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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Rabil, Cape Verde
Private jet catering, VIP flight catering and airline catering at Rabil (GVBA / BVC)
BVC (IATA) · GVBA (ICAO)
A 2100 m runway at Rabil clears narrow-body and regional wide-body movements, and every one of them boards from the same ramp we work. Inflight catering and in-flight catering here go by hi-loader to galley height rather than a trolley left at the foot of the aircraft, with uplift staged airside against the schedule of the day.
2,100 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Rabil
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at GVBA / BVC
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
In-flight catering loading window at Rabil
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Rabil, Cape Verde
Ramp access at Rabil is fixed to a single stand, so the catering uplift is planned to that one loading position rather than a rotation of gates. Every cart is sealed at the kitchen, escorted across the apron and logged again at the galley door, holding the cold chain across the move. Ramp access held on our own badges is what lets that sequence run on our schedule rather than a shared one.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Rabil, the risk sits in the convoy, not in the food: screening, escort and apron traffic are what the galley catering plan is built against. We hold the same chain of custody whatever the size of the load, sealing each cart before it leaves the kitchen and logging it again at the aircraft. A single named coordinator carries the catering uplift from that seal to the signature that closes it, so nothing changes hands unrecorded on the way to Rabil's one stand.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the aircraft, nothing in between unrecorded.
Airline catering companies' production standard at BVC
Airline food supplier crews cleared for GVBA / BVC
Airport catering at Rabil runs from one flight kitchen holding hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under a single roof, built to HACCP standard. That layout keeps the cold chain unbroken from the larder to the sealed cart, which is what airport catering at GVBA depends on given the single stand it feeds. Everything produced for Rabil moves through that one building before it reaches the apron.
Government flight catering at Rabil is worked by the same named team on every rotation, not a rota drawn from the wider kitchen floor. Each of them carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the sealed line, and is trained to the household and protocol standards that travel with a government or royal uplift. That team is what keeps catering at GVBA answerable to one roster rather than to whoever is on shift.
Halal airline meals and special meals at GVBA
VVIP catering to a written specification at Rabil
Menus at Rabil are written to the cabin and the mission first, and only then to the season: a scheduled rotation, a state movement and a charter group each get a different tray set off the same kitchen. Cape Verde's own produce runs through the main-cabin and business menus where it fits the route, taken in general terms — dairy, fish and orchard fruit from the country rather than a named grower. Inflight catering in Rabil is written this way for First, Business and main cabin alike, with the specification fixed before the cart is sealed. Every dietary and religious set is documented per passenger and per cabin, never assumed from the manifest.
First & VVIP cabins
First & VVIP cabins at GVBA are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, not improvised load by load.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Rabil run multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, alongside the passenger tray sets.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol & dietary requirements at BVC are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering for these sets is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
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
Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at Rabil, Cape Verde
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 Rabil (BVC)
Rabil handles scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single wide-body-capable stand, which makes a delegation a documentation problem here and a peak wave a sequencing one rather than a capacity one. That mix is what airline catering at Rabil is planned around, alongside aviation catering at GVBA for charter and VIP movements sharing the same loading position.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to that one stand by sealed cart, boarded through the galley door by hi-loader rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew on the ramp for the transfer. Airport catering at BVC is staged this way whatever the mission, and inflight catering in Cape Verde run through this station moves on the same route.
We commit one named coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover to every rotation through Rabil.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at BVC
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Government and state flight catering at Rabil
A narrow-body reference code governs what can be sequenced on Rabil's one stand, which is exactly the constraint a delegation movement has to be worked around rather than absorbed into a wider gate plan. Government flight catering here documents the protocol file per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen, including head of state movements where the terminal and timing call for it.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at GVBA
A narrow-body reference code sets the aircraft this stand can take, and within that limit royal flight catering at Rabil still holds a household specification kept on file between movements for private airliners such as a BBJ or ACJ. Catering at BVC for these rotations covers halal and household dietary requirements on request, worked by the same cleared team named for government movements.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at BVC
Our kitchen loads Rabil's single stand for charter airlines, ACMI and wet-lease operators alike, staging a full three-cabin uplift in the order the galleys are laid out. Charter flight catering in Rabil covers group movements and special missions the same way, with charter flight catering at BVC counted against the loading sheet before the cart ever leaves the kitchen.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Rabil
At a station whose 2100 m runway sets its traffic mix toward narrow-body and regional wide-body work, ad hoc airline catering covers carriers running Rabil as an outstation between rotations. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering move off one duty roster here, AOG included, with crew meals at BVC boxed to the same roster across a multi-leg pattern, and ad hoc airline catering at GVBA held to the same tray standard whatever changes week to week.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at GVBA
The 2100 m runway at Rabil also carries the business aviation movements worked from the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field, on the same stand infrastructure as the airline traffic above. Private jet catering at GVBA reaches those aprons on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering handled by our dedicated business aviation branch rather than a separate kitchen.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at GVBA
Operators on inflight catering at BVC
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“For a team flight from Rabil (BVC/GVBA), we booked tour operator charter catering with several dietary requests. The order included different meal types and snacks, but the cabin crew could identify everything immediately. The crew was happy with the organization. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Hector — Charter Logistics Manager
“We needed humanitarian flight catering at Rabil (BVC/GVBA) 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. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Marius — Duty Station Manager
“We used the team at Rabil (BVC/GVBA) for cargo crew meals on a night operation. They respected the unusual timing and kept communication direct with our ops team. Simple, efficient, and on time. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
John — VIP Trip Manager
Airport catering profile for Rabil (GVBA / BVC)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,100 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | GVBA |
Business jet catering questions at GVBA
Crew meals, lead times and access at GVBA
What operations gets asked every week about Rabil.
Ask operations directly →Is government, royal and VIP flight catering available in Rabil, and under what protocol?
Our coordinator runs government flight catering and VIP flight catering here to the same protocol file: security clearance on record, the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Does Rabil airport support private jet catering delivery to the FBOs and the GA terminal?
Every business aviation movement on the field is reached by our private jet catering branch, with FBO catering delivered on the same cold chain as an airline uplift.
Whose specification governs halal, kosher and special meal codes produced for BVC departures?
On every rotation through this station, halal, kosher and the full set of IATA SPML codes are produced on a separate line and documented per passenger.
At what point does an order for GVBA need to be placed, and how late can the specification change?
At booking the cabin count and mission are fixed first; after that, the lead time still allows the specification itself to move up until the loading window opens.
When does airline catering reach the aircraft airside at Rabil, and how does the uplift get on board?
When the cart clears screening and escort on the ramp, airside delivery runs straight to the galley door by hi-loader rather than to the foot of the aircraft.
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Inflight catering quote for GVBA / BVC
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Rabil (BVC / GVBA)
Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Rabil, not a brochure.
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Rabil (BVC)