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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — IAF Camp, India
Airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at IAF Camp (VOCX / CBD)
CBD (IATA) · VOCX (ICAO)
The 2717 m runway at IAF Camp takes wide-body movements onto a single strip serving India's CBD gateway, and every one of them boards from a hi-loader raised to galley height rather than a cart left at the foot of the steps. That single method carries the whole operation: scheduled inflight catering, ad hoc uplift, VIP and government rotations and in-flight catering for charter all move through the same ramp sequence at VOCX.
2,717 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — IAF Camp
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at IAF Camp airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at IAF Camp (CBD)
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, VOCX
Between the flight kitchen and the stand at IAF Camp, the sequence is fixed rather than improvised: a sealed cart, a cleared route across the apron, and a hi-loader raised to the galley door. Ramp access is held on our own badges rather than borrowed for the rotation, which keeps the sequence under one authority from gate to door. Nothing at VOCX moves off that sequence, whatever the traffic on the field that day.
The convoy between our kitchen and the stand is the part of a catering uplift that carries the risk, not the food sitting sealed inside it. At IAF Camp that means screening, an escort where the ramp calls for one, and apron traffic worked around rather than waited on, so the galley catering reaches the door on schedule rather than on hope.
Temperature is logged twice on every rotation: once when the cart is sealed at the kitchen, and again at the handover on the stand, with a signature closing the chain of custody between the two readings. Nothing reaches the galley without both entries recorded.
One coordinator owns the load from the kitchen seal to the aircraft signature.
Airline food supplier for IAF Camp, India rotations
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at IAF Camp airport
Airport catering at IAF Camp runs from a production kitchen holding hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, so a single rotation can carry a main-cabin tray set and a household specification off the same floor. That structure is what airport catering has to offer an outstation with one wide-body stand: nothing waits on a second site or a second crew. Production is run to HACCP throughout, from intake to the sealed cart that leaves for VOCX.
The staff who handle government flight catering out of this kitchen are the same named team on every rotation, not a rotation drawn from a general pool. Each holds a security clearance on file and a place on the access list before touching a sealed cart bound for CBD, and each is trained on the household service standards that travel with a protocol movement. That continuity is what keeps the chain of custody intact between one rotation and the next.
Halal airline meals and special meals at VOCX / CBD
VVIP catering to a written specification at IAF Camp (CBD)
Menus at IAF Camp are written to the cabin and the mission first, and only then to the season: a scheduled main-cabin rotation is planned differently from a state or charter movement, even when both board from the same kitchen the same week. Dairy, orchard fruit and regional produce sourced across India inform the seasonal frame without naming a single supplier or dish. Every menu carries documented allergen, halal and kosher sets and medical codes labelled per passenger and per cabin, filed against the loading sheet rather than left to memory. Inflight catering here follows the mission, not a fixed weekly cycle.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at IAF Camp are plated to a written specification rather than to a general standing menu, with à-la-carte and VIP flight catering service available on request for a protocol or private-airliner movement. The presentation is filed against the standing order before the cart leaves the kitchen, so the cabin crew works from the same record we do.
Business cabins
Business cabins out of CBD run a multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to the aircraft's galley rather than a generic tray. Cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in the same rotation, boxed to the roster rather than bulk-loaded, and crew meals are logged separately from the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements are documented per passenger before the cart is sealed, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each set is produced on a separate line at VOCX and closed out before it joins the main uplift, so inflight catering for a household or medical requirement never shares a tray with the standard cabin service.
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 and sealed transfer for aircraft catering at IAF Camp 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.
Catering uplift planned stand by stand at IAF Camp (CBD)
IAF Camp carries a traffic profile built around government, charter and scheduled wide-body movements rather than high-frequency short-haul turns, which makes documentation the constant rather than volume: a delegation demands a protocol file, a charter demands a full three-cabin load counted against the sheet, and a repeat rotation demands the same tray standard held week to week. Airline catering here is planned around that mix rather than around a single dominant segment.
