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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Daloa, Côte d'Ivoire
Daloa (DIDL / DJO): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
DJO (IATA) · DIDL (ICAO)
Onto a 2000 m runway at Daloa, the single narrow-body strip that sets what boards here and how fast a rotation turns. Inflight catering and in-flight catering move by hi-loader to galley height, wide-body volume held to the same uplift standard on every stand at DJO.
2,000 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 — Daloa
Hi-loader aviation catering on the DIDL apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at DJO
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at DIDL / DJO
Every catering uplift at Daloa starts sealed at the kitchen and ends signed at the galley door, with nothing left to estimate in between. Ramp access is held on our own badges rather than negotiated stand by stand, so the cart moves from kitchen to apron on a fixed route rather than a queue. That is what a narrow-body reference code buys an ops desk here: one lane, one crew, one measured path to the aircraft.
Between our kitchen and the stand at DIDL sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and we plan the galley catering run against the worst of those three rather than the average. Chain of custody is held from the seal at the kitchen door to the signature at the aircraft, with nobody outside that custody touching the load. Temperatures are logged when the cart is sealed and again at handover, and the catering uplift closes only once both readings and the signature are on file.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature: nothing in between is left to chance.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Daloa (DJO)
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Daloa
The flight kitchen at DJO runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, provisioning airport catering for scheduled and charter movements out of Daloa. HACCP governs every stage from intake to sealing, and the cold chain is unbroken from the larder to the cart. Airport catering here means one kitchen answering to one standard, not a network of subcontracted lines.
The team that handles government flight catering at Daloa is the same named crew every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for one movement. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, each is on the access list for the ramp, and each is trained to the household standards a repeat mission expects. Chain of custody runs through named individuals, not through a shift pattern.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Daloa airport
VVIP catering written per mission at DJO
From passenger meal boxes to VVIP menus, the Daloa inflight catering range is written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a single fixed cycle. Where local sourcing applies, produce, dairy and fruit drawn from the surrounding region enter the specification in general terms, never as a named dish. Every set carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical variants, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen. The three cards below carry the detail; this line carries the principle that governs all of it.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Daloa are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to one cycle. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so the presentation is repeatable movement to movement.
Business cabins
Business cabins at DJO run multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets, sized to the aircraft fitted to the stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, keeping flight deck sets apart from the cabin service.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger for departures out of Daloa, with halal and kosher sets produced on a separate line before sealing. The full range of IATA special meal codes is covered, so inflight catering here answers to the SPML list rather than a shortened one.
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 DIDL / DJO
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 Daloa, Côte d'Ivoire
Daloa handles scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single narrow-body reference code, which sets a documentation load rather than a capacity one: a delegation needs paperwork matched to protocol, not extra stand space. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering off this field run through one ops desk regardless of which segment is flying.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the stand by sealed cart, loaded through the galley door at height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew on the ramp throughout. Airport catering at DJO is planned stand by stand, and airline catering in Daloa is worked to the same route on every rotation, ad hoc or scheduled.
One coordinator carries the movement from seal to signature, and the handover is closed only once both are on file.
Royal flight catering and scheduled uplifts at Daloa
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Government and state flight catering at DJO
A 2000 m runway at Daloa allows a single wide-body-equivalent movement to be worked without competing for stand time, which is what a delegation's schedule needs. Government flight catering here runs on a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff, and an uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen for any head of state movement.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Daloa
Our kitchen holds a narrow-body reference code as its working constraint, and it uses that fixed lane to keep a royal household specification on file between movements rather than rebuilding it each time. Royal flight catering at DIDL covers private airliners on the same repeat-rotation basis, with halal and household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at DIDL
A narrow-body reference code governs every stand assignment at Daloa, and a charter rotation is staged against that same limit rather than against a separate charter allocation. Charter flight catering here serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering counted against the loading sheet leg by leg.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at DJO
A 2000 m runway at Daloa sets what a carrier can turn here without holding a slot open, which is exactly the constraint an outstation desk plans a rotation around. Ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering run off the same duty roster, with crew meals boxed separately for every leg of a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Daloa
A business jet turning on the same 2000 m runway as scheduled traffic is worked from the GA terminal side of the field, on the reference code that governs every movement here. Private jet catering at Daloa reaches the FBOs on the field on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, business aviation catering delivered rather than collected.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at Daloa airport
Operators on commercial aviation catering at DIDL
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“I asked for airline catering IATA standards at Daloa (DJO/DIDL) because we had limited time to reset the galley. The trays and boxes were organized logically, which saved the cabin crew time before passengers arrived. Very cabin-friendly catering. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Leon — Charter Flight Coordinator
“We used the team for outstation at Daloa (DJO/DIDL) during a tight turnaround. They understood the operational language and did not need every change explained twice. A very useful service for ad hoc flying. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Daniel — Freighter Operations Manager
“We used the team for business jet catering at Daloa (DJO/DIDL) on a VIP trip. The food arrived fresh and well presented, with clear labels and packaging that actually worked in our galley. A very good experience from a flight attendant perspective. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Niko — Trip Planning Manager
Outstation catering data for Daloa (DIDL / DJO)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | DIDL |
Business jet catering questions at Daloa airport
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Daloa airport
What operations gets asked every week about Daloa.
Ask operations directly →When must an order be placed for a flight through DIDL, and how late can the specification change?
When a rotation is confirmed, we ask for the lead time an outstation desk would expect, and last minute airline catering changes to counts or special meal codes are held open until close to the loading window.
Do you deliver airline catering airside at Daloa?
Yes, by loading directly through the galley door with a hi-loader rather than leaving carts at the foot of the aircraft, so the uplift never sits on open apron.
Which special meal codes does Daloa Airport produce, and how are they documented?
The sealed cart carries halal, kosher and the full IATA SPML range as separate labelled sets, each logged per passenger before it leaves the kitchen.
How does DJO handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering, and under what protocol?
DJO routes VIP flight catering and government flight catering through the same security-cleared team on every rotation, with the protocol file and chain of custody held from seal to signature.
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Daloa (DJO / DIDL)
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
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Uplift at Daloa (DJO)