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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Vohilava, Madagascar
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Vohilava (FMMS / SMS)
SMS (IATA) · FMMS (ICAO)
With one runway of 1052 metres governing every rotation at Vohilava, the field takes narrow-body wide-body-adjacent operations rather than large wide-body movements, and that single figure sets how inflight catering here is planned, stand by stand. In-flight catering moves from our kitchen to the galley door by hi-loader, and each uplift is scheduled against that same runway constraint rather than against a fixed slot.
1,052 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 — Vohilava
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at Vohilava (SMS)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Vohilava, Madagascar
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, FMMS / SMS
With ramp access held on our own badges at Vohilava, a catering uplift moves from the sealed cart to the galley door without a handoff outside our own crew. Apron traffic is worked around the single runway that governs this field, so the route to the stand is fixed before the cart leaves the kitchen. Every load at FMMS follows that same sequence, cart to hi-loader to galley, so the timing on the ramp never depends on which flight is being worked.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Vohilava sit screening, escort and apron traffic, all of it shaped by the single runway that every movement here shares. We plan the catering uplift against the worst of those three, never the best, because the narrow-body reference code leaves little room to recover a delay on the ramp. Chain of custody runs on a sealed cart from the galley catering line to the aircraft door, temperature logged at sealing and again at handover, closed with a signature that names the crew who carried it.
One sealed cart, one route, one signature, from our galley to the door.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for FMMS
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Vohilava
Wide-body uplift we board at Vohilava comes from a production line that runs hot service, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, built to work against a single-runway field where recovery time is short. Airport catering in Vohilava depends on that structure holding regardless of how narrow the reference code makes the ramp, and airport catering in Madagascar is built on the same standard rather than a lighter one for a smaller field. The flight kitchen at SMS runs to HACCP across every line, cold chain unbroken from the larder to the sealed cart.
The team that handles government flight catering at Vohilava is the same named crew every rotation, chosen for that continuity rather than rotated in ad hoc. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the ramp, and is trained to royal household standards regardless of which mission is on the stand. Nothing about the narrow-body reference code changes who is allowed to touch a sealed uplift here.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Vohilava airport
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at SMS
Menus at Vohilava are designed to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted to what the season in Madagascar makes available, rather than fixed months ahead. Local dairy, fish and orchard fruit move through the specification where the calendar allows, alongside a standing tray-set range built for repeat rotations. Inflight catering at SMS is written this way for every class the field boards, from a full plated service down to a single crew tray. Every set carries its documentation forward to the aircraft, so the cabin crew works from one paper trail rather than several.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Vohilava are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service on request rather than fixed to a single set menu. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order before the cart leaves the kitchen, so nothing on the tray is improvised on the ramp.
Business cabins
Business cabins at FMMS run a multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on board, boxed in tray sets rather than plated individually. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in the same load, boxed to the roster rather than to a fixed count.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at Vohilava, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering in Vohilava produces each of these on a separate line and seals it before it leaves that line, so a dietary tray never shares a bench with the standard 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
HACCP standards for aviation catering at SMS
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 Vohilava, Madagascar
One runway of 1052 metres and a narrow-body reference code define the traffic Vohilava actually handles, so a repeat rotation here is a repetition problem to manage rather than a peak-wave capacity one. Airline catering at Vohilava is planned around that constraint rather than around a fixed number of daily movements, which keeps the loading sheet consistent even when the schedule shifts.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand by hi-loader, boarded to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew on the ramp for the whole route. Aviation catering at SMS and inflight catering at FMMS both run off that same loading method, so a scheduled flight and an ad hoc charter are worked by the same crew on the same equipment. In-flight catering in Madagascar follows that pattern station to station, and airport catering at SMS inherits it rather than a separate local process.
One coordinator owns the rotation from seal to signature, with sealed carts and a signed handover closing every load.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at Vohilava
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Government and state flight catering at SMS
One runway and a narrow-body reference code, and that pairing still allows a head of state aircraft to be worked here on the same protocol as anywhere larger on our network. Government flight catering at Vohilava for state visits and official delegations is documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared crew, and sealed before the cart leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Vohilava
Our crews hold the narrow-body reference code at this field as the baseline for every private airliner movement it takes, whether a BBJ, an ACJ or a wide-body VIP configuration. We run royal flight catering at FMMS from a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request rather than assumed.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at FMMS
Narrow-body reference code governs the stand allocation for every charter that lands at this field, which is why group movements are staged rather than parked and loaded on arrival. Charter flight catering in Madagascar for ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions runs a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering at SMS stages that load in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SMS
A single runway of 1052 metres means every rotation at this narrow-body field is sequenced rather than run in parallel, and that sequencing is what an outstation carrier plans against here. Ad hoc airline catering at FMMS covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with crew meals at SMS and crew meals at FMMS boxed into the same load, and ad hoc catering at SMS following outstation catering in Vohilava on that same schedule across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Vohilava
A business jet working the narrow-body reference code at this field is boarded from the same ramp infrastructure as the scheduled traffic, not a separate lighter process. Private jet catering at FMMS reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at Vohilava, Madagascar
Operators on commercial aviation catering at FMMS
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We requested tray set catering airline at Vohilava (SMS/FMMS) and the packaging worked very well onboard. The trays and boxes were organized logically, which saved the cabin crew time before passengers arrived. Exactly what we need for a quick galley setup. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Tomas — Airport Services Manager
“We had an outstation requirement at Vohilava (SMS/FMMS) and the coordination was very smooth. They understood the operational language and did not need every change explained twice. A very useful service for ad hoc flying. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Ibrahim — Cabin Service Coordinator
“For our business jet at Vohilava (SMS/FMMS), I arranged private jet catering with a few passenger-specific requests. Everything was easy to check and load, and the passenger requests were prepared exactly as ordered. A very good experience from a flight attendant perspective. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Ethan — Flight Services Coordinator
Station data for airport catering at Vohilava (FMMS / SMS)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,052 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | FMMS |
Business jet catering questions at Vohilava airport
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Vohilava airport
What operations gets asked every week about Vohilava.
Ask operations directly →When does airline catering cost get confirmed for a flight through Vohilava?
When the cabin count, the specification and the loading window are fixed, our desk returns a quotation rather than a published price list; airline catering cost at Vohilava depends on those three variables every time.
Does SMS produce halal, kosher and the full range of IATA special meal codes?
Every dietary and religious set, including halal, kosher and SPML-coded special meals, is produced on a separate line and documented per passenger before it joins the main load.
Where is the protocol record kept for VIP, VVIP and government flights through FMMS?
The sealed handover log kept at our kitchen carries the protocol file for every VIP flight catering and government flight catering movement, security clearance included, signed at both ends.
Which method gets airline catering airside to the aircraft at Vohilava?
The hi-loader carries the sealed cart from our kitchen straight to the galley door, which is how airside delivery is handled here rather than a foot-of-aircraft drop.
Outstation catering near Vohilava
WMR / FMNC
Mananara Nord
Madagascar · 104 km from Vohilava
Airline & VIP flight catering →
TMM / FMMT
Toamasina
Madagascar · 122 km from Vohilava
Airline & VIP flight catering →
WMN / FMNR
Maroantsetra
Madagascar · 185 km from Vohilava
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Aviation catering quote for Vohilava, Madagascar
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Vohilava (SMS / FMMS)
Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Vohilava, not a brochure.
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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 Vohilava (SMS)