordinator, one signature at the kitchen, another at the galley, and a temperature log at both ends that closes the catering uplift as a documented event rather than a delivery.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the galley: nothing in between goes undocumented.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Waterloo (ALO)
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for KALO
Airport catering at Waterloo runs from a production kitchen built to HACCP standard, with hot production, pastry and a cold larder held under one roof rather than split across suppliers. That structure is what lets airport catering here move from a single cold chain straight onto a wide-body rotation without a handover between kitchens. Passenger meal boxes and full tray sets for KALO departures come off the same line, checked before they leave it, which is what production at ALO is built to guarantee.
The team behind government flight catering at Waterloo is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for the day. Security clearance is held on file, access is limited to a fixed list, and training runs to royal household standards for delegations that expect the same procedure each time they land. That continuity is what keeps a sealed uplift accountable from kitchen to galley door, movement after movement.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Waterloo, United States
VVIP catering to a written specification at Waterloo airport
Menus at Waterloo are built to the cabin and the mission rather than to a fixed list, with inflight catering adjusted for a scheduled rotation, a charter group or a single VIP movement without changing the tray standard underneath. Seasonal produce from the wider region enters the plan where it fits - orchard fruit, dairy, fish - without naming a single supplier or dish. Every tray carries documentation, not description: allergen sets, halal and kosher requirements, and medical diets labelled per passenger before the cart is sealed. That paperwork travels with the food from the kitchen at KALO to the galley, and it is checked again on handover.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at ALO are plated to a written specification rather than a set menu, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request for a private airliner or a head-of-state movement. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation gets the same result the following month.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Waterloo run on multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, with tray sets and meal boxes staged by class. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so the cockpit and cabin crew are never drawn from the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary work at KALO covers household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger, produced on a separate line and sealed before it joins the main uplift. Halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes are held as standing specifications, so inflight catering here answers a request without a rewrite each time.
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 food safety at KALO / ALO
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 Waterloo
Waterloo works a mix of scheduled, charter and government traffic across two runways built to a wide-body reference code, and that mix sets the planning problem before a single tray is loaded: a delegation needs documentation checked twice, a charter wave needs capacity held in reserve, a repeat rotation needs the same specification produced again without drift.
Inflight catering and in-flight catering here run off one route from kitchen to ramp, staged by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. Ground handling on the apron and airside delivery to the stand are planned against the wide-body reference code held at KALO, so aviation catering reaches the cabin door on the same clearance every time.
Whatever the mission, airport catering at Waterloo is held to one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover at the aircraft.
Government, royal and charter flight catering at KALO
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Government and state flight catering at ALO
Two runways at Waterloo, so a delegation movement is sequenced against scheduled traffic rather than routed around it. Government flight catering here covers state visits and official movements, with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Waterloo
We hold the wide-body reference code at ALO to the same household specification across repeat movements, rather than rebuilding the brief each time a private airliner returns. VVIP and royal flight catering here covers BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP aircraft, with halal sets and household requirements produced on request and filed for the next rotation at KALO.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at KALO
Wide-body stands at Waterloo take a full three-cabin uplift without splitting the load across two positions. Charter flight catering here serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, and charter flight catering at ALO is staged and counted against the loading sheet in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at ALO
A 2,560 metre runway sets the outer limit a loading plan has to respect before a single stand assignment is made, and every rotation at Waterloo is sequenced around it. Carriers running this station as an outstation get outstation catering, ad hoc airline catering for a diversion, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg schedule.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Waterloo
A wide-body reference code at KALO does not stop the field taking business aviation alongside it, and private jet catering reaches the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field on the same schedule as a scheduled rotation. FBO catering here runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, coordinated from the one kitchen that provisions the rest of the station.
Private jets →
FBOs at Waterloo
livingston aviation
Inflight catering trusted by operators at Waterloo airport
Flight departments on jet catering at Waterloo (ALO)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our flight changed at short notice and we arranged AOG catering at Waterloo (ALO/KALO). They reacted quickly to revised timings and passenger numbers, and the handover was straightforward. Exactly what we need when operations change with very little notice. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Hugo — Flight Services Manager
“We needed catering for airlines without flight kitchen for a flight through Waterloo (ALO/KALO) and the process was much easier than expected. 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.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Tomas — Station Operations Supervisor
“We compared options for Waterloo (ALO/KALO) and asked for an airline catering quote. Pricing, delivery timing, and packaging were all explained upfront, which helped us approve the uplift quickly. Good option when you need a fast and transparent answer. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Tariq — Cabin Operations Lead
Aviation catering data for Waterloo (KALO / ALO)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,560 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | KALO |
Aviation catering FAQ for Waterloo, United States
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Waterloo, United States
What operations gets asked every week about Waterloo.
Ask operations directly →When does Waterloo offer private jet catering delivery to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
When a business aviation movement is confirmed, private jet catering is routed to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same schedule as an airline uplift, with FBO catering sealed and logged before dispatch.
What does airline catering cost at ALO?
We price a quotation against cabin count, specification and the loading window rather than a fixed list, since no price list is published; the desk returns a figure once those three are set.
Which protocol governs VIP flight catering and government flight catering at KALO?
The method is the same loader and the same sealed cart used on every rotation: government flight catering and VIP flight catering both move through security clearance, a documented protocol file, and a signed handover at the galley door.
Is there a fixed lead time for airline catering at Waterloo?
The coordinator on duty confirms how far in advance an order needs to be placed once the mission type is known, and a specification can still change close to departure without triggering last minute airline catering surcharges on standard sets.
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Waterloo (ALO)