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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Bitam, Gabon
Private jet catering, VIP flight catering and airline catering at Bitam (FOOB / BMM)
BMM (IATA) · FOOB (ICAO)
A narrow-body reference code at Bitam sets the aircraft this station boards, and it is why the ramp is worked stand-side rather than curb-side: our crews carry the uplift to galley height by hi-loader, not to the foot of the aircraft. In-flight catering here runs off one ops desk, and inflight catering at FOOB moves the same way whether the sector is scheduled, chartered or a wide-body diversion.
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Bitam
Aviation catering with ramp access at Bitam airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for Bitam (BMM) departures
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at FOOB
The loading window at Bitam runs from the sealed cart leaving our kitchen to the moment it clears the galley door, and ramp access is what keeps that route short rather than improvised. Every stage between the kitchen and the apron is timed against the same schedule the flight itself keeps, because a narrow-body turnaround leaves no room for a delayed catering uplift. Nothing on that route is estimated: it is walked, checked and signed the same way on every rotation into BMM.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Bitam sit screening, an escort and the ordinary traffic of the apron, and we plan the galley catering run against the worst of those three rather than the best. Each cart is sealed at the kitchen door, logged into a chain of custody that names who carried it and when, and the seal is checked again before the hi-loader lifts it to the galley. Temperature is logged at both ends of that route, so the catering uplift that leaves Bitam sealed is the same one, at the same reading, that a crew member signs for on board.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the galley door.
Cargo crew meals and passenger uplifts for Bitam, Gabon
Cleared crews behind government flight catering at Bitam airport
Airport catering at Bitam runs from a single flight kitchen built around hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, so a narrow-body rotation is never split across separate premises. HACCP governs every stage of that production, from intake to the sealed cart that leaves for the stand, and the same standard applies whether the order is a scheduled sector or a diplomatic movement. Airport catering in Gabon depends on that single site holding to one method, because the flight kitchen at BMM is the only production point feeding this station's aircraft.
The team that handles government flight catering at Bitam is the same named crew on every rotation, carrying security clearance on file and standing on the access list before a cart is loaded. They are trained to royal household standards as well as to airline schedules, so a state movement and a scheduled sector are worked by staff who already hold the paperwork rather than staff briefed on the day. That continuity is what keeps the chain of custody intact from the kitchen door to the galley at FOOB.
Halal airline meals and special meals at FOOB / BMM
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Bitam (BMM)
Menus at Bitam are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed list, so a scheduled sector, a charter and a VVIP rotation each carry a specification built for what that flight actually needs. Where local sourcing applies, it draws on the produce of the region in general terms, dairy, orchard fruit and fresh produce worked into the plan rather than a fixed dish. Inflight catering at BMM is adjusted by season the same way, so a summer rotation and a dry-season rotation are not served from an identical plan. Every set is closed out against documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Bitam are plated to a written specification held on file between movements, with à-la-carte and course-by-course service available on request. VIP flight catering here is checked against that specification cart by cart, so a repeat rotation receives the same standard as the first.
Business cabins
Business cabins at FOOB take a multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on board, tray sets and meal boxes staged in the order the aircraft is loaded. Crew meals travel on the same manifest, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately and matched to the roster at Bitam.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at BMM are documented per passenger rather than assumed, covering household, religious and medical sets produced on a line kept apart from the main run. Halal and kosher sets are prepared against the full IATA special meal codes, and inflight catering in Gabon is closed out only once each labelled set has been checked against that passenger record.
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
Aircraft catering compliance at Bitam airport
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 BMM
Bitam handles scheduled, charter, government and VIP traffic across a narrow-body reference code, which turns a delegation into a documentation task and a peak wave into a capacity task rather than a single fixed routine. Airline catering in Bitam is planned against whichever of those two pressures the day actually brings, stand by stand, rather than against a generic schedule.
The uplift reaches the aircraft from our kitchen by sealed cart, moved airside to the stand and boarded by hi-loader to galley height, with our own crew holding the ramp escort from kitchen gate to aircraft door. In-flight catering at Bitam follows that same route on every rotation, whether the sector is a scheduled service or an ad hoc charter.
