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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Sylhet, Bangladesh
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Sylhet (VGSY / ZYL)
ZYL (IATA) · VGSY (ICAO)
A 2889 m runway at Sylhet clears wide-body movements onto the one stand this station operates, and it sets the frame for every uplift we board here. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and hi-loader boarding to galley height off that same stand, so a wide-body rotation gets its uplift without a foot-of-aircraft handoff.
2,889 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 — Sylhet
Wide-body aviation catering at VGSY / ZYL
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering lead times at Sylhet
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Sylhet, Bangladesh
Sylhet's single wide-body stand is where the loading window is measured, not estimated. The sealed cart moves from our kitchen across the apron on ramp access we hold in our own right, straight to the aircraft rather than to a curbside drop. Every catering uplift at VGSY is logged against that same route, stand to galley door.
What stands between our kitchen and the wide-body stand at Sylhet is screening, escort and apron traffic, and the chain of custody is planned against the worst of that mix rather than the average of it. Every galley catering run is sealed at the kitchen door, escorted across the apron, and opened only at the aircraft. Temperatures are logged twice, once at sealing and once at handover, and the catering uplift closes on a signature, not on an estimate.
One seal, one escort, one signature: the load is accounted for the whole way.
Crew meals from the kitchen serving ZYL
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for VGSY / ZYL
Address a wide-body rotation at Sylhet and the answer starts at the kitchen that provisions VGSY, running hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof for airport catering in Sylhet. HACCP governs every stage of that production, and the cold chain is held from the moment a tray is sealed to the moment it clears the galley door. Airport catering at VGSY is planned against that same flight kitchen at ZYL, stand by stand, rather than split across outside kitchens.
The team assigned to government flight catering at Sylhet is the same named crew across rotations, not a rotating pool drawn in for the day. Security clearance sits on file for each of them, each name is held on the access list, and each is trained to household service standards before a sealed uplift ever reaches the ramp. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first, and it is answered here by name, not by policy.
Halal airline meals and special meals at VGSY
VVIP catering written per mission at Sylhet
Menu cycles at Sylhet are built to the cabin and the mission before they are built to the season, from a VIP flight menu plated to a written specification through to a charter flight menu boxed for a full three-cabin load. Local sourcing draws on the dairy, orchard fruit and river fish worked into the region's tables, kept general and never named to a dish. Inflight catering at ZYL is documented per passenger for allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, labelled by cabin and by seat. Nothing leaves the kitchen unlabelled, and nothing boards without its set matched to the manifest.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Sylhet carry VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. The presentation is filed against the standing order at VGSY, so a repeat rotation boards to the same plate every time.
Business cabins
Business cabins worked out of ZYL take multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the fitted galley, boxed as tray sets. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, keeping cabin crew meals apart from the passenger load throughout.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary sets at Sylhet cover household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger, including halal, kosher and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering here is produced on a line kept apart from the main run and sealed before it ever leaves it.
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 compliance at Sylhet 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 Sylhet (ZYL)
Sylhet's single wide-body stand carries scheduled, charter and occasional government traffic through one reference code rather than a spread of gate types, which turns every delegation into a documentation task and every peak wave into a capacity one worked against that same stand.
The uplift reaches the aircraft from our kitchen across the apron on ramp access held in our own name, loaded by hi-loader to galley height rather than set down at the foot of the aircraft. Airline catering in Sylhet and aviation catering in Sylhet both route through that one stand, with airport catering in Bangladesh planned rotation by rotation rather than split across outside kitchens.
One coordinator carries the rotation from seal to signature, and in-flight catering in Bangladesh closes on a signed handover, not an estimate.
