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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Praia, Cape Verde
Airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Praia (GVNP / RAI)
RAI (IATA) · GVNP (ICAO)
The 2100 m runway at Praia sets a narrow-body reference code, and every rotation through GVNP is boarded to that same standard. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering for scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet flights, with hi-loader boarding to galley height wherever the aircraft calls for it.
2,100 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
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 — Praia
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at RAI
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Catering uplift timing at GVNP / RAI
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Praia (RAI)
Ramp access is what the loading window at Praia is actually built around: a single runway means one flow of movements across the apron, and the uplift is timed into it rather than around it. Our kitchen seals the carts, moves them under escort, and clears the galley door in the order the ground crew calls the stand. Nothing about that sequence is estimated at RAI; it is logged at each step so the same window repeats on the next rotation.
Between our kitchen and the aircraft at Praia sit screening, an escort across the apron, and the handling agent's own sequencing of the stand — none of it under our control, all of it planned against its worst case before the cart ever leaves the door. That is the chain of custody a galley catering handover has to survive: a seal that has not been broken, a temperature log that has not gapped, a route that has not deviated. We record the catering uplift twice, once at sealing and once at the aircraft, and both entries carry a signature, so the record closes the loop rather than assuming it.
One coordinator owns the load from the kitchen seal to the aircraft signature.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for Praia airport
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Praia, Cape Verde
Sealed carts leave our kitchen for every stand worked through Praia, and airport catering at RAI runs off one production line covering hot service, a cold larder and a protocol cell rather than several disconnected sites. That single site is what makes airport catering in Cape Verde workable for a narrow-body reference code: the flight kitchen at RAI holds one HACCP standard across every tray it sends out, whether the rotation is scheduled or called in on short notice. Nothing about the output changes between a routine departure and a diverted one; the standard travels with the cart.
The team behind government flight catering at Praia is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in as volume rises. Each member holds security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the stand, and works to a written household service standard rather than to memory. That consistency is the actual asset: a protocol officer books the same crew twice and gets the same chain of custody both times.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at RAI
VVIP catering written per mission at GVNP / RAI
Menus at Praia are written to the cabin and the mission before they are written to anything else: a scheduled service, a state movement and a single ad hoc call each get a specification built for that flight rather than one generic tray. Where local sourcing enters the plan it stays general — island dairy, fresh fish, seasonal fruit worked into the cycle rather than named as a dish. Inflight catering in Cape Verde carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, each one labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen. The cycle itself turns with the season, never with a single order.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at GVNP are plated to a written specification rather than to a generic tray, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for the mission, so a repeat rotation gets the same presentation twice.
Business cabins
Business cabins departing RAI take a multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft, boxed as tray sets against the roster. Crew meals at RAI, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately from the passenger service, so crew meals in Cape Verde never share a tray with the cabin.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Praia are documented per passenger before production starts: household and religious sets, halal and kosher meals, and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each set is produced on a separate line and sealed before it joins the load, which is how inflight catering at GVNP keeps a medical or religious meal apart from the rest of the cart.
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
Food safety and cold chain for aviation catering at GVNP / RAI
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 Praia airport
Praia's single runway carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across one narrow-body reference code, which means every rotation shares the same apron flow rather than being split across parallel operations. A state movement here is a documentation problem before it is a volume problem, and a repeat charter rotation is a matter of holding the same specification twice rather than rebuilding it.
The route from our kitchen to the stand runs under escort across the apron, with airside delivery held to the sequence the ground crew calls, and hi-loader boarding used wherever the aircraft's galley height calls for it. Airline catering at RAI, inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at Praia all run off the same ops desk rather than separate lines, and airport catering in Praia is planned stand by stand instead of against a fixed schedule.
What we commit to on this station is unchanged rotation to rotation: one coordinator named to the load, carts sealed before they leave the kitchen, and a signed handover at the aircraft.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at Praia, Cape Verde
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Government and state flight catering at GVNP
On a field where a single narrow-body reference code governs every stand, a delegation movement is worked as a documentation exercise rather than a volume one. Government flight catering at Praia for state visits and official delegations carries the protocol file per passenger, security-cleared staff on the access list, and an uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen, ready for any head of state movement routed through this stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at RAI
A narrow-body reference code limits the aircraft that call at Praia to smaller private airliners, so a royal or VVIP rotation here is worked against that ceiling rather than against a wide-body plan. Royal flight catering at GVNP for BBJ and ACJ movements is held to a written household specification kept on file between visits, with halal and royal household dietary requirements produced on request and VVIP catering standards unchanged from one movement to the next.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Praia
The runway measures 2100 metres, and that length sets the charter and ACMI traffic Praia actually takes on its single stand. Charter flight catering at RAI for wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions is loaded as a full multi-class service counted against the loading sheet, with charter flight catering in Cape Verde staged in the order the galleys are laid out rather than improvised on the ramp.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Praia
A narrow-body reference code covers most of what actually lands at Praia, and that is precisely the traffic our ad hoc airline catering desk is built to serve on short notice. Carriers running RAI as an outstation get outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, with crew meals at GVNP boxed to the roster across a multi-leg rotation, and ad hoc catering at RAI held to the same standard whether it was booked weeks out or called in mid-diversion.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at RAI
We work the same 2100 m runway that sets Praia's narrow-body ceiling to reach the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field with private jet catering in Cape Verde. Business aviation here is handled by our dedicated private-jet branch, delivered on the same cold chain and the same sealed paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at GVNP
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Praia
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We used tour operator charter catering at Praia (RAI/GVNP) for a team charter and had a good experience. The order included different meal types and snacks, but the cabin crew could identify everything immediately. Very practical for team and group charter work. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Nina — Charter Operations Executive
“We needed military charter catering at Praia (RAI/GVNP) for a time-sensitive operation. Communication with operations was efficient and the order was adapted quickly when our timings moved. Strong support for a demanding operation. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Maya — Cargo Dispatch Coordinator
“We ordered cargo airline catering for a cargo rotation through Praia (RAI/GVNP). They respected the unusual timing and kept communication direct with our ops team. A reliable option for cargo operations. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Ryan — Trip Support Manager
Airport catering reference for Praia (GVNP / RAI)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,100 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | GVNP |
Business jet catering questions at RAI
Diversion catering and ramp questions at RAI
What operations gets asked every week about Praia.
Ask operations directly →Does GVNP handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering under protocol?
Every movement classed as VIP flight catering, government flight catering or VVIP is worked under the same protocol file: security-cleared staff, sealed uplift, and a specification held on record between rotations.
Where does airline catering reach the aircraft at Praia?
The handover record shows delivery direct to the stand: airline catering at Praia is boarded airside, with hi-loader access used wherever the aircraft's galley height calls for it.
Is airline catering cost fixed at Praia Airport?
The coordinator who books your rotation prices it against the cabin count, the specification and the loading window rather than a fixed rate, so airline catering cost at Praia is quoted per movement, not published.
How far in advance does RAI need a catering order, and how late can it change?
The clearance behind a sealed uplift sets the working lead time; a routine rotation is planned well ahead, while last minute airline catering is still worked where the specification allows a late change.
At what point are halal, kosher and SPML meals confirmed for a GVNP departure?
The special meal codes are confirmed at booking, first in the sequence: halal, kosher and the full range of SPML sets are then produced on a separate line and sealed before loading.
Who delivers private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Praia?
For every FBO on the field and the GA terminal itself, our private-jet branch delivers FBO catering on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
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Aircraft catering quote for Praia airport
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Praia (RAI / GVNP)
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Offloading
Return leg, if any
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