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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Accra, Ghana
Private jet catering, VIP flight catering and airline catering at Accra (DGAA / ACC)
ACC (IATA) · DGAA (ICAO)
A wide-body operator boards here on the strength of a 3403 m runway, the longest at this field, which clears the aircraft this station is built to turn around. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering move from our kitchen to galley height by hi-loader, with wide-body uplift boarded airside rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft.
3,403 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
2
FBOs on station
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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 — Accra
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at DGAA
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Accra airport
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Accra, Ghana
The loading window here starts at the kitchen seal and ends at the galley door, with ramp access held on our own clearance rather than a delivery left at the foot of the aircraft. Every catering uplift for the wide-body stand at Accra is tracked against that same sequence, screening, escort and taxi included, so a delay upstream is caught before it reaches the aircraft. The ICAO code DGAA marks the point past which the load is no longer ours to adjust.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Accra sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and a catering uplift is planned against the worst case each of them can produce on a given day rather than the average one. One coordinator carries the load from seal to signature, so a delay in any single step is visible before it reaches the ramp.
Temperatures are logged twice: once when the cart is sealed at the kitchen, once again at handover on the stand, closing the chain of custody with a signature rather than a guess. That second log is what turns galley catering from a delivery into a documented handover.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the aircraft, nothing loose in between.
Airline catering companies' production standard at ACC
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at DGAA / ACC
Airport catering at Accra runs from a kitchen built around hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell held under one roof, rather than several sites feeding the ramp separately. That layout is what lets airport catering in Ghana move a state delegation and a scheduled rotation off the same line without either one slowing the other down. Production here runs to HACCP, with the cold chain held from the moment a tray is sealed until it reaches the flight kitchen at ACC.
The team that handles government flight catering at this station is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assigned by whoever is free that day. Each member carries security clearance on file and sits on the access list before touching a sealed uplift, trained to household service standards as well as to the standard commercial specification. Catering at DGAA is signed off by that same crew whether the movement is announced weeks ahead or confirmed the day before.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at DGAA
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Accra
Menus at this station are written to the cabin and the mission rather than issued from one fixed list, and they move with the season rather than staying static across the year. Passenger meal boxes, VIP flight menus and charter flight menus draw on Ghanaian produce where the season allows it, from tropical fruit to freshwater fish and dairy sourced within the country, described in general terms and never as a fixed dish. Inflight catering at Accra is written to run across the season without a gap in supply, cabin by cabin. Every set carries a documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical profile, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it reaches the aircraft.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at DGAA are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu card, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request for the mission it is written for. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served to the same presentation every time it flies.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Accra run on multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft rather than a generic tray. Crew meals at ACC, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed to the roster travelling with them, so the flight deck is never served from the passenger set.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at this station are documented per passenger before the tray is built, covering household, religious and medical requirements produced on a separate line. Halal and kosher sets, together with the full range of IATA special meal codes, are sealed before that line closes, giving inflight catering in Accra a documented set for every code a booking can carry.
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
HACCP standards for aviation catering at DGAA / ACC
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 Accra (ACC)
Accra handles scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private flights across a single wide-body reference code, and that mix turns every delegation into a documentation task and every peak wave into a capacity one rather than either running on its own timetable. Airline catering at DGAA is planned stand by stand rather than by terminal, so a repeat rotation and a one-off charter are both worked from the same loading sheet.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the ramp under our own escort, boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with airport catering at Accra staged in the order the galleys are laid out. In-flight catering in Ghana and inflight catering in Ghana both move through that same route, with aviation catering in Ghana carried on one badge from kitchen to stand.
One coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover are what we commit to on every stand here, whatever the segment flying that day.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at DGAA / ACC
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Government and state flight catering at DGAA
Because Accra clears aircraft to a wide-body reference code, a head of state movement is worked on the same stand as a scheduled rotation rather than a separate one, which makes the protocol file the variable that has to be sequenced around it. Government flight catering here documents each delegation per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at ACC
Wide-body is the reference code held at this station, which lets a private airliner board the same stand as a scheduled service without a change of ramp procedure. Royal flight catering at Accra runs to a written household specification kept on file between movements, covering BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP aircraft, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Accra
We load ACMI and wet-lease operators onto the same wide-body reference code this station holds for scheduled traffic, rather than a separate charter apron. Charter flight catering at Accra and charter flight catering in Accra cover group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift, counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out, multi-leg included.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at DGAA
Off the 3403 metre runway at this station, carriers running Accra as an outstation get ad hoc airline catering built around a single duty roster rather than a fresh plan for every rotation. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering sit on that same roster, AOG included, with crew meals at DGAA and crew meals in Accra boxed to the flight deck across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at ACC
The 3403 metre runway at this station takes the business aviation traffic that reaches the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field, alongside the wide-body movements it was built for. Private jet catering at Accra runs through our dedicated branch there, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering held to the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Accra
McDAN AVIATION GHANA LTD
skyfolk aviation
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at Accra airport
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at ACC
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged delegation flight catering at Accra (ACC/DGAA) for a sensitive movement. Special meals and crew items were clearly separated, and the aircraft-side handover was smooth. We would trust the team again for a similar movement. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Yann — Duty Station Manager
“For a VIP rotation through Accra (ACC/DGAA), we used the team for private airliner catering. The order was organized by service and passenger request, which saved us time before departure. Exactly the level of detail we expect for VIP flying. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Yara — VIP Account Manager
“Our charter program used the service at Accra (ACC/DGAA) for umrah flight catering. The team handled the volume well and kept the boxes clearly identified by flight and service. The operation ran smoothly from order to uplift. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Esther — Government Aviation Liaison
Aircraft catering station data for Accra (DGAA / ACC)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,403 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | DGAA |
Business jet catering questions at DGAA
Diversion catering and ramp questions at DGAA
What operations gets asked every week about Accra.
Ask operations directly →At DGAA, do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
The same hi-loader and sealed-cart equipment that boards our wide-body uplifts also reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, so FBO catering runs on the same cold chain as an airline rotation.
How far does VIP, VVIP and government flight catering at Accra go, and under what protocol?
Household service standards and government clearance govern every VIP flight catering and government flight catering movement here, with the protocol file documented per passenger before the uplift leaves the kitchen.
There is a documented set for halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes at Accra Kotoka International Airport?
There is a separate production line for halal and kosher sets and for the full range of SPML codes, each one sealed and logged per passenger before it reaches the aircraft.
At which point in the process is airline catering cost at ACC actually fixed?
The specification is confirmed first, cabin count, tray standard and loading window, and only then does the desk return with a quotation, since no price list is published in advance.
Whose hi-loader carries the airline catering uplift to the aircraft at DGAA?
For every stand on this field, our own crew carries the uplift by hi-loader to galley height, with airside delivery held on our own clearance rather than a handover at the foot of the aircraft.
Do you take orders with short notice in Accra, and how late can a specification still change?
Yes, by holding a standing duty roster that absorbs a late change to cabin count or specification up to the loading window agreed for that rotation.
Commercial aviation catering near Accra
LFW / DXXX
Lomé
Togo · 169 km from Accra
Airline & VIP flight catering →
TKD / DGTK
Sekondi-Takoradi
Ghana · 195 km from Accra
Airline & VIP flight catering →
KMS / DGSI
Kumasi
Ghana · 200 km from Accra
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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