Government, royal and charter flight catering at VGSY / ZYL
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Government and state flight catering at VGSY
On the same wide-body stand that boards every other movement here, a head of state aircraft is worked to a protocol file documented per passenger rather than to the standing menu cycle. Government flight catering at Sylhet keeps security-cleared staff on the load, with the uplift sealed at the kitchen before it ever reaches the stand, and catering at ZYL routes that protocol file through the same named coordinator on every rotation.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at ZYL
A single wide-body stand at Sylhet forces every household movement to sequence around the same scheduled and charter traffic that uses it, which is why royal flight catering here is planned to a written specification kept on file between visits rather than assembled fresh each time. Private airliners, BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VVIP configurations, are boarded to that specification, with halal and household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Sylhet
2889 metres of runway, which is enough to bring a wide-body charter onto Sylhet's one stand for a group movement or a special mission rather than routing it elsewhere. Charter flight catering in Sylhet for ACMI and wet-lease operators runs a full three-cabin load counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering in Bangladesh stages each galley in the order the aircraft is fitted.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at VGSY
A wide-body operating an outstation rotation through Sylhet's single stand can be boarded from the same kitchen that runs the scheduled programme, with ad hoc airline catering added to a duty roster rather than a separate one. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering at ZYL, AOG included, move across a multi-leg rotation on the same tray standard, and ad hoc catering at ZYL keeps crew meals at Sylhet on the same duty roster throughout.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at ZYL
Our kitchen works the same 2889 m runway that clears wide-body movement into Sylhet to reach the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field for business aviation traffic. Private jet catering in Bangladesh and FBO catering here run on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, business aviation catering and business jet catering included.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at Sylhet
Flight departments on jet catering at ZYL
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our flight changed at short notice and we arranged diverted flight catering at Sylhet (ZYL/VGSY). Confirmation was quick, the order stayed clear despite several updates, and delivery reached the aircraft on time. Exactly what we need when operations change with very little notice. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Vera — Flight Dispatch Supervisor
“Sylhet (ZYL/VGSY) was an outstation for us, and we booked airline catering at small airports for the sector. The crew received exactly what was ordered, with clear labels and no last-minute chasing from operations. Very useful coverage for smaller or less familiar stations. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Miriam — VIP Account Manager
“We compared options for Sylhet (ZYL/VGSY) and asked for an airline catering cost. They answered our questions without overcomplicating the process and kept the final cost aligned with the confirmation. Straightforward and professional from quote to delivery. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Ali — Government Aviation Coordinator
Airport catering profile for Sylhet (VGSY / ZYL)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,889 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | VGSY |
Aircraft catering questions at VGSY
Diversion catering and ramp questions at VGSY
What operations gets asked every week about Sylhet.
Ask operations directly →How far in advance does VGSY need a catering order, and how late can the specification still change?
Lead time runs against the same HACCP-governed production schedule as the standing menu cycle, and how far in advance a change is accepted depends on the cabin count and the loading window booked for the rotation; last minute airline catering is handled against that same schedule rather than a separate one.
Who handles private jet catering at Sylhet, and does it reach every FBO on the field?
For business aviation movements through Sylhet, FBO catering is delivered to the GA terminal and to the FBOs on the field, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
At which point in production are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes handled for a Sylhet Airport departure?
The step that comes first is a separate production line, kept apart from the main run, where halal, kosher and the full set of SPML codes are prepared and documented per passenger before sealing.
Does ZYL cater VIP, VVIP and government flights, and under what protocol?
Every VIP flight catering and government flight catering movement through ZYL is worked to a protocol file documented per passenger, with security-cleared staff on the load throughout.
Is there a published airline catering cost for VGSY?
The coordinator assigned to the rotation prices it against cabin count, specification and the loading window booked, since no price list is published; the desk comes back with a quotation on request.
Where does airline catering reach the aircraft at Sylhet, and how does the uplift get on board?
The signed handover record shows airside delivery by hi-loader lifted to galley height at Sylhet, with no drop left standing at the foot of the aircraft.
Inflight catering at other airports near Sylhet
IXH / VEKR
Kailashahar
India · 74 km from Sylhet
Airline & VIP flight catering →
SHL / VEBI
Shillong
India · 83 km from Sylhet
Airline & VIP flight catering →
IXS / VEKU
Silchar
India · 112 km from Sylhet
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Aviation catering quote for Sylhet (ZYL)
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Sylhet (ZYL / VGSY)
Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Sylhet, not a brochure.
orders@aerogourmet.com · operations desk, 24/7
Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Sylhet (ZYL)