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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Guzara, Afghanistan
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Guzara (OAHR / HEA)
HEA (IATA) · OAHR (ICAO)
The wide-body reference code assigned to Guzara sets the standard our crews build the uplift to, matching the tray sets and cart configuration to the aircraft the ramp is designed for. Our kitchen delivers inflight catering by hi-loader to galley height, with in-flight catering staged so the convoy, not the food, carries the risk on the apron.
3,014 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 — Guzara
Wide-body inflight catering at Guzara airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at OAHR
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Guzara
Ramp access at Guzara is planned stand by stand rather than assumed, and the catering uplift is timed from the moment the cart leaves our kitchen to the moment it clears the galley door. Apron sequencing at HEA governs how early a cart can move once screening and escort are confirmed, and the sealed load is not released until both are cleared. Every step between kitchen and aircraft is logged, not estimated, so the specification that left the building is the one that boards.
Between our kitchen and the wide-body stand at Guzara sit screening, an escort requirement and the ordinary traffic of a single-runway apron, and we plan the galley catering uplift against the worst of those three rather than the best. One coordinator owns the load from seal to signature, keeping the chain of custody unbroken across the convoy rather than passed between handlers at the gate. Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at handover on the ramp at OAHR, and the paperwork that travels with the catering uplift closes only once both readings and a signature are on file.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature from kitchen to galley door.
Pilot meals prepared for Guzara airport rotations
Cleared crews behind government flight catering at HEA
The flight kitchen behind HEA runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP standard so nothing crosses from raw preparation to a sealed cart without a documented check. Airport catering at Guzara is planned from that single facility rather than split across sites, which keeps the cold chain unbroken between the last plating step and the hi-loader. Airport catering here also carries the paperwork a wide-body rotation needs: allergen and specification sheets that travel with the cart rather than following behind it.
The team that handles government flight catering at Guzara is the same named crew on every rotation, carrying security clearance on file and a place on the access list rather than a rotating roster. They are trained to royal household standards as well as to the airline tray-set specification, so the same hands can turn a state delegation and a scheduled departure without a change of procedure. Chain of custody is held by that team from the moment the cart is sealed in the kitchen to the moment it is signed for on the stand.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Guzara (HEA)
VVIP catering to a written specification at OAHR
Menus at Guzara are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a fixed cycle, and the same discipline applies whether the load is a scheduled sector or a single charter rotation. Inflight catering here draws on the country's produce in general terms, working orchard fruit, dairy and grain into a specification that still meets the tray-set and galley constraints of a wide-body aircraft. A VIP flight menu is built the same way as a charter flight menu, from the same kitchen, only the service format and the plating standard change. Every allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirement is documented per passenger and per cabin, and produced on a line kept separate from the main run.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Guzara are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu, so caviar and à-la-carte service on request can be filed against the standing order rather than improvised on the day. VIP flight catering here is signed off before it leaves the kitchen, matching what OAHR has on file for that operator.
Business cabins
Business cabins at HEA run multi-choice hot service to a written cabin specification, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft rather than a generic tray. Crew meals at OAHR are built the same way: cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately, with crew meals at Guzara logged against the roster rather than the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Guzara 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 Afghanistan produced to this standard is built on a separate line and sealed there, so the dietary load never shares a bench with the main run before it reaches the cart.
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 standards for aviation catering at Guzara
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 OAHR / HEA
Guzara handles scheduled, charter and government traffic across its single wide-body-rated runway, and that mix sets three separate problems for catering: a delegation is a documentation problem, a peak departure wave is a capacity problem, and a repeat charter rotation is a repetition problem the specification has to survive unchanged. Airline catering and aviation catering here are planned against whichever of the three is live on a given day rather than against a single default. The uplift moves from our kitchen to the ramp by hi-loader, boarded to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with our own escort holding the convoy together across the apron. Airport catering in Guzara is coordinated by one desk that carries inflight catering, in-flight catering and government protocol work under a single ops line rather than splitting them across departments. What we commit to at HEA is the same on every rotation: one coordinator, sealed carts, and a signed handover that closes the loop between kitchen and aircraft.
