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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Port Hedland, Australia
Airline catering, VIP and private jet catering at Port Hedland (YPPD / PHE)
PHE (IATA) · YPPD (ICAO)
The wide-body reference code held here sets a loading plan around one apron, one hi-loader cycle and no room for a second attempt at the galley door. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering out of Port Hedland (PHE) for scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet uplift, boarded by hi-loader to galley height, sealed off one ops desk, airside, 24/7.
2,500 m
Longest runway
Wide-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 — Port Hedland
Aviation catering with ramp access at PHE
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at YPPD
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at PHE
The loading window at YPPD is measured against one wide-body reference code and one apron cycle, not against a generic turnaround clock. Ramp access is held on our own clearance from the moment the sealed cart leaves the kitchen door to the moment it clears the hi-loader onto the galley floor. Every catering uplift at Port Hedland is planned against that single cycle, so a delay on the apron is absorbed before it reaches the aircraft.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Port Hedland sit screening, an escort across the apron and the wide-body reference code that fixes how the ramp is worked. We plan the catering uplift against the worst of that sequence, never the average of it, so the galley catering reaches the door inside the same window every rotation. Chain of custody runs from the seal at the kitchen to the handover at the aircraft: temperatures are logged when the cart is sealed and logged again at the galley, and the load is signed off stand by stand rather than left to a shared record.
One coordinator carries the load from our sealed cart to the signed handover at the aircraft.
Airline food supplier for Port Hedland (PHE) rotations
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for YPPD
The flight kitchen at PHE runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, provisioning airport catering across scheduled, charter and government movements out of Port Hedland. Tray sets and passenger meal boxes leave that kitchen sealed to a cold chain held to HACCP standard, sized to the galley fitted to each wide-body on the reference code held here. Airport catering in Port Hedland is planned from that single production floor rather than split across separate outstations.
The team that handles government flight catering at YPPD is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, on the access list, and trained to royal household service standards rather than rotated in ad hoc. That crew carries the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift, from the protocol file to the handover signature, so the chain of custody never changes hands mid-rotation. Catering at YPPD for this segment is worked by that fixed team alone, never by whoever is on shift.
VIP flight catering menus for Port Hedland, Australia departures
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Port Hedland airport
Inflight catering in Port Hedland is written to the cabin and the mission first, then adapted to the season and to what the region supplies. Menus draw on local dairy, fish and orchard produce where the flight profile allows fresh loading, worked into a specification rather than a fixed set of dishes. VIP flight menus and charter flight menus follow the same cabin logic as a scheduled rotation, scaled to the passenger count rather than rewritten from scratch. Every set closes on documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen.
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First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Port Hedland: VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. The presentation is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served exactly as the last one was, cabin by cabin.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Port Hedland: multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boxed as tray sets ready for the cart. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so cabin crew meals never share a tray with the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at YPPD are documented per passenger before the flight, covering halal, kosher, vegan and gluten-free sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering for this cabin is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, so a religious or medical set never crosses the general tray run.
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 Port Hedland, Australia
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 Port Hedland
Port Hedland handles scheduled, charter, government and private aircraft against a wide-body reference code held on two runways, up to 2,500 metres on the longest, which sets the loading plan for every rotation rather than the traffic mix on any given day. That reference code is why a delegation is worked as a documentation exercise and a repeat charter rotation as a repetition exercise, both against the same wide-body stand.
The uplift reaches the aircraft here by hi-loader, boarded direct to galley height rather than set down at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew on the ramp from the kitchen door to the stand. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering in Port Hedland run off one ops desk, and airline catering at PHE is planned stand by stand rather than split across shifts. Airport catering at Port Hedland and aviation catering in Port Hedland both draw on that same single desk.
One coordinator carries each load from sealed cart to signed handover, every rotation.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at PHE
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Government and state flight catering at Port Hedland
Our crews work the same wide-body reference code for a delegation as for a scheduled service, which is what lets government flight catering at Port Hedland stay repeatable rather than exceptional. Head of state movements are worked with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the access list, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at PHE
The wide-body reference code held at this station governs a private airliner exactly as it governs a scheduled aircraft, which is what lets royal flight catering here run to a written household specification rather than a one-off brief. VVIP catering for BBJ, ACJ and other wide-body VIP movements is held on file between rotations, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request from the same protocol line.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Port Hedland
A wide-body aircraft on an ACMI or wet-lease rotation boards here on the same reference code as a scheduled service, which is what makes a full three-cabin uplift possible on one stand rather than split across two. Charter flight catering in Australia at this station covers group movements and special missions, and charter flight catering at PHE is counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Port Hedland
A 2,500 metre runway, and a wide-body reference code that lets a scheduled carrier work Port Hedland as an outstation rather than a one-off stop. Ad hoc airline catering at PHE covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster; AOG is worked the same way, across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals at YPPD boxed separately from the passenger load and crew meals at PHE handed over on the same signature as the ad hoc catering at PHE.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at PHE
On the same wide-body reference code that governs the main apron, business aviation traffic at Port Hedland is worked from the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field rather than from a separate ramp. Private jet catering at PHE is delivered to that terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, handled by our dedicated private-jet branch.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at YPPD
Flight departments on jet catering at Port Hedland (PHE)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged tour operator charter catering for the group at Port Hedland (PHE/YPPD) after a late schedule update. Final numbers changed late and the team adjusted without making the process difficult. Very practical for team and group charter work. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Alejandro — Flight Logistics Manager
“We needed humanitarian flight catering at Port Hedland (PHE/YPPD) for a time-sensitive operation. They kept the menu simple, respected the special requirements, and delivered exactly when the aircraft was ready to receive it. We appreciated the flexibility. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Joana — Airport Services Manager
“Our freighter crew needed cargo crew meals at Port Hedland (PHE/YPPD) during a short turnaround. The crew received the correct quantities and the handover was quick, which is exactly what we needed. Simple, efficient, and on time. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
William — Private Jet Operations Manager
Airport catering profile for Port Hedland (YPPD / PHE)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,500 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | YPPD |
Outstation catering questions at Port Hedland, Australia
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Port Hedland, Australia
What operations gets asked every week about Port Hedland.
Ask operations directly →Documented per passenger or built into the tray run, are halal, kosher and the full set of IATA special meal codes produced at Port Hedland?
There is a dedicated dietary line at Port Hedland producing halal, kosher, vegan and gluten-free sets alongside the full range of SPML codes, each one labelled and sealed per passenger before it leaves that line.
At which point in the booking process is the cost of airline catering at PHE confirmed?
The first step is the specification call, covering cabin count, class mix and loading window; the airline catering cost at PHE is then quoted against that specification rather than published as a flat rate.
How far does government and royal work at YPPD go before protocol takes over from the standard cabin process?
Security clearance on the access list is the standard both VIP flight catering and government flight catering at YPPD rest on, with the protocol file documented per passenger ahead of any state or household movement.
Do you take a change of specification close to departure out of Port Hedland?
Yes, by holding the lead time short enough that a specification can still move within the loading window; how far in advance the base order is placed still sets what last minute airline catering can absorb on the day.
Port Hedland Airport — do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
The same hi-loader and sealed-cart equipment that boards a wide-body aircraft also carries private jet catering and FBO catering to the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Whose ramp badges get the uplift from the kitchen to the aircraft at PHE?
For every rotation at PHE, airline catering is carried on our own ramp clearance, with airside delivery by hi-loader straight to the galley door rather than handed off at the foot of the aircraft.
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