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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Kandla, India
Hi-loader airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Kandla (VAKE / IXY)
IXY (IATA) · VAKE (ICAO)
Our crews work a narrow-body reference field at Kandla, where the single runway sets the aircraft mix and the tray count we plan against for every rotation. We run inflight catering and in-flight catering from a kitchen staged for hi-loader boarding, so uplift reaches the galley door directly on the wide-body and narrow-body stands worked at VAKE.
1,523 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
02
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
04
Multi-leg coordination
One loading sheet, every leg of your rotation
On the apron — Kandla
Wide-body inflight catering at Kandla (IXY)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Kandla, India
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at VAKE
The catering uplift at VAKE runs on a fixed sequence rather than a guess: sealing at the kitchen, transfer under escort, and handover logged at the galley door. Ramp access is held on our own clearance for the length of the turnaround, so the cart moves straight from the apron to the aircraft without a stop at its foot. That sequence is what a narrow-body rotation at Kandla is planned against, load after load.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Kandla sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and the galley catering plan is built against the worst of those three rather than the average. A single coordinator owns the load from the seal at the kitchen to the signature at the door, so no handover happens without a named person accountable for it. Temperatures are logged at sealing and again at the aircraft, and that chain of custody travels with the load as its own record, not as an afterthought to the catering uplift itself.
One coordinator, one seal, one signature: the load never changes hands unrecorded.
Airline food supplier kitchen serving Kandla, India
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Kandla airport
The flight kitchen that provisions Kandla runs hot production, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to hold a narrow-body rotation without a stand-side gap. Airport catering at VAKE is planned against that single reference field, and airport catering at IXY carries the same HACCP standard on every cart that leaves the door. Nothing boards the aircraft that has not passed through that one production line first.
The team that handles government flight catering at Kandla is the same named crew every rotation, carried on one access list rather than rotated in ad hoc. Each member holds security clearance on file and is trained to household service standards before a sealed uplift reaches the ramp. That same crew signs off the catering at VAKE from kitchen to aircraft, load after load.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at VAKE / IXY
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Kandla (IXY)
Menus at Kandla are chef-designed and adapted to the cabin and the mission, from a full first-class table to a galley-ready main cabin service. Sourcing draws on the produce of the surrounding region of India where it fits the season, without naming a single dish or a single supplier. Every specification carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen. That structure is what inflight catering at Kandla is built on, rotation after rotation.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Kandla are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so the same presentation repeats on every rotation through VAKE.
Business cabins
Business cabins at IXY run a multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals at VAKE, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in tray sets and meal boxes boxed separately from the passenger load, with crew meals in Kandla logged against the same roster.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at IXY are documented per passenger, covering halal, kosher and the full set of IATA special meal codes. Produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, inflight catering in India is held to the same household and religious standard on every load out of Kandla.
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
Food safety and cold chain for aviation catering at IXY
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.
Airport catering delivered airside at IXY
Kandla runs a narrow-body reference field on a single runway, which sets the traffic mix as scheduled, charter and government movements rather than the wide-body peak waves seen at larger hubs; that mix makes documentation and repetition the two constraints catering has to plan against here, not raw volume.
Uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand under airside delivery, with ground handling covering the apron and our own crew holding ramp access for the transfer; the loading method is hi-loader boarding to the galley door where the aircraft on stand takes it, never a delivery left at its foot.
One coordinator owns each load from seal to signature, and airline catering at Kandla, aviation catering at Kandla, inflight catering in Kandla, in-flight catering at IXY and airport catering in Kandla all run off that same single ops desk and the same sealed cart.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Kandla (IXY)
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Government and state flight catering at VAKE
A narrow-body aircraft on the single stand at Kandla can still carry a head of state delegation, and government flight catering here is built around that reality rather than around aircraft size. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff are security-cleared, and the uplift is sealed before it leaves the kitchen for the dedicated movement.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at IXY
On the narrow-body stand at Kandla, royal flight catering is held to the same written household specification whether the aircraft flying it is a BBJ, an ACJ or a private airliner sized to this reference field. Halal and household dietary sets are produced on request, kept on file between movements, and repeated without variation.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Kandla
The single runway at Kandla has to be sequenced around, not worked past, so charter flight catering here is staged in the order the galleys are laid out rather than loaded all at once. ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions get a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering in India and charter flight catering in Kandla both run off that same sequence.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at VAKE
A narrow-body reference code governs every stand at Kandla, and that code sets the tray count and cart size ad hoc airline catering is planned against here. Carriers running IXY as an outstation draw on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, with crew meals in India and crew meals at Kandla boxed to the same multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at IXY
The 1523 metre runway at Kandla sets what can land on this field, and business aviation here is worked from the same narrow-body stands rather than a separate GA apron. Private jet catering at IXY is delivered 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 trusted at Kandla (IXY)
Charter operators on flight catering at Kandla, India
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We needed state visit aircraft catering at Kandla (IXY/VAKE) for a protocol-sensitive flight. They followed the instructions carefully and kept communication limited to the operational contacts involved. A professional service for movements where discretion matters. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Gabriel — Government Aviation Coordinator
“I handled the cabin order for a flight from Kandla (IXY/VAKE) and needed BBJ catering. Everything arrived neatly packed, easy to identify in the galley, and consistent with the presentation we requested. Exactly the level of detail we expect for VIP flying. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Victoria — Charter Operations Executive
“Our charter program used the service at Kandla (IXY/VAKE) for umrah flight catering. Packaging was practical for the cabin and the uplift arrived in good order for departure. Good coordination for a high-volume movement. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Cecilia — Flight Operations Supervisor
Flight catering station reference for Kandla (VAKE / IXY)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,523 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | VAKE |
Business jet catering questions at VAKE / IXY
Diversion catering and ramp questions at VAKE / IXY
What operations gets asked every week about Kandla.
Ask operations directly →Where does an airline catering cost quotation for Kandla start from?
The quotation starts from the loading sheet on file for the flight — cabin count, specification and loading window — and the desk returns a price against that document rather than a fixed list.
Does IXY deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
Every aircraft parked on the field at Kandla, whether on a wide-body stand or with the FBOs, gets FBO catering on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Whose specification governs halal, kosher and SPML meals produced for VAKE?
Across every tray produced for Kandla, halal, kosher and the full set of IATA special meal codes are documented per passenger and produced on a separate line before sealing.
Are VIP, VVIP and government flights catered under protocol at Kandla?
The named coordinator on our access list handles VIP flight catering and government flight catering at Kandla, with the protocol file documented per passenger before the uplift leaves the kitchen.
When does airline catering reach the aircraft airside at Kandla?
Once the cart is sealed at the kitchen it moves under escort straight to the stand, where hi-loader boarding takes the airside delivery to the galley door rather than to the foot of the aircraft.
At what point does an order for IXY need to be placed to still change the specification?
The first step is booking the loading window itself; after that, how far in advance a change can be made depends on how close the rotation is to that window, and last minute airline catering is worked against whatever window remains open.
Commercial aviation catering near Kandla
BHJ / VABJ
Bhuj
India · 48 km from Kandla
Airline & VIP flight catering →
JGA / VAJM
Jamnagar
India · 73 km from Kandla
Airline & VIP flight catering →
RAJ / VARK
Rajkot
India · 113 km from Kandla
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Kandla (IXY / VAKE)
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Kandla (IXY)