Uplift reaches the aircraft from our kitchen across the apron, staged for the wide-body stand and raised by hi-loader to the galley door rather than set down at the foot of the steps. Ramp access is held on our own badges, and the loading crew works the stand under escort where the ground handling schedule calls for one, so aviation catering and in-flight catering both move on the same cleared route into VOCX.
What we commit to on this station is unchanged whatever the mission: one coordinator per rotation, carts sealed at the kitchen and signed for again at the stand, and airport catering handed over against a record rather than a verbal confirmation.
Royal flight catering and scheduled uplifts at IAF Camp airport
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Government and state flight catering at VOCX
At IAF Camp, the wide-body reference code that governs the stand also governs the protocol file for every state movement that uses it. Government flight catering there covers delegations and official visits with the file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen for VOCX.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at CBD
A single wide-body stand forces every royal or private-airliner movement through IAF Camp onto the same sequence, no matter how far apart the rotations fall. Royal flight catering here holds household standards across those repeat rotations from a written specification kept on file between movements, covering private airliners such as BBJ and ACJ configurations with halal and household requirements produced on request at VOCX.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at IAF Camp
2717 metres of runway at IAF Camp, which is enough to work a full wide-body charter movement rather than a lighter aircraft alone. Charter flight catering there covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering at CBD is staged in the order the galleys are laid out on the stand.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at IAF Camp
A wide-body aircraft working IAF Camp as an outstation boards from the same aerodrome reference code that governs every rotation on this single stand, which is what lets ad hoc airline catering sit alongside a scheduled programme without a second kitchen line. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all run off one duty roster here, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, with the tray standard held constant even as the menu cycle moves week to week.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at CBD
We size every load at IAF Camp against the same 2717 m runway that clears the wide-body traffic on the field, and business aviation moving through it is worked by our dedicated private-jet branch off that same rotation. Private jet catering at VOCX delivers to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at IAF Camp
Flight departments on jet catering at IAF Camp, India
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged group charter catering for the group at IAF Camp (CBD/VOCX) after a late schedule update. They handled the nutrition requests well and kept everything organized for fast distribution onboard. The crew was happy with the organization. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Luca — Operations Control Officer
“For an urgent mission at IAF Camp (CBD/VOCX), the team supported us with humanitarian flight catering. Communication with operations was efficient and the order was adapted quickly when our timings moved. A good experience under difficult timing conditions. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Zoe — Passenger Services Manager
“For a cargo sector from IAF Camp (CBD/VOCX), we arranged cargo airline crew catering for the operating crew. The order was simple, filling, clearly labeled, and delivered in a format the crew could load without delay. Simple, efficient, and on time. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Jade — Charter Logistics Manager
Outstation catering data for IAF Camp (VOCX / CBD)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,717 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | VOCX |
Airline catering services FAQ for VOCX / CBD
Diversion catering and ramp questions at VOCX / CBD
What operations gets asked every week about IAF Camp.
Ask operations directly →Do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights out of IAF Camp?
Yes, under a fixed protocol: VIP flight catering and government flight catering both run through a security-cleared team with the file documented per passenger before the cart is sealed.
How are halal, kosher and special meal codes handled at IAF Camp?
IAF Camp produces halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA SPML codes on a separate line, documented per passenger and closed out before it joins the main uplift.
Given the single wide-body stand, how much does airline catering cost at CBD?
There is no published price list; a quotation depends on cabin count, the specification chosen and the loading window requested for the rotation.
What lead time do you need to confirm an order at VOCX?
We ask for the specification as early as the schedule allows, and we can still take a late change to counts or dietary sets close to the loading window.
Can you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at IAF Camp?
The same loading window that covers a wide-body rotation covers business aviation on the field: FBO catering reaches every operator there on one cold chain.
IAF Camp — do you deliver airline catering airside, and how does it reach the aircraft?
A hi-loader raised to galley height carries every load at IAF Camp, so airside delivery reaches the door directly rather than being set down at the foot of the aircraft.
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at IAF Camp (CBD)