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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Mazar-i-Sharif (OAMS / MZR)
MZR (IATA) · OAMS (ICAO)
The 3000 m runway at Mazar-i-Sharif clears wide-body movements, which is why AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering here on a hi-loader that boards straight to galley height rather than at the foot of the aircraft. Scheduled, charter, government and private jet flights all draw on the same uplift, ramp access held on our own badges for in-flight catering across every wide-body stand this field carries.
3,000 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 — Mazar-i-Sharif
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at OAMS / MZR
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at MZR
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at OAMS / MZR
Ramp access at Mazar-i-Sharif is what the loading window is actually built around, not a promise printed beside it. Every catering uplift leaving our kitchen is sequenced against apron movement on the single wide-body stand this field carries, so the sealed cart reaches the galley door on a schedule the ramp itself sets. That sequencing is why the window is measured rather than quoted at OAMS.
Between our kitchen and the aircraft at Mazar-i-Sharif sit screening, an escort onto the apron and whatever else is moving on the ramp that hour, and the plan for the catering uplift is built against the worst of those, not the best. Chain of custody starts the moment a cart is sealed and does not break until a named crew member signs for it at the galley, at OAMS. Temperature is logged at sealing and again at handover, so a galley catering delivery arrives with a written record rather than a verbal assurance from whoever carried it across the apron.
One sealed cart, one signature, from our kitchen to the galley door.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for OAMS
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Mazar-i-Sharif
Airport catering at Mazar-i-Sharif is produced under one roof that carries hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line side by side, so a single kitchen answers a scheduled rotation and a delegation movement without splitting the run. HACCP governs every line in that building, from the raw store through to the tray set that leaves for the stand. Airport catering at OAMS is built to hold that standard whether the covers loaded that day number one aircraft or several.
The team that handles government flight catering at Mazar-i-Sharif is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in as volume requires. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, checked against the access list before a sealed uplift is released, and every member is trained to the household service standards that a royal or state movement expects. That continuity is what lets catering at MZR carry a delegation's paperwork forward from one visit to the next without starting the file again.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Mazar-i-Sharif airport
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at MZR
Menus at Mazar-i-Sharif are written to the cabin and the mission first, and only then to the season, drawing on Afghanistan's dairy, orchard fruit and grain where a specification calls for local sourcing. First and Business travel on a written cabin standard, main cabin on a multi-choice hot service, and both move through the same inflight catering line before they are sealed. Every tray leaving that line carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets labelled per passenger, never assumed from the manifest. A protocol movement gets the identical discipline, only with the household file attached alongside the standard cabin paperwork.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Mazar-i-Sharif are plated to a written specification held on file between rotations, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request rather than fixed to a single fixed menu. VIP flight catering here is signed off against that specification before it leaves the kitchen, so the presentation matches the standing order every time it is called.
Business cabins
Business cabins at OAMS run on multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft on the stand, tray sets and meal boxes moving together through the same line. Crew meals and cabin crew meals are boxed to the roster count, and pilot meals are kept to a separate, documented specification from the rest of the cabin.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Mazar-i-Sharif are documented per passenger rather than assumed, covering household, religious and medical sets on a line kept apart from the main cabin run. Halal and kosher sets, and the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced there and sealed before they leave it, so inflight catering carries the household or religious file forward exactly as it was recorded.
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
Food safety and cold chain for aviation catering at OAMS / MZR
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 Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan
Mazar-i-Sharif works to a single wide-body reference code across its one runway, which means every rotation through here is planned against that same aircraft class rather than a mixed profile of narrow-body and wide-body movements. A delegation landing on that runway is a documentation problem before it is a food problem, and a repeat rotation on the same code is a repetition problem that rewards a fixed cabin specification kept on file.
Uplift for airline catering and aviation catering alike leaves our kitchen sealed, moves across the apron under escort, and is loaded by hi-loader straight to galley height rather than handed off at the foot of the aircraft; airport catering at MZR is planned stand by stand rather than in bulk. Inflight catering and in-flight catering both run off the same duty roster at OAMS, so a scheduled sector and a charter movement are worked by the same crew on the same paperwork.
