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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Sishen, South Africa
Sishen (FASS / SIS): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
SIS (IATA) · FASS (ICAO)
On the single narrow-body runway at Sishen, provisioning is planned to the reference code the field is built to, not to a wish list of aircraft it will never take. That constraint is what keeps inflight catering exact here: every uplift is boarded by hi-loader to galley height, sealed at the kitchen, and staged for wide-body-standard in-flight catering discipline even where the stand itself is narrow-body.
1,740 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 — Sishen
Aviation catering with ramp access at FASS / SIS
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for FASS / SIS departures
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Sishen (SIS)
The sealed cart leaving our kitchen for Sishen is timed against one figure: the runway and reference code this field is built to, which sets how the ramp is worked and how tight the catering uplift can be sequenced. Ramp access here is held on our own badges, not a visitor pass, so the convoy crosses the apron on a route agreed with the handling agent rather than improvised on the day. Nothing about the narrow-body classification changes what reaches the galley door: it only changes how the approach to the stand at FASS is planned.
Between the sealed cart leaving our kitchen and the galley catering handover at the aircraft door, the convoy crosses ground shared with fuel, baggage and ground-power traffic, and that shared apron is the actual risk in any catering uplift, not the food itself. At Sishen the route is agreed with the ramp handler in advance, escorted where the schedule calls for it, and driven on the same badges every rotation so nothing is worked out on the day. Chain of custody runs from the seal fixed at the kitchen to the signature taken at the galley, with the temperature logged at both ends and carried on the paperwork that travels with the load.
One coordinator owns the seal at the kitchen and the signature at the aircraft door.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for SIS
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Sishen, South Africa
The flight kitchen that provisions FASS runs to HACCP procedure, with hot production, a cold larder and a protocol line held under the same roof rather than split across sites. Airport catering at Sishen is planned around the single narrow-body stand this field works to, so cold chain discipline starts at the sealing bench, not at the ramp. That single-site model is what lets airport catering here move from cart to galley without a second handling point breaking the cold chain.
The team that handles government flight catering at Sishen is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assigned on the day. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, they sit on the access list for the ramp, and they are trained to the paperwork a sealed uplift travels with. That continuity is what a protocol desk is actually checking when it asks who touches the load between the kitchen and the aircraft at FASS.
Halal airline meals and special meals at SIS
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at FASS / SIS
Menus at Sishen are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed list, moving from passenger meal boxes on a scheduled rotation to a full VVIP specification on a government or private movement. Where South African produce fits the mission and the season, it is drawn into the plan in general terms — dairy, fish, orchard fruit — without pinning the inflight catering programme to a single supplier or a named dish. Every set is documented per passenger, covering allergen declarations, halal and kosher requirements and any medical restriction on file. That documentation travels with the load from the kitchen to the galley door at FASS, labelled by cabin and by name.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Sishen are plated to a written specification rather than improvised trolley by trolley, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request against the standing order held on file. VIP flight catering here is documented per passenger, so the same standard repeats across every FASS rotation regardless of who is working the galley that day.
Business cabins
Business cabins at SIS run on multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boxed as tray sets rather than plated individually. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed to the roster separately from the passenger load, so a change on one side never delays the other.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements at Sishen are documented per passenger rather than assumed from a general list, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each set is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, so inflight catering for a mixed cabin never mixes at the source.
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
Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at Sishen 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.
Flight catering airside delivery at Sishen airport
Sishen holds a single narrow-body runway of 1,740 metres, which fixes the traffic this field takes to scheduled, charter and government movements rather than to the wide-body long-haul mix seen at larger hubs. That profile turns catering here into a documentation and repetition problem more than a peak-capacity one: fewer aircraft on the ground at once, but each rotation still needs the full protocol file when a delegation or a state movement is on the schedule.
The uplift leaves our kitchen sealed and travels to the stand under ground handling arranged for the rotation, crossing apron shared with fuel and baggage traffic before the hi-loader brings it to galley height. Airline catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at Sishen all run off the same ops desk rather than three separate lines, which is what keeps a technical stop or an ad hoc diversion from needing a different process to the scheduled traffic around it.
Airport catering at Sishen is planned stand by stand, with one coordinator named on the handover and a signed record closing every load before departure.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at Sishen, South Africa
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Government and state flight catering at SIS
1,740 metres of runway is enough to hold scheduled, charter and government movements on one reference code, which keeps a state visit on the same documented process as any other rotation at Sishen. Government flight catering here covers delegations and head of state movements with the protocol file recorded per passenger, security-cleared staff assigned by name, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Sishen
We work the narrow-body reference code held at Sishen against the same written specification kept on file for repeat household movements, so nothing is rebuilt from scratch between rotations. Royal flight catering here extends to private airliners in the BBJ and ACJ class, with halal and household dietary requirements produced to VVIP standard on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at FASS
The narrow-body reference code at Sishen governs every stand assignment on the field, which is what lets a charter, ACMI or wet-lease operator plan a rotation here without guessing at aircraft compatibility in advance. Charter flight catering at FASS covers group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift staged against the loading sheet, charter flight catering in Sishen counted and signed off before the aircraft is released.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SIS
A single narrow-body runway of 1,740 metres means every rotation through Sishen is worked to one reference code, which is exactly the discipline ad hoc airline catering depends on when a diversion or a technical stop arrives with no notice. Outstation catering here runs off the same duty roster as scheduled traffic, diversion catering and technical stop catering included, across a multi-leg pattern without a separate process for either.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Sishen
Business jets using the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field at Sishen are worked to the same narrow-body reference code as the scheduled traffic around them, which keeps ramp handling consistent across both. Private jet catering at Sishen reaches those aircraft on the same cold chain and the same sealed paperwork as an airline uplift, business aviation catering delivered through our dedicated branch, business jet catering and FBO catering included.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at Sishen
Flight departments on jet catering at Sishen
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We had a last-minute schedule change into Sishen (SIS/FASS) and needed diverted flight catering. Even with the late change, the meals were packed correctly and delivered within the revised window. We would use them again for another short-notice stop. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Pablo — Network Operations Coordinator
“We needed catering for airlines without flight kitchen for a flight through Sishen (SIS/FASS) and the process was much easier than expected. It felt like working with a regular station supplier even though this was not one of our usual airports. A solid solution for outstation operations. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Celine — Ground Operations Manager
“The operations team needed an airline catering cost per meal for Sishen (SIS/FASS) with very little time to decide. The quote was detailed enough for operations and accounting, but still quick to review. Straightforward and professional from quote to delivery. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Tom — VIP Operations Controller
Airport catering profile for Sishen (FASS / SIS)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,740 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | FASS |
Airline catering questions for FASS
Diversion catering and ramp questions at SIS
What operations gets asked every week about Sishen.
Ask operations directly →Given the single narrow-body stand at FASS, do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
There is a dedicated branch that reaches every FBO on the field and the GA terminal directly, with FBO catering run on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
At what point does airline catering in Sishen move from our kitchen to the aircraft?
The load leaves the kitchen sealed, crosses the apron under escort where the schedule requires it, and is boarded by hi-loader to galley height on arrival at the stand.
Can an order be placed close to departure at Sishen Airport?
Lead time depends on the cabin count and the specification, and how far in advance you confirm decides how late a change to that specification can still be accepted; our desk gives you a working figure against the loading window.
Do you produce halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes at SIS?
Yes, produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves it, with halal, kosher and the full SPML range documented per passenger.
How is a specification confirmed once it changes at Sishen?
A revised specification is re-sealed at the kitchen and logged again on the same handover sheet, so the record always matches what actually boards.
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