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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Shimoga, India
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Shimoga (VOSH / RQY)
RQY (IATA) · VOSH (ICAO)
The narrow-body reference code held at Shimoga sets the ramp geometry our crews plan against on every rotation into VOSH. Inflight catering here moves by hi-loader to galley height, and in-flight catering for wide-body diversions is staged from the same apron, with uplift dispatched airside straight to the aircraft.
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Shimoga
Wide-body aviation catering at VOSH / RQY
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at Shimoga
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Shimoga, India
Ramp access at Shimoga is what a loading window actually measures, from the sealed cart leaving our kitchen to the cart clearing the galley door at RQY. Every catering uplift here is logged against that apron sequence rather than against a generic estimate, because the narrow-body reference code held at VOSH sets how the hi-loader is positioned. The result is a window an operations desk can plan a pushback around, not a promise.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Shimoga sit screening, an escort through the apron gate, and the ordinary traffic of a working ramp, and we plan every catering uplift against the worst of those, not the best. Galley catering leaving the kitchen is sealed and logged before the escort moves it, and the same log is checked again at the aircraft. A named coordinator carries the chain of custody from that first seal to the signature that closes the load at the galley door, so no cart travels unaccounted between VOSH and the stand.
The seal at the kitchen and the signature at the galley are the same person's responsibility.
Crew meals and pilot meals for RQY departures
Airline food supplier crews cleared for VOSH / RQY
Airport catering at Shimoga is produced under one roof that carries hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line together, rather than split across separate suppliers. The kitchen runs to HACCP procedure at every stage, from intake to the sealed cart, so the cold chain is unbroken from the larder to the galley door. Flight kitchen output at RQY is sized to the traffic this airport actually carries, and airport catering in India generally follows the same production discipline station to station.
The crew handling government flight catering at this kitchen is a named, security-cleared team, kept on a fixed access list rather than rotated in from general staff. Security clearance is held on file and checked before any protocol movement, and the same crew is trained to royal household service standards for repeat rotations. Catering at RQY for a delegation or a state movement is therefore handled by people the desk already knows, not by whoever is on shift.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at VOSH
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Shimoga
Menus for VOSH departures are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a single fixed cycle, and inflight catering here draws on regional produce described in general terms — dairy, fruit and grains sourced from the wider Karnataka region. A VIP flight menu is built around a plated specification, while a charter flight menu is sized for higher covers on a tighter turnaround. Every dish is filed against a written specification rather than left to memory, so the same standard repeats across rotations. Documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are labelled per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Shimoga are plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte service and caviar service available on request rather than assumed by default. VIP flight catering here is filed against that same specification between rotations, so presentation repeats however far apart the movements fall.
Business cabins
Business cabins at VOSH run a multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, with tray sets and meal boxes built to the roster count. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately from the passenger load, so cockpit and cabin crew meals never share a tray set with First or Business.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements at RQY are documented per passenger rather than assumed from the manifest, with halal and kosher sets produced on a separate line before sealing. The full range of IATA special meal codes is covered, and inflight catering for a mixed-dietary cabin is built passenger by passenger rather than by a single blanket substitution.
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 Shimoga airport
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 Shimoga (RQY)
The narrow-body reference code held at Shimoga sets a traffic profile built on scheduled turns and occasional charter movement rather than continuous wide-body waves, which keeps documentation the recurring catering task rather than sheer volume. Airline catering at RQY is planned around that same reference code, so the loading sheet, not the covers count, is what our desk checks first on every rotation.
In-flight catering at VOSH moves from our kitchen to the stand by hi-loader positioned to galley height, with ground handling on the apron coordinating the approach slot. Inflight catering and aviation catering at Shimoga run off a single ops desk that tracks the cart from kitchen seal to aircraft door, and airport catering at RQY is planned stand by stand rather than against a generic turnaround time.
One coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover are what we commit to on every rotation through this station.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at VOSH / RQY
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Government and state flight catering at Shimoga
At the narrow-body reference code held at RQY, delegations and official movements are boarded through the same apron sequence as any other flight, which keeps a state visit from needing a separate procedure. Government flight catering here is protocol documented per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen, and the head of state file travels with the load rather than separately from it.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Shimoga
Sequencing a private airliner through the narrow-body reference code held at VOSH means working the household file against a stand built for a smaller aircraft, not around it. Royal flight catering at RQY keeps that household specification on file between movements, covering BBJ, ACJ and comparable wide-body VIP configurations, with halal and other royal household requirements produced to order rather than assumed.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at VOSH
The narrow-body reference code held at Shimoga fixes the stand geometry, which lets a full three-cabin uplift move as one counted load rather than several partial ones. Charter flight catering at VOSH covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, and charter flight catering at Shimoga is staged in the order the galleys are laid out, counted against the loading sheet before doors close.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Shimoga
A narrow-body airliner working RQY as an outstation is boarded against the same reference code that sets every stand assignment here, which is what makes ad hoc airline catering possible on short notice rather than only on a published schedule. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering run off one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals boxed separately at Shimoga and at VOSH so cockpit sets never mix with the passenger load.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Shimoga
We work the same narrow-body reference code held at RQY for business aviation as for scheduled traffic, delivering private jet catering at RQY to the FBOs on the field and to the GA terminal through our dedicated private-jet branch. FBO catering there runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with business aviation catering and business jet catering handled from the identical sealed cart.
Private jets →
Inflight catering rated by operators at Shimoga
Flight departments on jet catering at RQY
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“A short-notice movement brought us into Shimoga (RQY/VOSH), so we needed reliable urgent airline catering. They reacted quickly to revised timings and passenger numbers, and the handover was straightforward. We would use them again for another short-notice stop. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Bruno — OCC Coordinator
“We used the service at Shimoga (RQY/VOSH) for airline catering at small airports on a station where we do not have our usual suppliers. The team confirmed everything clearly, handled the local coordination, and delivered the order ready for loading. Reliable and easy to manage from the ops desk.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Michael — Private Aviation Manager
“We compared options for Shimoga (RQY/VOSH) and asked for an airline catering cost. They answered our questions without overcomplicating the process and kept the final cost aligned with the confirmation. Good option when you need a fast and transparent answer. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Government flight department
Bruno — State Aviation Manager
Airport catering data for Shimoga (VOSH / RQY)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | VOSH |
Inflight catering FAQ for VOSH
Diversion catering and ramp questions at VOSH
What operations gets asked every week about Shimoga.
Ask operations directly →Does Shimoga produce halal and kosher meals with the IATA special meal codes documented?
Every halal, kosher and religious meal request is produced against the matching SPML code and logged per passenger before the cart is sealed. Each tray carries its code through to the aircraft door, so the record travels with the meal rather than staying behind at the kitchen.
Which loading method gets airline catering onto the aircraft at Shimoga Airport?
The hi-loader positions each sealed cart to galley height and boards it directly through the galley door, with no handoff at the foot of the aircraft. This is what airside delivery means at this station: the cart moves from kitchen to galley on one continuous route.
Where is the protocol record kept for VIP, VVIP and government flights routed through RQY?
The signed handover log kept at the kitchen and matched again at the aircraft is what proves VIP flight catering and government flight catering followed protocol on that rotation. That same record covers royal and VVIP movements without a separate procedure.
Whose deadline governs how late a specification can still change for a rotation into VOSH?
For a standard turnaround, the lead time is set by our ops desk once the aircraft type and cabin count are confirmed, and specification changes are accepted up to the loading window itself for most requests. Across ad hoc, diversion and technical stop work, the same desk manages last minute airline catering without a separate booking path.
Commercial aviation catering near Shimoga
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
HBX / VOHB
Hubballi
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
BEP / VOBI
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Return leg, if any
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