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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Orvakal, India
Airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Orvakal (VOKU / KJB)
KJB (IATA) · VOKU (ICAO)
The single runway at Orvakal holds a narrow-body reference code, and every rotation off it still needs galley-height boarding rather than a delivery left at the foot of the aircraft. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and hi-loader uplift here on that basis, from wide-body-trained crews down to the smallest ad hoc order at VOKU.
2,000 m
Longest runway
Narrow-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 — Orvakal
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at KJB
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at Orvakal, India
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at Orvakal airport
Ramp access is what decides the loading window at Orvakal: once a hi-loader clears the apron, the catering uplift moves on a fixed sequence, not a guess. Every cart is sealed at the kitchen before it reaches the ramp, logged again against the loading sheet, and boarded to galley height rather than left at the aircraft door. That order runs the same way whether the rotation is a scheduled service or a single ad hoc charter through VOKU.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Orvakal sit screening, an escort through the apron, and the ordinary traffic of a working narrow-body ramp, and we plan every catering uplift against the worst case any of those three can produce on a given day. That is the chain of custody an ops desk is actually buying: a named handover, a sealed cart, and a galley catering load that has not been opened between the two. Temperatures are logged at sealing and logged again at the aircraft, and the load is signed off at both ends before the hi-loader retracts. Nothing about that sequence changes for a diversion or a technical stop landing unannounced at KJB.
The convoy is the risk we manage here, never the food itself.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for Orvakal airport
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at Orvakal (KJB)
The flight kitchen at KJB runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, all working to HACCP and to the cold chain that carries a tray from that kitchen to the ramp without a break. Airport catering at Orvakal is planned around that single facility rather than a network of subcontractors, which keeps the specification consistent whether the order is a scheduled service or a same-day charter. That structure is what airport catering in Orvakal is actually built on: one kitchen, one standard, one line of accountability.
The staff who handle government flight catering at Orvakal are the same named team on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for the day. Each holds security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the ramp, and is trained to the household standards a protocol desk expects before it will release a delegation's meal order. That consistency is what a chain of custody actually depends on: the people, not just the paperwork, staying the same.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Orvakal
VVIP catering to a written specification at Orvakal, India
Menus at Orvakal are written to the cabin and to the mission, not to a single fixed offer: a scheduled main-cabin service, a charter group movement and a government delegation each draw on a different tray set from the same inflight catering line. Local sourcing draws on the produce of the surrounding region where the season allows it, worked into a specification rather than a fixed dish. Every set carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical information, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen. Special requirements are built into the same production line rather than bolted on afterwards, which is what keeps a mixed-cabin load consistent across every rotation through KJB.
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First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Orvakal are plated to a written specification rather than an open brief, with à-la-carte and VIP flight catering service available on request against that same standing order. The presentation is filed and repeated rotation to rotation, so a returning operator sees the same standard each time through VOKU.
Business cabins
Business cabins at KJB run a multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft, boarded in tray sets rather than plated individually. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so cabin service and the flight deck are never drawing from the same set.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements at Orvakal are documented per passenger rather than left to a general note on the manifest, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each is produced on its own line in the kitchen and sealed before it leaves, which is how inflight catering here keeps a dietary set separate from the main cabin run without slowing either down.
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 Orvakal, 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 VOKU
Orvakal's single runway and narrow-body reference code set a traffic profile built around scheduled turnarounds rather than heavy long-haul waves, and that shapes catering less around volume than around repetition: the same rotation, worked the same way, trip after trip. A government delegation moving through the field is chiefly a documentation exercise, while a cluster of charters arriving close together is a capacity exercise, and the two are planned differently even when they share the same stand on the same day.
Uplift here moves from our kitchen to the ramp by a fixed route, sealed before departure and boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than handed off at the foot of the aircraft. Ground handling on the apron coordinates the timing of that approach so the cart clears security and reaches the stand inside the loading window agreed for the rotation.
