Private jet catering at H. Hasan Aroeboesman (Ende) Airport, WATE, on Flores
H. Hasan Aroeboesman (Ende) · WATE / ENE · Indonesia

Private jet catering at H. Hasan Aroeboesman (Ende) Airport (WATE / ENE), Ende

Catering to your aircraft in Ende.

At WATE the day is set by the weather over the Savu Sea and a short apron. We prepare private jet food from Flores produce and deliver it at the FBO or to the aircraft, ready for the crew to re-plate.

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H. Hasan Aroeboesman (Ende) Airport WATE
Camille, former VIP cabin crew, co-founder
Inès, former VIP cabin crew, co-founder
Sofia, former VIP cabin crew, co-founder

Read by Camille, Inès or Sofia — former VIP cabin crew.

10 hours
ideal notice, last-minute handled
Plane-side
handover at the steps
Flight deck
crew and pilot dishes, on request
24/7
a flight attendant on the line

Three of us. All ex VIP cabin crew.

We know the galley, the diet card and the 5 a.m. re-plate — because we lived them. So we built the caterer we always wished we could call.

Camille, former VIP cabin crew, co-founder
Camille

Fourteen years on VIP and head-of-state cabins. Can plate for twelve in a G650 galley and still land it hot.

Inès, former VIP cabin crew, co-founder
Inès

The one who reads every diet card twice. If it says no cross-contact, it means no cross-contact.

Sofia, former VIP cabin crew, co-founder
Sofia

Answers at 5 a.m. when the leg moved overnight. Same-day swaps are her love language.

The local tableCooked so it travels

Regional dishes of Ende for jet catering at ENE

Ende is the main town on the south coast of Flores, and the table here is built on what the Savu Sea and the highlands give. Our private jet menu for Ende draws on local specialities: grilled tuna and mackerel, ikan kuah kuning style fish soups, jagung titi (flattened roasted corn), and fruit from the island's markets. Flores coffee, grown in the Bajawa highlands, is the one product we always put on the inflight menu. Private jet food from this region is simple and strong in flavour, so we pack sambal separately and keep the fish chilled until service. Nusa Tenggara Timur is a long way from a large supply hub, which is why local specialities are chosen for how they travel in a galley, not for show. Private jet platters of tropical fruit, gourmet inflight meals built on grilled fish and rice, and private jet snacks such as roasted corn and cassava chips keep the menu honest to the island.

Order a private jet menu for Ende and you are really ordering a taste of Flores. The region, Nusa Tenggara Timur, is known for coffee from the Bajawa and Manggarai highlands, line-caught tuna, coconut, and chilli-forward sauces. On the inflight menu we keep dishes that tolerate a cabin: grilled fish served cold or re-plated, steamed rice, vegetables with garlic, and sambal in its own pot. Private jet food here avoids anything fragile or dependent on a long cold chain. Local specialities such as jagung titi and tropical fruit sit alongside private jet platters for the cabin, gourmet inflight meals for a seated lunch, and private jet snacks for the leg onward to Labuan Bajo or Kupang.

Private jet menu with Flores local specialities, grilled tuna and fruit, for Ende, Nusa Tenggara Timur
01Grilled tuna with sambalSavu Sea tuna, sambal in a separate pot, re-plate cold or finish in the oven
02Flores coffee serviceHighland beans from Bajawa, packed whole or ground for the galley
03Jagung titiFlattened roasted corn, a Flores snack that keeps in the drawer
04Tropical fruit platterLocal mango, papaya and pineapple, cut to order and kept chilled
05Fish soup, kuah kuning styleTurmeric broth packed apart from the fish, finished in the oven

How it works

Three steps, one message
01

You message us

Tail, pax, diets, timing. One message — no portal, no quote form. Answered at any hour, by a flight attendant.

02

We cook & pack for a galley

Leak-proof boxes, marked by guest and restriction, with reheating times written on the lid.

03

You re-plate and serve

Two minutes out of the drawer. Whatever you ordered for the crew comes in the same delivery, and one clean invoice follows.

At a glance · EndeH. Hasan Aroeboesman (Ende) Airport · WATE
The three founders, former VIP cabin crew, on a business jet airstair — private jet catering at H. Hasan Aroeboesman (Ende) Airport (WATE)

Ende sits on the south coast of Flores, in East Nusa Tenggara, and its small apron sees few jets, mostly turboprops and the odd business aircraft heading for Kelimutu or Komodo routes. Private jet catering here means planning around thin local supply: fish from the Savu Sea, Flores coffee, tropical fruit. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering all follow the same logic: we cook and pack for your galley and hand over at the aircraft. Business aviation catering and executive jet catering orders are commercial and invoiced as usual; diplomatic flight catering gets protocol handling, and cabin crew meals are available on request.

