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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Puttaparthi, India
Puttaparthi (VOPN / PUT): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
PUT (IATA) · VOPN (ICAO)
With a 2230 m runway rated to narrow-body reference code, Puttaparthi boards a single wide-body-scale rotation at a time rather than a bank of them, and that single-stand rhythm is what our inflight catering plans against. AERO GOURMET runs in-flight catering here on that same rhythm, hi-loader boarding sealed carts to galley height for every uplift dispatched off the stand.
2,230 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Puttaparthi
Aviation catering with ramp access at VOPN
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Puttaparthi airport
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at VOPN
Every catering uplift dispatched to Puttaparthi is tracked from the moment the cart is sealed at the kitchen to the moment it clears the galley door, not guessed at from a standing schedule. Ramp access is arranged before the load moves, so the convoy crosses the apron on a slot the loading crew already holds rather than waiting on one. That sequence is what a narrow-body reference code airport like this one asks of a caterer: fewer stands, less room for the plan to drift.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Puttaparthi sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and the galley catering plan at this station is built against the worst of those three, not the best. Chain of custody runs on paper as much as on the ramp: a seal number is logged when the cart leaves the kitchen, checked again at the aircraft, and the discrepancy report, if there is one, travels with the same reference as the catering uplift itself. The signature that closes the load is the same document a protocol officer or a handling agent can ask to see afterwards.
The convoy is the risk we plan against, never the food itself.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for Puttaparthi (PUT)
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Puttaparthi airport
The airport catering built for this station comes off one production line covering hot service, a cold larder and a protocol cell, run to HACCP standard from seal to signature. Because the airport catering here answers to a single narrow-body reference code, batching is planned around one rotation at a time rather than a bank of departures, which keeps the cold chain shorter and easier to hold. That single-line discipline is also what lets a VIP or government order sit on the same production floor as a scheduled one without either being compromised.
The team that handles government flight catering at this station is the same named crew every rotation, not a rota drawn from the wider kitchen floor. Security clearance sits on file for each of them, access to the sealed area is granted by name rather than by shift, and each is trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects on arrival. That continuity is the point: the desk that answers today's call is the desk that will load tomorrow's aircraft.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at VOPN / PUT
VVIP catering to a written specification at Puttaparthi (PUT)
Menus at this station are written to the cabin and the mission before they are written to a season, so a First cabin order and a main-cabin tray set never share a specification by accident. Where local sourcing is workable it draws on the produce of the surrounding region — dairy, orchard fruit, fish where the route allows it — folded into a plan built for inflight catering rather than for a dining room. Every dish carries documentation for allergens, and halal and kosher sets are produced against a fixed code rather than a verbal request. That paperwork travels with the passenger, labelled per seat and per cabin, so a crew can match tray to name without opening a second file.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Puttaparthi are plated to a written specification rather than to a chef's memory, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for the mission, so a repeat rotation gets the same result the second time.
Business cabins
Business cabins out of VOPN run a multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft, tray sets built to close fast under a tight turnaround. Crew meals travel in the same batch, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately against the roster at PUT.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger before the flight is loaded, not sorted at the galley door. Halal and kosher sets, alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed apart from the main run, which is how inflight catering here keeps a mixed cabin order accurate.
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
Airline catering services under HACCP at Puttaparthi
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 PUT
Puttaparthi handles scheduled, charter, VIP and government traffic across a single narrow-body-rated stand, which turns a delegation into a documentation exercise before it becomes a loading exercise: the paperwork has to be right because there is no second stand to absorb a delay. Aircraft catering timed to that single-stand rhythm is planned rotation by rotation rather than in a bank, with airline catering, inflight catering and in-flight catering all run off one duty roster for the movements the field sees.
The uplift reaches the aircraft from our kitchen by sealed cart, escorted onto the apron and boarded by hi-loader to galley height, with our own crew holding ramp access rather than handing the load off at the foot of the stairs. Aviation catering at this scale means the loading crew works one aircraft at a time and checks it twice rather than once. Airport catering planned this way keeps the convoy, not the kitchen, as the variable the desk actually manages.
