Which handler do you deliver to at LGST?

We work handler-agnostically at Sitia and deliver directly to whichever ground handler is managing your aircraft. Confirm the handler name at order stage and we coordinate access with them on your behalf.

Can you source fresh local Cretan produce for a same-day order?

For same-day orders we draw on established supplier relationships in the Sitia area — fresh fish, local cheese, seasonal vegetables, and bakery items. Lead time affects the range available; orders placed the evening before allow the fullest selection from local sources.

Do you provide crew meals separately from passenger catering?

Yes. Crew meals are ordered and packaged independently from the cabin service, clearly labelled, and priced separately. We treat crew provisioning as a standard part of every aircraft catering brief, not an afterthought.

Is Kosher catering available for flights departing Sitia?

Kosher meals are available with a minimum of twenty-four hours' notice. All Kosher provisions are prepared under full rabbinical supervision, sealed, and delivered with the relevant certification documentation.

Can you cater a multi-leg itinerary covering Sitia and other Aegean stops?

Entirely. If your routing takes in Sitia alongside other islands — Heraklion, Karpathos, Santorini, or further afield — we plan provisions for each sector under one order brief. Each delivery is timed, labelled by leg, and confirmed through a single account manager.

What packaging format do you use for galley delivery?

All aircraft catering from Sitia is delivered in galley-ready format: chilled or ambient as appropriate, portion-labelled, and packed in configurations suited to the cabin layout you specify. Hot dishes are supplied with clear reheating instructions for crew.

Private Aviation Catering

Private Jet Catering at Crete Island (JSH)

Q: How quickly can Altitude Dining confirm an inflight catering order at Sitia?

We respond to every enquiry within ten minutes, any hour of the day. Order confirmation, menu finalisation, and delivery timing are handled by a single point of contact from that first reply through to ramp delivery.

Crete Island · Greece · ICAO LGST

Sitia sits at the quieter eastern end of Crete, where the pace is unhurried and the produce extraordinary. Altitude Dining brings private jet catering to JSH with the same precision we apply at the busiest European hubs — answered within ten minutes, delivered galley-ready.

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Reply Guaranteed

A coordinator responds within 10 minutes — any hour, any time zone.

Single Contact

One coordinator handles your order from brief to delivery.

High Loader Ready

Full high-loader capability for wide-body and VVIP aircraft.

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Fresh & Local

Sourced from local markets — prepared the same day, loaded galley-ready.

Private Jet, Government & Event Catering

Private Jet & Aviation Catering at Crete Island

Private Aviation

Private Jet Catering

VIP menus composed around your principal's preferences, packed galley-ready and delivered to the FBO or the aircraft. Crew meals load with the main order.

State & Diplomatic

Government Flight Catering

Delegation and state flight catering handled with discretion: one confirmed channel, precise timing, complete documentation for every uplift.

On the Ground

Event Catering

Hangar receptions, product launches and aviation events, served to the same standard we deliver on the ramp.

High Loader Capability

Wide-body and VVIP ready at Crete Island

Certified high-loader equipment and trained crews on standby — full capability for large-cabin and head-of-state aircraft, at any hour.

High-loader service

Crew Meals · Crete Island

Crew meals at Crete Island

Dedicated crew catering for departures from Crete Island — ordered and packaged separately from the cabin, balanced and labelled for long duty days. Available for every flight, 24/7.

Crete Island · FBOs & Ground Handling

Every handler on the field

We deliver planeside to whichever handler holds your aircraft at Crete Island — no prior account.

What flight crews say · INFLIGHT CATERING

Trusted by flight crews and operations teams

Excellent catering

Ordering catering in Greece at Athens (ATH) was effortless. Fresh meals, beautiful presentation and excellent communication from start to finish.

Emma · VIP Flight Attendant

Efficient support

Great operational support in Greece at Mykonos Airport. Fast confirmations, reliable updates and a very smooth catering delivery.

Omar · Charter Operations Agent

Excellent execution

Excellent service for our delegation in Greece at LGAV. The team was responsive, punctual and highly dependable.

Ivan · Government Flight Department

VIP Inflight Catering · Crete Island

Private jet menu for Crete Island

A short, working selection — not the full carte. This is what the kitchen boards most often for a Crete Island departure: classics that travel, plated for cabin altitude, sourced the same morning.

