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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Kunduz, Afghanistan
Airline catering, VIP and private jet catering at Kunduz (OAUZ / UND)
UND (IATA) · OAUZ (ICAO)
A single narrow-body runway and one aerodrome reference code set the ceiling for every rotation through Kunduz, so inflight catering here is sequenced stand by stand rather than run at wide-body volume. In-flight catering moves from our kitchen to the galley door by hi-loader wherever the aircraft type allows it, with the balance boarded airside for scheduled, charter and government uplift.
1,999 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 — Kunduz
Aviation catering with ramp access at UND
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at Kunduz airport
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at UND
Ramp access at Kunduz decides how a catering uplift is sequenced, because the apron holds one narrow-body stand and every load has to clear the same route to the aircraft. The cart leaves our kitchen sealed, moves under escort across the apron, and is opened only at the galley door, in the order the cabins are laid out. Nothing here is estimated: the cart is logged out, logged in, and the loading window closes when the last tray is counted against the sheet.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Kunduz, the risk sits in the convoy, not in the galley catering itself: screening, escort and apron traffic all sit between the seal and the signature. We plan the catering uplift against the worst of that sequence rather than the best of it, holding a fixed route and a fixed order of loading regardless of how the ramp is running that day. Chain of custody is kept by one document, not by memory: the seal number, the escort name and the time at each checkpoint are written down as the cart moves, and the file closes only when the receiving crew signs for what left our kitchen.
One seal, one escort, one signature: that is the whole loading window.
Airline food supplier kitchen serving Kunduz (UND)
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for OAUZ
Airport catering in Kunduz is built around one production line rather than several parallel ones, so hot production, a cold larder and a protocol cell for VIP and government work sit under a single roof. That structure is what lets airport catering here answer a delegation, a peak rotation and a repeat charter without changing kitchens between them. Every tray leaving the flight kitchen at UND is produced and held to HACCP procedure, logged before it is sealed for the ramp.
The team behind government flight catering at Kunduz is a named crew rather than a rotating one: security clearance on file, access held to the same list every movement, and training kept current against household and protocol standards. That continuity is what a protocol desk checks first, ahead of the menu itself, because the paperwork travelling with a sealed uplift has to match the same names each time. Nobody outside that list handles a state or royal load at this station.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Kunduz, Afghanistan
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Kunduz airport
Menus at Kunduz are written to the cabin and to the mission first, and only then to the season, so a scheduled rotation and a state movement never draw on the same specification. Where local sourcing is possible, dairy, orchard fruit and other regional produce sit alongside the standing tray sets rather than replacing them. Inflight catering in Kunduz closes on the paperwork as much as the plate: allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed. Nothing reaches the galley door without that label attached to it.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Kunduz are plated to a written specification rather than to a running menu, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request against the standing order. VIP flight catering here is filed and repeated, not improvised on the day.
Business cabins
Business cabins at OAUZ take multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, alongside the tray sets carried for the main cabin.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary sets at UND cover household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger, including halal and kosher production and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering for these sets is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
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
Aircraft catering under HACCP control at Kunduz, Afghanistan
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 Kunduz
Kunduz works scheduled, charter and government traffic across one narrow-body runway and a single reference code, which means every rotation is planned individually rather than batched: a delegation brings a documentation load, a charter brings a capacity load, and both are worked against the same stand.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the ramp under ground handling arranged for the movement, boarded to the aircraft by hi-loader where the type allows it and by stand-side delivery otherwise. Airline catering at UND and inflight catering at OAUZ run off the same duty roster so a diversion or an added rotation does not need a second plan; aviation catering at OAUZ and in-flight catering in Kunduz both draw on that roster, with airport catering at UND planned stand by stand rather than by fixed slot.
We commit one coordinator to each movement, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover at the galley door.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at OAUZ
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Government and state flight catering at UND
We run the 1999-metre runway at Kunduz as the working limit for every state movement we plan against it, holding government flight catering to a protocol file documented per passenger rather than to a standing menu. Security-cleared staff seal the uplift before it leaves the kitchen, and a head of state aircraft is worked to the same fixed procedure on every rotation.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Kunduz
A 1999-metre runway governs which private airliners can be worked through Kunduz, and royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements. VVIP and royal household requirements, including halal sets, are produced on request for BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP movements, with catering at OAUZ logged against the same specification each time it flies.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at OAUZ
A narrow-body aircraft is what the reference code at Kunduz lets us board on the single available stand, and charter flight catering in Afghanistan is built around that limit rather than around a fixed volume. ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions take a full cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, with charter flight catering at Kunduz staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at UND
A 1999-metre runway sets a hard limit on the aircraft this station takes, and that limit is what shapes the ad hoc airline catering we hold ready for carriers running Kunduz as an outstation. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering sit on the same duty roster, with crew meals in Afghanistan boxed to the roster and crew meals at OAUZ carried across a multi-leg rotation without a change of kitchen.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Kunduz
On the apron at Kunduz, a single narrow-body stand carries both scheduled traffic and the business aviation movements that use the same ramp. Private jet catering at OAUZ reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal through our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering and business jet catering handled off the same duty roster as business aviation catering more broadly.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at OAUZ
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at Kunduz (UND)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our sports movement through Kunduz (UND/OAUZ) required sports team charter catering on a tight schedule. The order included different meal types and snacks, but the cabin crew could identify everything immediately. We would book them again for another team movement. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Idris — Airline Operations Manager
“We arranged evacuation flight catering at Kunduz (UND/OAUZ) for a non-routine passenger movement. The team understood that reliability mattered more than complexity and stayed flexible until uplift. We appreciated the flexibility. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Ana — Private Aviation Manager
“Our freighter crew needed freighter crew meals at Kunduz (UND/OAUZ) during a short turnaround. 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.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
John — Charter Services Manager
Station data for aviation catering at Kunduz (OAUZ / UND)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,999 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | OAUZ |
Business jet catering questions at Kunduz, Afghanistan
Crew meals, lead times and access at Kunduz, Afghanistan
What operations gets asked every week about Kunduz.
Ask operations directly →When does airline catering at OAUZ move airside, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
When the cart clears screening it is escorted across the apron and boarded by hi-loader where the aircraft type allows it, with airside delivery held to the same route on every rotation.
Are VIP, VVIP and government flights catered at Kunduz, and under what protocol?
The same cleared coordinator handles VIP flight catering and government flight catering here, working to a protocol file documented per passenger and sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Who documents halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes at Kunduz Airport?
On every order, halal, kosher and the full range of SPML codes are produced on a separate line and logged per passenger before the cart is sealed.
Where does the airline catering cost at UND come from, since no price list is published?
The loading sheet and the cabin specification set the quotation, covering cabin count, meal complexity and the loading window, and the desk returns a figure once those are confirmed.
Inflight catering at other airports near Kunduz
KQT / UTDT
Bokhtar
Tajikistan · 134 km from Kunduz
Airline & VIP flight catering →
MZR / OAMS
Mazar-i-Sharif
Afghanistan · 152 km from Kunduz
Airline & VIP flight catering →
TMJ / UZST
Termez
Uzbekistan · 158 km from Kunduz
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Airline catering quote for Kunduz
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Kunduz (UND / OAUZ)
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Kunduz (UND)