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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Keshod, India
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Keshod (VAKS / IXK)
IXK (IATA) · VAKS (ICAO)
A 1372-metre runway at Keshod holds the narrow-body movements this station turns for scheduled and charter operators, and every one of them is boarded from the ramp rather than met at the door. Inflight catering here runs from a sealed kitchen to the galley by hi-loader, with in-flight catering scheduled against the same slot as fuel and baggage, wide-body-style discipline applied to a narrow-body stand.
1,372 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
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Multi-leg coordination
One loading sheet, every leg of your rotation
On the apron — Keshod
Wide-body aviation catering at Keshod, India
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at VAKS
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Keshod
From the sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door at Keshod, every catering uplift is tracked leg by leg rather than promised as a single figure. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the convoy crosses the apron on a route agreed with the handling agent rather than queued behind other traffic. That sequence, not a stated duration, is what a rotation through VAKS can rely on.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Keshod sit screening, an escort onto the apron, and the ordinary traffic of a working ramp, and the convoy is where a load is actually at risk, not the galley catering itself. We plan the route against the worst case each of those points can throw at a rotation, rather than the average one. Chain of custody runs from the seal placed at the kitchen to the signature taken at the aircraft, with the temperature logged at both ends of that single catering uplift, so responsibility never passes without a name attached to it.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the aircraft, nothing unaccounted between them.
Airline catering companies' production standard at Keshod airport
Airline food supplier crews cleared for IXK
The flight kitchen behind Keshod runs hot production, pastry and a cold larder under one roof, built to hold a cold chain intact from the moment a tray is sealed to the moment it clears the galley door. HACCP governs every stage of that production, logged rather than assumed, which is what airport catering at a narrow-body field like this has to prove on paper as much as on the ramp. Airport catering at IXK is therefore a documentation exercise as much as a kitchen one, and the two run together here.
The team assigned to government flight catering at Keshod is a fixed, named crew rather than whoever is on shift: security clearance on file, listed on the access roster, and trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects. That same team carries the chain of custody paperwork from the kitchen seal to the aircraft signature, so nothing changes hands without a name against it. It does not rotate between missions; it is booked to one.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Keshod (IXK)
VVIP catering written per mission at VAKS
Menus at Keshod are written to the cabin and the mission rather than issued from a single fixed list, adjusted for a charter's routing as readily as a scheduled carrier's cycle. Local sourcing draws on India's dairy, orchard fruit and fish where the season allows it, built into a specification rather than left to a supplier's stock. Inflight catering here carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, each one labelled per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed. Nothing leaves the kitchen without that label attached to the tray it belongs to.
First & VVIP cabins
Forward cabins at Keshod are plated to a written specification rather than a standing menu card, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request against that same file. VIP flight catering at VAKS is documented before it is cooked, so the presentation on board matches what protocol signed off.
Business cabins
Business cabins out of IXK take a multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized for the galley fitted to the aircraft, packed as tray sets rather than loose trolleys. Crew meals in India follow the same production line, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately against the roster, and crew meals in Keshod logged on the same seal as the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at VAKS are documented per passenger rather than assumed from a general list, covering household, religious and medical needs against a signed file. Halal and kosher sets, along with the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed before that line closes, so inflight catering for a mixed cabin never crosses paths with the standard tray run.
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 Keshod, India
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 VAKS / IXK
Keshod turns scheduled and charter movements across a single narrow-body stand, which makes documentation the constraint rather than volume: a repeat rotation on this reference code means the same tray specification is checked against the same loading sheet every time, and a diversion means that specification has to be built on shorter notice than a scheduled cycle allows. Airline catering at Keshod is planned around that single-stand reality rather than around a bank of gates.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the stand by sealed cart, cleared onto the apron on our own badges, and boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. Airport catering in India at a field this size depends on that ramp discipline, because there is no second stand to absorb a delay. Aviation catering at VAKS and in-flight catering at VAKS both run off the same ops desk, so a change to one leg is visible to whoever is loading the next.
