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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Kakadi, India
Hi-loader airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Kakadi (VASD / SAG)
SAG (IATA) · VASD (ICAO)
Our kitchen runs inflight catering for the narrow-body stand at Kakadi, sealing tray sets and pallets before a hi-loader ever touches the airside apron. A single reference code governs every wide-body substitution here, so in-flight catering is planned to the same galley height and the same uplift sequence on each rotation.
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Kakadi
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at Kakadi, India
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for SAG departures
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at VASD / SAG
Every catering uplift at Kakadi starts sealed at our kitchen and ends with a signature at the galley door, and the narrow-body reference code fixes the sequence in between. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, not borrowed from a handling agent, so the convoy crosses the apron on a route we control end to end. That single path is what keeps the window the same on every rotation through VASD.
The convoy is the risk, never the tray set: between our kitchen and the stand at Kakadi sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and we plan the galley catering run against the worst of the three, not the average. Chain of custody starts at the seal and does not break until a name is on the handover sheet at the aircraft. Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed and logged again at the galley, so a catering uplift at SAG carries its own record rather than a promise.
One seal, one escort, one signature: the load never leaves our custody at Kakadi.
Airline food supplier kitchen serving VASD
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Kakadi
HACCP governs every line in the kitchen that provisions VASD, from the cold larder to the tray-set bench, and the same standard carries into the cold chain that runs the load out to the narrow-body stand. Airport catering here is planned as one continuous kitchen-to-ramp operation rather than a series of handoffs, and that is what airport catering in India means for an operator sourcing Kakadi as an outstation. Hot production, pastry and a protocol cell sit under one roof so a multi-class order moves through a single building, not three.
The team that handles government flight catering at Kakadi is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn from general staff. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, access to the ramp is on a named list, and household service standards are trained before anyone is put on a royal or state uplift. That continuity is what a protocol officer is actually checking for when a delegation is booked into VASD.
VIP flight catering menus for Kakadi airport departures
VVIP catering written per mission at SAG
Menus at Kakadi are built to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed offer, so a scheduled rotation and a state movement never share a specification by accident. India's produce runs through the sourcing where the season allows it, kept general on the plate rather than named as a dish. Inflight catering in Kakadi is documented per passenger for allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, labelled by cabin so nothing reaches the galley unmarked. The same written specification is what the crew loads against on the next rotation, unchanged.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Kakadi are plated to a written specification rather than to a standing menu, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request for VIP flight catering booked ahead of the rotation. Presentation is filed against that specification, so a repeat movement through VASD sees the same standard, not a fresh interpretation.
Business cabins
Business cabins out of SAG run multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets, sized to the aircraft's own galley rather than a generic mould. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so crew meals at VASD never compete with the passenger load for space or time.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Kakadi are documented per passenger, covering halal, kosher and the full range of special meal codes used across inflight catering in India. Each set is produced on its own line and sealed there, so a household or medical requirement never crosses paths with the general cabin load.
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
Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at VASD
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 Kakadi, India
Kakadi handles scheduled, charter and government movements against a narrow-body reference code, which means every catering plan here is built around one stand configuration rather than a mix of aircraft sizes. A repeat rotation is a repetition problem more than a capacity one: the same tray-set specification has to hold, uplift after uplift, without drifting.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand by sealed cart, cleared through screening and escorted across the apron, with airline catering in India built on that same route regardless of the segment flying it. In-flight catering at VASD and aviation catering at Kakadi run off one ops desk rather than separate ones for each customer type, and inflight catering at VASD is timed to the loading sheet, not the other way round. Airport catering at SAG is planned stand by stand, with our own badges carrying the crew across the ramp.
One coordinator owns the rotation from seal to signature, and the handover at the aircraft is signed, not assumed.
Government, royal and charter flight catering at Kakadi
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Government and state flight catering at SAG
A narrow-body airframe on a state movement boards through Kakadi on the same reference code as any other rotation, which is exactly what lets government flight catering here stay procedural rather than improvised. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff are security-cleared and on the access list, and the uplift is sealed before it leaves the kitchen, ready for any head of state movement routed through catering at SAG.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Kakadi
At a station holding a narrow-body reference code, a private airliner on royal flight catering still boards to the same written household specification kept on file between movements, whether it is a BBJ, an ACJ or a wide-body VIP configuration. VVIP requirements, including halal and other household dietary sets, are held on request and applied without variation on catering at VASD.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at VASD
A narrow-body reference code forces every charter loading plan at Kakadi to sequence around one stand rather than several, which is what keeps a group movement or a special mission predictable on the ramp. ACMI and wet-lease operators draw on charter flight catering at VASD for a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering in Kakadi is staged in the order the galleys are laid out, not the order the aircraft arrives.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SAG
A narrow-body reference code sets the ceiling on every rotation through Kakadi, and ad hoc airline catering is built to fit exactly that stand configuration rather than a larger one assumed by default. Carriers running SAG as an outstation draw on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off the same duty roster, with AOG covered on the same multi-leg basis and crew meals in Kakadi boxed separately from the passenger load.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Kakadi
The reference code held at Kakadi is narrow-body, which keeps business aviation on the same apron routing as the scheduled traffic it sits beside. Private jet catering at SAG reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on that same routing, carried on the identical cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with no separate standard for a smaller cabin.
Private jets →
Aviation catering rated at SAG
Protocol officers on government flight catering at VASD
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged head of state aircraft catering at Kakadi (SAG/VASD) for a sensitive movement. The team understood the need for confidentiality and kept the order organized despite late passenger and dietary changes. Reliable, discreet, and easy to work with. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Lina — Operations Desk Manager
“I handled the cabin order for a flight from Kakadi (SAG/VASD) and needed BBJ catering. The portions, packaging, and labeling worked well for the cabin, and the timing was spot on. A very smooth experience for the cabin team. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Ana — Cargo Operations Manager
“Our charter program used the service at Kakadi (SAG/VASD) for hajj charter catering. Meal counts were accurate, halal requirements were clearly managed, and the delivery was organized for a quick uplift. The operation ran smoothly from order to uplift. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Akira — Trip Planning Manager
Airport catering facts for Kakadi (VASD / SAG)
| Datum | Value |
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| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | VASD |
Business jet catering questions at Kakadi airport
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Kakadi airport
What operations gets asked every week about Kakadi.
Ask operations directly →SAG — how much does airline catering cost at Kakadi?
The sealed cart leaves the kitchen already priced to the job, since airline catering cost here depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window rather than a flat rate; our desk returns a quotation against those three.
How late can you still confirm airline catering at VASD, delivered airside?
Security clearance on our own badges is what lets the answer be late rather than fixed days out: airline catering is airside delivery by hi-loader to the galley door, coordinated with the ramp up to the loading window itself.
Do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal in Kakadi?
Yes, through the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, so FBO catering here carries no separate standard.
How far in advance does Kakadi Airport need a catering order confirmed?
Kakadi Airport works to a lead time set by the loading window rather than a fixed calendar cut-off, so how far in advance an order is placed matters less than how close to departure the specification can still change; last minute airline catering is handled against that same window.
Inflight catering at other airports near Kakadi
ISK / VAOZ
Nashik
India · 68 km from Kakadi
Airline & VIP flight catering →
IXU / VAAU
Aurangabad
India · 109 km from Kakadi
Airline & VIP flight catering →
PNQ / VAPO
Pune
India · 132 km from Kakadi
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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