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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Kadhdhoo, Maldives
Airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Kadhdhoo (VRMK / KDO)
KDO (IATA) · VRMK (ICAO)
A single narrow-body reference code at Kadhdhoo sets how every uplift here is planned, from turnaround catering for scheduled sectors to sealed government and royal loads boarded by hi-loader to galley height. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and wide-body-grade discipline on a narrow-body ramp, with one ops desk covering scheduled, charter, VIP and private aviation movements airside.
1,220 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 — Kadhdhoo
Aviation catering with ramp access at Kadhdhoo, Maldives
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at VRMK / KDO
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Kadhdhoo airport
The narrow-body reference code held at Kadhdhoo sets the loading sequence for every catering uplift that crosses this apron, since the stand geometry and the ramp access it permits decide how a hi-loader is staged against the galley door. That single classification is what our kitchen plans against rather than an aircraft-by-aircraft guess. Every rotation through VRMK is worked to that same fixed sequence, which is what keeps the apron predictable movement after movement.
Between our sealed kitchen and the stand at Kadhdhoo sit airside screening, an escorted convoy and the ordinary traffic of a working apron, and chain of custody is held across all three rather than assumed once the vehicle leaves the gate. We plan the galley catering run against the busiest version of that route, not the easiest one, so a delayed escort or a queued checkpoint never becomes a missed loading window. Temperature is logged when the load is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at handover to the galley, with a signature closing the record at both ends. That same discipline applies to every catering uplift leaving for VRMK, whatever the mission behind it.
One sealed load, one escorted route, one signature closing the record at the galley door.
Airline food supplier for VRMK / KDO rotations
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Kadhdhoo (KDO)
The flight kitchen at KDO runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to serve a field whose narrow-body reference code shapes every batch size and every tray format produced. That HACCP-run kitchen is what makes airport catering at Kadhdhoo repeatable rotation after rotation rather than assembled ad hoc. Airport catering at VRMK, on that basis, is planned from a single production line instead of scattered across separate suppliers, which keeps the flight kitchen at Kadhdhoo the one point of accountability for every tray that boards.
Government flight catering at Kadhdhoo is handled by the same named production and loading team on every rotation, not by whoever is on shift that day. Each of them holds security clearance on file, sits on the access list for sealed uplifts, and is trained against household service standards and the paperwork that has to travel with a protocol load. That continuity is what a protocol officer is actually checking for when the mission changes but the crew handling it does not.
VIP flight catering menus for Kadhdhoo departures
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Kadhdhoo, Maldives
Menus for departures from Kadhdhoo are written to the cabin and to the mission rather than to a single fixed cycle, so a scheduled sector, a charter and a VVIP movement each leave the kitchen on a different specification. Inflight catering here draws where it can on produce from the Maldives, kept in general terms rather than named to a supplier: fish, tropical fruit and dairy sourced regionally and worked into a tray or a plated course depending on the cabin it is built for. Every set is labelled per passenger and per cabin against a documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical-code record, so a change to one seat's requirement never touches another's tray. That labelling travels with the uplift from the kitchen to the galley door, sealed and checked against the same record at both ends.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins departing Kadhdhoo are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed set menu, with à-la-carte and VIP flight catering service available on request against that same file. The presentation is checked against the standing order before the cart is sealed, so the plate that boards matches the record the desk holds.
Business cabins
Business cabins out of VRMK run on multi-choice hot service built to a cabin specification, with oven-ready formats sized to fit the galley fitted on the aircraft type flying that day. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately against the roster, kept apart from tray sets and passenger meal boxes on the same load.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements for movements through Kadhdhoo are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Every one of those inflight catering sets is produced on its own line in the kitchen and sealed before it ever reaches the main load.
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
Aircraft catering under HACCP control at VRMK
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 VRMK
Kadhdhoo carries scheduled, charter, government and private aviation traffic across a single narrow-body reference code, and that mix decides how catering is planned here: a protocol movement is a documentation exercise, a charter peak is a capacity exercise, and a repeat scheduled rotation is a repetition exercise, each worked differently even though every one crosses the same stand. Airline catering in Kadhdhoo therefore runs off one loading sheet per movement rather than a generic daily plan.
The uplift travels from our sealed kitchen to the apron by escorted vehicle, then onto the aircraft by the loading method the ramp here allows, with our own crew on the ground for the handover rather than a third party assumed to be present. Aviation catering at KDO is staged in the order the galleys are laid out, so the cart that boards first is the one packed first, not the one nearest the door. In-flight catering at Kadhdhoo and inflight catering at KDO both run to that same staged sequence regardless of the operator behind the booking.
