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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Pakse, Laos
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Pakse (VLPS / PKZ)
PKZ (IATA) · VLPS (ICAO)
A 2400 m runway at Pakse takes the narrow-body movements that make up this station's traffic, and every one of them boards from AERO GOURMET's own ramp access rather than a kerb handover. Inflight catering here runs on hi-loader boarding to galley height, with in-flight catering staged from a kitchen holding the wide-body tray standard for uplift on demand.
2,400 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 — Pakse
Hi-loader aviation catering on the Pakse airport apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at VLPS
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Pakse
Between the flight kitchen and the aircraft at Pakse, every catering uplift moves under one continuous seal rather than a series of separate handovers. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the cart crosses the apron on our schedule and not on a queue shared with other ground traffic. That single line of custody, from the kitchen door to the galley door, is what the timeline below actually measures.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Pakse sit screening, an escort across the apron and the ordinary traffic of a single-runway field, and the loading plan is built against the busiest of those, not the average one. A catering uplift that has to cross active taxi routes is timed with margin built in rather than assumed away, so a hold on the apron does not become a hold at the galley door. Galley catering leaves the kitchen sealed, and every seal carries a logged time and a name against it. The chain of custody runs from that seal to the signature taken at the aircraft, with nothing handed off in between that is not logged at both ends.
One seal, one signature, one name responsible from kitchen to galley door.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for Pakse, Laos
Airline food supplier crews cleared for PKZ
Airport catering at Pakse is built around a single production kitchen holding hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, rather than split across separate units for each class of flight. Airport catering run this way means a government rotation and a scheduled departure draw from the same HACCP-controlled space without either one waiting on the other. For a station with one runway and narrow-body handling, that consolidation keeps flight kitchen output consistent whether the next movement is a routine service or an ad hoc uplift.
The team that handles government flight catering at Pakse is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assigned per flight. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, each name sits on the access list for the kitchen and the ramp, and each is trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects before the aircraft is ever confirmed. That continuity is what lets a protocol file travel with the uplift instead of being rebuilt from scratch each time.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Pakse (PKZ)
VVIP catering written per mission at VLPS
Inflight catering out of Pakse is built to the cabin and the mission first, and to the season second, rather than to a single fixed cycle repeated regardless of who is flying. Menus draw on the produce of southern Laos where the specification allows it, from river fish and orchard fruit to the dairy and rice staples of the region, described in general terms rather than as a fixed dish list. A VIP flight menu and a charter flight menu are built from the same kitchen but to different briefs, one plated to a household specification and the other planned for volume across a full cabin. Every set, whatever the mission, carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements labelled per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Pakse are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu card, with à-la-carte and VIP flight catering service available on request for a household or delegation brief. The presentation is filed against the standing order so a repeat rotation is served to the same standard without re-briefing the kitchen each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins out of VLPS run on multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, boxed into oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are packed separately from the passenger load, each set boxed to the roster rather than shared from the same tray.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary sets at PKZ are documented per passenger before they leave the kitchen, covering household, religious and medical requirements alongside halal and kosher production and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering produced against these codes runs on a separate line and is sealed before it joins the rest of the uplift.
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 Pakse, Laos
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 VLPS / PKZ
Pakse works a narrow-body traffic profile off a single 2400 m runway, which sets the rhythm of the day around individual movements rather than bank after bank of wide-body arrivals. Airline catering at PKZ is planned rotation by rotation rather than against a fixed slot grid, since a single-runway field concentrates ground handling into shorter windows between movements.
Aviation catering in Pakse moves from our kitchen to the stand by airside delivery under our own ramp access, with the cart cleared onto the apron ahead of each confirmed movement rather than queued behind other traffic. In-flight catering in Pakse and inflight catering at VLPS both run off the same duty roster, so a scheduled departure and an ad hoc charter draw on identical loading procedure rather than two separate systems.
Airport catering at PKZ commits to one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts logged at handover, and a signature taken at the aircraft closing the record.
