Full Interior Detail at Split Kaštela (LDSP)

What changes at Split Kaštela for a full interior detail?

Split is a schedules-facilitated airport from 29 March through 24 October—every general-aviation arrival and departure must be agreed with the airport Traffic Coordinator or Ground OPS Centre no earlier than fourteen days before the movement, and parking beyond forty minutes depends on stand availability. Aircraft without confirmed times or parking can be refused landing. That makes interior work a planning exercise: we build the detail around your agreed slot and parking window, not the other way around.

The single runway—05/23, 2,550 metres of asphalt—sits at just 78 feet on Kaštela Bay. Reference temperature in July is 29 °C, and the coastal salt air means cabin materials can pick up a fine haze if the aircraft has been sitting open on the apron. Leather dries faster, veneer shows salt bloom, and carpets track in Adriatic grit. A full interior resets everything before the next leg or before repositioning north for the autumn.

Handling agents are present at the airport; your handler arranges our airside escort and ensures we have GPU if the detail runs longer than APU endurance. We bring our own water and waste capture, so there is no dependency on airport facilities beyond the stand itself.

How do you time a full interior around a tight Split turnaround?

If your stopover is under four hours, a full interior will not fit—but many operators use Split as a charter base for a week or position in the night before a morning departure, and those windows work well. We agree the start time with your captain or dispatcher, confirm parking duration with the handler, and schedule our crew to be on stand thirty minutes before engines stop. Airside escort and security-pass formalities are handled in advance so there is no ramp delay.

The detail begins the moment the cabin door opens: carpets and seats are vacuumed, then we move to extraction and stain treatment while leather cleaner dwells. Veneer, metal and plastic trim are polished in parallel; galley and lavatory come last because they can be closed off. The flight deck is cleaned after the pilots have completed their paperwork and left the aircraft. If you need the cabin disinfected—common during charter series or after medical positioning—we add that step at the end, and it requires an additional thirty minutes of dwell and ventilation time.

We send a photo report and checklist to the captain or flight-department manager within two hours of wheels-up, so there is a record in the tech log if needed. If the next leg is a high-visibility charter or an owner trip, that documentation confirms the cabin was restored to standard.

What does a full interior detail include on a business jet at SPU?

Every leather surface—seats, divans, side ledges, armrests—is cleaned with pH-neutral cleaner and conditioned with a product approved for aircraft hides. We work section by section so no residue transfers to clothing. Carpets and fabric upholstery are hot-water extracted; stains are pre-treated with enzyme or solvent cleaners depending on the type. Carpet edges, seat tracks and threshold strips are detailed with a brush.

Veneer panels, metal bezels and plastic trim are polished to remove fingerprints, spills and salt haze. The galley is emptied, surfaces scrubbed, drains flushed, and seals wiped; we check the coffee maker, oven gaskets and waste-bin housings for residue. The lavatory receives the same treatment—bowl, sink, mirror, walls, floor, seals—and we replace any depleted supplies if you provide stock. The flight deck is cleaned with no-touch procedures around avionics, screens and the glareshield; we vacuum the pedal wells, wipe the yokes and throttles, and clean the side windows.

Disinfection is available on request and uses an aviation-approved quaternary-ammonium or hydrogen-peroxide vapour system, depending on OEM cabin materials. The entire process is logged, photographed and reported.

Why do operators schedule recurring interior work at Split during the summer?

Charter operators running weekly rotations out of SPU—Hvar, Dubrovnik, Brač, then back—find that sand, salt and sunscreen build up faster than a vacuum alone can manage. Leather starts to look dull, carpets mat down, and the galley develops a sticky film. A full interior every two to four weeks keeps the cabin at charter standard without waiting for a maintenance event. Flight departments positioning through Split for a Mediterranean tour often book a detail at the start or end of the trip, so the owner boards a fresh cabin or the aircraft returns home clean.

Recurring work also means we learn your aircraft: which veneer is sensitive to moisture, whether the carpet in the galley is due for replacement, how the captain prefers the flight deck left. That familiarity speeds up each subsequent detail and reduces the risk of material damage. We store your preferences and photos in our job file, and the handler knows to expect us on a regular interval, which smooths the airside-escort process.

What does the handler expect when Terso brings a detail crew airside at Split?

Handlers at SPU want to know three things in advance: crew names for the airside-pass list, vehicle registration if we are driving onto the apron, and confirmation that we will not need tow-bar access or external power beyond a standard GPU hookup. We provide all of that in a single email forty-eight hours before the detail, copied to the captain and the flight-department manager. On the day, we check in at the handler's office, collect escorts, and drive directly to the stand.

Our crew carries its own equipment—extractors, vacuum, cleaning carts, waste bags, water canisters—so there is no request for airport services. We do not open panels, remove seats or access avionics bays; if the cabin requires that level of work, it is a maintenance event, not a detail. We leave the aircraft cleaner than we found it, and we leave the apron the same way: no overspray, no standing water, no litter. The handler's final walk-around confirms the aircraft is ready for the next departure, and we are off the ramp before the slot window closes.

How is a full interior detail documented and reported?

We photograph the cabin before we start—wide shots of the seating area, galley, lavatory and flight deck—and again when finished. The photo set is time-stamped and stored in the job file. A checklist accompanies the photos: leather cleaned and conditioned (number of seats and divans), carpets extracted (square metres), veneer polished (panels listed), galley and lavatory scrubbed, flight deck cleaned, disinfection performed (yes or no, with product name). If we find damage—a torn seat seam, a lifting veneer edge, a cracked plastic bezel—we note it and photograph it separately, so there is no question about when it occurred.

The report goes to the captain or flight-department manager within two hours of completion, as a PDF attached to email. If you use a maintenance-tracking system, we can format the report to match your tech-log entries. For fleet operators, we compile monthly summaries showing every detail performed, hours spent, and any recurring issues across the fleet. That data helps you decide when to schedule deeper maintenance or replace high-wear materials.