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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Nosy Be, Madagascar
VIP flight catering, airline catering and private jet catering at Nosy Be (FMNN / NOS)
NOS (IATA) · FMNN (ICAO)
A single narrow-body reference code shapes every rotation here, so the loading plan is built around one stand rather than a spread of gate options. That constraint is what our hi-loader boarding answers: uplift moves straight to galley height on the aircraft, never staged at the foot of the steps, which is how inflight catering and in-flight catering stay on schedule at Nosy Be.
2,190 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 — Nosy Be
Wide-body aviation catering at Nosy Be (NOS)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Nosy Be, Madagascar
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Nosy Be, Madagascar
Ramp access at this station is held on our own clearance, so the sealed cart moves onto the apron the moment the stand is called rather than waiting on a shared pass. That single approach is what carries the catering uplift from kitchen door to aircraft door on one narrow-body reference code, with no intermediate transfer point on the apron. Nosy Be's one working stand means the sequence is fixed and repeatable, rotation after rotation.
Between our kitchen and the aircraft door sits the apron itself: a narrow-body stand with escorted access, cleared badges and a fixed route across the ramp that never changes rotation to rotation. We plan the galley catering run against that route rather than around it, which keeps the chain of custody intact from the moment the cart is sealed to the moment it reaches the galley. A single coordinator owns the catering uplift here, checking the seal at departure from the kitchen and again at the aircraft door. Temperatures are logged at both points and the handover carries a signature, not a verbal confirmation.
One sealed cart, one signature, from our kitchen door to the galley.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for FMNN / NOS
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at FMNN / NOS
Airport catering at Nosy Be runs from a single production kitchen rather than a network of outstations, which keeps every tray on one line from cold larder to sealed cart. Hot production, pastry and the protocol cell sit under one roof, built to HACCP standard and worked to a fixed sequence rather than to the size of the order on any given day. That structure is what lets airport catering here answer a scheduled rotation and a diversion with the same team, the same equipment and the same standard, without switching kitchens for either.
The team assigned to government flight catering at FMNN is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rota drawn from a general pool. Each member holds security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the ramp and is trained to the household standards a royal or state movement requires. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first, and it is fixed here rather than reassembled per flight.
Halal airline meals and special meals at FMNN
VIP flight catering, specified per passenger at Nosy Be
Menus at this station are built to the cabin and the mission first, and to the calendar second: a scheduled narrow-body rotation is planned differently from a charter carrying a single delegation, even where the aircraft is the same type. Produce drawn from Madagascar and the wider Nosy Be region features where the season allows it, described in general terms rather than as a fixed dish, because a tray set changes with what the cold chain can carry that week. Every specification is written before the flight, not improvised at the kitchen, and it travels with the load rather than being reconstructed at the aircraft. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and inflight catering here is planned against that document rather than around it.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Nosy Be are plated to a written specification rather than to a general standard, with à-la-carte and household service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for the rotation, so presentation is checked before the cart leaves the kitchen, not after it boards.
Business cabins
Business cabins take a multi-choice hot service built to the galley fitted on this narrow-body type, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to that space rather than to a generic tray. Crew meals travel in the same run: cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately and matched to the roster before departure.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Nosy Be are documented per passenger before the flight rather than adjusted at the galley, covering household, religious and medical sets on the same schedule as the main cabin order. Halal and kosher trays, and the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed before that line closes, which is how inflight catering here keeps every marked tray traceable to the passenger it was written for.
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 NOS
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 Nosy Be (NOS)
Nosy Be works a narrow-body reference code off a single runway and one working stand, which means scheduled, charter and occasional government traffic all pass through the same sequence rather than parallel ones. A delegation on that stand is a documentation problem before it is a service problem, and a peak rotation is a capacity problem worked against the same stand rather than a second one.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to that stand by a fixed apron route, boarded by hi-loader directly to galley height rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft. Ground handling on the ramp coordinates the timing of that run against the turnaround, so the cart reaches the door inside the window the stand allows.