Our commitment on this station is one coordinator named to the rotation, carts sealed at the kitchen, and a signed handover at the aircraft.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at IXK
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Government and state flight catering at IXK
A narrow-body reference code limits this station to one class of airframe at a time, which means a head of state movement is sequenced onto the single stand rather than parked alongside other traffic. Government flight catering at Keshod is built around that sequencing: protocol documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the loading crew, and the uplift sealed at the kitchen before it reaches the apron.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Keshod
A 1372-metre runway, and it is enough to bring a private airliner onto the one stand this field keeps for that class of movement. VVIP and royal flight catering at VAKS is held to a written household specification kept on file between rotations, covering BBJ, ACJ and comparable private airliner types, with halal and household dietary requirements produced against that same file rather than arranged on the day.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at VAKS
On that same narrow-body reference code, our kitchen loads a full multi-class cabin for a charter airline or an ACMI operator the same way it would a scheduled carrier, counted against one loading sheet rather than improvised stand-side. Charter flight catering at Keshod covers group movements and special missions on that basis, and charter flight catering in India routed through this field follows the identical galley sequence, staged to match how the cabin is fitted out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at IXK
On the single narrow-body stand at Keshod, carriers that route through this field as an outstation get outstation catering built to the same tray specification as a scheduled leg, planned against one loading sheet rather than a bank of gates. Ad hoc airline catering at VAKS covers a diversion or a technical stop on short notice, diversion catering and technical stop catering drawn from the kitchen's standing stock, with crew meals at Keshod and crew meals at IXK boxed to the same roster across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Keshod
A 1372-metre runway at Keshod also takes the business aviation traffic that uses this field between the scheduled and charter waves, routed to the GA terminal rather than the main stand. Private jet catering in Keshod is delivered to the FBOs on the field on the same cold chain and the same sealed paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering handled by the branch of our kitchen built for that traffic.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at VAKS / IXK
Flight departments on jet catering at Keshod airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We used group charter catering at Keshod (IXK/VAKS) for a team charter and had a good experience. Final numbers changed late and the team adjusted without making the process difficult. A good partner for sports charter operations. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Paolo — VIP Account Manager
“We arranged repatriation flight catering at Keshod (IXK/VAKS) for a non-routine passenger movement. The team understood that reliability mattered more than complexity and stayed flexible until uplift. A good experience under difficult timing conditions. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Damian — Trip Operations Manager
“Our freighter crew needed cargo crew meals at Keshod (IXK/VAKS) during a short turnaround. The crew received the correct quantities and the handover was quick, which is exactly what we needed. Good service for freighter crews and odd-hour schedules. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Rania — Ramp Operations Manager
Keshod (VAKS / IXK): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,372 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | VAKS |
Outstation catering questions at Keshod (IXK)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Keshod (IXK)
What operations gets asked every week about Keshod.
Ask operations directly →Where does the lead time stand for an order at VAKS?
The loading sheet fixes the specification once it is signed, but a cabin count or a dietary set can still be revised up to the loading window itself; how far in advance you confirm the base order shapes how much flexibility is left for last minute airline catering.
Which FBOs and GA terminal facilities does private jet catering reach in Keshod?
The same sealed cart and hi-loader route that boards a scheduled aircraft also serves the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field, so private jet catering and FBO catering run on identical paperwork rather than a separate process.
When are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced at Keshod Airport?
Once a passenger's requirement is logged against the file, halal, kosher and the full set of SPML codes are produced on a separate line and sealed before it closes, so special meals never cross with the standard tray run.
What protocol governs VIP, VVIP and government flights at IXK?
We run VIP flight catering and government flight catering under a signed protocol file: security-cleared staff, a named coordinator, and a chain of custody from kitchen seal to aircraft signature for every royal or state movement.
Inflight catering at other airports near Keshod
PBD / VAPR
Porbandar
India · 74 km from Keshod
Airline & VIP flight catering →
RAJ / VARK
Rajkot
India · 122 km from Keshod
Airline & VIP flight catering →
JGA / VAJM
Jamnagar
India · 130 km from Keshod
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Inflight catering quote for Keshod airport
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Keshod (IXK / VAKS)
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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 Keshod (IXK)