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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Honiara, Solomon Islands
Honiara (AGGH / HIR): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
HIR (IATA) · AGGH (ICAO)
With a narrow-body reference code and a single runway of 2200 metres, Honiara handles one class of aircraft at a time, which keeps the ramp predictable for inflight catering. Uplift for that traffic boards by hi-loader to galley height, and our in-flight catering runs airside on that same fixed rhythm, wide-body volume aside.
2,200 m
Longest runway
Narrow-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 — Honiara
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at AGGH / HIR
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Honiara
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at AGGH / HIR
The sealed cart leaving our kitchen for Honiara is tracked against ramp access, not against a clock alone, because a single runway concentrates every movement onto one apron sequence. Each catering uplift is staged to reach the stand inside the slot the ramp actually gives it, not the slot a schedule assumes. That discipline is what keeps a narrow-body turnaround at HIR moving without a delay traced back to the galley door.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Honiara sit screening, an escort through the airside gate, and whatever apron traffic the single runway is carrying that hour. We plan every catering uplift against the worst of those three, not the best, so the chain of custody holds even on a tight turnaround. Temperature is logged twice: once when the galley catering is sealed at the kitchen, once again at the handover on the stand. A named coordinator signs both entries, and that signature is what closes the load, not the departure time on the board.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the aircraft, nothing loose between them.
Crew meals and pilot meals for HIR departures
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at AGGH / HIR
Hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line sit under one roof for the flight kitchen that provisions Honiara, so a single narrow-body rotation is built without handing work between separate sites. Airport catering at AGGH runs to HACCP procedure at every stage, from intake to the sealed cart, and the cold chain is held continuously rather than checked at the end. That structure is what lets airport catering in Solomon Islands serve a scheduled turn and an ad hoc uplift from the same line without either one waiting on the other.
The team behind government flight catering at Honiara is the same named group on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in as needed. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the kitchen and the ramp, and is trained to the household standards a protocol movement expects. That continuity is what a repeat delegation or a state visit is actually buying: the same hands on the seal each time, not a fresh briefing.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at AGGH
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at Honiara
Menus at Honiara are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a fixed cycle, so a scheduled rotation and a VVIP movement are not served from the same fixed set. Solomon Islands produce and regional fish and orchard fruit are worked into main-cabin and premium sets where the season allows, alongside boxed formats built for a fast turn. Inflight catering in Honiara closes on documentation, not on the plate: every allergen, halal, kosher and medical set is labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen. That labelling travels with the tray through loading and onto the aircraft, unchanged.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at HIR receive VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with courses sequenced to the protocol file rather than to a standard turnaround. Presentation is checked against that same specification before the cart is sealed, so a repeat rotation is served the same way each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Honiara run on multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the aircraft's own galley. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately from the passenger load and matched against the roster before the tray sets leave the kitchen.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger for every movement through AGGH, with halal and kosher sets produced on a separate line from the main service. The full range of IATA special meal codes is worked to that same documentation, and inflight catering built to those codes is sealed before it leaves that line.
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 compliance at Honiara 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 Honiara (HIR)
With a single narrow-body runway and one reference code, Honiara concentrates every movement onto the same apron sequence, so a scheduled turnaround, a charter and a government movement are worked one after another rather than in parallel. That mix makes documentation the constraint at this stand: a delegation needs its protocol file closed before boarding, and a repeat rotation needs the tray standard held identical each time it returns.
Uplift for HIR moves from our kitchen to the stand under escort, boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with ground handling on the apron matched to that single-runway rhythm. Airline catering at AGGH is staged to reach the stand inside the window the ramp actually clears, not the window a printed schedule assumes.
One coordinator carries the load from seal to signature, so in-flight catering in Honiara and airport catering in Solomon Islands answer to the same named desk, whatever the segment of the flight.
Aviation catering for five mission types at AGGH / HIR
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Government and state flight catering at Honiara
The single runway at AGGH sets one arrival sequence for every movement, which means a delegation's slot is fixed well before its protocol file is. Government flight catering here is documented per passenger, worked by security-cleared staff, and the uplift for a head of state movement is sealed at the kitchen before it leaves for the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at AGGH
Our kitchen holds a narrow-body reference code at Honiara to one written household specification, kept on file between movements rather than rebuilt each time a private airliner returns. Royal flight catering here covers BBJ, ACJ and comparable VIP aircraft, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced against that same file on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at HIR
A narrow-body reference code at Honiara sets the frame every charter movement is loaded against, whatever the operator behind it. Charter flight catering here serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions alike, with a full cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet before it leaves the kitchen for charter flight catering in Solomon Islands.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Honiara
A single runway of 2200 metres means every arrival, whether scheduled or unplanned, shares one apron sequence, so ad hoc airline catering at HIR has to fit inside whatever slot the ramp actually offers that hour. Outstation catering and diversion catering are worked from the same kitchen line, technical stop catering included, across a multi-leg rotation without a separate booking path.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at AGGH
Business jets share the same narrow-body stand and single runway as the scheduled traffic at Honiara, which is what lets private jet catering at HIR run on the identical cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift. Delivery reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal through our dedicated branch, on the same sealed handover as any other movement.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Honiara
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at HIR
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged sports team charter catering for the group at Honiara (HIR/AGGH) after a late schedule update. The order included different meal types and snacks, but the cabin crew could identify everything immediately. 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.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Naomi — VIP Flight Operations Manager
“We arranged troop flight catering at Honiara (HIR/AGGH) for a non-routine passenger movement. They kept the menu simple, respected the special requirements, and delivered exactly when the aircraft was ready to receive it. We appreciated the flexibility. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Julia — Government Aviation Liaison
“We used the team at Honiara (HIR/AGGH) for freighter crew meals on a night operation. Meals arrived on time and were packed practically for a working crew rather than over-presented. Good service for freighter crews and odd-hour schedules. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Abel — Flight Services Coordinator
Aircraft catering station data for Honiara (AGGH / HIR)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,200 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | AGGH |
Business jet catering questions at AGGH
Technical stop catering questions at AGGH
What operations gets asked every week about Honiara.
Ask operations directly →Does AGGH support VIP, VVIP and government flight catering under protocol?
Every movement in that category is worked to a written protocol file: government flight catering and VIP flight catering are both documented per passenger, with security-cleared staff on the uplift.
How far in advance does Honiara need the order, and how late can the specification change?
The standard lead time gives us room to plan against the airport's single-runway sequencing, and specification changes are accepted up to the point the cart is sealed; after that a last minute airline catering request is worked as an amendment rather than a rebuild.
Is there a published rate for airline catering cost at Honiara International Airport?
The named coordinator on this station builds each quotation from the cabin count, the specification and the loading window rather than from a price list, so airline catering cost is confirmed once those details are set.
Where does airline catering reach the aircraft at HIR — at the gate or on board?
The sealed cart's handover record shows delivery direct to the galley: airside delivery is boarded by hi-loader to galley height, never left at the foot of the aircraft.
At what point are halal, kosher and special meal codes produced for AGGH departures?
Intake of the passenger manifest comes first, and halal, kosher and the full set of SPML codes are then produced on a separate line and documented against that manifest before sealing.
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Inflight catering quote for Honiara (HIR)
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Honiara (HIR / AGGH)
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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 Honiara (HIR)