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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Guwahati, India
Airline catering, VIP and private jet catering at Guwahati (VEGT / GAU)
GAU (IATA) · VEGT (ICAO)
The wide-body reference code assigned here means a full three-cabin rotation can be worked from a single stand without splitting the load across two turnaround windows. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering at this reference-code station by hi-loader, boarding sealed carts straight to galley height rather than staging trolleys at the foot of the aircraft, with every uplift cleared for airside movement.
2,743 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 — Guwahati
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at VEGT / GAU
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at Guwahati
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Guwahati, India
Ramp access is what decides the loading window at this station, not the kitchen alone: everything downstream of the seal is measured against the apron, not against a printed schedule. The catering uplift leaves our kitchen sealed, and the clock runs until a signature closes the load at the galley door of the aircraft on stand. At a single wide-body reference code, that window is held tighter than at a multi-stand hub, because there is no second position to absorb a delay.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Guwahati sit screening, an escort through the airside gate, and whatever apron traffic is holding the single wide-body position that day. We plan the galley catering run against the worst of those three, not the best, so the chain of custody survives a hold rather than depending on one.
Temperature is logged twice on every catering uplift: once when the cart is sealed at the kitchen, and again at handover on the ramp, with a signature closing the load at that second point. The seal itself is the record — if it is unbroken at the galley door, the log underneath it is treated as settled.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the aircraft.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for VEGT
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at VEGT / GAU
The flight kitchen that provisions VEGT runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built around the wide-body reference code this station carries rather than a mixed fleet of smaller types. HACCP governs every stage between that kitchen and the sealed cart, so airport catering at Guwahati and airport catering staged for onward carriers both leave the same production line to the same standard. One flight kitchen at GAU means one cold chain, not several run in parallel.
The team that handles government flight catering at this station is the same named crew every rotation, not a rotating pool assigned by whoever is free that shift. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, they sit on a fixed access list for the airside gate, and they are trained to royal household service standards rather than a generic tray-set brief. That continuity is what a protocol officer is actually checking when the file is reviewed.
Halal airline meals and special meals at VEGT
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at Guwahati
Menus for inflight catering at Guwahati are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to one fixed cycle repeated regardless of flight type. A VIP flight menu sits plated to a written specification; a charter flight menu is built for volume and a tighter turnaround. Where local sourcing is used, it draws on the region's dairy, orchard fruit and fish rather than a single named dish, kept general because that is how the specification is written. Every set carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Guwahati are plated to a written specification rather than a standard tray cycle, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served to the same brief without it being re-specified each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at GAU run on multi-choice hot service built to a written cabin specification, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft on stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately and matched to the roster rather than to the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at this station are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets rather than a single fixed menu. Halal and kosher meals, 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
Aircraft catering food safety at Guwahati 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 Guwahati (GAU)
Guwahati carries a single wide-body reference code, which shapes catering less around volume than around sequencing: one stand, one loading window, and no second position to fall back on if a rotation runs long. A charter or a government movement through here is a documentation and timing problem before it is a capacity one, because the whole uplift has to clear in the same window a scheduled service would use.
The route from our kitchen to that stand is worked by hi-loader, boarding sealed carts to galley height rather than leaving trolleys at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew holding airside access rather than waiting on a general ramp handler. Airline catering in India at a single-stand station depends on that access being fixed, not improvised on the day.
Aviation catering at GAU and in-flight catering at VEGT both run off the same coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover, so airport catering at GAU carries one committed standard whatever the mission on the stand that day.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at Guwahati
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Government and state flight catering at Guwahati
The 2743 m runway held at this station takes the head of state aircraft types used on official movements, and our kitchen provisions those flights on the same schedule as a scheduled turnaround. Government flight catering at VEGT for delegations and state visits is documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared crews, and sealed before it leaves the kitchen for the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at VEGT
The 2743 m runway at this station takes the private airliner types used for royal and VVIP movements, including BBJ and ACJ configurations, without restricting the mission to a shorter field elsewhere. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at GAU
A wide-body operating on the single reference-code stand at Guwahati can take a full three-cabin uplift in one loading window, which is what charter flight catering at Guwahati is built around for ACMI and wet-lease operators. Group movements and special missions are staged in the order the galleys are laid out, with charter flight catering in Guwahati counted line by line against the loading sheet before departure.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Guwahati
The single wide-body reference code held at this station means every ad hoc airline catering call is worked against the same stand, comma, whichever carrier is running it as an outstation that day. Outstation catering, diversion catering, technical stop catering and AOG support all draw on the same duty roster, sequenced across a multi-leg rotation without a second position to absorb a delay.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at VEGT
On the same field as the wide-body reference-code stand, the GA terminal and the FBOs handle a separate but parallel traffic, and private jet catering at VEGT is delivered to that side of the apron on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift. Our dedicated branch reaches the ramp handler and the GA terminal directly, without routing business aviation through the wide-body stand.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at GAU
Flight departments on jet catering at GAU
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We had a last-minute schedule change into Guwahati (GAU/VEGT) and needed technical stop catering. Even with the late change, the meals were packed correctly and delivered within the revised window. Good support when timing is the main pressure point. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Leon — Delegation Flight Coordinator
“For an operation away from our normal base, we arranged airline catering at small airports at Guwahati (GAU/VEGT). The crew received exactly what was ordered, with clear labels and no last-minute chasing from operations. Reliable and easy to manage from the ops desk. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Anwar — Flight Services Coordinator
“For our flight at Guwahati (GAU/VEGT), we needed a quick airline catering quote before confirming the order. They answered our questions without overcomplicating the process and kept the final cost aligned with the confirmation. Straightforward and professional from quote to delivery. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Olivier — Cargo Operations Manager
Airport catering profile for Guwahati (VEGT / GAU)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,743 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | VEGT |
Business jet catering questions at VEGT
Technical stop catering questions at VEGT
What operations gets asked every week about Guwahati.
Ask operations directly →At GAU, how far in advance does an airline catering order need to be placed, and how late can the specification still change?
The sealed cart schedule is built around the loading window, so a standard order is confirmed ahead of the rotation with the specification held open until close to boarding; last minute airline catering changes are taken up to the point the cart is sealed at the kitchen.
Does airline catering cost at VEGT depend on the cabin count or the mission type?
Every quotation is built on the unit actually being boarded — cabin count, tray-set specification and the loading window assigned to the stand — because airline catering cost here is never fixed to a published rate card; the desk returns a figure once those three are known.
How far ahead does Guwahati need notice for halal, kosher or other special meal codes?
The household and religious meal standard runs on the same production line as the rest of the uplift, so halal, kosher and other SPML sets are confirmed with the main order and produced separately before sealing, with no shorter cut-off than the standard cabin specification.
At which point does private jet catering reach the FBOs and the GA terminal at Guwahati Airport?
The order is sealed at the kitchen first, on the same cold chain as an airline uplift, then delivered directly to the GA terminal or the ramp handler on the field, so FBO catering never waits behind the wide-body stand's schedule.
Who signs off VIP flight catering and government flight catering at GAU?
Across every VVIP, royal and government flight catering movement here, the same named, security-cleared crew handles the file under a fixed protocol, from the seal at the kitchen to the signature at the aircraft.
Outstation catering near Guwahati
SHL / VEBI
Shillong
India · 60 km from Guwahati
Airline & VIP flight catering →
ZYL / VGSY
Sylhet
Bangladesh · 130 km from Guwahati
Airline & VIP flight catering →
TEZ / VETZ
Tezpur
India · 137 km from Guwahati
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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