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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Manama, Bahrain
Hi-loader airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Manama (OBBI / BAH)
BAH (IATA) · OBBI (ICAO)
Our kitchen boards the wide-body reference code held at this station directly onto the aircraft, hi-loader to galley height, across two runways serving Manama. Inflight catering here runs through one ops desk, with in-flight catering staged for scheduled, charter, government and private flights alike, boarded airside without a stop at the foot of the aircraft.
3,956 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
Runways
3
FBOs on station
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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 — Manama
Wide-body inflight catering at OBBI / BAH
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Manama
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at OBBI / BAH
The loading window at OBBI is measured from the sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door on the wide-body stand, not estimated after the fact. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the catering uplift moves directly from the apron onto the aircraft rather than staging at a curb. That sequence, repeated on every rotation, is what a multi-class cabin plan depends on at Manama.
Between our kitchen and the wide-body stand at Manama sit screening, an escorted convoy and apron traffic, and the galley catering plan is built against the worst of them rather than the average day. The chain of custody runs from the sealed cart to the signature at the galley, with nothing exchanged at the foot of the aircraft. Temperatures are logged when the load is sealed and logged again at handover, so the catering uplift arrives with a record that matches the aircraft it boarded. That record, not the meal itself, is what a diplomatic or state rotation is checked against on arrival.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the galley door.
Pilot meals and crew meals prepared for BAH
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Manama
The flight kitchen that provisions airport catering at Manama runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to hold a cold chain from seal to galley door. HACCP governs every stage the tray set passes through before it reaches the ramp, and that standard is what airport catering at BAH is checked against on arrival. Wide-body volumes move off the same production floor as the charter and government work handled through OBBI, so a peak wave and a single VIP rotation are worked from the same line rather than two.
The team that handles government flight catering at this station is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in for the day. Security clearance is held on file for each member, each is on the access list for the ramp, and each is trained to the household standards a royal or state movement is checked against. That continuity is what lets a sealed uplift move from our kitchen to the aircraft with one signature carrying the whole chain of custody.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Manama airport
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at BAH
Menus at this station are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a single fixed list, so a First cabin rotation and a main-cabin charter draw on different specifications from the same kitchen. Inflight catering in Bahrain draws on regional produce where the season allows it — dairy, fish, orchard fruit — described in general terms on the specification rather than as a fixed dish. Passenger meal boxes, tray sets and VIP flight menus are all produced against a written brief rather than assembled on the day, so a repeat rotation sees the same standard each time. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, then produced on a line set aside for that purpose before the load is sealed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Manama are boarded to a written specification rather than a fixed list, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request for a state or private rotation. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for the aircraft, so the presentation matches the last movement rather than starting from a blank page.
Business cabins
Business cabins at OBBI take multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so tray sets for passengers and crew meal boxes for the flight deck leave the kitchen on the same seal but never mixed.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Manama are documented per passenger before the load is built, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering produced against a religious or medical requirement runs on a separate line and is sealed there, so a household or delegation rotation is provisioned without ever touching the general tray run.
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 Manama 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 Manama, Bahrain
Manama carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across two runways rated to the wide-body reference code, and that mix sets three separate catering problems rather than one: a delegation is a documentation load, a peak wave is a capacity load, and a repeat charter rotation is a repetition load that has to match every time. Airline catering and aviation catering at OBBI are planned against whichever of those three the rotation actually is, not against a single generic uplift.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader to galley height rather than being staged at the foot of the aircraft, with the cart moving under escort from our kitchen across the apron to the stand. In-flight catering in Manama and inflight catering at Manama both run through that same ramp sequence, so a scheduled carrier and a state rotation are loaded by the identical method, only the paperwork differs.
Airport catering at BAH is committed to one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts and a signed handover at the galley door, so the record travels with the load rather than being reconstructed afterwards.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at OBBI / BAH
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Government and state flight catering at OBBI
A head of state aircraft on the wide-body reference code held at this station is boarded on the same stands as a scheduled widebody, with the protocol file built around that, not around a separate apron. Government flight catering at Manama documents each passenger's requirement in advance, assigns security-cleared staff to the rotation and seals the uplift before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at BAH
With a longest runway of 3956 metres, this station takes the private airliners a royal or VVIP movement flies on — BBJ, ACJ, wide-body VIP — without a length constraint on the type. Royal flight catering at OBBI is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Manama
A 3956 metre runway sets no ceiling on the aircraft a charter operator brings through this station, so the loading plan is built around cabin count and turnaround rather than around the runway. Charter flight catering at OBBI covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering at BAH is staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at OBBI
The wide-body reference code held at this station means a diverted or delayed widebody is loaded on the same stands as a scheduled rotation, not routed to a separate apron. Ad hoc airline catering at Manama covers outstation catering for carriers running BAH as an unplanned stop, diversion catering when a rotation lands off-plan, and technical stop catering staged against a multi-leg schedule, with AOG uplifts worked off the same duty roster.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at BAH
The runway here runs to 3956 metres, which lets the same wide-body loading method serve the business aviation traffic worked from the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field. Private jet catering at Manama and business jet catering both move through our dedicated branch, with FBO catering delivered on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, and business aviation catering in Bahrain booked off the identical duty roster.
Private jets →
FBOs at Manama
blue aviation
hala bahrain
texel air
Charter flight catering reviewed at BAH
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at OBBI
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged football club charter catering for the group at Manama (BAH/OBBI) after a late schedule update. Final numbers changed late and the team adjusted without making the process difficult. The crew was happy with the organization. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Pedro — Client Services Manager
“Our flight through Manama (BAH/OBBI) required troop flight catering with limited preparation time. The meals were practical, clearly packed, and easy for the crew to distribute during the flight. A good experience under difficult timing conditions. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Bastien — VIP Government Flight Coordinator
“For a cargo sector from Manama (BAH/OBBI), we arranged cargo airline catering for the operating crew. The order was simple, filling, clearly labeled, and delivered in a format the crew could load without delay. A reliable option for cargo operations. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Lucia — Operations Desk Manager
Outstation catering data for Manama (OBBI / BAH)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,956 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | OBBI |
Business jet catering questions at Manama airport
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Manama airport
What operations gets asked every week about Manama.
Ask operations directly →Held to what protocol, do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights through Manama?
There is a named, security-cleared team assigned to VIP flight catering and government flight catering at this station, working to a protocol file documented per passenger before the aircraft is boarded.
Can Manama Airport produce halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes, and how are they documented?
The full range of SPML codes, alongside halal and kosher sets, is produced on a separate line at this station and documented per passenger before the load leaves the kitchen.
How far does BAH deliver airline catering airside, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
The clearance held here takes the sealed cart across the apron and up by hi-loader to galley height, so airside delivery ends at the galley door rather than at the foot of the aircraft.
How far in advance does OBBI need an order placed, and how late can the specification change?
OBBI works to a lead time set against the loading window, with the specification held open later than the initial order and confirmed once the final passenger count and cabin plan are fixed.
Manama — how much does airline catering cost at this station?
The hi-loader and the sealed cart carry the load, but the airline catering cost itself depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window booked, so the desk returns a quotation rather than a published price.
Do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Manama Airport?
Yes, by routing FBO catering to every FBO on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Aircraft catering quote for Manama, Bahrain
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Manama (BAH / OBBI)
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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 Manama (BAH)