On every rotation through Puttaparthi, one coordinator owns the load from seal to signature, and the handover is signed at the aircraft, not assumed at the kitchen.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at Puttaparthi airport
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Government and state flight catering at PUT
The 2230 m runway at Puttaparthi sets what can land on this stand, and that in turn sets how a head of state movement is planned here: one slot, one sealed uplift, no second stand to fall back on. Government flight catering is built around that constraint, with the protocol file documented per passenger and security-cleared staff sealing the load before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Puttaparthi
Our kitchen holds a written household specification on file between movements, so a narrow-body VIP aircraft using this single stand is boarded to the same standard on its second visit as its first. Royal flight catering at this station covers private airliners in the BBJ and ACJ class, with halal sets and other household requirements produced against that file on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at VOPN
A single narrow-body reference code stand still takes a full charter rotation at Puttaparthi, staged so ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions load in the order the galleys are laid out. Charter flight catering here counts every tray against the loading sheet before departure, and a repeat charter flight catering client gets the same sequence on the return leg.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at PUT
A single narrow-body-rated stand at Puttaparthi has to be sequenced tightly, because a diversion or a technical stop arriving without notice competes for the same slot as the scheduled rotation already booked on it. Ad hoc airline catering here covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with AOG handled the same way across a multi-leg pattern.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Puttaparthi
A narrow-body business aircraft using the single stand at Puttaparthi is boarded on the same reference code as the scheduled traffic sharing it. Private jet catering here reaches 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 reviewed at Puttaparthi airport
Protocol officers on government flight catering at Puttaparthi, India
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“A short-notice movement brought us into Puttaparthi (PUT/VOPN), so we needed reliable diverted flight catering. Even with the late change, the meals were packed correctly and delivered within the revised window. A dependable option for irregular operations. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Nina — Flight Operations Coordinator
“We needed airline catering at small airports for a flight through Puttaparthi (PUT/VOPN) and the process was much easier than expected. The team confirmed everything clearly, handled the local coordination, and delivered the order ready for loading. We would be comfortable using the service there again. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Ali — Freighter Duty Manager
“We requested an airline catering quote for Puttaparthi (PUT/VOPN) and appreciated how clear the pricing was. The quote was detailed enough for operations and accounting, but still quick to review. The clear communication made the booking easy. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Rebecca — Flight Support Supervisor
Airport catering data for Puttaparthi (VOPN / PUT)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,230 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | VOPN |
Aircraft catering questions for VOPN / PUT
Crew meals, lead times and access at VOPN / PUT
What operations gets asked every week about Puttaparthi.
Ask operations directly →Who handles private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Puttaparthi?
Across the field at Puttaparthi, our dedicated branch reaches every FBO and the GA terminal directly, with FBO catering run on the same cold chain and paperwork as a scheduled uplift.
How far in advance does PUT need a catering order, and how late can the specification change?
The lead time we hold is set by our HACCP production schedule rather than by the airport, so a standing order is confirmed with margin and a specification change is accepted up to the loading window that precedes dispatch. How far in advance a change can still be made depends on how close the aircraft already is to boarding.
Are prices for airline catering published for VOPN?
The coordinator assigned to a rotation prices it against cabin count, specification and loading window rather than off a fixed list, because airline catering cost at this station moves with those three factors. The desk comes back with a quotation once they are known.
At which point are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced for flights out of Puttaparthi?
The sequence starts with the special meal codes logged against the passenger list, before halal and kosher trays are produced on a separate line and sealed apart from the main run. SPML documentation travels with the tray to the galley door.
Jet catering at airports near Puttaparthi
BLR / VOBL
Bengaluru
India · 106 km from Puttaparthi
Airline & VIP flight catering →
CDP / VOCP
Kadapa
India · 113 km from Puttaparthi
Airline & VIP flight catering →
BEP / VOBI
Bellary
India · 149 km from Puttaparthi
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Inflight catering quote for PUT
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Send us your catering needs for PUT
Puttaparthi (PUT / VOPN)
Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Puttaparthi, not a brochure.
orders@aerogourmet.com · operations desk, 24/7
Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Puttaparthi (PUT)