Royal flight catering and scheduled uplifts at HEA
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Government and state flight catering at Guzara
A head of state aircraft using the wide-body stand at HEA is boarded to the same reference code as any other movement, which is what lets government flight catering here run on standard ramp timing rather than a sequence. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff are security-cleared and on the access list, and the uplift is sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at OAHR
Within the 3014 metres available at Guzara, a private airliner — BBJ, ACJ or wide-body VIP — is boarded on the same stand used for scheduled traffic, with the household specification kept on file between movements rather than rebuilt each time. Royal flight catering here holds VVIP catering to that written standard, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at HEA
A single wide-body stand means a full three-cabin uplift has to be staged in the order the galleys are laid out before the aircraft is even on the ramp, which is the constraint that the 3014 metre runway at Guzara puts on every charter rotation. Charter flight catering here serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering in Afghanistan counted against the loading sheet rather than estimated.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Guzara
The single wide-body stand at OAHR is worked to one loading sequence regardless of which carrier is on it, which is what makes ad hoc airline catering possible on short notice rather than only against a published schedule. Outstation catering in Guzara, diversion catering and technical stop catering all run off that same sequence, with AOG covered on the same duty roster and crew meals at HEA carried across a multi-leg rotation without a change of specification.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at OAHR
3014 metres of runway at Guzara is enough to bring a business airliner onto the same wide-body stand used for scheduled traffic, which lets private jet catering here run through our dedicated branch rather than a separate line. Delivery reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, with business aviation catering and business jet catering held to the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, and FBO catering in Afghanistan logged the same way.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at OAHR
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Guzara airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“For a last-minute requirement at Guzara (HEA/OAHR), we contacted them as our airline catering partner. They coordinated locally, sent useful updates, and kept the final uplift aligned with our revised schedule. Very convenient for operational coverage. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Government flight department
Liam — Mission Operations Manager
“We used the service for VIP flight catering in Guzara on a VIP rotation through HEA/OAHR. The menu selection was good and all special requests were clearly identified. Good local support for a VIP operation. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Florian — Charter Account Manager
“We had several kosher airline meals on our order at Guzara (HEA/OAHR) and everything was handled correctly. All requirements were followed and the cabin crew could see immediately which meal belonged to which passenger. That attention to detail makes a big difference onboard. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Andres — Cargo Network Controller
Airport catering profile for Guzara (OAHR / HEA)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,014 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | OAHR |
Business jet catering questions at Guzara (HEA)
Crew meals, lead times and access at Guzara (HEA)
What operations gets asked every week about Guzara.
Ask operations directly →Which lead time does HEA need before an order is confirmed, and how late can the specification change?
The loader, the sealed cart and the route to the stand are booked as one package, so the earlier the cabin count and specification are fixed the more of the loading window stays flexible; last minute airline catering is still worked where the change reaches us before the cart is sealed.
How is private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at OAHR?
OAHR routes private jet catering to every FBO on the field and to the GA terminal without exception, on the same cold chain and paperwork as FBO catering for a scheduled airline.
What halal, kosher and special meal codes does Guzara produce, and how are they documented?
We produce halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of SPML special meals, each one documented per passenger and produced on a line kept separate from the main run.
Do you publish what airline catering costs at Guzara?
Yes, though as a quotation rather than a fixed price list: cabin count, specification and the loading window set the figure, and the desk returns a quote once those three are confirmed.
Is airline catering delivered airside at HEA, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
There is hi-loader boarding to galley height on every rotation here, so the airline catering uplift moves by airside delivery straight to the aircraft rather than waiting at the foot of the stand.
Commercial aviation catering near Guzara
MMZ / OAMN
Maymana
Afghanistan · 300 km from Guzara
Airline & VIP flight catering →
MYP / UTAM
Mary
Turkmenistan · 381 km from Guzara
Airline & VIP flight catering →
KDH / OAKN
Kandahar
Afghanistan · 452 km from Guzara
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Guzara (HEA / OAHR)
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Offloading
Return leg, if any
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Uplift at Guzara (HEA)