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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Gan, Maldives
Airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Gan (VRMG / GAN)
GAN (IATA) · VRMG (ICAO)
The wide-body reference code at Gan sets the standard this station boards to, with hi-loader access carrying uplift straight to galley height rather than to the foot of the aircraft. Inflight catering here runs on one ops desk, in-flight catering handled airside with wide-body volume and hi-loader precision on the same rotation.
3,658 m
Longest runway
Wide-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 — Gan
Hi-loader aviation catering on the Gan apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at VRMG / GAN
Airport catering, one seal from kitchen to cabin at Gan (GAN)
The loading window at Gan is planned around ramp access rather than kerbside delivery, so every cart moves under escort from our kitchen to the aircraft door. A catering uplift here is boarded by hi-loader rather than staged on a trolley at the foot of the steps, which keeps the seal intact until the galley crew signs for it. Nothing about this station changes that sequence, only the traffic around it.
Between our kitchen and the Gan stand sit screening, an escort requirement and the ordinary congestion of apron traffic, and the catering uplift is timed against the worst of the three rather than the best. Galley catering leaves the kitchen sealed, and the seal is not broken until a named handler on the aircraft signs the load off at the galley door. Temperatures are logged at the kitchen at the point of sealing and logged again at handover, so the record runs continuously from the cold room to the cabin rather than in two disconnected snapshots.
One seal, one signature, one uplift, from our kitchen door to the aircraft's galley door.
Crew meals from the kitchen serving Gan
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Gan, Maldives
Airport catering at Gan is produced with hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, so a single kitchen carries a wide-body rotation from cabin menus through to household and government sets. That structure is what lets airport catering in Gan move a full three-cabin uplift and a delegation's protocol tray off the same production floor on the same morning. The kitchen runs to a documented HACCP standard, with the flight kitchen GAN staff trained against it rather than against a general food-safety rule.
The team handling government flight catering at Gan is the same named group on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn from wherever cover is available that day. Each member carries security clearance on file and sits on the access list for the kitchen and the ramp, trained to household service standards as well as to the standing airline specification. Chain of custody runs with them from the sealed uplift at the kitchen door to the signature taken at the aircraft.
VIP flight catering menus for GAN departures
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at VRMG / GAN
Menus at Gan are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed offer, so a scheduled rotation and a charter can be run from the same kitchen without either one reading as an afterthought. Maldivian island produce, reef fish and tropical fruit set the local sourcing angle, worked into dishes that still travel and reheat to a documented standard. Inflight catering here is planned in cycles so a repeat rotation is not served the identical tray twice in the same week. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and produced to that specification rather than to a general note on the manifest.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at GAN receive VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single set menu. Presentation is filed against the standing order so a repeat rotation sees the same plate again, not a fresh interpretation of it.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Gan take multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals in Gan travel alongside them as cabin crew meals and pilot meals, boxed separately and matched to the roster rather than pulled from the same tray run.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Gan are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside halal and kosher production and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering in Gan for these sets is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, so cross-contact risk is designed out rather than checked for afterwards.
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
Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at Gan (GAN)
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 Gan airport
Gan takes one wide-body reference code across a single runway, which means every rotation through here is planned on the same stand and the same sequence rather than spread across parallel infrastructure. That concentration turns a peak wave into a capacity question and a diverted wide-body into a documentation question, both of them answered from the same kitchen rather than from a second site.
The uplift leaves our kitchen sealed and travels by hi-loader to galley height, never staged at the foot of the aircraft, with airside delivery held under escort across the apron to the stand. Airline catering in Gan runs off one ops desk for the whole rotation, and aviation catering Gan is planned stand by stand rather than against a generic turnaround time. In-flight catering VRMG and inflight catering VRMG share that same desk and that same sealed run, so a scheduled sector and an ad hoc diversion are worked from identical paperwork.
