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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Wajir, Kenya
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Wajir (HKWJ / WJR)
WJR (IATA) · HKWJ (ICAO)
A wide-body reference code held at Wajir sets the scale of what boards here, from a single wide-body stand worked ramp-side rather than curb-side. We run inflight catering and in-flight catering as one uplift chain, hi-loader to galley door, so a scheduled, charter or government aircraft on this stand takes its full load without a foot-of-aircraft handoff breaking the cold chain.
2,802 m
Longest runway
Wide-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 — Wajir
Inflight catering at wide-body scale for Wajir airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at HKWJ
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Wajir
A wide-body reference code at Wajir means one stand, one hi-loader run and one measured sequence rather than a shared belt-loader queue. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the catering uplift moves from sealed cart to galley door without waiting behind ground handling traffic crossing the apron. Every step of that sequence at HKWJ is logged against the same rotation, whatever the mission on the tail.
Between our kitchen and the single wide-body stand at Wajir sit screening, an escort, and whatever else is moving across the apron that hour; we plan the galley catering run against the worst of that traffic rather than the average of it. Chain of custody starts when the cart is sealed and does not break until a signature is taken at the galley door. Temperatures are logged at sealing and again at handover, so a catering uplift arriving on a wide-body stand carries its own record rather than a handler's word for it.
One coordinator owns the seal at the kitchen and the signature at the galley.
Crew meals and pilot meals for Wajir airport departures
Airline food supplier crews cleared for WJR
A wide-body reference code at Wajir means the kitchen behind it is built to fill one stand completely rather than to top up several narrow-body turns. Airport catering at this scale runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, with HACCP governing every stage from receipt to seal. That structure is what lets airport catering in Wajir hold a cold chain intact from the flight kitchen at WJR to a single galley door instead of splitting the load across two smaller runs.
The team assigned to government flight catering at HKWJ is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn from general staff. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the stand, and is trained to the household and protocol standards a delegation or a royal movement expects. That continuity is what lets a repeat client at Wajir deal with one point of accountability rather than whoever is on shift.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Wajir (WJR)
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at HKWJ
A wide-body stand at Wajir takes a full multi-class load, and the menu plan follows that split rather than treating the cabin as an afterthought: First and Business run to a plated specification while the main cabin runs to volume, both produced off the same kitchen. Inflight catering in Kenya draws on regional dairy, fish and orchard produce where the route and the season allow it, built into a rotating cycle rather than a fixed set. Every dietary and religious set is written into the same production line, documented rather than improvised at the galley door. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are labelled per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed, not sorted on arrival.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Wajir are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single set menu. The same file that documents VIP flight catering here travels with the aircraft, so a repeat rotation is served against its own standing order rather than a fresh brief each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at HKWJ run a multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets sized to the aircraft's own galley fit, so nothing is repacked on arrival. Crew meals travel on the same run: cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, keeping crew provisioning apart from passenger service.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Wajir are documented per passenger before the aircraft is loaded, covering household, religious and medical sets on the same line as the standard cabin service. Halal and kosher sets, along with the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line at HKWJ and sealed before it joins the main uplift, so inflight catering here carries its own paperwork rather than a verbal note.
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 Wajir
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 HKWJ / WJR
A wide-body reference code at Wajir means the field is built around one stand handling scheduled, charter and government traffic rather than a bank of narrow-body gates. That mix turns a delegation into a documentation task, a charter group into a capacity task, and a repeat rotation into a repetition task, and the kitchen plans against whichever of the three is booked that week.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader from our own kitchen, sealed at departure and escorted across the apron to the stand under our own ramp access rather than handed off at the foot of the aircraft. Airline catering at Wajir, aviation catering at Wajir and airport catering at Wajir all run off that same single stand and the same duty roster, whatever the flight number on the tail; in-flight catering at HKWJ and inflight catering at HKWJ are planned stand by stand rather than gate by gate.
