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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Serena, Kenya
Private jet catering, VIP flight catering and airline catering at Serena (HKMS / MRE)
MRE (IATA) · HKMS (ICAO)
Serena carries a narrow-body reference code, which sets the loading plan for every rotation through the field: single-aisle stands, one galley door height, one hi-loader run from kitchen to wing. Inflight catering here follows that geometry rather than fighting it, and in-flight catering for scheduled, charter, VIP and government movements is uplifted the same way, wide-body volume held to narrow-body precision on every stand.
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 — Serena
Inflight catering at wide-body scale for HKMS / MRE
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Serena
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at HKMS / MRE
The narrow-body reference code held at Serena fixes a single galley door height, so every catering uplift here is planned to one hi-loader profile rather than several. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, which keeps the route from kitchen to apron under one authority instead of a shared one. That single profile is what lets the window be measured rather than guessed, cart by cart, stand by stand.
Between our kitchen and the stand at HKMS sit screening, an escort through the airside gate, and the ordinary traffic of a narrow-body apron. We plan the catering uplift against the worst of those three, not the average of them, because a delayed escort still has to meet a closing galley door.
Each cart is sealed at the kitchen, its temperature logged before it leaves, and logged again at handover so the chain of custody has a written record at both ends. Galley catering for the next rotation is already staged behind it, so the seal breaks only once, at the aircraft. A signature closes the load, and that signature is the one document that follows the tray sets onto the flight.
One seal, one route, one signature: the load is measured, never estimated.
Cargo crew meals and passenger uplifts for HKMS
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Serena
The flight kitchen at MRE runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, built to the narrow-body reference code that governs every stand this field works. Airport catering at Serena is planned from that single production line rather than split across several, which keeps HACCP records, cold-chain logs and loading sheets consistent from one rotation to the next. Airport catering in Serena is therefore one kitchen answering to one standard, whatever the mission on the manifest.
The team that handles government flight catering at HKMS is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access list, and trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects. That continuity matters more than headcount on a narrow-body reference code, where one crew works the kitchen, the seal and the handover in sequence rather than in parallel. Catering at HKMS is planned around that single chain of custody, not around shift rotation.
VIP flight catering menus for Serena airport departures
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at MRE
From passenger meal boxes to VVIP menus, inflight catering in Serena follows the cabin, the mission and the season rather than a fixed cycle. Menus draw on the country's dairy, orchard fruit and fish where the route and the season allow it, plated to a specification rather than to a fixed dish list. Every set travels with a documented allergen, halal, kosher or medical profile, labelled per passenger and per cabin so the galley crew loads against a written record rather than memory. The VIP flight menu and the charter flight menu are built from the same kitchen, at the same standard, whichever cabin is being fed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at HKMS are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. Each course is filed against the standing order before departure, so VIP flight catering here repeats to the same record on every rotation.
Business cabins
Business cabins at MRE take multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately from the passenger tray sets and loaded to the roster, not to the seat count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary sets at Serena cover household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger, including halal and kosher production and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering for these sets is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, keeping it apart from the standard passenger run.
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 Serena (MRE)
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 Serena, Kenya
Serena carries a narrow-body reference code, which means the traffic through it is worked stand by stand rather than across a mixed wide-body apron: scheduled rotations, charter movements and the occasional government flight all load to the same single-aisle profile, which turns delegation work into a documentation task rather than a capacity one. Airline catering at MRE is planned around that repetition, one manifest at a time.
The uplift travels a fixed route from our kitchen to the apron, sealed cart to hi-loader, boarded to galley height on the same profile every time; in-flight catering at Serena and aviation catering at Serena share that one route rather than several. Airport catering at MRE is therefore planned stand by stand, with ramp access held on our own clearance rather than passed between handlers.
One coordinator carries the rotation from seal to signature, and inflight catering at Serena closes on that same handover record every time.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at HKMS / MRE
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Government and state flight catering at MRE
A single galley door height across every stand at Serena means a delegation's uplift is sequenced through one hi-loader profile rather than several, which is what makes government flight catering here a documentation exercise rather than a capacity one. Protocol is filed per passenger, staff carry security clearance, and a head of state movement is sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Serena
The narrow-body reference code held at HKMS fixes one hi-loader profile, which allows royal flight catering here to repeat to a written household specification kept on file between movements rather than rebuilt each time. Private airliners, BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations included, are boarded to that same profile, with halal and household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at HKMS
We hold the narrow-body reference code at Serena as the fixed variable behind every charter rotation, loading ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions to the same hi-loader profile as a scheduled flight. Charter flight catering in Serena and charter flight catering in Kenya both run a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at MRE
At a field held to a narrow-body reference code, the galley door height is fixed, so ad hoc airline catering at MRE loads to one hi-loader profile whatever the carrier. Outstation catering in Kenya, diversion catering at MRE and technical stop catering run off the same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals in Kenya and crew meals at Serena boxed separately and ad hoc catering at MRE staged to the same standing tray set.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Serena
The narrow-body reference code at MRE governs the GA apron as much as the airline stands, so business aviation is worked to the same hi-loader profile rather than a separate one. Private jet catering at Serena reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal through our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Aviation catering trusted by operators at Serena
Flight departments on jet catering at HKMS
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our flight changed at short notice and we arranged contingency catering at Serena (MRE/HKMS). Communication was fast and practical, which made a difficult turnaround much easier for our crew. A dependable option for irregular operations. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Tariq — Flight Operations Specialist
“We used the service at Serena (MRE/HKMS) for airline catering at small airports on a station where we do not have our usual suppliers. It felt like working with a regular station supplier even though this was not one of our usual airports. Reliable and easy to manage from the ops desk.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Mark — Airline Operations Manager
“We requested an airline catering cost per meal for Serena (MRE/HKMS) and appreciated how clear the pricing was. The quote was detailed enough for operations and accounting, but still quick to review. Straightforward and professional from quote to delivery. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Paolo — Private Flight Coordinator
Airport catering reference for Serena (HKMS / MRE)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | HKMS |
Airline catering services FAQ for Serena airport
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Serena airport
What operations gets asked every week about Serena.
Ask operations directly →When are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced at Serena, and how are they documented?
When an order specifies them, halal and kosher sets and the full range of SPML codes are produced on a separate line and sealed before departure, each one labelled per passenger and per cabin.
How much does airline catering cost at MRE?
MRE quotations are built around cabin count, specification and loading window rather than a published price list, so the desk reviews the rotation and comes back with a figure rather than an estimate.
Where is the lead time recorded for an order through HKMS, and how late can a specification still change?
The loading sheet is the record: it fixes how far in advance an order must be confirmed, and it is the same document that tracks any late change up to the point the cart is sealed, which covers most last minute airline catering requests without reopening the whole order.
What protocol governs VIP, VVIP and government flight catering in Serena?
We cater VIP flight catering, VVIP movements and government flight catering here under the same chain of custody as any other uplift, with security-cleared staff, documented protocol per passenger, and the load sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
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Four steps
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Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
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Uplift at Serena (MRE)