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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Lamu, Kenya
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Lamu (HKLU / LAU)
LAU (IATA) · HKLU (ICAO)
With a 2000 m runway at the centre of operations, Lamu takes narrow-body aircraft on scheduled, charter and VIP rotations that need dependable inflight catering rather than volume alone. AERO GOURMET runs in-flight catering here by hi-loader to galley height, boarding wide-body-style discipline onto every uplift so the flight kitchen's output reaches the cabin sealed, timed and airside.
2,000 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
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 — Lamu
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at LAU
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for LAU departures
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at HKLU / LAU
The loading window at Lamu runs from the sealed cart leaving our kitchen to the signature at the galley door, and ramp access is what keeps that window short rather than approximate. We hold our own clearance onto the apron so a catering uplift is never queued behind a general handling slot, and the route is fixed before the aircraft is on stand. That sequence is what a narrow-body rotation at this field needs repeated exactly, run after run.
Between the sealed cart and the stand at HKLU sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and none of them are left to chance on a catering uplift. We route the convoy against the busiest slot on the apron and hold a fallback path so a delay upstream does not become a delay at the galley door. Every cart carries a sealed lock and a logged departure time from the kitchen, checked again against the chain of custody at handover to galley catering staff. The signature that closes the load is the same one that opened it, so responsibility never changes hands unrecorded between the two points.
One sealed cart, one route, one signature: the uplift is measured, not promised.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for HKLU
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Lamu
Airport catering at LAU is provisioned from a flight kitchen built around hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, which is what lets a narrow-body rotation get a full multi-class load rather than a partial one. HACCP governs every stage from receipt to sealing, and the cold chain is held from the larder to the cart so nothing on board has spent time outside it. Airport catering in Lamu depends on that single-site discipline, because there is no second kitchen to fall back on if the sequence breaks.
The team that handles government flight catering at Lamu is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assembled per booking. Each member carries a current security clearance, sits on the access list for the ramp, and is trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects before a sealed uplift ever leaves the kitchen. That continuity is what catering at LAU relies on when the passenger manifest cannot be shared beyond the people cleared to see it.
Kosher inflight catering and dietary sets at Lamu airport
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at LAU
Menus at Lamu are written to the cabin and the mission first, and only then to the season: a delegation flight, a wide-body charter and a scheduled rotation each get a different tray set even when the produce list is the same. Kenyan dairy, fish and orchard fruit inform the seasonal frame without any dish being fixed on the page, because the specification is agreed with the operator, not printed as a menu card. Inflight catering in Kenya is planned against what the cabin can hold and what the mission requires, from a full plated service to a sealed meal box. Every set closes on a documented allergen, halal, kosher or medical line, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Lamu are plated to a written specification held on file between movements, with à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a set course order. VIP flight catering here is checked against that specification at sealing, not improvised on the day of the rotation.
Business cabins
Business cabins at HKLU take 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 duty roster, kept apart from the passenger load throughout.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary sets at LAU cover household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger, including halal and kosher meals and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering here produces those sets on a separate line, sealed before it joins the main uplift.
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 under HACCP control at Lamu, Kenya
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 Lamu, Kenya
Lamu takes scheduled, charter and government traffic across two runways, and a narrow-body reference code means every rotation is worked to the same stand-side sequence rather than split across multiple aircraft classes. A visiting delegation is a documentation problem before it is a volume one, and a repeat charter rotation is a repetition problem: the same specification has to hold cart after cart.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the apron by a fixed route, boarded by hi-loader to galley height so the cart never sits at the foot of the aircraft. Airline catering at Lamu and airport catering in Kenya run off the same ramp access, held on our own clearance rather than shared general handling.
One coordinator owns the stand from seal to signature, and every cart that leaves the kitchen for in-flight catering at HKLU is logged against a handover that closes the loop before the aircraft pushes back, with aviation catering in Lamu and inflight catering at Lamu both answering to it.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at Lamu
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Government and state flight catering at HKLU
Two runways give Lamu a second option when a delegation movement needs a hold or a reroute, which matters more for a state visit than for any scheduled service. Government flight catering here documents the protocol file per passenger, keeps security-cleared staff on the load, and seals the uplift before it leaves the kitchen for any head of state movement routed through the field.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at LAU
Our kitchen holds a written specification on file between movements, which is what a narrow-body reference code cannot promise on its own but a household expects on every return visit. Royal flight catering at Lamu covers private airliners, BBJ and ACJ types among them, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced against that file rather than reworked each time.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Lamu
A narrow-body reference code sets the ceiling on what boards at Lamu in one movement, and it still carries a full three-cabin load for the operators who need one. Charter flight catering at HKLU serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering at LAU counted against the loading sheet stand by stand.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at HKLU
A 2000 m runway keeps Lamu open to narrow-body traffic that arrives without warning as much as on a published schedule, which is exactly where ad hoc airline catering earns its place in the plan. Carriers running this field as an outstation draw on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off the same duty roster, crew meals boxed at LAU and again at HKLU whichever aircraft turns up.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at LAU
A business jet inbound to a narrow-body field like Lamu still needs the cold chain held from kitchen to cabin, and that is what the reference code here is built to support. Private jet catering at LAU reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same paperwork as an airline uplift, run by our dedicated private-jet branch rather than a scaled-down version of it.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at LAU
Operators on commercial aviation catering at HKLU
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We used tour operator charter catering at Lamu (LAU/HKLU) for a team charter and had a good experience. Final numbers changed late and the team adjusted without making the process difficult. We would book them again for another team movement. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Bastien — Flight Support Manager
“We needed military charter catering at Lamu (LAU/HKLU) for a time-sensitive operation. Communication with operations was efficient and the order was adapted quickly when our timings moved. Reliable service when the mission does not allow delays. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Lina — Station Services Coordinator
“For a cargo sector from Lamu (LAU/HKLU), we arranged cargo crew meals for the operating crew. Meals arrived on time and were packed practically for a working crew rather than over-presented. We would use them again for another cargo sector. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Adrian — Executive Aviation Coordinator
Airport catering facts for Lamu (HKLU / LAU)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,000 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | HKLU |
Business jet catering questions at Lamu airport
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Lamu airport
What operations gets asked every week about Lamu.
Ask operations directly →Which special meal sets does LAU produce, and how are they documented?
The loader carries halal, kosher and the full set of IATA SPML codes on a separate line, each set labelled and logged per passenger before it joins the main uplift.
How does HKLU handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering?
HKLU works VIP flight catering and government flight catering under the same protocol file: security-cleared staff, a sealed cart, and a signature at handover rather than a shared handling slot.
What does private jet catering look like for the FBOs and the GA terminal in Lamu?
We deliver to every FBO on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, run through our dedicated private-jet branch.
Do you deliver airline catering airside at Lamu Airport?
Yes, by hi-loader straight to galley height, so airside delivery never leaves a cart waiting at the foot of the aircraft.
Can you say what airline catering costs at LAU?
The airline catering cost turns on cabin count, specification and the loading window agreed for the rotation, so the desk comes back with a quotation rather than a fixed price list.
When does an order need to be placed for a rotation through HKLU?
When the operator confirms the movement, lead time runs from that point; how far in advance depends on the mission, though a specification can still be revised later than last minute airline catering suggests.
Commercial aviation catering near Lamu
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
MBA / HKMO
Mombasa
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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