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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Pantnagar, India
Airside airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Pantnagar (VIPT / PGH)
PGH (IATA) · VIPT (ICAO)
One runway and a narrow-body reference code set the working envelope at Pantnagar, so uplift is planned to that scale rather than promised beyond it. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering here from a kitchen holding cold chain through to the stand, boarding through hi-loader access to galley height for narrow-body rotations moving through Pantnagar.
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 — Pantnagar
Inflight catering at wide-body scale for Pantnagar
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at Pantnagar airport
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at PGH
Every catering uplift at Pantnagar is planned against the same ramp access constraint: one runway, one working stand, and a single approach for the cart to reach the galley door. The apron here carries no spare margin, so the route from seal to handover is fixed before the rotation lands rather than improvised against it. What the timeline shows is that sequence, not an estimate of it.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Pantnagar sit screening, an escort and whatever apron traffic is working the single runway at the same hour, and the convoy through that traffic is the real risk in any catering uplift, not the trays themselves. We plan the route against the worst of that traffic rather than the average of it, because a narrow-body reference code leaves no second stand to fall back on. Chain of custody is held from the seal at the kitchen to the signature at the galley catering handover, with temperature logged at both ends and the load signed off before it leaves our control at VIPT.
One sealed cart, one route, one signature: the loading window at Pantnagar is held, not guessed.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Pantnagar (PGH)
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for VIPT
The flight kitchen that provisions airport catering at Pantnagar runs hot production, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, working to a narrow-body reference code rather than a wide-body one. HACCP governs every stage from intake to sealed cart, so tray sets and passenger meal boxes leave galley-ready and already logged against the cold chain. Airport catering in India starts from that same discipline, and flight kitchen output at PGH is planned to the single stand it feeds.
The team behind government flight catering at Pantnagar is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access list, and trained to the paperwork that has to travel with a sealed uplift. Numbers move with the mission rather than the calendar, but the roster itself does not change between one movement and the next. That continuity is what a protocol officer is actually checking when the file is requested.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Pantnagar, India
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at Pantnagar airport
Menus here are written to the cabin and the mission first, the season second: a narrow-body rotation through Pantnagar carries fewer cabins than a wide-body one, so the specification is built tight rather than padded to fill space it does not have. Inflight catering in India draws on regional dairy, orchard fruit and fish in general terms, adjusted plate by plate rather than fixed to one seasonal set. Every dietary and religious set is documented per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed, not assembled on the day. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements travel on the same paperwork as the rest of the load, labelled and traceable back to the kitchen.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Pantnagar are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so the presentation is repeatable across movements, not improvised for one.
Business cabins
Business cabins at PGH run multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft on this narrow-body stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, alongside passenger tray sets from the same production line.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary sets at VIPT are documented per passenger rather than assembled on request: household, religious and medical requirements go on file before the flight, not after it. Halal and kosher trays, and the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed before that inflight catering leaves the kitchen.
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 Pantnagar (PGH)
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 Pantnagar
Pantnagar works a narrow-body traffic profile off a single runway, which keeps each rotation's catering plan tight rather than layered across a mixed wide-body schedule: one stand, one loading sequence, no second slot to absorb a delay. Airline catering in India and aviation catering in India both run from that same constraint at this field, with inflight catering at PGH and in-flight catering at Pantnagar following the identical route from kitchen to cart.
The uplift reaches the aircraft here by sealed cart, escorted across the apron to the single working stand and boarded through the galley door rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. Ground handling on the ramp coordinates with our own loading crew so the convoy and the turnaround share one timeline instead of two competing ones. Airport catering at PGH is planned stand by stand, because there is only the one stand to plan it against.
