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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Dakhla, Western Sahara (disputed territory)
Airline catering, VIP and private jet catering at Dakhla (GMMH / VIL)
VIL (IATA) · GMMH (ICAO)
Every rotation through the wide-body reference code held at Dakhla has to clear the same sequence: kitchen, ramp, hi-loader, galley door. That sequence is why AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering here as one boarding operation rather than a delivery to the foot of the aircraft, lifting sealed uplift straight to galley height on every wide-body movement across the field.
3,000 m
Longest runway
Wide-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 — Dakhla
Inflight catering at wide-body scale for GMMH / VIL
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at Dakhla
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, GMMH / VIL
Ramp access at Dakhla is what turns a catering uplift into a boarding operation rather than a kerbside handover. Once the cart clears the kitchen, it travels straight across the apron to the hi-loader, never resting at the foot of the aircraft while a third party takes it on. That single chain of custody, run by our own crew from seal to signature, is what the loading window at GMMH actually measures.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Dakhla sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and a catering uplift only holds its schedule if all three are planned against, not hoped past. We build the convoy timing around the worst case on the ramp, not the average one, because a galley catering delay costs more than the minutes it seems to save on paper. Every cart is logged closed at the kitchen door and logged open again at the aircraft, with a signature at each end forming the chain of custody an ops desk can audit after the fact.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature: nothing changes hands in between.
Crew meals and pilot meals for VIL departures
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at GMMH / VIL
The flight kitchen behind Dakhla runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, holding the cold chain from the first tray to the sealed cart. Airport catering at GMMH is planned against the wide-body reference code the field holds, so tray sets and passenger meal boxes are built to the cabin count before the loading window opens. Production runs to HACCP throughout, and airport catering at Dakhla never leaves that standard behind for a smaller movement.
Government flight catering at Dakhla is handled by the same named team on every rotation, not a rota drawn fresh each time. Security clearance sits on file for each of them, alongside a standing place on the access list and training against royal household service standards for the protocol work that arrives without warning. That continuity, not a larger roster, is what keeps a sealed uplift moving without a new name to vet each time.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at GMMH
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Dakhla
A wide-body reference code covering three cabins is what sets the range of menus we plate for departures from Dakhla, from a single main-cabin tray set to a fully plated forward cabin on the same rotation. Inflight catering at VIL draws on regional produce where the season allows it, described in general terms rather than by dish, so a menu can shift with what the local market actually holds that week. Every set is built to the cabin it serves and to the mission behind it, whether that is a scheduled sector, a charter or a government movement through GMMH. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, never as a single note attached to the flight as a whole.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins departing Dakhla are plated to a written specification held on file between rotations, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single set menu. VIP flight catering here is presented exactly as filed, checked against the standing order before the cart is sealed for the ramp.
Business cabins
Business cabins out of VIL take a multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft on that rotation. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately from the passenger tray sets and matched to the roster before boarding.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements departing Dakhla are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical needs alongside halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering in Dakhla produces these on a separate line, sealed before it joins the main uplift.
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
HACCP and sealed transfer for aircraft catering at Dakhla 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 Dakhla (VIL)
Dakhla carries scheduled, charter and government movements across a single wide-body reference code, and each of those brings its own catering problem: a delegation is a documentation exercise before it is a meal count, a charter peak is a capacity question, and a repeat scheduled rotation is mostly a matter of not varying the tray standard week to week. Airline catering, inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at GMMH are planned against whichever of those three is on the ramp that day, not against a single generic profile.
The uplift leaves our kitchen sealed and travels by escorted convoy to the stand, where it is boarded by hi-loader straight to galley height rather than handed off at the foot of the aircraft. Ground handling on the apron and airside delivery to the stand run on the same schedule as the flight, so the cart's arrival is fixed to the same slot as the aircraft's.
On every movement through Dakhla, one coordinator owns the load from the kitchen seal to the handover signature at the aircraft.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at GMMH / VIL
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Government and state flight catering at Dakhla
Our kitchen builds every uplift against the same wide-body reference code Dakhla holds, whether the rotation is scheduled or a head of state movement through GMMH. Government flight catering here runs on a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and a sealed uplift closed before it leaves the kitchen for the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Dakhla
A 3000 metre runway takes the private airliners that royal and VVIP movements through VIL typically fly, from a BBJ to a wide-body VVIP configuration. Royal flight catering at Dakhla is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request rather than assumed.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at GMMH
A wide-body aircraft on charter or ACMI work is what the reference code held at Dakhla is built to take, and it boards here on the same three-cabin standard as a scheduled service. Charter flight catering at Dakhla covers wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering at VIL counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order before it leaves the kitchen.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Dakhla
A 3000 metre runway at Dakhla holds the wide-body movements that make outstation catering worth planning for rather than reacting to. Ad hoc airline catering at VIL covers carriers running this station as an outstation, with outstation catering, diversion catering, technical stop catering and AOG uplifts worked off the same duty roster across a multi-leg rotation, and crew meals boxed to match whichever crew is on that sector.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Dakhla
Across the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field at Dakhla, the same wide-body reference code that governs airline movements sets the standard business aviation is held to as well. Private jet catering at GMMH is delivered to the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, through our dedicated private-jet branch.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at Dakhla
Operators on commercial aviation catering at VIL
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“A short-notice movement brought us into Dakhla (VIL/GMMH), so we needed reliable diverted flight catering. Even with the late change, the meals were packed correctly and delivered within the revised window. Good support when timing is the main pressure point. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Eric — Flight Support Executive
“For an operation away from our normal base, we arranged airline catering at small airports at Dakhla (VIL/GMMH). The team confirmed everything clearly, handled the local coordination, and delivered the order ready for loading. Reliable and easy to manage from the ops desk. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Benjamin — Charter Operations Manager
“We requested an airline catering cost per meal for Dakhla (VIL/GMMH) and appreciated how clear the pricing was. The inclusions were easy to understand, lead time was realistic, and there were no surprises when the final order was confirmed. The clear communication made the booking easy. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Nadia — Ground Operations Manager
Dakhla (GMMH / VIL): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | GMMH |
Outstation catering questions at GMMH
Diversion catering and ramp questions at GMMH
What operations gets asked every week about Dakhla.
Ask operations directly →How much does airline catering cost at Dakhla?
Dakhla quotes are built on cabin count, menu specification and the loading window required, since we do not publish a fixed price list. Send the rotation details and our desk returns a quotation against them.
Can you deliver airline catering airside at VIL?
Airside delivery at VIL is the standard method, not an add-on: the sealed cart moves by hi-loader straight to galley height rather than being left at the foot of the aircraft. Airline catering here is boarded, not dropped off.
When are halal, kosher and special meal codes produced for flights through GMMH?
When an order specifies them, halal, kosher and the full set of IATA SPML codes are produced on a separate line and documented per passenger before they join the uplift. Special meals travel sealed alongside the main cabin load, never bundled into it.
What protocol applies to VIP, VVIP and government flights through Dakhla?
We hold a named, security-cleared team for VIP flight catering and government flight catering alike, working to a written household or protocol specification kept on file between movements. The uplift is sealed at the kitchen and signed over only at the aircraft.
Airport catering near Dakhla
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Nouadhibou
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
OUZ / GQPZ
Zouérate
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
ATR / GQPA
Atar
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Offloading
Return leg, if any
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Uplift at Dakhla (VIL)