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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Port Gentil, Gabon
Private jet catering, VIP flight catering and airline catering at Port Gentil (FOOG / POG)
POG (IATA) · FOOG (ICAO)
A narrow-body aircraft rotating through Port Gentil (FOOG) works a single 1,900 m runway, and that reference code shapes every loading plan we write for the stand. Inflight catering here runs to that constraint rather than around it: our crews stage each cart for hi-loader boarding to galley height, sealed at the kitchen and handed over airside, which is how in-flight catering keeps its uplift window on one runway station.
1,900 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 — Port Gentil
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at FOOG / POG
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at Port Gentil, Gabon
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Port Gentil airport
Between the sealed cart leaving our kitchen and the galley door closing at Port Gentil, the catering uplift is tracked stage by stage rather than promised as a single figure. Ramp access at this narrow-body station is held on our own clearance, so the convoy crosses the apron on a route we control end to end. What the timeline below shows is that sequence, not an estimate of it.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Port Gentil sit screening, an escort across the apron and the ordinary traffic of a single-runway field, and we plan the catering uplift against the worst of those, not the best. Chain of custody runs from the seal placed on the cart at the kitchen to the signature taken at the galley door, with nothing handed off in between. Temperature is logged twice on the same load: once when the cart is sealed, once again at handover, so the galley catering that boards has a record behind it rather than an assurance.
One sealed cart, one escort, one signature: the uplift is accountable end to end.
Pilot meals and crew meals prepared for POG
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Port Gentil (POG)
Hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line sit under one roof for the flight kitchen that provisions Port Gentil, built to run to a single HACCP standard regardless of how the day's traffic mixes. Airport catering at this narrow-body station depends on that fixed production line rather than on a large ramp footprint, because the runway and stand count set the volume the kitchen has to plan against. The same cold chain that holds a tray set at sealing holds it through to the galley door, which is what airport catering has to prove on a single-runway field.
The team that handles government flight catering at Port Gentil is the same named crew every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in for a single movement. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for airside movement, and is trained to household service standards before a sealed uplift is ever assigned to them. That continuity is what a protocol desk is actually checking when it asks who is behind the trolley.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Port Gentil
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Port Gentil, Gabon
Menus for Port Gentil are written to the cabin and to the mission first, with the season and the route treated as a second layer rather than the starting point. Where local sourcing applies, produce drawn from Gabon runs through in general terms — fish, fruit, dairy where it is held on the cold chain — never as a single named dish. Inflight catering at this station spans a full multi-class range, from tray sets built for a scheduled rotation to VVIP menus plated to a written specification for a private airliner. Every dietary and medical requirement is documented per passenger and per cabin, so nothing travels on the cart without a label behind it.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Port Gentil are plated to a written specification, with caviar service and à-la-carte options available on request rather than fixed to one set menu. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served to the same brief every time it lands at FOOG.
Business cabins
Business cabins at POG run on multi-choice hot service, built in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft rather than a generic tray. Crew meals and cabin crew meals are boxed separately from the passenger load, and pilot meals are labelled to the roster before the cart is ever sealed.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger before a cart is loaded at Port Gentil, never assumed from a booking class. Halal and kosher sets, alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed before it joins the main uplift, which is how inflight catering here keeps a religious meal apart from everything around it.
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 Port Gentil 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 FOOG
Port Gentil holds a single narrow-body reference code against one runway of 1,900 metres, which sets the traffic this station actually works: scheduled rotations, ad hoc charter and government movements sized to that stand rather than to wide-body volume. A delegation on that mix is a documentation problem before it is a capacity one, and a repeat rotation is mostly a matter of repeating the same specification correctly.
The uplift reaches the aircraft from our kitchen by a route measured in advance, sealed at departure and handed over at the stand rather than left at the foot of the steps. Aviation catering at FOOG moves under ramp access held on our own clearance, so the convoy is never waiting on a general handling pass to cross the apron. In-flight catering and inflight catering both run off the same duty roster here, which is what keeps a single-runway station from becoming a bottleneck.
