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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Ahe Atoll, French Polynesia
Private jet catering, VIP flight catering and airline catering at Ahe Atoll (NTHE / AHE)
AHE (IATA) · NTHE (ICAO)
The single narrow-body runway at Ahe Atoll sets the aircraft this station boards, and a narrow-body airframe still takes a full three-cabin uplift on its own loading sheet. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering here from a sealed kitchen line, boarding by hi-loader to galley height, wide-body-grade uplift discipline held on a narrow-body scale.
1,240 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Ahe Atoll
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at Ahe Atoll airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at Ahe Atoll (AHE)
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at NTHE
The loading window at Ahe Atoll is measured, not estimated, from the sealed cart at our flight kitchen to the galley door on the aircraft. Ramp access is the variable that decides it, because the apron here is worked to one runway and one rotation at a time. Every catering uplift is timed against that sequence rather than against a generic schedule.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Ahe Atoll sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and we plan the galley catering run against the worst of them rather than the average. Chain of custody is held from the seal at the kitchen door to the signature at the aircraft, with nothing handed off unrecorded in between. Temperature is logged at sealing and logged again at handover, and the catering uplift is not closed out until both entries match.
One sealed cart, one signature, from kitchen door to galley door.
Airline food supplier for Ahe Atoll, French Polynesia rotations
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Ahe Atoll airport
The flight kitchen that provisions Ahe Atoll runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP standard from intake to seal. It works the cold chain as one continuous run rather than a series of handoffs, holding temperature from the larder through to the cart. Airport catering at Ahe Atoll and airport catering in French Polynesia are both provisioned from the same flight kitchen at AHE.
The team that handles government flight catering at Ahe Atoll is the same named crew every rotation, security clearance held on file and each member kept on the access list before the shift starts. They are trained to royal household standards as well as state ones, and to the paperwork that travels sealed with every uplift. Catering at AHE is signed off by that same crew, rotation after rotation.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at NTHE / AHE
VVIP catering to a written specification at Ahe Atoll (AHE)
Menus at Ahe Atoll are set to the cabin and the mission before they are set to anything else, with First, Business and main cabin each carrying a written specification rather than a shared one. Where local sourcing applies, island produce such as reef fish, coconut and tropical fruit is worked into the plan in general terms, never as a fixed dish. Every set is labelled per passenger and per cabin, with allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements documented before the tray leaves the line. Inflight catering at AHE is built to that same documentation standard on every rotation.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins out of Ahe Atoll are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte options available on request rather than fixed by default. VIP flight catering in Ahe Atoll is filed against the standing order before the cart is sealed, not decided on the ramp.
Business cabins
Business cabins at AHE run on multi-choice hot service, built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft, boxed as tray sets rather than plated individually. Crew meals in Ahe Atoll, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel boxed to the roster, crew meals in French Polynesia held to the same specification.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at NTHE are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical needs on a single filed record rather than a verbal note. Halal and kosher sets, and the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed before departure, with inflight catering at NTHE built around that same separation.
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 Ahe Atoll
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 AHE
Ahe Atoll works a single narrow-body runway, which means every rotation here is planned one aircraft at a time rather than against a bank of parallel movements. That single-runway pattern turns a repeat rotation into a repetition problem: the same tray specification has to hold cycle after cycle, with no second stand to fall back on if timing slips.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by sealed cart from our kitchen to the stand, loaded through the galley door under our own ramp badges rather than handed off at the foot of the aircraft. Airline catering at AHE and inflight catering in Ahe Atoll both run off that same route, with in-flight catering in Ahe Atoll and aviation catering in Ahe Atoll following the identical chain of custody. Airport catering in Ahe Atoll is worked stand by stand rather than in bulk.
One coordinator carries the rotation from seal to signature, with a signed handover closing every load before departure.
