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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Inhambane, Mozambique
Hi-loader airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Inhambane (FQIN / INH)
INH (IATA) · FQIN (ICAO)
Our crews work the narrow-body reference code held at Inhambane, boarding through the galley door rather than staging trays at the foot of the aircraft. That hi-loader method carries inflight catering, in-flight catering and wide-body-standard uplift discipline to a field sized for narrow-body movements, so every rotation through FQIN gets the same sealed, documented handover.
1,500 m
Longest runway
Narrow-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 — Inhambane
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at FQIN
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at Inhambane airport
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, INH
Our flight kitchen sequences every cart against the narrow-body reference code held at Inhambane, so nothing reaches the apron ahead of its slot. Ramp access is the step that decides the schedule here, not the cooking: once the hi-loader is cleared onto the apron, the galley door sets the pace for the rest of the turn. That single catering uplift path, tracked from seal to signature, is what keeps INH rotations on time.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Inhambane sit screening, an escort through the ramp gate, and the ordinary traffic of a narrow-body apron; we plan the catering uplift against the slowest of those, not the fastest. Chain of custody runs on a single sheet from the moment the cart is sealed to the moment a duty officer signs for the galley catering handed across at the aircraft door. Temperature is logged when the seal is fixed and logged again at handover, so the record at FQIN never depends on memory.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature from kitchen to galley door.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Inhambane (INH)
Airline food supplier crews cleared for FQIN
Airport catering in Inhambane runs from a production line built around hot service, a cold larder and a protocol cell held under one roof, all working to HACCP standards from first prep to final seal. The cold chain is unbroken from that kitchen to the stand, so a cart sealed for airport catering at FQIN arrives at the aircraft exactly as it left the larder. That same flight kitchen at INH provisions every cabin class the narrow-body stands here take on.
The team that handles government flight catering at Inhambane is the same named crew on every rotation, carrying security clearance on file and standing on the access list before a cart is ever loaded. They work to household service standards as readily as to an airline's own specification, and the paperwork that documents each sealed uplift travels with the cart, not behind it. Nobody outside that roster touches a protocol load at FQIN.
Kosher inflight catering and dietary sets at Inhambane, Mozambique
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Inhambane airport
From passenger meal boxes to VVIP menus, the inflight catering plated at INH is built to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a fixed printed card. Where local sourcing is possible, Mozambican produce, dairy and fish move into the specification alongside the standing menu, without a single dish being written into it here. Every set is documented, allergen by allergen, before it is sealed. Halal, kosher and medical requirements are labelled per passenger and per cabin, so nothing is matched at the aircraft door.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Inhambane are plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request rather than assumed. Every course is checked against the standing order before the cart is sealed, so the presentation reaching FQIN matches the file, not a guess made on the day.
Business cabins
Business cabins at INH take multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets, sized to the aircraft actually on the stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster at Inhambane, so the flight deck set never mixes with the cabin's meal boxes.
Protocol & dietary
Halal and kosher sets, alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line at FQIN and sealed before that line is cleared. Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger, so inflight catering at Inhambane matches the manifest rather than a generic tray.
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 food safety at Inhambane, Mozambique
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 Inhambane
Inhambane works narrow-body scheduled and charter traffic against a single wide-body-scale runway, which keeps rotations spaced rather than stacked; that spacing turns catering here into a timing problem more than a volume one, with the cart sequenced to the slot rather than held ready for a wave of arrivals.
Uplift travels from our flight kitchen to the apron by sealed cart, boarded through the galley door by hi-loader rather than staged at ground level, with our own crew on the ramp for the handover. In-flight catering in Mozambique runs this way at every field we cover, and airline catering at INH follows the same sequence rotation after rotation.
Aviation catering at Inhambane and airport catering at INH are both planned stand by stand, with one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover carrying inflight catering in Inhambane from kitchen to aircraft without a gap in the record.
Aviation catering for five mission types at INH
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Government and state flight catering at FQIN
A narrow-body aircraft carrying a head of state delegation boards at Inhambane exactly as any other movement does, because the reference code held here governs the stand regardless of who is on the manifest. Government flight catering at Inhambane documents the protocol file per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed at the kitchen before it ever reaches catering at INH.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at INH
At Inhambane, the narrow-body stands still take private airliners on royal and household work, holding a written specification on file between movements rather than starting from nothing each time. Royal flight catering here covers BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations alike, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced against that same file on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Inhambane
A single narrow-body runway at Inhambane means a group charter's loading sheet has to be worked in one clean sequence, with no second stand to spread the load across. Charter flight catering in Mozambique is planned around that constraint, and charter flight catering in Inhambane covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift staged in galley order.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at INH
The narrow-body reference code held at Inhambane governs every ad hoc airline catering uplift boarded here, not just the scheduled ones. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all run off the same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals in Inhambane boxed separately from the passenger sets and ad hoc catering at INH ready inside the same loading window as a booked flight.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at INH
The narrow-body reference code at Inhambane sets the ramp equipment used here, which allows the same hi-loader boarding to reach business aviation as reaches an airline movement. Private jet catering at INH is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on that same cold chain and the same paperwork as any other uplift at this station.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at FQIN
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Inhambane (INH)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“For a last-minute requirement at Inhambane (INH/FQIN), we contacted them as our airline catering partner. One contact handled the order from confirmation through delivery, which saved our dispatch team a lot of follow-up. We would use the service again without hesitation. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Alexia — Private Aviation Manager
“I arranged private jet catering in Inhambane for our departure from INH/FQIN. The order was confirmed quickly, delivered on time, and packed exactly as requested for the aircraft. A very easy service to use at this station. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Fabio — Flight Planning Manager
“Our passenger profile required special meal codes at Inhambane (INH/FQIN), with several different dietary restrictions. All requirements were followed and the cabin crew could see immediately which meal belonged to which passenger. We were happy with the accuracy of the order. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Lisa — Station Services Coordinator
Airport catering data for Inhambane (FQIN / INH)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,500 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | FQIN |
Business jet catering questions at Inhambane, Mozambique
Technical stop catering questions at Inhambane, Mozambique
What operations gets asked every week about Inhambane.
Ask operations directly →Can INH produce halal and kosher meals with the IATA special meal codes documented?
Every SPML request placed against a booking at INH is logged against the passenger manifest, and halal and kosher sets are produced on a separate line before sealing. Special meals travel with their own paperwork, not matched at the door.
How late can airline catering be delivered airside at FQIN?
The narrow-body reference code held at FQIN sets the clearance our crews carry onto the ramp, and airside delivery runs on that clearance through to departure. Airline catering reaches the galley door by hi-loader on the same schedule as the loading window itself.
Do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal in Inhambane?
Yes, by running the same sealed cart and the same cold chain out to whichever FBO or the GA terminal is handling the movement. FBO catering at Inhambane carries the identical paperwork an airline uplift carries.
Inhambane Airport: how much does airline catering cost?
The sealed cart and loading sheet used for every uplift here mean the airline catering cost at Inhambane depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window booked, not on a published rate card. Our desk returns a quotation once those three are known.
How far in advance does INH need an order placed, and how late can it change?
INH works to a lead time set by the loading window itself: the earlier a cabin count and specification are confirmed, the tighter the slot our kitchen can hold. Late changes are still possible up to the point the cart is sealed, after which the specification is fixed.
Given the narrow-body scale at FQIN, do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights here?
There is a named, security-cleared team on the access list at FQIN for exactly this work, running the same protocol file and sealed uplift used for royal and state movements elsewhere. VIP flight catering and government flight catering both run under that same clearance.
Outstation catering near Inhambane
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Malamala
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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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 Inhambane (INH)