On every rotation through Pantnagar we hold one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover, whatever the mission behind the flight.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at VIPT
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Government and state flight catering at VIPT
A 1,372 metre runway sets the working length for any government flight catering movement through Pantnagar, and it governs which aircraft the protocol file is written against. Delegations and official movements are documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared crew, and sealed before the uplift leaves the kitchen for a head of state aircraft or any other official rotation.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at PGH
A private airliner sized to the 1,372 metre runway at Pantnagar can still be boarded to a full household specification, because the loading plan is written to the runway first and the cabin count second. Royal flight catering here holds VVIP standards across repeat rotations from a written specification kept on file between movements, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request and catering at PGH sealed before departure.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Pantnagar
On the single stand at Pantnagar, a 1,372 metre runway sets the working case for ACMI, wet-lease and group charter movements passing through. Charter flight catering at PGH covers special missions and group movements with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering in India follows the same staged galley order from this field.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at VIPT
Our loading crew works the single narrow-body stand at Pantnagar on the same duty roster whatever the carrier, which is what makes ad hoc airline catering here repeatable rather than improvised. Outstation catering in Pantnagar, diversion catering at PGH and technical stop catering off that one stand run on the same tray standard across a multi-leg rotation, with AOG covered on the same ad hoc catering at PGH desk and crew meals at Pantnagar boxed alongside the passenger load.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at PGH
A single narrow-body stand at Pantnagar has to sequence business aviation movements around whatever airline rotation already holds it, so FBO delivery is timed rather than assumed. Private jet catering at VIPT reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, business aviation catering and business jet catering included.
Private jets →
Airline catering services reviewed at Pantnagar airport
Ops desks on aviation catering at Pantnagar (PGH)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our sports movement through Pantnagar (PGH/VIPT) required sports team flight meals on a tight schedule. They handled the nutrition requests well and kept everything organized for fast distribution onboard. Very practical for team and group charter work. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Yulia — Private Aviation Manager
“We arranged evacuation flight catering at Pantnagar (PGH/VIPT) for a non-routine passenger movement. The team understood that reliability mattered more than complexity and stayed flexible until uplift. We appreciated the flexibility. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Luis — Charter Operations Manager
“For a cargo sector from Pantnagar (PGH/VIPT), we arranged cargo airline crew catering for the operating crew. Meals arrived on time and were packed practically for a working crew rather than over-presented. A reliable option for cargo operations. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Alexia — Network Control Coordinator
Airport catering reference for Pantnagar (VIPT / PGH)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,372 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | VIPT |
Business jet catering questions at Pantnagar, India
Technical stop catering questions at Pantnagar, India
What operations gets asked every week about Pantnagar.
Ask operations directly →Does Pantnagar produce halal, kosher and SPML meals, and how are they documented?
Every tray leaving our kitchen against a special meal code is logged per passenger before sealing, covering halal, kosher and the full IATA SPML range for cabins boarding at Pantnagar.
Whose deadline governs a late change to a specification at PGH?
For the ops desk placing the order, lead time runs from first booking to the loading window, and how far in advance a change is accepted depends on whether the cart is already sealed; late changes are still worked where the schedule allows.
Is private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at VIPT?
The same coordinator who runs airline uplift at this station handles FBO catering to the GA terminal, on the cold chain and paperwork used for every rotation through Pantnagar.
When is a price confirmed for airline catering in Pantnagar?
Once cabin count, specification and loading window are set, the desk returns a quotation built on those three factors rather than a published rate card.
Where is the record kept for VIP, VVIP and government flight catering at Pantnagar?
The protocol file kept on this station's access list proves clearance and chain of custody for every VIP flight catering and government flight catering movement handled here.
Which method gets airline catering to the aircraft airside at PGH?
The sealed cart moves by hi-loader to galley height rather than to the foot of the aircraft, with airside delivery held to the single stand at Pantnagar.
Outstation catering near Pantnagar
MZS / VIMB
Moradabad
India · 59 km from Pantnagar
Airline & VIP flight catering →
BEK / VIBY
Bareilly
India · 68 km from Pantnagar
Airline & VIP flight catering →
DED / VIDN
Dehradun
India · 180 km from Pantnagar
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Charter flight catering quote for Pantnagar
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Pantnagar (PGH / VIPT)
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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 Pantnagar (PGH)