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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Merowe, Sudan
Hi-loader airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Merowe (HSMN / MWE)
MWE (IATA) · HSMN (ICAO)
A wide-body reference code holds at HSMN, so our crews board multi-class cabins here without the load spread across outstations. We run inflight catering and in-flight catering off one kitchen, boarding by hi-loader to galley height so wide-body uplift reaches the aircraft directly rather than waiting at the foot of the stand.
4,019 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Merowe
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at HSMN / MWE
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at HSMN / MWE
Aircraft catering sealed from kitchen to galley at Merowe (MWE)
The loading window at HSMN runs from the sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door, measured rather than estimated. Ramp access lets the hi-loader clear the apron directly, so the catering uplift skips the wait at the foot of the aircraft that a ground-level delivery would carry. Every rotation at Merowe follows the same sequence, whichever cabin count it is loaded against.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Merowe sit screening, escort and the ordinary traffic of the apron, and a diversion or a tight turnaround only adds to that convoy. We plan every catering uplift against the worst of that sequence rather than the average of it, because a delayed escort costs more than a delayed kitchen ever does. The galley catering that leaves our door is logged by temperature at sealing and again at handover, and the chain of custody closes on a signature at the aircraft, not before.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the galley door.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for MWE
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Merowe, Sudan
Hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell sit under one roof for the airport catering worked at MWE, so a mixed rotation of scheduled, charter and VIP movements is provisioned from a single site rather than split across contractors. That structure is what makes airport catering in Merowe workable at wide-body scale: each line runs to its own HACCP discipline, and the cold chain is unbroken from the larder to the sealed cart. The flight kitchen at MWE feeds every stand from that one production floor.
The team that handles government flight catering at Merowe is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in for the occasion. Security clearance sits on file for each of them, access-list status is checked before a delegation lands, and training runs to royal household standards as well as to the paperwork a sealed uplift carries between the kitchen and the aircraft. That continuity is what a protocol desk is actually checking when it asks who handles the load.
VIP flight catering menus for MWE departures
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at HSMN / MWE
Menus at Merowe are written to the cabin and the mission before they are written to anything else, so a First-cabin specification and a main-cabin tray set never share a production line by accident. Where local sourcing applies, Sudanese produce enters the specification in general terms only, dairy and orchard fruit drawn on where the season allows rather than named dish by dish. Inflight catering here is built around a documented set of allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements, each one labelled per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed. Charter flight menu ranges and VIP flight menu specifications both run off the same larder, so volume never forces a shortcut on the protocol line.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Merowe carry VIP flight catering plated to a written specification rather than to a standard tray. Caviar and à-la-carte service are available on request, and every presentation is filed against the standing order before it is repeated on the next rotation.
Business cabins
Business cabins at HSMN take multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, boxed into oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals travel in the same tray sets, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately against the roster.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Merowe are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets, halal and kosher among them, against the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering in Sudan on this line is produced on a separate kitchen line and sealed before it leaves it.
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 Merowe 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 Merowe airport
Merowe carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single wide-body reference code, and that mix sets the catering problem before a single tray is loaded: a government movement is a documentation load, a charter peak is a capacity load, and a repeat rotation is a repetition load that has to hold its specification every time. Airline catering at Merowe answers each of those differently rather than treating the station as one undifferentiated flow.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the ramp under ramp access held on our own badges, boarded by hi-loader directly to the galley rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft. In-flight catering at HSMN and aviation catering in Sudan both run off that one route, so the same escort and screening sequence applies whether the load is a single ad hoc uplift or a full rotation.
One coordinator carries responsibility from the sealed cart to the signed handover, and airport catering at HSMN is planned stand by stand rather than assumed from a generic schedule.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at HSMN / MWE
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Government and state flight catering at HSMN
A wide-body reference code at HSMN clears the aircraft that carry delegations and official movements onto the same stands as any scheduled service, which keeps a head of state aircraft out of a separate, slower queue. Government flight catering at Merowe runs on a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff, and an uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at MWE
With 4019 metres of runway at HSMN, the private airliners used for royal and VVIP movement — BBJ, ACJ, wide-body VIP configurations — operate here without a length constraint on the loading plan. Royal flight catering at Merowe is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Merowe
A loading plan for a full three-cabin charter has to sequence every galley against the same stand time that a 4019 metre runway allows for a single wide-body approach, which is what governs how ACMI and wet-lease rotations are staged at Merowe. Charter flight catering here counts a group movement or a special mission against the loading sheet the same way as any charter flight catering booked for a routine rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at HSMN
A single wide-body reference code governs every stand at HSMN, which means ad hoc airline catering here follows the same loading sequence whether the aircraft is on a scheduled rotation or an unplanned technical stop. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all run off one duty roster at Merowe, AOG included, with crew meals boxed to the same standard across a multi-leg pattern.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at MWE
A 4019 metre runway at MWE means the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field take the same wide-body-capable approach as any scheduled service, so business aviation is never worked as an afterthought on a shorter strip. Private jet catering at Merowe is delivered to that GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering scheduled off the identical duty roster.
Private jets →
Airline catering services trusted at HSMN / MWE
Flight departments on jet catering at Merowe
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged tour operator charter catering for the group at Merowe (MWE/HSMN) 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. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Javier — Flight Services Coordinator
“Our flight through Merowe (MWE/HSMN) required military charter catering with limited preparation time. They kept the menu simple, respected the special requirements, and delivered exactly when the aircraft was ready to receive it. A good experience under difficult timing conditions. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Naomi — Flight Operations Supervisor
“For a cargo sector from Merowe (MWE/HSMN), we arranged cargo airline crew catering for the operating crew. Meals arrived on time and were packed practically for a working crew rather than over-presented. 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
Denis — Flight Logistics Manager
Outstation catering data for Merowe (HSMN / MWE)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 4,019 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | HSMN |
Aviation catering FAQ for HSMN
Diversion catering and ramp questions at MWE
What operations gets asked every week about Merowe.
Ask operations directly →Can halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes be produced at MWE?
The full IATA SPML range is produced here, halal and kosher included, each documented per passenger before it is sealed on a separate line.
How far does airside delivery reach at HSMN, and how does the uplift get to the aircraft?
Ramp access held on our own badges lets airline catering move by hi-loader directly to the galley door, rather than being staged at the foot of the aircraft for a ground crew to carry up.
Do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal in Merowe?
Yes, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering scheduled off the same duty roster as the rest of the station.
How far in advance does Merowe airport need an order, and how late can the specification still change?
Merowe takes a standing lead time for a full multi-class load, and a specification change close to departure is worked against the loading window rather than refused outright.
MWE — how much does airline catering cost, since no price list is published?
The sealed cart and hi-loader that carry the uplift are costed against cabin count, specification and loading window, and the desk returns a quotation once those are known.
Under escorted ramp access, do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at HSMN, and under what protocol?
There is a standing protocol file for VIP flight catering and government flight catering alike, security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift closing every rotation.
Inflight catering at other airports near Merowe
DOG / HSDN
Dongola
Sudan · 168 km from Merowe
Airline & VIP flight catering →
KRT / HSSK
Khartoum
Sudan · 326 km from Merowe
Airline & VIP flight catering →
ABS / HEBL
Abu Simbel
Egypt · 438 km from Merowe
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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