What we commit to at this station is one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts logged from kitchen to stand, and a signed handover at the galley door, so airport catering in Bitam carries one accountable name rather than a shift roster.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at FOOB / BMM
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Government and state flight catering at BMM
Sequencing a delegation through a single narrow-body stand means the protocol file has to be closed before the cart moves, not after. Government flight catering at Bitam is documented per passenger, produced by security-cleared staff and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, with a head of state movement worked to that same file rather than a one at catering.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Bitam
One narrow-body reference code, one wide-body-scaled standard held against it: a private airliner working a royal or VVIP rotation through FOOB is boarded to a written household specification kept on file between movements. Royal flight catering at this station covers BBJ, ACJ and private airliner configurations, with halal and other household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at FOOB
Our kitchen loads a full three-cabin uplift onto the narrow-body stand at Bitam whenever a charter, ACMI or wet-lease rotation replaces a scheduled one. Charter flight catering at FOOB for group movements and special missions is staged in the order the galleys are laid out and counted against the loading sheet, the same discipline charter flight catering in Bitam applies to any multi-leg routing.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at BMM
Off the narrow-body reference code held at Bitam, carriers running this station as an outstation draw on the same duty roster as a scheduled service. Ad hoc airline catering at FOOB covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering, with AOG handled on the same call, while crew meals at FOOB and crew meals at BMM travel on a multi-leg rotation without a change of standard.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Bitam
The narrow-body reference code at Bitam also governs the GA apron, so business aviation is worked off the same stand geometry as a scheduled sector. Private jet catering in Gabon is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal by our dedicated branch, sealed on the same cold chain and closed out on the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering and business aviation catering both drawing on the flight kitchen behind BMM's stands.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Bitam
Flight departments on jet catering at Bitam, Gabon
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“For a last-minute requirement at Bitam (BMM/FOOB), we contacted them as our airline ops catering supplier. One contact handled the order from confirmation through delivery, which saved our dispatch team a lot of follow-up. A good partner to have when the usual supplier is not available. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Mateo — Executive Charter Coordinator
“I arranged VIP flight catering in Bitam for our departure from BMM/FOOB. The menu selection was good and all special requests were clearly identified. I would use them again for another flight from Bitam. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Jack — Protocol Operations Officer
“We had several kosher airline meals on our order at Bitam (BMM/FOOB) and everything was handled correctly. The order arrived complete and the special requests were handled with the same presentation as the regular meals. That attention to detail makes a big difference onboard. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Daniel — Flight Operations Coordinator
Inflight catering station profile for Bitam (FOOB / BMM)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | FOOB |
Aircraft catering questions at FOOB
Diversion catering and ramp questions at FOOB / BMM
What operations gets asked every week about Bitam.
Ask operations directly →Where can we get private jet catering delivered at BMM?
Every delivery is logged against a handover record that names the FBO or GA terminal position it reached, and our branch covers FBO catering across every FBO on the field on the same cold chain as an airline uplift.
Are halal, kosher and IATA special meals produced at FOOB?
Our protocol coordinator books halal and kosher sets, along with the full range of SPML special meal codes, on a line kept apart from the main production run and documents each set against the passenger manifest.
Does Bitam take last-minute changes to an airline catering order?
Every order at this station carries a lead time set at booking, and how far in advance a specification can still change depends on where the cart sits in production; a diversion or technical stop is worked as last-minute airline catering against whatever stock is on hand.
Which factors set the airline catering cost at Bitam Airport?
The loading route from our kitchen to the hi-loader sets the baseline, and the airline catering cost then moves with cabin count, specification and how tight the loading window is against the schedule; the desk returns a quotation rather than a published rate.
Airport catering near Bitam
OYE / FOGO
Oyem
Gabon · 60 km from Bitam
Airline & VIP flight catering →
GEM / FGMY
Mengomeyén
Equatorial Guinea · 68 km from Bitam
Airline & VIP flight catering →
NSI / FKYS
Yaoundé
Cameroon · 183 km from Bitam
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Bitam (BMM / FOOB)
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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 Bitam (BMM)