  • Restaurant cuisine, cooked on the ground
  • Fresh and local produce
  • Labelled by seat, diet and reheat
  • Aviation-ready packaging
  • High loader for large cabins
  • HACCP certified kitchens
Who we fly forTwo cabins, one standard
Business jet catering for a light jet parked on the apron at Ende, WATE
Business aviationOur core

Private jet catering for business flights from Ende (WATE)

Business jet catering at Ende is usually a small brief: four to eight seats, a morning arrival, a return in the afternoon. Corporate jet catering here leans on grilled fish, rice and fruit, and VIP flight catering is adapted to the one-oven galley most light jets carry. Charter flight catering for groups visiting Kelimutu follows the same plan. Luxury inflight catering with a private jet chef means a bespoke menu built around Flores coffee and what the market has that week.

Government flight catering prepared for a state visit aircraft at Ende, Flores
State & royalDiscretion, protocol

Government flight and VIP aviation catering at H. Hasan Aroeboesman (Ende) Airport

When an official party flies into WATE, government flight catering follows protocol: a cleared menu, a named team, sealed trays. Head of state flight catering and state visit aircraft catering are prepared with the same discipline, and VIP aviation catering for a delegation is delivered to the aircraft without fuss.

Make a requestDownload the menuPDF
A dish sealed and labelled for one guest's diet
PrincipalSealed
Nut-free · gluten-freeChecked by two people
Special meals

Kosher, halal, vegan and gluten free in-flight catering at H. Hasan Aroeboesman (Ende) Airport (ENE)

Flores cooking leans on fish, coconut milk, shrimp paste and peanuts, so allergen-free and special meals at Ende are planned around those ingredients first. Kosher, halal, vegan, gluten free and kids meals are ordered with the flight; halal is straightforward in a region with a large Muslim community in Ende itself, while kosher means sealed packs prepared off the island. Each tray is marked by seat number and restriction, with sauces and sambal kept apart.

i.
Allergens

A sheet per guest. Separate boards, separate boxes.

ii.
Halal & kosher

Sealed, certificate in the same box.

iii.
Children

Their own menu, nothing to cut at altitude.

iv.
Plant-based & wellness

Vegan, low-carb, light — composed, never compromised.

Crew & pilot mealsOn request

Crew meals for pilots and cabin crew at H. Hasan Aroeboesman (Ende) Airport (ENE)

Crews at Ende often turn around on the ground for a few hours, so crew meals need to be easy: flight crew meals in crew meal boxes, hot or cold, ordered on request and invoiced with the rest. Pilot meals are packed for a cockpit with limited space, and cockpit meals are designed to be eaten with one hand. Crew catering can include different meals for pilots when the operator's policy asks for it. Cabin crew meals are separate from the passenger trays.

Meal passWATE
Cabin crew
Box
Marked crew
Galley
Oven 6 min
Order
On request
Marked crew
Meal passWATE
Pilots
Box
CPT ≠ F/O
Galley
Cold or hot
Order
On request
Two dishes
H. Hasan Aroeboesman (Ende) Airport apron and terminal, Flores, Indonesia

To the steps, on your slot.

Airside · plane-side · day or night
DeliveryEvery FBO

Airport catering at the FBO or general aviation terminal, H. Hasan Aroeboesman (Ende) Airport

At WATE the handling agent catering step is the one that matters: they open airside access and sign for the food. FBO catering, catering delivery to the FBO and ground handling catering are planned around a small terminal and a short apron, and the general aviation terminal is where we hand over unless the aircraft is parked remote.

FBOHandling agentGround handlerGA terminal
High loaderLarge cabins, bizliners

High loader delivery for jet catering at H. Hasan Aroeboesman (Ende) Airport (ENE)

Ende's apron is small and the aircraft that use it are mostly turboprops and light to midsize jets, so galley catering is usually carried by hand or by a light vehicle to the door. If a larger aircraft is booked, aircraft provisioning may need a high loader through the handling agent; tell us the type and the galley layout and we plan airside catering delivery around the door height and the apron you are given. Nothing is assumed: we confirm access before packing.

Mention it when you order
HACCP kitchen

Certified, inspected, with cold-chain records filed against your trip.

All FBOs served

Whichever terminal you park at, handover is at the aircraft, on your slot.

Diets read twice

Allergen sheet per guest, halal and kosher on request, sealed and labelled.