What we commit to at Mazar-i-Sharif is one coordinator named to the rotation, carts sealed at the kitchen door, and a handover signed at the aircraft rather than assumed.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at OAMS / MZR
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Government and state flight catering at MZR
A wide-body reference code held at this field means a head of state aircraft is worked on the same stand as scheduled traffic, so the protocol file has to travel with the uplift rather than sit apart from it. Government flight catering at Mazar-i-Sharif documents that file per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the load sealed before it leaves our kitchen for the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Mazar-i-Sharif
One wide-body stand, and that is enough to hold a private airliner to the same household specification on every visit rather than rebuilding it each time. Royal flight catering at MZR covers BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP movements, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request and the file kept on record between rotations.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at OAMS
We load a full three-cabin uplift on the single wide-body stand at Mazar-i-Sharif, counted against the loading sheet before the hi-loader ever reaches the aircraft. Charter flight catering here covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering at OAMS staged in the order the galleys are laid out rather than by arrival time on the apron.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at MZR
On the single wide-body stand at Mazar-i-Sharif, a scheduled sector and an unplanned diversion draw on the same duty roster rather than two separate teams. Ad hoc airline catering covers carriers running this station as an outstation, with outstation catering and diversion catering worked from the same kitchen. Technical stop catering and AOG cases are handled on the same footing, across a multi-leg rotation, without a separate booking path for crew meals at OAMS or ad hoc catering at MZR.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Mazar-i-Sharif
The 3000 m runway at Mazar-i-Sharif takes the business aircraft that share the field with scheduled and charter traffic, and private jet catering at MZR follows them to the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field. FBO catering there runs on the same cold chain and the same sealed paperwork as an airline uplift, business aviation catering handled by the same kitchen rather than a separate line.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at MZR
Protocol officers on government flight catering at OAMS
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“For our departure from Mazar-i-Sharif (MZR/OAMS), we specifically needed aviation catering packaging. The trays and boxes were organized logically, which saved the cabin crew time before passengers arrived. Good attention to the operational side of catering. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Pedro — Cabin Operations Lead
“For a changing schedule at Mazar-i-Sharif (MZR/OAMS), we needed flexible ad hoc catering. They understood the operational language and did not need every change explained twice. We appreciated how easy the coordination was. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Malik — Trip Operations Manager
“For our business jet at Mazar-i-Sharif (MZR/OAMS), I arranged private jet catering with a few passenger-specific requests. They followed my notes closely, kept me updated, and delivered at the time agreed with the FBO. I would definitely order from them again. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Noor — Duty Station Manager
Airport catering facts for Mazar-i-Sharif (OAMS / MZR)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | OAMS |
Business jet catering questions at Mazar-i-Sharif airport
Technical stop catering questions at Mazar-i-Sharif airport
What operations gets asked every week about Mazar-i-Sharif.
Ask operations directly →How much does airline catering cost at Mazar-i-Sharif?
Mazar-i-Sharif does not carry a published price list, because the airline catering cost depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window requested. The desk returns a quotation once those three are confirmed against the rotation.
When are halal, kosher and special meal codes produced at Mazar-i-Sharif Airport?
When a booking specifies them, halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA SPML codes are produced on a separate line and documented per passenger before sealing. Special meals travel with that documentation through to the galley door.
Can you deliver airline catering airside at MZR?
Airside delivery at MZR is standard: the load moves by hi-loader from our kitchen straight to galley height rather than being handed off at the foot of the aircraft. That applies to a scheduled sector, a charter movement and a private jet uplift alike.
Where is the lead time recorded for orders placed at OAMS?
The loading sheet is the record that fixes lead time: how far in advance an order needs to be placed depends on cabin count and specification, and it is confirmed on that sheet once the rotation is set. Last minute airline catering is still worked where the loading window allows it, against the same sealed paperwork as a standing order.
Commercial aviation catering near Mazar-i-Sharif
TMJ / UZST
Termez
Uzbekistan · 65 km from Mazar-i-Sharif
Airline & VIP flight catering →
UND / OAUZ
Kunduz
Afghanistan · 152 km from Mazar-i-Sharif
Airline & VIP flight catering →
KQT / UTDT
Bokhtar
Tajikistan · 195 km from Mazar-i-Sharif
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at Mazar-i-Sharif (MZR)