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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Akola, India
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Akola (VAAK / AKD)
AKD (IATA) · VAAK (ICAO)
A single narrow-body runway at Akola shapes every rotation this station handles, and the aerodrome reference code sets exactly which airframes come to stand here for uplift. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering off one ops desk at VAAK, boarding hi-loader carts to galley height rather than leaving trays at the foot of the aircraft.
1,402 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 — Akola
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at Akola
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at Akola (AKD)
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at VAAK
The narrow-body reference code held at Akola sets the sequence our loading crew works to, cart by cart, before the aircraft is called forward. Ramp access at AKD is held on our own badges, not borrowed for the rotation, so the convoy from the kitchen never waits on someone else's clearance. Every catering uplift crossing the apron here follows that same sequence, sealed before it leaves the kitchen and checked again at the galley door.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Akola sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and the chain of custody is built to survive whichever of the three runs longest on a given day. We plan the galley catering convoy against the worst case rather than the average one, holding the seal on the cart until the escort clears it onto the ramp at VAAK. A second catering uplift is never released before the first is signed for, so nothing crosses the apron unaccounted for at any point in the run to the galley.
One coordinator owns the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the galley door.
Cargo crew meals and passenger uplifts for Akola, India
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Akola airport
The flight kitchen that provisions AKD runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP standard end to end. Airport catering at Akola moves through that single building rather than across several sites, so the cold chain that starts at sealing is the same one that ends at the galley door. Airport catering in Akola is planned around that one kitchen, which keeps the handover count as low as the ramp allows.
The team that handles government flight catering at Akola is the same named crew on every rotation, carrying security clearance on file and standing on the access list before the cart is loaded. They are trained to royal household standards as well as airline ones, so a delegation and a scheduled service are worked to the same discipline rather than two different ones. Nothing about that crew changes between a routine week and a state movement.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at VAAK / AKD
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Akola (AKD)
AERO GOURMET writes menus to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single standard tray, adjusting for a scheduled sector, a charter block or a VVIP airliner routed through Akola. Produce drawn from the wider region around the city informs the seasonal lines on the main-cabin and Business specifications, while First and household work is planned separately from the outset. Every set is documented per passenger, with allergen, halal, kosher and medical codes carried against the name on the manifest rather than assumed from the cabin. Inflight catering at VAAK is organised this way for every mission type the station receives, from a single technical stop to a repeat weekly rotation.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins routed through Akola are plated to a written specification rather than a standard tray, with à-la-carte and course-by-course service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served to the same set the household or the carrier signed off previously.
Business cabins
Business cabins at AKD receive multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets, sized to the fitted equipment rather than a generic format. Crew meals and cabin crew meals travel in the same run, with pilot meals boxed separately so the flight deck set is never mixed into the cabin count.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger for every departure out of Akola, never assumed from the booking class. Halal and kosher sets, and the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed before they leave it, so inflight catering here carries the same paper trail as the rest of the uplift.
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 control for flight catering at Akola
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.
Aircraft catering delivered airside at AKD
Akola works a narrow-body traffic profile against a single runway, which means every rotation is planned individually rather than absorbed into a rush of parallel departures. That profile makes a delegation a documentation problem first and a scheduling problem second, and it makes a repeat charter a matter of repeating the same sequence rather than inventing a new one each week.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the stand by sealed cart, boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew holding the ramp access badge for the crossing. Airport catering at AKD is planned stand by stand rather than terminal-wide, because a single-runway field concentrates every movement onto the same short stretch of apron.
One coordinator carries the load from seal to signature on every rotation, so airline catering in India routed through this station, aviation catering in India generally, in-flight catering at AKD and inflight catering in India all answer to the same named handover rather than a different one each time.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at Akola airport
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Government and state flight catering at Akola
A narrow-body reference code at VAAK means a delegation aircraft is sequenced onto the same single runway as every other movement, so protocol clearance has to be filed well before the slot is confirmed. Government flight catering at Akola covers state visits and head of state movements with the file documented per passenger and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at VAAK
Narrow-body is the reference code held at Akola, which limits royal and VVIP flight catering here to private airliners within that class rather than a wide-body VIP conversion. Household standards are held across repeat rotations from a written specification kept on file, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request for the royal household or delegation travelling.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at AKD
We work the narrow-body reference code at Akola into every charter plan before the aircraft is even confirmed, because it decides which airframes the single runway will accept. Charter flight catering at Akola and charter flight catering in India routed through this field cover ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, counted against the loading sheet cabin by cabin.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Akola
With a single narrow-body runway governing every slot at Akola, the reference code that clears an aircraft to stand also fixes how tight the ad hoc window can run. Ad hoc airline catering at AKD covers outstation catering for carriers using this station off-line, diversion catering and technical stop catering worked against the same duty roster, with AOG covered on the same multi-leg basis.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at VAAK
A 1402 m runway sets the working envelope for business aviation using Akola, admitting the aircraft this traffic actually flies rather than the wider category. Private jet catering at Akola reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, arranged through our dedicated private-jet branch.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at AKD
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Akola, India
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We arranged head of state aircraft catering at Akola (AKD/VAAK) for a sensitive movement. The team understood the need for confidentiality and kept the order organized despite late passenger and dietary changes. We would trust the team again for a similar movement. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Felix — Station Performance Manager
“We had a larger VIP aircraft at Akola (AKD/VAAK) and booked BBJ catering for the sector. They followed our plating notes closely and made the final setup easy for the cabin crew. Good quality and very practical for onboard service. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Alejandro — VIP Aviation Coordinator
“For a high-volume passenger flight at Akola (AKD/VAAK), we needed reliable umrah flight catering. The team handled the volume well and kept the boxes clearly identified by flight and service. Good coordination for a high-volume movement. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Denis — Charter Flight Coordinator
Station data for airport catering at Akola (VAAK / AKD)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,402 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | VAAK |
Business jet catering questions at VAAK / AKD
Crew meals, lead times and access at VAAK / AKD
What operations gets asked every week about Akola.
Ask operations directly →At what point does airline catering cost get confirmed for Akola?
A quotation follows the loading sheet, the cabin count and the confirmed loading window, in that order, and the airline catering cost is only fixed once those three are set; our desk turns it around from there.
How late can a VIP or government flight still confirm protocol at AKD?
The clearance and access-list check has to be filed before the uplift is sealed, so VIP flight catering and government flight catering both run on the same protocol lead time rather than a shorter one for either.
VAAK — do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
The hi-loader and ramp vehicles that carry a scheduled uplift also serve business aviation here, so FBO catering reaches every operator on the field on the same cold chain as an airline rotation.
Do you take last minute airline catering changes at Akola?
Yes, by holding the specification open until the loading window closes, so a change in passenger count or a special meal code can still be worked into the cart before it seals; how far in advance the original order was placed decides how much of the change can still be absorbed.
A single narrow-body runway governs Akola's slots — are halal, kosher and the special meal codes produced here?
There is a separate production line at this station for halal and kosher sets and for the full range of IATA SPML codes, each one documented per passenger and sealed before it joins the main uplift.
Inflight catering at other airports near Akola
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Amravati
India · 70 km from Akola
Airline & VIP flight catering →
NDC / VAND
Nanded
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
IXU / VAAU
Aurangabad
India · 197 km from Akola
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at Akola (AKD)