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To start

Sitia Dakos Platter

Moistened Cretan barley rusk topped with hand-crushed local tomato, aged myzithra, Sitia extra-virgin olive oil, and dried oregano. Assembled to order and chilled for travel.

Cold main

Grilled Sea Bream with Caper Vinaigrette

Whole fillets of Aegean sea bream, grilled and finished with a dressing of local capers, lemon zest, and cold-pressed olive oil. Served cold alongside a fennel and cucumber salad.

Hot main

Cretan Lamb with Artichokes and Dill

Slow-braised shoulder of local lamb cooked down with young artichoke hearts, white wine, and fresh dill. Portioned and sealed for straightforward galley reheating.

Morning

Thyme Honey and Graviera Pastry

Flaky hand-rolled pastry filled with cave-aged Cretan graviera, finished with a drizzle of Sitia thyme honey and a scattering of toasted sesame. A considered start to a morning departure.

Pâtisserie

Sultana and Olive Oil Cake

A fine-crumbed loaf cake built on Sitia's famous small-berry sultanas and local olive oil in place of butter, scented with orange zest and a measure of Cretan raki. Sliced and wrapped individually.

To finish

Myzithra with Thyme Honey and Walnuts

Fresh myzithra cheese — mild, creamy, and made the same morning where lead time permits — served with Cretan thyme honey and halved walnuts. Simple, local, and a clean end to any cabin meal.

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Catering for your next departure from JSH

Build your order or send a request in one step — a coordinator responds within 10 minutes with menu, allergen sheet and pricing. Loading coordinated airside at your FBO.

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Inflight Catering · Crete Island

Private aviation catering at JSH

Eastern Crete operates on its own terms. The olive groves around Sitia yield some of the island's finest extra-virgin oil, and the region holds a long reputation for thyme honey, graviera cheese aged in mountain caves, and the small, intensely sweet sultana raisins that have been cultivated here for centuries. These are not decorative garnishes — they are ingredients with genuine provenance, and they form the backbone of what we source for our Sitia orders. The fishing harbours close to town bring in fresh catch daily: red mullet, sea bream, octopus pulled from clear Aegean water. Combined with local cheesemakers and small bakeries producing paximadi barley rusks at dawn, the larder available to our culinary team is genuinely exceptional. We work with suppliers we know by name, and we call them the morning your order is confirmed.

Regional Catering Menu · Crete Island

Crete Island inflight catering

Cretan cooking is Mediterranean at its most disciplined — olive oil, legumes, wild greens, and seafood prepared without excess. For inflight catering departing LGST, we build menus that respect this tradition: dakos assembled to order on moistened rusk with hand-crushed tomato and aged myzithra, whole grilled fish with capers and lemon, lamb slowcooked with artichokes and dill. Every dish travels the way it was designed — chilled, portioned, and sealed for straightforward galley reheating where required. Where clients prefer a wider European or international repertoire, we draw on Altitude Dining's network to deliver those alongside Cretan selections. A Champagne and mezze pairing for a short Aegean hop, a full hot meal service for a longer sector westward — the combination is built around the itinerary, not a fixed menu card. Kosher provisions are available with twenty-four hours' notice.

Locally Sourced Catering

Rooted in Crete Island

Business Aviation Catering · Crete Island

Catering operations at JSH

Catering is logistics before it is cuisine. The figures below shape how, when and what we board at JSH — every one verified, none generic.

Elevation

376 ft

115 m AMSL — accounted for in plating and pressurisation.

Longest runway

2,074 m

6,804 ft — accepts ultra-long-range & VVIP wide-bodies.

Field status

Active

In service — our order desk operates 24/7 for this field.

Coordinates

35.22°N

26.10°E — handler routing confirmed at order.

05 / 232,074 m · 6,804 ftPrimary

Why it matters for your order. With a 2,074 m runway, Crete Island handles the long-haul, wide-body and government traffic that needs high-loader delivery — and we plan timing around exactly these constraints, not a template.

Private Jet Catering FAQ · Crete Island

Frequently asked

We respond to every enquiry within ten minutes, any hour of the day. Order confirmation, menu finalisation, and delivery timing are handled by a single point of contact from that first reply through to ramp delivery.