One coordinator holds the load end to end, sealed carts leave the kitchen already logged, and a signed handover closes the record at the stand, so airport catering in Kadhdhoo stays traceable from production to galley door on every single rotation.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Kadhdhoo, Maldives
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Government and state flight catering at VRMK
At a field held to a single narrow-body reference code, the stand assignment for an official movement is fixed well before the aircraft is on final, which is what lets government flight catering at Kadhdhoo run on a protocol file agreed in advance rather than improvised on arrival. That file documents each passenger, the uplift is sealed before it leaves the kitchen, and any head of state movement through VRMK is worked by security-cleared staff against that same standing record.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at KDO
Fitting a private airliner onto the single narrow-body reference code held at Kadhdhoo means the loading plan is built around one stand and one hi-loader run rather than a choice of options, so household continuity is set before the aircraft is even scheduled. Royal flight catering at VRMK covers BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP movements, held to a written household specification kept on file between rotations, with halal and other household requirements produced against that same record on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Kadhdhoo
A 1220 metre runway at Kadhdhoo sets the aircraft types this ramp actually works, which is why charter flight catering here is planned around a narrow-body rotation rather than a wide-body one. Charter flight catering at VRMK covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet before it ever leaves the kitchen.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at VRMK
A narrow-body reference code held at Kadhdhoo is what lets a scheduled aircraft, a diverted flight or a technical stop all be worked from the same wide-body-grade production line rather than three separate arrangements. Ad hoc airline catering at KDO covers carriers running this station as an outstation, and that same desk handles outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering across a multi-leg rotation, AOG included.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at KDO
We work the 1220 metre runway at Kadhdhoo for business aviation exactly as we do for scheduled traffic, delivering private jet catering to the FBOs on the field and to the GA terminal from the same sealed kitchen. FBO catering here runs on the identical cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, which is the point of keeping one production line for every movement crossing this apron.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at VRMK / KDO
Charter operators on flight catering at VRMK / KDO
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We arranged group charter catering for the group at Kadhdhoo (KDO/VRMK) after a late schedule update. The meals were clearly labeled, portions were suitable for the group, and the delivery stayed on time despite a moving departure. We would book them again for another team movement. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Yulia — Charter Operations Manager
“We needed evacuation flight catering at Kadhdhoo (KDO/VRMK) for a time-sensitive operation. The team understood that reliability mattered more than complexity and stayed flexible until uplift. We appreciated the flexibility. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Lucas — Airline Dispatch Manager
“We ordered freighter crew meals for a cargo rotation through Kadhdhoo (KDO/VRMK). The crew received the correct quantities and the handover was quick, which is exactly what we needed. Good service for freighter crews and odd-hour schedules. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Diana — Cabin Services Manager
Airport catering profile for Kadhdhoo (VRMK / KDO)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,220 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | VRMK |
Business jet catering questions at Kadhdhoo
Outstation catering and access questions at Kadhdhoo
What operations gets asked every week about Kadhdhoo.
Ask operations directly →When does airline catering cost get fixed for a flight through Kadhdhoo?
When the cabin count, the specification and the loading window are confirmed, our desk returns a quotation built on those three factors rather than a published price list.
Does Kadhdhoo Airport produce halal, kosher and IATA special meal codes?
Every passenger requiring a halal, kosher or SPML set has it produced on a separate line and documented against their booking before the cart is sealed.
Whose deadline governs a menu change on a KDO booking?
Across every booking through KDO, the desk confirms how far in advance the order must be placed and how late a specification can still change, including last minute airline catering requests where the kitchen schedule allows.
Are FBOs and the GA terminal at VRMK reached by private jet catering?
Our ground coordinator delivers FBO catering to every FBO on the field and to the GA terminal at VRMK, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Where is VIP, VVIP and government flight catering documented for flights through Kadhdhoo?
A protocol file records each passenger and each requirement before the movement, and that same record governs VIP flight catering, government flight catering and the security clearance held by the crew working it.
Which method gets airline catering airside at Kadhdhoo Airport?
A hi-loader carries the sealed cart from our kitchen vehicle to the galley door, which is how airside delivery reaches the aircraft here without a stand-side handoff.
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at Kadhdhoo (KDO)