One clean invoice

Itemised and trip-report ready, sent after the leg.

About the airportWATE / ENE

General aviation and airport catering at H. Hasan Aroeboesman (Ende) Airport (ENE)

Ende's field lies on the south coast of Flores, in East Nusa Tenggara. Airport catering at WATE is shaped by a small terminal where FBO services and ground handling services are run by the same few people, and by the fact that no large supply depot sits on the island. Everything we pack is planned around that.

Business aviation

Ende is not a business aviation hub, and we do not pretend otherwise: arrivals are occasional, mostly light jets and turboprops on the way to Kelimutu or the Komodo circuit, plus the odd regional government flight. Inflight catering and in-flight catering for these legs stay small, and aviation catering is built on sealed, cooked food. Business aviation catering and executive jet catering follow the same plan, diplomatic flight catering gets protocol handling, cabin crew meals and crew meals are ordered on request, and general aviation traffic here rarely exceeds a handful of movements a day.

Customs & food import

Indonesian customs and quarantine control fresh produce, meat and dairy entering Flores, and the rules apply at Ende as at any regional field, where FBO services and ground handling services will ask about anything uncooked. Cooked, sealed food passes simply, raw items may be refused. Ask your handling agent before you uplift anything from abroad, and keep the paperwork for the galley.

ReviewsFrom the crews we cater for
4.7 / 5
★★★★★

Average rating from the cabin crew and pilots we cater for.

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★★★★★BUSINESS JET
“Breakfast was already sorted; at WATE, the next request was vegetarian wraps and colourful salads for 11 guests, with a tight boarding window to work around. My main takeaway from this in-flight catering services order was the practical approach to final order confirmation. Our request to The Galley Girls focused on the starters, with enough detail to distinguish passenger portions from additional provisions. It was useful to see the snack boxes listed separately when checking how much space the complete order would require.”
Rahul C. | FBO operator
Global 7500
★★★★☆GOVERNMENT
“What impressed me at ENE was how a request for chicken skewers with a couscous salad was handled despite different crew meal preferences. The Galley Girls labelled the desserts in line with our brief, so the cabin team could identify the relevant portions quickly. We could distinguish the side dishes at a glance instead of lifting lids just to establish what belonged to each service. Our brief for aviation catering was met with a sensible plan for portion planning.”
Rahul F. | Government flight manager
BBJ
★★★★★VIP AIRLINER
“With a tight boarding window to consider at H. Hasan Aroeboesman (Ende) Airport, we needed a practical way to serve a breakfast basket with individual preserves to 9 passengers. The Galley Girls kept the starters separate from the finishing elements, which gave us control over the final presentation. The fruit plates stayed together in one group, so another crew member could follow the same plating sequence. The order made aviation catering services feel manageable because the written menu details had been considered beforehand.”
Sarah Q. | Chief cabin officer — BBJ
BBJ 2
The H. Hasan Aroeboesman (Ende) questionsAsked by crews
How much does private jet catering cost at Ende during the dry and wet seasons?+

Ask for a quote with your date, because the Ende market is seasonal. Dry-season tropical fruit is cheap and sweet, while wet-season weather can disrupt supply. Private jet catering cost at WATE is built from the menu you choose and what is available.

What is the lead time for private jet catering at Ende for a return leg?+

Ordering the return leg from Ende is simplest when you send it with the outbound details. What slows an order is a rare diet or an unusual product, not the airport. Last-minute orders are handled, and we confirm the menu before your departure slot.

What about customs for inflight catering at Ende on a night or early morning departure?+

For a night departure, ask your handling agent about airside access at Ende before we pack. Indonesian rules on animal products and fresh produce apply, which is another reason we keep meals cooked and sealed rather than raw.

Can you bring food of your own through the handling agent at Ende?+

Crews do carry their own food, but at a small airport like Ende the handling agent decides what comes onto the apron. We pack sealed and labelled trays so there is no discussion at the gate.

Is catering part of a charter into Ende on a short repositioning flight?+

The charter agreement does not usually include food, even for a short repositioning into Ende. If the crew will be on the ground on Flores, you order meals from us and they are invoiced separately.

H. Hasan Aroeboesman (Ende) Airport · WATE

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Plane-side
handover at the aircraft, on your slot
24/7
day or night, every day
Flight deck
crew and pilot dishes, on request
Dessert plated in the galley, ready to serve
Camille, former VIP cabin crew, co-founder
Inès, former VIP cabin crew, co-founder
Sofia, former VIP cabin crew, co-founder
Camille, Inès or Sofia
Former VIP & head-of-state cabin crew
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