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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Alice Springs, Australia
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Alice Springs (YBAS / ASP)
ASP (IATA) · YBAS (ICAO)
Alice Springs holds a narrow-body aerodrome reference code, and our crews load main cabin, Business and protocol trays to that same standard on every rotation through the field. We uplift inflight catering by hi-loader to galley height where the stand allows it, and where it does not we hold the same in-flight catering discipline through a stand-side load, sealed at the kitchen and signed on the ramp before departure.
2,438 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
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 — Alice Springs
Wide-body inflight catering at Alice Springs, Australia
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at ASP
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at YBAS / ASP
The loading window at Alice Springs runs from the sealed cart leaving our kitchen to the signature at the galley door, and it is tracked rather than guessed. Ramp access governs how that window closes: once the hi-loader is cleared onto the apron, the load moves in the order the cabins are staged. Nothing about the catering uplift is left to the driver's judgement on the day.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Alice Springs sit screening, an escort through the airside gate and the ordinary traffic of the apron, and we plan every catering uplift against the worst of those, not the average.
A named coordinator owns the load from seal to signature, which is the chain of custody a protocol desk actually checks before it signs off a galley catering run.
Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at handover, so the record travels with the food rather than trailing behind it on paper.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature at the aircraft door.
Pilot meals and crew meals prepared for Alice Springs
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Alice Springs
Airport catering at Alice Springs runs from one production kitchen built around hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line kept apart from the general run. HACCP governs every stage between the larder and the sealed cart, so a tray leaving the building carries the same discipline whichever cabin it is built for. Airport catering here is planned around that one kitchen rather than a scatter of subcontracted lines, which is what keeps a multi-leg rotation on one specification.
The team assigned to government flight catering at this kitchen is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in as volume requires. Each of them carries a security clearance on file and sits on the access list before a sealed cart is built for a delegation or a household movement. They are trained to the paperwork a protocol officer checks first, and to the household service standard that travels with a royal or VVIP load rather than an ordinary one.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Alice Springs airport
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at ASP
Menus for Alice Springs are written to the cabin and to the mission, from a scheduled rotation to a full VVIP movement, and adjusted for the season rather than fixed year-round. Local sourcing draws on the produce of the surrounding region, dairy, orchard fruit and grazed meat worked into a specification rather than named as a dish. Every set carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical codes, labelled per passenger and per cabin so the crew can match tray to seat without a second check. Inflight catering in Australia is judged on that labelling as much as on the plate itself.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Alice Springs are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single cycle. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation boards to the same presentation each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at ASP take a multi-choice hot service, built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft rather than a generic tray. Crew meals travel alongside the passenger load, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately to the roster.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary work at Alice Springs documents household, religious and medical requirements per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. This inflight catering runs on a separate production line, sealed before it leaves the kitchen rather than mixed into the general batch.
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 compliance at YBAS
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 Alice Springs, Australia
Alice Springs works a mixed traffic profile across scheduled, charter and government movements, and that mix is what sets the planning problem: a delegation is a documentation exercise, a charter wave is a capacity exercise, and a repeat rotation is a repetition exercise that rewards a fixed specification rather than a fresh brief each time. Airline catering at Alice Springs is planned around whichever of those three the day brings, not a single fixed pattern.
The uplift reaches the aircraft from our own kitchen by sealed cart, escorted onto the apron and loaded stand-side to the sequence the airline's loading sheet sets. Aviation catering at Alice Springs is coordinated by one desk rather than handed between separate teams for each segment, which keeps a multi-leg day on one paper trail.
Inflight catering at ASP and in-flight catering in Alice Springs both run to the same commitment: one coordinator, sealed carts, and a signed handover at the stand.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at YBAS / ASP
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Government and state flight catering at ASP
A head of state aircraft boards here on the same narrow-body reference code that governs a scheduled rotation, which is what lets government flight catering run to the identical loading discipline. Delegations and official movements travel with a 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 Alice Springs
On a runway measured at 2438 metres, private airliners including BBJ and ACJ configurations are worked to the same wide-body VIP standard as any other movement through this field. Royal flight catering here holds household requirements to a written specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household needs produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at YBAS
A 2438 metre runway sets what has to be sequenced before a charter load can move: cabins staged in loading order, tray counts checked against the sheet, and timing held against the wave rather than a single flight. Charter flight catering at Alice Springs covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering built as a full three-cabin uplift rather than a single-class run.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at ASP
A narrow-body aerodrome reference code sets the loading plan Alice Springs works to on every scheduled and ad hoc rotation. Carriers running this station as an outstation draw on ad hoc airline catering and outstation catering from the same duty roster that covers diversion catering and technical stop catering, with AOG handled on the same desk across a multi-leg day.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Alice Springs
The runway here is measured at 2438 metres, which keeps the GA apron and the FBOs on the field working to the same stand access as the wider traffic through YBAS. Private jet catering in Australia reaches those FBOs and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, run through our dedicated business aviation branch.
Private jets →
Airline catering services trusted at ASP
Operators on commercial aviation catering at YBAS
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We arranged group charter catering for the group at Alice Springs (ASP/YBAS) after a late schedule update. They handled the nutrition requests well and kept everything organized for fast distribution onboard. The crew was happy with the organization. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Youssef — Charter Account Manager
“Our flight through Alice Springs (ASP/YBAS) required humanitarian flight catering with limited preparation time. They kept the menu simple, respected the special requirements, and delivered exactly when the aircraft was ready to receive it. Reliable service when the mission does not allow delays. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Jin — Air Freight Operations Lead
“We ordered cargo airline crew catering for a cargo rotation through Alice Springs (ASP/YBAS). The order was simple, filling, clearly labeled, and delivered in a format the crew could load without delay. Good service for freighter crews and odd-hour schedules. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Robert — Trip Operations Coordinator
Aviation catering data for Alice Springs (YBAS / ASP)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,438 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | YBAS |
Business jet catering questions at Alice Springs airport
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Alice Springs airport
What operations gets asked every week about Alice Springs.
Ask operations directly →When do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at YBAS, and under what protocol?
When a movement is flagged government, royal or VVIP, VIP flight catering and government flight catering both run under the same protocol file, documented per passenger with security-cleared staff on the load.
Does the Alice Springs desk take late changes, and how far in advance should an order go in?
Every rotation is worked against a lead time set at booking, and how far in advance that needs to be depends on the cabin count and the specification; last minute airline catering is handled where the loading window still allows it.
What does airline catering look like on the ramp at Alice Springs Airport?
We deliver airside to the stand and board by hi-loader where the aircraft and the loading plan allow it, sealing the load at the kitchen before it moves.
Where does private jet catering reach on the field at ASP?
The handover record shows delivery to the GA terminal and to the FBOs on the field, with FBO catering run on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
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