One coordinator carries the seal from kitchen to signature on every rotation through Wajir.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at Wajir airport
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Government and state flight catering at HKWJ
At Wajir, a single wide-body stand carries every kind of movement through one gate rather than dispersing traffic across several, which is what makes it workable for state visits and official delegations. Government flight catering at HKWJ documents the protocol file per passenger, puts only security-cleared staff on the load, and seals the uplift at the kitchen before it crosses the apron for any head of state movement routed through this stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at WJR
Loading a private airliner on the single wide-body stand at Wajir means sequencing the whole cabin set around one galley door rather than staggering it across gates, and that sequence is fixed before the aircraft is on the ground. Royal flight catering at HKWJ, and VVIP work more broadly, 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 Wajir
2802 metres of runway, and that length is what lets a fully loaded wide-body charter depart Wajir without a payload restriction forcing a lighter uplift. Charter flight catering at Wajir and charter flight catering at HKWJ cover ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin load counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order before boarding.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at HKWJ
A wide-body reference code held at Wajir lets a widebody flying an ad hoc rotation take the same stand a scheduled service would use, rather than a cut-down slot. Ad hoc airline catering at WJR covers outstation catering for carriers that treat this field as a stopover, diversion catering when a rotation lands unplanned, and technical stop catering across a multi-leg pattern, with crew meals in Wajir and crew meals in Kenya boxed on the same duty roster. AOG uplifts run through the same kitchen without a separate booking path, so ad hoc catering at WJR follows the tray standard rather than a shortened one.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at WJR
Our kitchen runs the same 2802 metre stand access for business aviation that a wide-body rotation uses, rather than a separate lighter setup for smaller tails. Private jet catering at Wajir reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal through our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Wajir (WJR)
Ops desks on aviation catering at Wajir airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our team used the service at Wajir (WJR/HKWJ) for royal flight catering with strict timing and handling requirements. The team understood the need for confidentiality and kept the order organized despite late passenger and dietary changes. We were very satisfied with the level of coordination. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Karim — Operations Controller
“We had a larger VIP aircraft at Wajir (WJR/HKWJ) and booked VIP airliner catering for the sector. Everything arrived neatly packed, easy to identify in the galley, and consistent with the presentation we requested. Good quality and very practical for onboard service. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Dimitri — Airport Duty Manager
“We arranged pilgrim flight catering for a group movement through Wajir (WJR/HKWJ). Despite the large order, communication stayed simple and final quantities were confirmed without confusion. Good coordination for a high-volume movement. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Vera — Passenger Services Manager
Outstation catering data for Wajir (HKWJ / WJR)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,802 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | HKWJ |
Business jet catering questions at Wajir (WJR)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Wajir (WJR)
What operations gets asked every week about Wajir.
Ask operations directly →Does Wajir cater VIP, VVIP and government flights, and under what protocol?
Every movement classed as VIP flight catering or government flight catering at Wajir runs under the same protocol file: security-cleared staff only, a sealed uplift, and household or delegation standards applied before the aircraft is loaded.
Where does airline catering get delivered airside at Wajir Airport, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
The temperature log and the handover signature prove it: airline catering is boarded by hi-loader straight to galley height on the stand, with airside delivery held on our own ramp access rather than a foot-of-aircraft drop.
Who handles private jet catering delivery to the FBOs and the GA terminal at WJR?
Across every FBO on the field and the GA terminal itself, our dedicated branch provides FBO catering on the same cold chain and paperwork used for a wide-body uplift.
How far in advance does an order need placing at HKWJ, and how late can the specification still change?
The standard we hold on file governs it: routine orders follow the normal lead time, while last minute airline catering and late specification changes are worked against the loading window right up to sealing.
At what point are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced for a flight through Wajir?
The first step in the sequence is the order file: halal, kosher and every SPML special meal code are logged against the passenger list before production starts, then produced on a separate line and sealed before joining the main uplift.
Is airline catering cost at Wajir Airport published anywhere?
The coordinator handling the booking builds a quotation instead of a fixed rate, based on cabin count, specification and the loading window requested, and the desk returns it directly.
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Wajir (WJR)