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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Bo, Sierra Leone
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Bo (GFBO / KBS)
KBS (IATA) · GFBO (ICAO)
A narrow-body reference code governs the stand at Bo, and the aircraft that work it board a full inflight catering load without a wide-body apron behind them. Hi-loader access lifts every uplift to galley height here, so in-flight catering reaches the door sealed and ready rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft on a cart.
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Bo
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at GFBO
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for Bo departures
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at Bo, Sierra Leone
Ramp access at Bo is what decides the loading window, not the size of the aircraft on the stand. Our kitchen seals each cart before it crosses the apron, and the catering uplift is timed from that seal to the moment the galley door closes. Nothing about the sequence changes for a scheduled service, a charter or a government movement through GFBO: the same window, the same apron, the same handover.
Between our kitchen and the single stand at Bo sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and the chain of custody is planned against the busiest of those, not the easiest. Every galley catering load is sealed before it leaves the kitchen and checked again at the vehicle before it crosses airside toward KBS. The catering uplift is logged at both ends, and the handover at the galley closes on a signature rather than on a guess about timing.
One coordinator carries the load from our sealed kitchen to the signature at the door.
Airline food supplier for KBS rotations
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for GFBO / KBS
The flight kitchen at KBS runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, feeding the single stand at Bo rather than a bank of gates. Every batch is produced and stored to a documented HACCP standard, with the cold chain held from the cold larder to the sealed cart. Airport catering at Bo is planned around that one route, and airport catering in Sierra Leone more broadly answers to the same written standard, carrier by carrier.
The team that handles government flight catering at Bo is the same named crew every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access list, and trained to household service standards rather than rotated in ad hoc. That continuity is what a protocol desk checks before it clears an uplift through GFBO, more than any single figure on a spec sheet. Catering at GFBO for a state or royal movement is handed to that named team and no other.
Halal airline meals and special meals at GFBO
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Bo
Menus at Bo are written to the cabin and the mission, not to a single fixed card, and every set is adapted before it is loaded rather than after. Produce drawn from Sierra Leone informs the main-cabin and Business trays where the season allows it, with dairy, fish and orchard fruit used in general terms rather than as a fixed dish. First, Business and main cabin each carry their own specification, held constant across a rotation. Inflight catering at KBS closes on documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, labelled per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Bo are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. Every presentation is filed against the standing order, so VIP flight catering repeats the same result rotation after rotation.
Business cabins
Business cabins at GFBO run a multi-choice hot service to cabin specification, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals in Bo and crew meals in Sierra Leone travel the same route, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately to the roster.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary sets at Bo cover household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger, including halal and kosher production and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering in Bo produces every one of those sets on a separate line, sealed before it leaves the kitchen for KBS.
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 GFBO / KBS
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 Bo (KBS)
Bo is worked to a narrow-body reference code, which sets the traffic profile the kitchen plans against: single-stand turnarounds rather than a bank of gates, so a delegation movement is a documentation problem before it is a volume one, and a repeat rotation is mostly a matter of holding the same tray standard week after week. Airline catering at KBS is planned to that one stand, and in-flight catering in Bo follows the same sequence whether the aircraft is on a scheduled service or a charter.
The uplift leaves our kitchen sealed and travels by escorted vehicle to the stand, where it is boarded by hi-loader rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. Inflight catering at GFBO is handed over at the galley door on a signed sheet, with the loading crew working from the same cart sequence on every rotation. Airport catering in Sierra Leone runs to that same handover method wherever the aerodrome reference code allows a hi-loader to work the stand.
One coordinator holds the rotation from seal to signature, whatever the flight type.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at GFBO / KBS
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Government and state flight catering at GFBO
Because the reference code holds Bo to one narrow-body stand, a delegation movement has to be sequenced around the single turnaround rather than parked apart from other traffic. Government flight catering here documents the protocol file per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen, ready for any head of state movement the stand is asked to take.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at KBS
One narrow-body stand at Bo, and that single figure sets what a royal household movement can bring: private airliners sized to the reference code rather than a wide-body VIP aircraft. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household requirements produced on request for BBJ and ACJ-configured airliners.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Bo
Our kitchen boards charter, ACMI and wet-lease movements through the same narrow-body stand that handles every other rotation at Bo. Charter flight catering at GFBO and charter flight catering at Bo both cover group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at KBS
On the single narrow-body stand at Bo, carriers running GFBO as an outstation get the same tray standard on every rotation, whatever the cycle looks like week to week. Ad hoc airline catering covers the unscheduled call, outstation catering the carrier that works this station on a regular pattern, diversion catering the aircraft that was not meant to be here, and technical stop catering the short-ground movement; crew meals at Bo and crew meals at GFBO travel with all four, and outstation catering at GFBO, ad hoc airline catering at GFBO, diversion catering at KBS and ad hoc catering at KBS all run off the one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at KBS
The narrow-body reference code that governs Bo's stand also sets what business aviation flies in on here, from light and midsize jets up to the aircraft the stand can take. Private jet catering at GFBO reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, through our dedicated private-jet branch.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Bo airport
Flight departments on jet catering at KBS
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“For a team flight from Bo (KBS/GFBO), we booked group charter catering with several dietary requests. The meals were clearly labeled, portions were suitable for the group, and the delivery stayed on time despite a moving departure. A good partner for sports charter operations. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Omar — Airport Duty Manager
“For an urgent mission at Bo (KBS/GFBO), the team supported us with military charter catering. The team understood that reliability mattered more than complexity and stayed flexible until uplift. Strong support for a demanding operation. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Louise — Executive Aviation Coordinator
“We used the team at Bo (KBS/GFBO) for freighter crew meals on a night operation. Meals arrived on time and were packed practically for a working crew rather than over-presented. Simple, efficient, and on time. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Boris — Network Operations Coordinator
Airport catering facts for Bo (GFBO / KBS)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | GFBO |
Business jet catering questions at GFBO
Diversion catering and ramp questions at GFBO
What operations gets asked every week about Bo.
Ask operations directly →On a narrow-body reference code, are halal, kosher and IATA special meal codes still produced at KBS?
There is a full special meal programme at this station: halal, kosher and the standard SPML set are produced on request, each one documented per passenger before it is sealed.
Whose uplift reaches the aircraft airside at GFBO, and how does it get there?
For every movement through this stand, airline catering is delivered airside and boarded by hi-loader to galley height, never left at the foot of the aircraft.
How far does the protocol standard extend for VIP, VVIP and government flights through Bo?
On a single named crew held to household service standards, VIP flight catering and government flight catering are both handled under the same protocol file, documented per passenger.
Bo airport — is private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
The hi-loader and our own delivery vehicle both reach the GA terminal, so private jet catering and FBO catering run on the same cold chain as any airline uplift here.
At what point does an airline catering cost get confirmed for a rotation through KBS?
The sequence starts with cabin count and specification; once those are fixed against the loading window, the desk returns a quotation rather than a published price.
Do you take last-minute changes to a specification for a rotation through GFBO?
Yes, within the lead time our desk confirms at booking, and how far in advance an order needs placing depends on cabin count and the loading window on the day.
Commercial aviation catering near Bo
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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