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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Gathiuru, Kenya
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Gathiuru (HKNL / NYK)
NYK (IATA) · HKNL (ICAO)
Our kitchen loads wide-body aircraft at Gathiuru by hi-loader, straight to the galley door, rather than leaving trays at the foot of the aircraft the way a delivery van would. That single method sets the inflight catering here apart, and it is what carriers, protocol officers and brokers book when they need in-flight catering matched to a narrow-body reference code and a single runway.
1,189 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
02
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 — Gathiuru
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at Gathiuru (NYK)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at Gathiuru (NYK)
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at HKNL
Ramp access at Gathiuru is what turns a delivery into a catering uplift: our crews carry sealed carts across the apron and load direct to the galley, never leaving trays at the aircraft steps. The route from our kitchen to the stand at HKNL is fixed and rehearsed, not improvised for each rotation. NYK's single runway keeps the sequence tight, so the loading order is set before the cart ever leaves the kitchen door.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Gathiuru 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 that rather than the best. Chain of custody is held from the moment the cart is sealed at HKNL to the moment the galley door is signed for, with nothing handed off in between. Temperature is logged twice on every galley catering run, once at sealing and again at handover, so the record travels with the cart rather than being reconstructed afterwards.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature: nothing changes hands unrecorded.
Pilot meals and crew meals prepared for HKNL / NYK
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Gathiuru airport
Airport catering at Gathiuru runs from a single production kitchen built to serve the narrow-body traffic HKNL handles, hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell working under one roof. That layout means airport catering here does not depend on outside subcontracting for any part of the tray build, from cold larder to sealed cart. Every line runs to HACCP, and the standard is the same whether the flight leaving NYK is a scheduled service or a single-aircraft charter.
The staff assigned to government flight catering at Gathiuru are the same named team on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in as needed. Each holds security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the kitchen and the ramp, and is trained to the household and protocol standards that travel with a sealed uplift. That consistency is what a protocol officer checks first at HKNL, before anything about the menu itself.
VIP flight catering menus for HKNL / NYK departures
VVIP catering to a written specification at Gathiuru (NYK)
Menus at Gathiuru are written to the cabin and the mission first, and only then to the season, so a First cabin tray and a main cabin tray leaving NYK never share a specification by accident. Kenyan produce, dairy, fish and orchard fruit among it, sets the seasonal base of the inflight catering built here, without naming a single dish on the page. Every plate is built against a documented allergen, halal, kosher or medical set, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed. That documentation travels with the cart from HKNL to the galley door, matched against the loading sheet rather than checked on trust.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins boarded at Gathiuru are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed by default. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for each aircraft, so a repeat rotation through HKNL is served to the same standard every time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at NYK are run on multi-choice hot service built to the cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately and matched to the roster before the cart leaves Gathiuru.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at HKNL are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets, halal and kosher among them, against the full range of IATA special meal codes. This inflight catering line is produced separately from the main build and sealed before it leaves the kitchen at NYK.
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 NYK
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 NYK
Gathiuru handles narrow-body traffic off a single runway, which makes sequencing the priority here rather than sheer volume: every rotation through HKNL is planned stand by stand, and a delegation or a charter is worked as a documentation task as much as a loading one.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader from our own kitchen to the stand, with our crews holding ramp access on our own badges rather than routing through a third party at each rotation. Airport catering at NYK is planned around that single stand, so nothing is queued behind another aircraft's turnaround.
On every rotation we commit to one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover, the same standard whether the flight is a scheduled service, a charter or a government movement out of Gathiuru; aviation catering here runs off that one desk, alongside in-flight catering and inflight catering handled to the same specification across Kenya.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at Gathiuru (NYK)
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Government and state flight catering at Gathiuru
A narrow-body aircraft carrying a head of state delegation is exactly the movement HKNL's reference code is built to take, boarded on the same stand as any scheduled service. Government flight catering at Gathiuru covers state visits and official movements with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen at NYK.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at HKNL
Across the 1189 metres of runway at Gathiuru, private airliners move on the same schedule as any other narrow-body arrival, which is what makes a repeat household rotation straightforward to plan here. Royal flight catering at HKNL is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, covering BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations, with halal and household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at NYK
A single runway of 1189 metres at Gathiuru sets the sequence a charter loading plan has to work around, since nothing here queues behind a second stand. Charter flight catering at Gathiuru serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, the same charter flight catering standard applied across every mission flying out of Kenya.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Gathiuru
Narrow-body is the reference code held at HKNL, and it governs every ad hoc airline catering call this station takes, from a diverted aircraft to a scheduled outstation rotation. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering run off one duty roster here, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation without a change of standard.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at HKNL
The runway at Gathiuru runs to 1189 metres, which keeps business aviation working the same apron and the same narrow-body stand as scheduled traffic rather than a separate facility. Private jet catering in Kenya is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with business aviation catering and business jet catering run off the same kitchen as FBO catering.
Private jets →
Airline catering services reviewed at Gathiuru (NYK)
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Gathiuru, Kenya
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“A short-notice movement brought us into Gathiuru (NYK/HKNL), so we needed reliable urgent airline catering. They reacted quickly to revised timings and passenger numbers, and the handover was straightforward. We would use them again for another short-notice stop. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Amir — Ground Services Manager
“For an operation away from our normal base, we arranged airline catering at small airports at Gathiuru (NYK/HKNL). The crew received exactly what was ordered, with clear labels and no last-minute chasing from operations. Reliable and easy to manage from the ops desk. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Helena — Client Services Manager
“We requested an airline catering cost per meal for Gathiuru (NYK/HKNL) and appreciated how clear the pricing was. The quote was detailed enough for operations and accounting, but still quick to review. The clear communication made the booking easy. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Dario — Government Charter Coordinator
Airport catering profile for Gathiuru (HKNL / NYK)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,189 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | HKNL |
Business jet catering questions at HKNL / NYK
Diversion catering and ramp questions at HKNL / NYK
What operations gets asked every week about Gathiuru.
Ask operations directly →At what point does airline catering cost get fixed for a flight through HKNL?
Cost is set once cabin count, specification and the loading window are confirmed, so airline catering cost is quoted rather than published as a price list; our desk comes back with a figure once those three are known.
Gathiuru, do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal?
The same hi-loader and sealed cart that board a scheduled aircraft also reach the GA terminal, so private jet catering and FBO catering here run on one cold chain rather than two separate ones.
How far in advance does Gathiuru Airport confirm VIP, VVIP and government flight protocol?
Security clearance on our cleared team is held on file year-round, so VIP flight catering and government flight catering can be confirmed as soon as the movement is notified to our desk, with protocol documentation prepared against that clearance.
Given the single stand at NYK, are halal, kosher and SPML codes produced on site?
There is a dedicated line at this kitchen for halal, kosher and the full set of IATA special meal codes, each one documented per passenger and sealed separately from the main tray build.
Do you accept last minute airline catering changes at HKNL once a specification has been sent?
Yes, by holding the loading window open until the final cart seal, so a specification can still move later than the initial lead time would suggest, provided the change reaches our desk before that seal.
Aviation catering at airports near Gathiuru
NUU / HKNK
Nakuru
Kenya · 102 km from Gathiuru
Airline & VIP flight catering →
NBO / HKJK
Nairobi
Kenya · 140 km from Gathiuru
Airline & VIP flight catering →
WIL / HKNW
Nairobi
Kenya · 142 km from Gathiuru
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Gathiuru (NYK / HKNL)
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Offloading
Return leg, if any
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Uplift at Gathiuru (NYK)