Aviation catering — Vohemar, Madagascar

Vohemar (FMNV / VOH): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering

VOH (IATA) · FMNV (ICAO)

At Vohemar (FMNV), the 1291-metre runway sets the aircraft this station boards, and it shapes every wide-body-style uplift we plan around a narrow-body reference code. Inflight catering here runs by hi-loader to galley height, sealed at our kitchen and moved airside for in-flight catering that reaches the aircraft without a stop at the foot of the stairs.

A catering hi-loader raised to the forward galley door of a wide-body on stand, the platform level with the doorway and the truck squared up beneath it.
1,291 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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Runways
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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
02
VIP at any volume
8 First covers or 400 passengers across three cabins, same execution
03
24/7 order desk
Ad hoc, AOG and same-day uplift answered around the clock
04
Multi-leg coordination
One loading sheet, every leg of your rotation
A catering hi-loader raised to the aft galley door of a wide-body on stand, its platform level with the doorway and a second truck waiting below.

On the apron — Vohemar

Inflight catering loaded to galley height at FMNV

Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.

Airport catering order window at Vohemar

Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Vohemar, Madagascar

Ramp access governs every catering uplift at Vohemar, because the sealed cart moves across the apron on a route fixed before dispatch, not chosen on the day. Loading follows the galley door layout on the aircraft parked here, so the sequence is set at the kitchen and held all the way to the stand. Nothing on this apron is left to be worked out at the last minute once the hi-loader is already rolling.

Four branded catering carts latched side by side in an aircraft galley, each door closed on a coloured seal.

Between our kitchen and the stand at Vohemar sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and the galley catering plan is built against the worst of those three rather than the average. Chain of custody runs from the seal at dispatch to the signature at handover, with a temperature log opened the moment the cart leaves the kitchen and closed again at the galley door. A single named coordinator carries that catering uplift the whole way, so no stage of the convoy changes hands without a record attached to it.

The convoy is the risk we plan against, not the food on it.

Flight kitchen and crew meals for VOH

Kitchen production.

Pilot meals and cleared production crews for FMNV / VOH

Airport catering at Vohemar runs from a single facility that keeps hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to the reach of the narrow-body reference code held on this field. HACCP governs every stage of that production, from intake to the sealed cart, so a wide-body-style rotation and a single ad hoc uplift are worked to the same standard. Airport catering at FMNV means the flight kitchen at VOH answers to one line, not several, whatever the mission on the stand.

The team behind government flight catering at this station is the same named crew on every rotation, carrying a security clearance on file and standing on the access list before the cart is loaded. They are trained to royal household service standards as well as to airline tray-set discipline, so the same hands move between a state movement and a scheduled uplift without a change in procedure. Chain of custody is signed by name at every handover, never by department.

VIP flight catering menus for FMNV departures

Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at Vohemar

Menus at this station are designed to the cabin and to the mission, moving from a VIP flight menu plated for a single household to a charter flight menu built for a full wide-body-style load, never the reverse. Where Madagascar's own produce is available, dairy, fish and orchard fruit are worked into the plan in general terms rather than fixed into a set dish. Inflight catering in Vohemar closes on documentation: allergen, halal and kosher sets are labelled per passenger and per cabin before they ever reach the galley. The menu cycle changes with the season; the standard behind it does not.

A small stack of sliced rare beef with a blistered pepper and diced tomato set off centre on a wide white plate.

First & VVIP cabins

First and VVIP cabins at Vohemar are plated to a written specification held on file between rotations, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request rather than fixed to a set cycle. VIP flight catering here is built around that specification, so a repeat household movement is served to the same standard every time it lands.

A complete tray set on a black tray: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a seeded roll with herb butter and a berry dessert in a glass.

Business cabins

Business cabins at FMNV take a multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the aircraft galley, boxed as tray sets rather than plated individually. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in their own sealed boxes, kept apart from the passenger load and matched to the roster rather than the cabin count.

Diet.

Protocol & dietary

Protocol and dietary requirements are documented per passenger at this station, covering household, religious and medical needs against a written record rather than a verbal note. Halal and kosher sets, together with the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed before that inflight catering leaves the kitchen for the stand.

The three books

A tray set on a stainless steel bench: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a bread roll with herb butter, and a berry dessert in a glass.

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Royal & Government Flights

Royal households · government · state operations

  • Plated service · First to main cabin
  • Protocol handling · security clearance
Chefs plating a long line of identical main courses under heat lamps, with loaded catering trolleys waiting at the end of the line.

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Charter & Commercial

Charter · ACMI · group · scheduled · ad hoc

  • 400 passengers · one uplift
  • HACCP cold chain, logged to the galley door
A business jet cabin credenza laid with chilled sparkling wine in a bucket, bottled drinks, a nut dish and folded napkins on a silver tray, beside a single passenger seat.

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Private Jet

Business jet · VVIP charter · flight departments

  • From 8 covers · plated forward
  • Reheat sequence specified per dish

Compliance

HACCP control for flight catering at Vohemar airport

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.

Aircraft catering delivered airside at Vohemar (VOH)

Vohemar handles scheduled, charter and ad hoc traffic against a single narrow-body reference code, which turns each stand movement into a documentation and sequencing exercise rather than a volume one. A repeat rotation is planned once and reused; a one-off diversion is worked from the same checklist under tighter time.

