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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Lichinga, Mozambique
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Lichinga (FQLC / VXC)
VXC (IATA) · FQLC (ICAO)
Lichinga's runway stretches 2,530 metres, long enough to hold wide-body movements that most inland stations in the region cannot take, and that single fact sets the whole operation here. Inflight catering moves from our kitchen to the aircraft by hi-loader, boarded at galley height rather than left at the foot of the steps, and in-flight catering for every cabin is staged against that same uplift.
2,530 m
Longest runway
Wide-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 — Lichinga
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at FQLC / VXC
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
In-flight catering loading window at Lichinga, Mozambique
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at Lichinga airport
Every cabin loaded at Lichinga starts as a sealed cart, counted and signed off before it leaves our kitchen. From there the route runs airside, under ramp access we hold on our own badges, straight to the galley door of the aircraft. Nothing in that catering uplift is estimated: it is logged the moment it moves, and again the moment it is handed over on the apron at FQLC.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Lichinga sit screening, an escort through the airside gate, and whatever apron traffic the rotation happens to meet that day. We plan the galley catering against the worst of those, not the average of them, so the catering uplift still lands inside its window when the ramp is busy. Every chain of custody step is logged in the same place: seal number, temperature at departure, temperature at handover, and the signature that closes it. That record travels with the load, not behind it, so anyone checking the galley on arrival can trace it back to the exact minute it left the kitchen.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature: nothing about the load is left to the ramp.
Airline food supplier kitchen serving FQLC / VXC
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Lichinga (VXC)
The flight kitchen that provisions Lichinga runs hot production, pastry and a cold larder under one roof, holding the cold chain from the moment a tray is plated to the moment it clears the galley door. Airport catering at Lichinga is built on that single site rather than split across contractors, which keeps a multi-class order moving through one HACCP-run line instead of several. That same discipline is what makes airport catering here repeatable rotation after rotation, not a one-off arrangement.
The team that handles government flight catering at Lichinga is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access list, and trained to the household standard a royal or state movement expects. That continuity is deliberate, because a delegation checks who is handling its uplift long before it checks what is on the tray. Catering at FQLC for that traffic is worked by people the protocol office already knows, not a rotating pool.
Kosher inflight catering and dietary sets at Lichinga
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Lichinga, Mozambique
Menus at Lichinga are set against the cabin and the mission rather than a fixed list, so a scheduled rotation and a state movement are never served off the same sheet. Where local sourcing is possible, produce from Mozambique and the wider region moves into the plan in general terms — dairy, fish, orchard fruit — never as a named supplier or a fixed dish. Inflight catering here closes on documentation, not presentation: allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are recorded per passenger and per cabin before the tray is built. That record travels with the uplift, so the cabin crew are handing over exactly what protocol signed off, cabin by cabin.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at FQLC are plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request rather than fixed to a standard rotation. VIP flight catering at this level is filed against that specification before departure, so presentation and content match what was agreed, not what was improvised on the day.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Lichinga run on multi-choice hot service, built into oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft rather than a generic tray. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so cabin crew meals and flight-deck sets never share a cart with the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger for VXC departures, with halal and kosher sets produced against the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering for those sets is built on a separate line and sealed before it joins the main load, so the record stays clean from kitchen to galley.
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
Airline catering services under HACCP at VXC
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.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at FQLC / VXC
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Government & state flights
Delegations and state visits, with the protocol file documented per passenger and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal & VVIP flights
Household standards held across repeat rotations, from a written specification kept on file between movements.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Wide-body charter
Full three-cabin uplift on the wide-body stands, counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Commercial airlines
Scheduled rotations and ad hoc uplifts, with menu cycles that move week to week and a tray standard that does not.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jets
Handled by our dedicated private-jet branch, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Inflight catering rated by operators at Lichinga
Flight departments on jet catering at FQLC / VXC
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged sports team flight meals for the group at Lichinga (VXC/FQLC) after a late schedule update. They handled the nutrition requests well and kept everything organized for fast distribution onboard. Very practical for team and group charter work. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Omar — Flight Operations Supervisor
“We needed evacuation flight catering at Lichinga (VXC/FQLC) for a time-sensitive operation. Communication with operations was efficient and the order was adapted quickly when our timings moved. A good experience under difficult timing conditions. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Pedro — Handling Manager
“We ordered cargo airline crew catering for a cargo rotation through Lichinga (VXC/FQLC). The order was simple, filling, clearly labeled, and delivered in a format the crew could load without delay. Good service for freighter crews and odd-hour schedules. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Lina — Station Operations Manager
Station data for airport catering at Lichinga (FQLC / VXC)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,530 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | FQLC |
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Uplift at Lichinga (VXC)