What we commit to on this station is one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover at the galley door, so airline catering in Gabon and airport catering in Port Gentil both close on the same paper trail every time.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at Port Gentil (POG)
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Government and state flight catering at FOOG
A narrow-body reference code still governs how a delegation movement is staged at this stand, so a protocol file has to be built around one runway rather than assumed onto a wider ramp. Government flight catering at Port Gentil covers state visits and official delegations with the file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff throughout, and the uplift for any head of state movement sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at POG
One narrow-body reference code, one uplift standard held to it: that is what governs a household movement at Port Gentil as much as any scheduled rotation. Royal flight catering here serves private airliners — BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations alike — to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request rather than assumed.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Port Gentil
Our kitchen plans a full three-cabin uplift against the same narrow-body reference code that governs every other movement through this stand, counted to the loading sheet rather than estimated on the day. Charter flight catering at Port Gentil covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group charter movements and multi-leg special missions, and charter flight catering staged in the order the galleys are laid out keeps a repatriation or a tour operator rotation moving as fast as a scheduled one.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at FOOG
Against a single narrow-body reference code, Port Gentil still carries carriers that work it as a genuine outstation rather than a one-off call. Ad hoc airline catering at POG covers outstation catering and diversion catering off the same duty roster, technical stop catering and AOG handled without a fresh contract, and every leg of a multi-leg rotation carries the same tray standard even as the menu cycle itself moves week to week.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at POG
A single runway of 1,900 metres still carries the business aviation traffic that uses the GA terminal alongside every scheduled and charter movement through Port Gentil. Private jet catering at POG is delivered to the FBOs on the field through our dedicated branch, with FBO catering held to the same cold chain and the same paperwork as any wide-body uplift, business aviation catering included.
Private jets →
Aviation catering reviews from operators at Port Gentil
Operators on commercial aviation catering at FOOG / POG
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“I asked for airline meal boxes at Port Gentil (POG/FOOG) because we had limited time to reset the galley. Everything was labeled, compact, and easy to place directly into the aircraft without repacking on the ramp. Exactly what we need for a quick galley setup. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Maria — Outstation Manager
“We used the team for tech stop at Port Gentil (POG/FOOG) 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. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
James — VIP Trip Manager
“For our business jet at Port Gentil (POG/FOOG), I arranged business jet catering with a few passenger-specific requests. They followed my notes closely, kept me updated, and delivered at the time agreed with the FBO. A very good experience from a flight attendant perspective. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Jonas — Charter Operations Manager
Inflight catering station profile for Port Gentil (FOOG / POG)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,900 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | FOOG |
Business jet catering questions at Port Gentil
Technical stop catering questions at Port Gentil
What operations gets asked every week about Port Gentil.
Ask operations directly →Does Port Gentil get private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal?
Our hi-loader and ramp vehicles reach every FBO on the field as well as the GA terminal, so FBO catering follows the same route and the same paperwork as a scheduled airline uplift.
Do you need much notice to load a flight through POG?
Yes, with the lead time set by cabin count and specification rather than a fixed number of days, though how far in advance you confirm the order decides how late the final count can still change.
At what point is airline catering cost confirmed for a rotation through FOOG?
The desk prices a quotation once cabin count, specification and loading window are fixed, since airline catering cost is never published as a flat rate; a request returns a number against those three inputs.
How late can a VIP, VVIP or government flight still change its protocol requirements at Port Gentil?
Household and protocol standards are held on file between movements, so VIP flight catering and government flight catering can absorb a late change to the passenger list without rewriting the whole specification.
Is halal, kosher or another IATA special meal code produced at Port Gentil?
There is a separate production line for halal, kosher and the full set of SPML special meal codes, each documented per passenger and sealed apart from the main uplift before it joins the cart.
Who actually carries airline catering onto the aircraft at POG?
For every rotation here, our own crew carries the sealed cart across the apron and boards it by hi-loader to galley height, so airside delivery is never left at the foot of the steps.
Outstation catering near Port Gentil
OMB / FOOH
Omboue
Gabon · 111 km from Port Gentil
Airline & VIP flight catering →
LBV / FOOL
Libreville
Gabon · 149 km from Port Gentil
Airline & VIP flight catering →
LBQ / FOGR
Lambarene
Gabon · 166 km from Port Gentil
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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