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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Kabul, Afghanistan
Airline catering, VIP and private jet catering at Kabul (OAKB / KBL)
KBL (IATA) · OAKB (ICAO)
The single wide-body reference code at Kabul sets the loading plan: one stand, one sequence, no margin for a second attempt on the ramp. Inflight catering here runs off one ops desk, boarded by hi-loader to galley height, with in-flight catering held on the same cold chain from a kitchen close to the apron, and inflight catering timed to the stand rather than the terminal.
3,500 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 — Kabul
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at OAKB
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at OAKB / KBL
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Kabul (KBL)
Ramp access at Kabul is planned before the cart leaves the kitchen, not negotiated at the aircraft. The single wide-body stand fixes the sequence: one apron slot, one loading order, no room to double back once the hi-loader is in position. Every catering uplift here is timed against that stand, not against the terminal clock.
Between our kitchen and the single stand at Kabul sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and the convoy is the risk we plan against, not the food. We build the galley catering schedule around the worst case those checkpoints can produce on a given rotation, and we hold the margin there rather than at the aircraft.
Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at handover on the stand, with a signed record closing the loading file. That chain of custody, not a promise of freshness, is what a catering uplift at Kabul is actually measured on.
One sealed cart, one signature, one stand: nothing changes hands unrecorded between Kabul's kitchen and its galley.
Airline food supplier for Kabul rotations
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Kabul, Afghanistan
The flight kitchen that provisions Kabul runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built for airport catering that has to hold to one wide-body stand rather than several. Airport catering at KBL depends on that consolidation: with only one runway and one reference code governing the field, there is no second kitchen route to fall back on if the plan is not right the first time. HACCP governs every line in the building, and airport catering at OAKB is produced, sealed and logged to that standard before it ever reaches the apron.
The team that handles government flight catering at Kabul is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access list, trained to household standards for the movements that require them. Sealed uplift leaving this kitchen carries paperwork that matches the passenger manifest it was built for, checked before the cart is closed. That continuity, not a rotating roster, is what a protocol officer is actually buying when catering at OAKB is booked for a sensitive movement.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at KBL
VVIP catering written per mission at OAKB / KBL
Menus at Kabul are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a fixed cycle, so a scheduled rotation, a charter and a VIP flight menu do not share a plate simply because they share a stand. Inflight catering here draws on regional produce where the season allows it - orchard fruit, dairy, grains - set within a specification the kitchen can repeat rotation after rotation. Special meals, halal, kosher, vegan and the full set of allergen requirements are produced on separate lines and labelled per passenger and per cabin, never assumed from a headcount. The same file that carries the seating plan carries the dietary sheet, so nothing is guessed at the galley door.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Kabul are plated to a written specification rather than a standard tray, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request and filed against the standing order for the rotation. VIP flight catering here is repeated to that file every time, not reinvented for each movement.
Business cabins
Business cabins at KBL run on multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft on the stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster and loaded with the passenger tray sets, not as an afterthought.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Kabul are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Halal and kosher trays are produced on a separate line and sealed before they leave it, and inflight catering here is built around that documentation rather than around a fixed menu.
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-compliant aircraft catering at OAKB / KBL
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 Kabul airport
Kabul holds a single wide-body-rated stand off one runway, which means every movement through the field is planned individually rather than slotted into a bank of gates: a delegation is a documentation exercise here, a charter is a capacity exercise, and a repeat scheduled rotation is a repetition exercise, each worked on its own file. Airline catering and aviation catering at OAKB both run off that same single-stand constraint, so the loading sequence is fixed before the aircraft is on the ground, not improvised once it arrives.
Uplift travels from our kitchen to the ramp by sealed cart, boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than set down at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew holding ramp access on their own badges rather than passing the load to a third party at the stand. Inflight catering and in-flight catering at this station follow that same route regardless of the customer, and airport catering in Kabul is planned against the single stand, never against a generic schedule.
On every movement here we commit to one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover, so the file that leaves the kitchen is the file that closes at the aircraft.
Royal flight catering and scheduled uplifts at Kabul, Afghanistan
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Government and state flight catering at KBL
The 3,500-metre runway at Kabul is long enough to bring in a head of state aircraft directly onto the one wide-body stand the field holds, which is what makes the single-stand routing a protocol asset rather than a limit. Government flight catering here documents the movement per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Kabul
A 3,500-metre runway takes the private airliners this segment relies on - BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations - onto the single stand Kabul holds for wide-body traffic. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced against it on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at OAKB
A wide-body operating on an ACMI or wet-lease rotation is exactly what the aerodrome's wide-body reference code at Kabul is built to take on its single stand, group movements and special missions included. Charter flight catering here means a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, with charter flight catering staged in the order the galleys are laid out on that stand.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at KBL
A 3,500-metre runway is enough to bring in a scheduled widebody, and that single movement still has to clear the same one wide-body stand as everything else routed through Kabul that day. Ad hoc airline catering here works around that constraint for carriers running the station as an outstation, with outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering handled off one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Kabul
On the same single wide-body stand and apron that Kabul holds for scheduled and charter traffic, business aviation is handled by our dedicated private jet catering branch, delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal. FBO catering here runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, business aviation catering included.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Kabul airport
Flight departments on jet catering at Kabul
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our flight changed at short notice and we arranged contingency catering at Kabul (KBL/OAKB). Confirmation was quick, the order stayed clear despite several updates, and delivery reached the aircraft on time. A dependable option for irregular operations. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Government flight department
Fiona — State Flight Coordinator
“Kabul (KBL/OAKB) was an outstation for us, and we booked off-station catering for the sector. 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. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
George — Operations Desk Manager
“For our flight at Kabul (KBL/OAKB), we needed a quick airline catering cost before confirming the order. The inclusions were easy to understand, lead time was realistic, and there were no surprises when the final order was confirmed. Good option when you need a fast and transparent answer. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Lucas — Freighter Operations Manager
Outstation catering data for Kabul (OAKB / KBL)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,500 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | OAKB |
Aviation catering FAQ for Kabul, Afghanistan
Crew meals, lead times and access at KBL
What operations gets asked every week about Kabul.
Ask operations directly →At what point must an order for airline catering at Kabul be placed, and how late can the specification still change?
We ask for the lead time as early in the planning cycle as the rotation is known, since the single wide-body stand here leaves no slack to absorb a late change; even so, cabin counts and special meal codes can typically still move up to close to departure. Last-minute airline catering is handled through the same sealed process, just compressed against the loading window.
Are VIP, VVIP and government flights catered at KBL, and under what protocol?
The same named coordinator who runs a scheduled rotation runs a VIP flight catering or government flight catering movement here, with security-cleared staff and a documented protocol file attached to the order. That file travels with the sealed uplift and closes with a signed handover on the stand.
Where does the airline catering cost at OAKB actually come from, since no price list is published?
The signed loading sheet for each rotation is what a quotation is built against, not a fixed tariff, because cabin count, specification and the loading window all move the figure. Once those three are confirmed the desk returns a quotation specific to that rotation.
When is airline catering delivered airside at Kabul, and how does the uplift actually reach the aircraft?
As soon as the cart clears screening and escort on the ramp, it is boarded by hi-loader to galley height on the single wide-body stand rather than set down at the foot of the aircraft. Airside delivery here follows that same route on every rotation, regardless of the customer.
Commercial aviation catering near Kabul
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