Government, royal and charter flight catering at PKZ
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Government and state flight catering at Pakse
A narrow-body reference code means protocol movements at Pakse are worked around the same single-runway rhythm as every other flight, with no separate lane to rely on. Government flight catering for state visits and official delegations is planned inside that constraint: the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the access list, and the uplift for any head of state movement sealed at catering at PKZ before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at VLPS
Aerodrome reference code narrow-body, which means a royal flight catering rotation at Pakse is worked to the same single-stand rhythm as every other movement rather than a dedicated lane. Household standards are held across repeat rotations from a written specification kept on file between movements, covering private airliners such as BBJ and ACJ configurations, with halal and other royal household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Pakse
We work aerodrome reference code narrow-body into every loading plan for charter flight catering in Laos, staging a full three-cabin uplift for the group movements and special missions that use this station. Charter flight catering at VLPS for ACMI and wet-lease operators is counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out, so the cabin count matches what boards.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Pakse
On a single 2400 m runway, movements at Pakse are worked one at a time rather than in scheduled banks, which is exactly the rhythm ad hoc airline catering has to fit into. Carriers running this station as an outstation draw on outstation catering and diversion catering from the same duty roster that covers technical stop catering and AOG, with crew meals at Pakse boxed separately across a multi-leg rotation and crew meals in Laos held to the same standard network-wide.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at VLPS
A single 2400 m runway carries the business aviation movements that use this field alongside scheduled and charter traffic. Private jet catering at Pakse is delivered by our dedicated branch to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, covering business aviation catering and business jet catering alike as FBO catering under one desk.
Private jets →
Aviation catering rated at VLPS
Flight departments on jet catering at Pakse airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“I asked for tray set catering airline at Pakse (PKZ/VLPS) because we had limited time to reset the galley. Everything was labeled, compact, and easy to place directly into the aircraft without repacking on the ramp. Very cabin-friendly catering. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Tomas — Operations Support Coordinator
“We had an ad hoc catering requirement at Pakse (PKZ/VLPS) and the coordination was very smooth. They understood the operational language and did not need every change explained twice. Good support for a changing flight schedule. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Yasmin — Airport Duty Manager
“I ordered private jet menu for our departure from Pakse (PKZ/VLPS) and was very happy with the service. Everything was easy to check and load, and the passenger requests were prepared exactly as ordered. A very good experience from a flight attendant perspective. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Elena — Private Flight Coordinator
Airport catering data for Pakse (VLPS / PKZ)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,400 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | VLPS |
Inflight catering FAQ for VLPS / PKZ
Crew meals, lead times and access at Pakse (PKZ)
What operations gets asked every week about Pakse.
Ask operations directly →Given the single runway at VLPS, do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights there, and under what protocol?
There is a standing protocol line at Pakse for VIP flight catering and government flight catering alike, with security clearance, an access list and a documented handover on every rotation.
Can you produce halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes for a flight departing Pakse?
Every special meal code (SPML) we carry, including halal and kosher, is produced on a dedicated line and labelled per passenger before it joins the main load.
How far in advance does an order need to be placed at Pakse Airport, and how late can the specification still change?
Pakse Airport takes standing orders well ahead of the rotation, and the loading window still allows a specification change closer to departure, provided the kitchen has confirmation before the cart is sealed.
PKZ-bound flights vary widely in size and mission, so how much does airline catering cost at this station?
The tray set and the loading equipment used drive the quotation more than any fixed rate, since cabin count, specification and loading window all move the price; our desk comes back with a figure once those are confirmed.
Do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field at VLPS?
Yes, by routing every order through the same coordinator who handles airline uplift, so FBO catering reaches any operator on the field on the same cold chain and paperwork.
Commercial aviation catering near Pakse
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
RBE / VDRK
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
Airline catering quote for VLPS / PKZ
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Pakse (PKZ / VLPS)
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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 Pakse (PKZ)