What we commit to at KJB is one coordinator named to the job, sealed carts on every movement, and a signed handover at the aircraft door. Airline catering, inflight catering, in-flight catering, aviation catering and airport catering at Orvakal all run off that same single desk, whatever the segment behind the booking.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at Orvakal (KJB)
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Government and state flight catering at VOKU
Within the narrow-body frame that Orvakal's reference code sets, government flight catering is planned as a documentation exercise first and a menu exercise second. Delegations and official movements travel with a protocol file recorded per passenger, staffed by security-cleared personnel, and the uplift for any head of state movement is sealed at the kitchen before it leaves for the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at KJB
A narrow-body reference code at Orvakal sets the frame that a royal household movement has to be sequenced within, rather than a wide-body slot built around it. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between visits, covering private airliners on the BBJ and ACJ pattern, with halal and other VVIP dietary requirements produced against that same file on request, catering at VOKU held to the standard once and repeated on every return.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Orvakal
The runway at KJB runs to 2,000 metres, which sets the class of charter aircraft this field takes and the loading plan built around it. Charter flight catering at Orvakal covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out, the same discipline charter flight catering at KJB applies to every group movement booked through the field.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at VOKU
A narrow-body reference code governs every stand at Orvakal, and it is what lets a scheduled carrier run this field as a genuine outstation rather than a one-off diversion point. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all move off the same duty roster as the timetabled programme, with ad hoc airline catering and AOG coverage handled the same way across a multi-leg rotation, and crew meals at Orvakal boxed separately from the cabin sets, matching what crew meals at KJB have carried on every prior ad hoc catering movement through the field.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at KJB
Our kitchen works to the same 2,000-metre runway that sets every other movement at Orvakal, and business aviation traffic through the GA terminal draws on that same production line. Private jet catering at VOKU reaches the FBOs on the field on the identical cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering delivered on request rather than as a separate branch of the operation.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at Orvakal, India
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at VOKU / KJB
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged group charter catering for the group at Orvakal (KJB/VOKU) after a late schedule update. The order included different meal types and snacks, but the cabin crew could identify everything immediately. We would book them again for another team movement. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Nora — Cargo Dispatch Coordinator
“For an urgent mission at Orvakal (KJB/VOKU), the team supported us with repatriation flight catering. The team understood that reliability mattered more than complexity and stayed flexible until uplift. A good experience under difficult timing conditions. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Vera — Operations Desk Coordinator
“For a cargo sector from Orvakal (KJB/VOKU), we arranged cargo airline catering for the operating crew. 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. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
David — Airport Services Manager
Aircraft catering station data for Orvakal (VOKU / KJB)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | VOKU |
Business jet catering questions at Orvakal
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Orvakal
What operations gets asked every week about Orvakal.
Ask operations directly →Whose airline catering cost applies at VOKU?
For every quotation at Orvakal, airline catering cost depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window agreed for the rotation, and there is no published price list to consult instead. Our desk returns a quotation once those three are confirmed.
Given a same-day change, how far in advance does Orvakal need the order?
There is a standing lead time for a first booking through KJB, and specification changes can still be accepted closer to departure once the cart is on our production schedule rather than sealed. Last minute airline catering is handled case by case against the loading window rather than refused outright.
Orvakal produces which special meal sets on request?
The tray sets boarded at KJB include halal and kosher meals alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes (SPML), each produced on a separate line and labelled per passenger. Documentation travels with the load rather than being confirmed separately on the day.
At which point does VOKU take on VIP, VVIP and government protocol?
At booking, a flight is flagged for VIP flight catering or government flight catering so the kitchen routes it to the cleared production line and the sealed handover procedure from the outset. Protocol documentation is built into that line rather than added afterwards.
Does VOKU deliver airline catering airside rather than at the terminal?
Every uplift at Orvakal is boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with airside delivery run on our own ramp access. That applies to a scheduled service and an ad hoc charter alike.
How far does private jet catering at Orvakal reach across the field?
Clearance for airside movement covers the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field, so private jet catering and FBO catering run on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift. No separate process applies to business aviation traffic through KJB.
Flight catering at airports near Orvakal
CDP / VOCP
Kadapa
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
BEP / VOBI
Bellary
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
HYD / VOHS
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India · 171 km from Orvakal
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at Orvakal (KJB)