One coordinator carries the load from seal to signature on every rotation here, which is how airline catering, inflight catering, in-flight catering, aviation catering and airport catering at Nosy Be stay on a single named responsibility rather than a shared one.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at Nosy Be (NOS)
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Government and state flight catering at FMNN
Our kitchen builds every state and delegation order against a written protocol file rather than the standard tray specification, documenting each passenger's requirements before the aircraft reaches the narrow-body stand at Nosy Be. Government flight catering here covers state visits and head of state movements alike, with security-cleared staff and an uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at NOS
A 2,190 metre runway is enough to take the private airliners this segment flies, and it sets the frame our household team plans within at Nosy Be. Royal flight catering and VVIP catering at NOS cover BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP movements, held to a written household specification kept on file between rotations, with halal and other household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Nosy Be
A narrow-body operating on this reference code is what most charter, ACMI and wet-lease movements through Nosy Be actually fly, and that shapes the uplift as a full multi-class load rather than a single-cabin run. Charter flight catering at FMNN and charter flight catering at Nosy Be cover group movements and special missions alike, counted against the loading sheet and staged to the galley layout.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at FMNN
A 2,190 metre runway sets what can operate through Nosy Be, and that narrow-body reference code is what carriers running this station as an outstation plan their turnaround against. Ad hoc airline catering covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off the same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation; crew meals at FMNN and crew meals in Nosy Be board on the same cart as the cabin order.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at NOS
On the same narrow-body reference code that governs the main ramp, business aviation at Nosy Be is worked from the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field rather than from the commercial stand. Private jet catering in Nosy Be reaches those points on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, delivered by our dedicated business aviation branch under FBO catering and business jet catering terms.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Nosy Be
Operators on commercial aviation catering at NOS
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We arranged presidential flight catering at Nosy Be (NOS/FMNN) for a sensitive movement. They followed the instructions carefully and kept communication limited to the operational contacts involved. Reliable, discreet, and easy to work with. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Anna — Airport Operations Lead
“We had a larger VIP aircraft at Nosy Be (NOS/FMNN) and booked VIP airliner catering for the sector. The portions, packaging, and labeling worked well for the cabin, and the timing was spot on. 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
Elias — Executive Aviation Coordinator
“Our charter program used the service at Nosy Be (NOS/FMNN) for hajj flight catering. 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.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Hassan — Air Transport Operations Officer
Nosy Be (FMNN / NOS): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,190 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | FMNN |
Aircraft catering questions at Nosy Be
Diversion catering and ramp questions at FMNN
What operations gets asked every week about Nosy Be.
Ask operations directly →Which lead time does Nosy Be Airport need for a catering order to change?
Our loader works from a fixed kitchen-to-stand route, and a specification can move up to a set cut-off before departure; last minute airline catering is worked case by case against how far in advance the change reaches the kitchen.
Can NOS handle VIP, VVIP and government flights under protocol?
A single narrow-body reference code governs the stand, and every VIP flight catering or government flight catering order is built to a written protocol file before the aircraft arrives, with security-cleared staff on the load.
Given the one working stand at FMNN, is airline catering delivered airside?
There is a fixed ramp route from our kitchen to that stand, and airline catering boards by airside delivery straight to the galley door rather than being staged at the foot of the aircraft, with hi-loader access held on our own clearance.
Do you publish a fixed cost for airline catering at Nosy Be?
Yes, by quotation rather than a price list: cabin count, specification and the loading window all set the figure, and the desk returns a quote once those three are known.
What halal, kosher and special meal codes does Nosy Be Airport produce?
We produce halal and kosher trays and the full range of IATA SPML special meal codes on a separate line, documented per passenger and sealed before that line closes.
How does NOS reach the FBOs and the GA terminal for business aviation?
NOS traffic on the business side is delivered to the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field under private jet catering and FBO catering terms, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Jet catering at airports near Nosy Be
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at Nosy Be (NOS)