Cherkasy, Ukraine · UKKE / CKC

Private jet catering at Cherkasy International Airport (UKKE / CKC), Cherkasy

Catering to your aircraft in Cherkasy.

Cherkasy sits on the Dnipro, and flights here are usually short corporate legs on light jets with small galleys. We cook for that galley, label every box by seat and hand it over to the FBO or your handling agent at UKKE.

Menu & order Download the menu

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

Menu & galley logistics

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

Inès

Dietary & labelling

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

Sofia

The 24/7 line

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

The local tableCooked so it travels

Cherkasy on the plate: local specialities for in-flight catering at CKC

Cherkasy Oblast sits on the Dnipro, and the table here is a river and farmland table. A private jet menu for UKKE leans on Ukrainian classics that travel well: varenyky, holubtsi, borscht kept in a sealed pot, and Dnipro fish when the season allows. The inflight menu is written for the galley of your aircraft, and private jet food from this region is mostly about what survives a re-plate without losing texture.

Local specialities in Cherkasy are honest, country cooking: pork with buckwheat, dill and sour cream, rye bread, honey cakes. We turn them into private jet platters and gourmet inflight meals sized per seat, with private jet snacks such as smoked cheese, dried fruit and nuts packed apart. For a private jet menu out of Cherkasy, the sauces and soups always travel in their own pots, and the inflight menu notes which dish needs the oven and which stays cold.

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Cherkasy local specialities for a private jet menu: borscht, varenyky and Dnipro fish packed for the galley

01Borscht in a sealed potOven; garnish and sour cream apart

02Varenyky with potato and onionOven; butter and fried onion apart

03Chicken KyivOven; cut at the seat

04Dnipro carp filletSeasonal; Sauce apart, lemon separate

05Holubtsi (stuffed cabbage)Oven; tomato sauce apart

06Honey cakeChilled; sliced per seat

How it works

Three steps, one message

You message us

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

We cook & pack for a galley

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

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 · CherkasyCherkasy International Airport · UKKE

The three founders, former VIP cabin crew, on a business jet airstair — private jet catering at Cherkasy International Airport (UKKE)

Cherkasy International (UKKE / CKC) is a small field in central Ukraine on the Dnipro, and the first thing a crew checks here is the local situation and the slot, not the menu. Private jet catering for these flights is built around that: inflight catering packed for the galley you actually have, aviation catering that the handling agent can receive airside, business aviation catering for short corporate legs, executive jet catering for owners who know what they want, diplomatic flight catering where protocol applies, and cabin crew meals boxed separately.

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 parked on the apron at Cherkasy UKKE, ready for private jet catering to be loaded

Business aviationOur core

Private jet catering for business flights from Cherkasy (UKKE)

At Cherkasy (UKKE) the typical business jet brief is a light or midsize aircraft with a small galley and a short leg. Business jet catering and corporate jet catering here mean cold plates, one oven dish and sauces apart, while VIP flight catering and charter flight catering follow the same logic. Luxury inflight catering is a private jet chef writing a bespoke menu around borscht, varenyky or river fish for the cabin you actually have.

Government flight catering at Cherkasy UKKE, discreet VIP aviation catering prepared under protocol

State & royalDiscretion, protocol

Diplomatic and state visit aviation catering in Cherkasy (UKKE)

State visit aircraft catering into UKKE starts with the delegation's protocol office, not the kitchen. We provide head of state flight catering and government flight catering with a named team and traceability, and VIP aviation catering stays discreet at every step, from menu approval to handover.

Menu highlights for jet catering in *Cherkasy* (UKKE)Or write your own, we cook it

Cold private jet platters at Cherkasy: cured pork, smoked cheese and pickles on rye, packed for UKKE

Cold galley

No oven · served in four minutes

Private jet platters: cured pork, smoked cheese, pickles, rye breadChilled

Gourmet inflight meals: cold beetroot soup with egg and dillChilled

Private jet snacks: dried fruit, nuts, sunflower halvaRe-plate cold

Herring on rye with onion and sour creamChilled

Cherkasy honey cakeChilled

Hot gourmet inflight meals for Cherkasy flights: chicken Kyiv, holubtsi and borscht in sealed trays

Hot service

One oven · re-plated in twelve minutes

Borscht with pampushkyOven

Varenyky with potato, onion apartOven

Chicken Kyiv with buckwheatOven

Dnipro carp fillet, lemon butterSauce apart

Holubtsi in tomato sauceOven

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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 Cherkasy International Airport (CKC)

Dietary requests at Cherkasy start with the kitchen, not the label: Ukrainian cooking hides gluten in breaded cutlets and dumplings, dairy in butter and sour cream, and eggs in many dough dishes. Kosher, halal, vegan, gluten free, allergen free, kids meals and other special meals are cooked and packed on a separate board and in a separate box, each marked by seat, so a restricted dish never sits next to a standard one in the drawer.

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 and cockpit meals in Cherkasy (UKKE)

On a long day at UKKE the crew eats last and fastest, so crew meals are boxed to be eaten on the jumpseat. Flight crew meals and pilot meals are ordered on request, billed like any other item, with crew catering marked CREW. Cockpit meals and crew meal boxes are packed apart from the passenger trays, with different meals for pilots when the operator wants them. Cabin crew meals are labelled the same way.