The uplift leaves our kitchen sealed and travels the apron by a fixed route to the stand, boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. Airline catering in Vohemar and aviation catering at Vohemar both run off the same ops desk, so airport catering in Madagascar is coordinated from one point rather than several.

On every stand movement here, a single coordinator signs the load in and out, and inflight catering at VOH, in-flight catering at Vohemar and the cold chain behind them answer to that one signature.

Airline, charter and VVIP catering at FMNV

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Government and state flight catering at FMNV
A 1291-metre runway is short enough that every government flight catering movement here is planned to the metre rather than assumed, which keeps the protocol file as exact as the loading sheet. Delegations and state visits move through with security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift, the paperwork for any head of state movement filed and signed before the cart leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
Royal vvip food.
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at VOH
Our kitchen holds royal household standards on file between movements, built for the narrow-body reference code this field carries rather than assumed from a wide-body template. Royal flight catering at this station covers private airliners in the BBJ and ACJ class, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request and VVIP paperwork sealed with the load before it leaves the kitchen.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Vohemar
Narrow-body handling defines what a charter operator can bring into Vohemar, and it is worked against that limit rather than around it. Charter flight catering here covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering staged against the loading sheet in the order the galleys are laid out for a full multi-leg programme.
Wide-body charter →
A complete tray set on a black tray: sliced beef fillet in gravy with piped mash and vegetables, a seeded roll with herb butter and a berry dessert in a glass.
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Airline and ad hoc catering at FMNV
A single 1291-metre runway limits the aircraft this station takes, which is exactly why the schedule here favours narrow-body rotations worked to a fixed routine rather than a mixed wide-body programme. Ad hoc airline catering at VOH sits alongside outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering, run off one duty roster with AOG covered and crew meals in Vohemar boxed to the same roster across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at VOH
Business jets sized to a 1291-metre runway are exactly the traffic this field is built for, and private jet catering at Vohemar is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on that same reach. FBO catering here runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as any airline uplift, business aviation catering and business jet catering included.
Private jets →

Inflight catering rated by operators at Vohemar airport

Flight departments on jet catering at VOH

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Government flight department

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Royal household

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Charter operator

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Scheduled airline

“For a team flight from Vohemar (VOH/FMNV), we booked sports team flight meals with several dietary requests. They handled the nutrition requests well and kept everything organized for fast distribution onboard. A good partner for sports charter operations. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”

★★★★★

Charter operator

Yann — Flight Operations Specialist

“We arranged evacuation flight catering at Vohemar (VOH/FMNV) for a non-routine passenger movement. They kept the menu simple, respected the special requirements, and delivered exactly when the aircraft was ready to receive it. A good experience under difficult timing conditions. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”

★★★★★

Scheduled airline

Hannah — Airport Services Manager

“For a cargo sector from Vohemar (VOH/FMNV), we arranged cargo airline crew catering for the operating crew. Meals arrived on time and were packed practically for a working crew rather than over-presented. Good service for freighter crews and odd-hour schedules. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”

★★★★☆

Private jet operator

Elena — VIP Flight Operations Manager

Flight catering station reference for Vohemar (FMNV / VOH)

DatumValue
Longest runway1,291 m
Runways1
Aerodrome reference codenarrow-body
ICAOFMNV

Business jet catering questions at FMNV

Diversion catering and ramp questions at FMNV

What operations gets asked every week about Vohemar.

Ask operations directly →
How does airline catering reach the aircraft at Vohemar Airport?

Vohemar Airport takes airside delivery by hi-loader, with the sealed cart raised straight to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft.

Is there a fixed lead time for an order at VOH?

Our coordinator holds a standing lead time for a full specification and a shorter one for last minute airline catering, with any change to the tray count confirmed back before the cart is sealed.

When can private jet catering be delivered to the FBOs at FMNV?

Once a slot and a stand are confirmed on the field, FBO catering moves to the GA terminal on the same schedule as an airline uplift, with no separate lead time for a business jet.

Which protocol governs VIP flight catering and government flight catering in Vohemar?

The hi-loader and the sealed cart carry every VIP or state movement here, with government flight catering signed against a written protocol file rather than a verbal instruction.

Where are halal, kosher and special meal codes documented for Vohemar Airport?

A separate production line records every SPML order against the passenger manifest, with halal and kosher sets sealed and logged before they leave that line.

What does airline catering cost at VOH?

We price against cabin count, specification and the loading window rather than a published list, and the desk returns a quotation once those three are confirmed.

Aviation catering at airports near Vohemar

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Sambava
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
DIE / FMNA
Antisiranana
Madagascar · 138 km from Vohemar
Airline & VIP flight catering →
ZWA / FMND
Andapa
Madagascar · 148 km from Vohemar
Airline & VIP flight catering →

Charter flight catering quote for Vohemar (VOH)

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Vohemar (VOH / FMNV)

Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Vohemar, not a brochure.

orders@aerogourmet.com · operations desk, 24/7

Four steps

Flight

Aircraft · stand · local time

Offloading

Return leg, if any

Order

Counts · menus · files

Contact

Who we come back to

Step 1 of 4 · Flight

Flight

The airport is already filled in. Change it if the uplift boards elsewhere.

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Local time at the airport of delivery.
Hi-loader required
Offloading

One question. Answer no and the step closes itself.

Offloading required
Order

What goes on board, and for how many. Attach a loading sheet if you hold one.

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Contact

One name, one desk. We reply to it and nowhere else.

Uplift at Vohemar (VOH)