One coordinator owns the rotation from kitchen seal to aircraft signature, with sealed carts and a signed handover closing the loop on every load.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at Gan
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Government and state flight catering at VRMG
The protocol line built into the Gan kitchen exists for exactly this traffic: state visits and official delegations moving through a single wide-body stand, where there is no second site to fall back on if the paperwork is wrong. Government flight catering at VRMG documents the protocol file per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed at VRMG catering before it ever leaves the kitchen, ready for any head of state movement the schedule brings.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at GAN
A single wide-body stand at Gan is enough to hold a written household specification on file between movements, because there is only one stand and one kitchen to keep it consistent across. Royal flight catering at GAN catering covers private airliners including BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations, with royal household standards held across repeat rotations and halal and other VVIP dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Gan
The wide-body reference code at Gan means a full three-cabin charter uplift is counted against the same loading sheet as any scheduled rotation, staged in the order the galleys are laid out rather than improvised on the stand. Charter flight catering VRMG covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering in Gan planned for multi-leg tours as readily as for a single sector.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at VRMG
The single wide-body stand at Gan is worked to one duty roster rather than several, which is what lets ad hoc airline catering sit on the same board as a scheduled sector. Outstation catering in Gan, diversion catering and technical stop catering at GAN run off that roster with AOG covered, GAN ad hoc catering staged across a multi-leg rotation, and crew meals in Gan and crew meals Maldives boxed to the roster rather than to a single fixed count.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at GAN
The same single stand and kitchen that serve wide-body rotations at Gan also reach the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field, on the same cold chain used for an airline uplift. Private jet catering VRMG is run by our dedicated private-jet branch, with FBO catering and business aviation catering following the same paperwork as any business jet catering movement here.
Private jets →
Inflight catering rated by operators at GAN
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Gan
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our flight at Gan (GAN/VRMG) required tray set catering airline with clear service-by-service organization. Presentation stayed good while the setup remained practical for a fast aircraft turnaround. Very cabin-friendly catering. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Elisa — OCC Coordinator
“We had an ACMI requirement at Gan (GAN/VRMG) and the coordination was very smooth. The team stayed in contact with operations, adjusted to the new timing, and kept the aircraft handover simple. That operational understanding was the biggest advantage. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Karim — VIP Trip Manager
“For our business jet at Gan (GAN/VRMG), I arranged private jet catering with a few passenger-specific requests. They followed my notes closely, kept me updated, and delivered at the time agreed with the FBO. I would definitely order from them again. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Government flight department
Bianca — Government Charter Coordinator
Outstation catering data for Gan (VRMG / GAN)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,658 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | VRMG |
Business jet catering questions at GAN
Diversion catering and ramp questions at GAN
What operations gets asked every week about Gan.
Ask operations directly →Who determines how much airline catering costs for a rotation through Gan?
For every quotation the cabin count, the menu specification and the loading window at Gan are priced together rather than off a fixed list, since airline catering cost depends on all three; our desk comes back with a figure once those are known.
How far does Gan reach for private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
Held to the same cold-chain standard as an airline uplift, private jet catering at Gan is delivered to every FBO on the field and to the GA terminal, with FBO catering carried on identical paperwork throughout.
At which point does protocol enter a VIP or government movement through GAN?
Protocol is opened the moment a booking is flagged VIP, VVIP or government, before the menu is finalised, so VIP flight catering and government flight catering at GAN both move under a documented protocol file from the first call.
Does VRMG take delivery of airline catering airside rather than at the gate?
Every cart at VRMG is boarded by hi-loader to galley height as part of airside delivery, never left at the foot of the aircraft, so airline catering reaches the cabin door already at boarding height.
Given the single stand at Gan, how far in advance must an order be placed and how late can it still change?
There is a standard lead time for a first booking and a shorter window for a specification change once the rotation is confirmed, and last minute airline catering is handled against that same shorter window rather than refused outright.
Gan: are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced here, and how are they documented?
Sealed tray sets carry halal and kosher production and the full range of SPML codes, each one documented per passenger before it leaves the kitchen at Gan.
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