Meal passUKKE

Cabin crew

Box

Marked crew

Galley

Oven 6 min

Order

On request

Marked crew

Meal passUKKE

Pilots

Box

CPT ≠ F/O

Galley

Cold or hot

Order

On request

Two dishes

Cherkasy International Airport UKKE CKC terminal and apron, business aviation catering handover point

To the steps, on your slot.

Airside · plane-side · day or night

DeliveryEvery FBO

Airport catering delivered to the FBO at Cherkasy International Airport (UKKE)

At Cherkasy, FBO catering means a handover to the FBO or your handling agent, who opens the way to the apron. Catering delivery to the FBO is arranged with them, ground handling catering depends on airside access that day, and the general aviation terminal is where handling agent catering is received. We confirm the slot and the contact in advance.

FBOHandling agentGround handlerGA terminal

High loaderLarge cabins, bizliners

High loader and aircraft provisioning: aviation catering at Cherkasy International Airport

Aircraft type decides how the food gets on board at Cherkasy. A light or midsize jet takes galley catering through the cabin door by hand, while a larger cabin may need a high loader for aircraft provisioning. Tell us the type and where the galley sits, and the airside catering delivery is packed for that door, with oven-ready trays for a narrow galley and cold items kept apart. The handling agent decides what can be brought airside on the day.

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 airportUKKE / CKC

General aviation and airport catering at Cherkasy International Airport (CKC)

Cherkasy International sits on the Dnipro at 375 feet, a regional field in a city of industry and farmland. Airport catering at UKKE is a small-aircraft affair: general aviation traffic, FBO services and ground handling services all arranged through whoever the operator appoints on the day.

Business aviation

UKKE is a quiet business aviation hub whose rhythm follows the weather window and the situation of the day. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering are planned around that window, with business aviation catering and executive jet catering tuned to the aircraft type. Diplomatic flight catering and cabin crew meals complete the order, received at the general aviation terminal, with crew meals boxed apart for anyone flying the leg.

Customs & food import

Ukraine applies strict controls on food imports, and many animal products are restricted at the border. For Cherkasy catering we buy and cook locally, keep packaging sealed and labelled, and give the ground handling services team a clear list for the officer on arrival, so the business aviation hub paperwork matches what is in the galley.

ReviewsFrom the crews we cater for

5.0 / 5

★★★★★

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

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★★★★★VIP AIRLINER

“Having 10 guests request a seafood starter and warm vegetable sides at UKKE meant planning the portions carefully while accounting for a small galley worktop. The Galley Girls prepared the breakfast portions for assembly in the galley, with the accompanying elements easy to locate. I want an aviation catering company to understand storage requirements, and this order gave us a useful starting point. We could finish the fruit plates as each guest was ready, rather than laying everything out at once.”

Alessandro K. | Chief cabin officer — BBJ

BBJ 2

★★★★★GOVERNMENT

“Packing smoked salmon bagels and sliced fruit for 8 passengers at CKC needed careful thought, especially given an evening cabin service. When comparing aviation catering companies, I would look closely at meal organisation after this experience. The desserts from The Galley Girls were organised around the cabin plan, with the later service items kept apart. That left time to check the snack boxes properly before the passengers were ready for the next part of the service.”

Henry A. | Government flight manager

Gulfstream G650

★★★★★CHARTER

“Small packing details became important at Cherkasy International Airport: our 12 passengers wanted a seafood starter and warm vegetable sides, and we had limited fridge space. For flight catering, that attention to cabin service sequence made the order noticeably easier to manage. The Galley Girls labelled the salads in line with our brief, so the cabin team could identify the relevant portions quickly. The desserts were also listed clearly, which made it easier to pass instructions between crew members during preparation.”

Nerea D. | Charter operator

Challenger 350

Before you order at UKKEAsked by crews

How much does private jet catering cost for a flight out of Cherkasy?+

Think of it in terms of what your galley can finish. Small cabins out of Cherkasy mostly carry cold plates and one hot dish, while larger aircraft take hot meals for the whole cabin. Private jet catering cost follows that choice, then any seasonal products you add, and is invoiced on its own.

What is the lead time for private jet catering at UKKE?+

It depends on how settled your departure is. A clear summer window makes a Cherkasy order easy, with berries and river fish on the table; a changeable weather window means we hold the order open and confirm once the slot firms up. Last-minute requests are handled.

What are the customs rules for catering on a return leg from Cherkasy?+

Plan the way back with arrival customs in mind. Cured meats, dairy and unsealed fresh items are the ones most likely to be refused on landing, so for a return leg ordered here we choose sealed, commercially packed alternatives and give you a list you can show an officer.

Can you bring food on board from outside at Cherkasy?+

Yes, in principle. In practice a night departure or an early morning slot leaves little room for shopping, and outside food carries no allergen card. We can also pack a small crew-only order on request, in boxes marked by seat, invoiced like the rest.

Is catering part of a charter into Cherkasy?+

No. Whether the private jet charter comes through a broker or an operator, catering is not part of it: you order it separately and it is invoiced separately. The handling agent controls airside access, so the delivery details go to them in advance.