Aviation catering for five mission types at Ahe Atoll airport
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Government and state flight catering at NTHE
A narrow-body reference code means a delegation aircraft is worked to the same single stand as every other movement, so the protocol file has to be sequenced ahead of arrival rather than adjusted on the ramp. Government flight catering at Ahe Atoll for state visits and head of state movements is documented per passenger, with security-cleared staff sealing the uplift before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at AHE
Aerodrome reference code narrow-body, and that single classification is what a private airliner is boarded against on this ramp, whether the aircraft is a BBJ, an ACJ or a wide-body VIP conversion. Royal flight catering at Ahe Atoll holds household standards across repeat rotations, from a written specification kept on file, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Ahe Atoll
We stage a full three-cabin uplift against the loading sheet whenever a narrow-body reference code governs the stand, sequencing the galleys in the order they are fitted rather than by convenience. Charter flight catering at NTHE covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering in Ahe Atoll counted load by load before it clears the ramp.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at NTHE
On the single narrow-body runway at Ahe Atoll, carriers running this station as an outstation still need the same tray standard as a mainline rotation. Ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering at AHE all run off one duty roster, with AOG covered across a multi-leg rotation and crew meals at NTHE boxed alongside the passenger load; crew meals at Ahe Atoll follow the identical specification.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at AHE
The 1240 m runway at Ahe Atoll is what sets the aircraft business aviation flies in on here, and that same runway serves the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field as much as it does scheduled traffic. Private jet catering at NTHE reaches those FBOs and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at Ahe Atoll (AHE)
Protocol officers on government flight catering at NTHE / AHE
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“For a team flight from Ahe Atoll (AHE/NTHE), we booked sports team charter catering with several dietary requests. They handled the nutrition requests well and kept everything organized for fast distribution onboard. Very practical for team and group charter work. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Sofia — Crew Planning Coordinator
“We arranged humanitarian flight catering at Ahe Atoll (AHE/NTHE) for a non-routine passenger movement. The team understood that reliability mattered more than complexity and stayed flexible until uplift. 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.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Klara — Ground Support Manager
“We used the team at Ahe Atoll (AHE/NTHE) for freighter crew meals on a night operation. They respected the unusual timing and kept communication direct with our ops team. We would use them again for another cargo sector. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Daphne — Station Operations Supervisor
Airport catering data for Ahe Atoll (NTHE / AHE)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,240 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | NTHE |
Business jet catering questions at NTHE / AHE
Diversion catering and ramp questions at NTHE / AHE
What operations gets asked every week about Ahe Atoll.
Ask operations directly →Can Ahe Atoll produce halal, kosher and SPML meals, and how are they documented?
Halal and kosher sets, and the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line at our kitchen and labelled per passenger before sealing. Every special meal travels with a documented record matched to the passenger name and the flight it boards.
How late can airline catering still be delivered airside at AHE?
Security clearance on file lets our crews move a confirmed order to the stand right up to the loading window agreed with the ops desk. Airside delivery runs by hi-loader to galley height, boarded directly rather than left at the foot of the aircraft.
Do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at NTHE?
Yes, by routing the sealed uplift to whichever FBO on the field or the GA terminal the operator specifies, on the same cold chain as an airline load. FBO catering here follows the identical paperwork as a scheduled rotation, nothing simplified for the smaller cabin.
Ahe Atoll: how is airline catering cost worked out, since no price list is published?
The sealed cart and hi-loader combination that boards each rotation is priced against cabin count, specification and the agreed loading window rather than a flat rate. Our desk returns a quotation once those three points are confirmed for the flight in question.
How far in advance does AHE need an order, and how late can the specification still change?
AHE works to a lead time set by the loading window agreed for each rotation, with the specification open to change up until that window closes. Last minute airline catering is handled where the ramp schedule allows it, confirmed directly with the ops desk.
Inflight catering at other airports near Ahe Atoll
XMH / NTGI
Manihi
French Polynesia · 20 km from Ahe Atoll
Airline & VIP flight catering →
AXR / NTGU
Arutua
French Polynesia · 99 km from Ahe Atoll
Airline & VIP flight catering →
TKP / NTGT
Takapoto
French Polynesia · 113 km from Ahe Atoll
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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