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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Luganville, Vanuatu
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Luganville (NVSS / SON)
SON (IATA) · NVSS (ICAO)
The 1988 m runway at Luganville brings wide-body charter, government and scheduled traffic onto a single narrow-body-rated apron, where hi-loader boarding takes every uplift straight to galley height rather than to the foot of the aircraft. From that one stand we run inflight catering, in-flight catering and aircraft provisioning off one ops desk, with airside access held on our own badges for every rotation.
1,988 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 — Luganville
Aviation catering with ramp access at Luganville (SON)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at NVSS / SON
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at Luganville (SON)
Between our kitchen van and the galley door at Luganville, the loading window is measured rather than promised, and ramp access is what makes that measurement possible in the first place. Every cart clears the apron under escort, is logged at the galley door, and is signed for before the crew takes the trolley. That sequence runs the same way whether the rotation is a single scheduled service or a charter working the stand back to back with another movement.
The convoy is where a catering uplift is actually at risk between our kitchen and the stand at NVSS, not the food itself, so screening, escort and apron traffic are planned against their worst case rather than their average one. Every cart is sealed at the kitchen, logged again at the galley door, and released only against a signature that closes the chain of custody for that rotation. Galley catering handed over this way leaves a written record an ops desk or a protocol officer can check after the aircraft has pushed back, not just before it.
One sealed cart, one signature, from our kitchen to the galley door.
Airline food supplier kitchen serving Luganville
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at Luganville, Vanuatu
Airport catering at Luganville is run from a production kitchen holding hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP standard rather than assembled service by service. That single-site model is what lets airport catering at SON take a scheduled rotation and a diverted wide-body on the same afternoon without splitting the cold chain between two locations. Flight kitchen at SON output moves out sealed, badge-cleared, and staged for the hi-loader rather than left on a trolley at the terminal door.
The team that handles government flight catering at Luganville works every rotation as the same named crew, not a rotating pool pulled in for the day. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, access to the ramp is limited to that list, and household service standards are trained rather than assumed. That continuity is what a protocol officer is actually checking for when the movement in question is a delegation rather than a scheduled service.
VIP flight catering menus for SON departures
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at NVSS / SON
Menus for Luganville are written by cabin and by mission rather than issued off one fixed list, moving from passenger meal boxes for a scheduled rotation to a full plated service for a private airliner on the same stand. Vanuatu's own produce runs through the specification where the season allows it — reef fish, tropical fruit, root vegetables — set alongside a standing international menu for crews and passengers who expect it. Every set is written to the cabin fit and the mission length before it is written to the season. Inflight catering at Luganville closes on documentation: allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are logged per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Luganville are plated to a written specification held on file between rotations, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request rather than fixed to one set menu. VIP flight catering here is filed against that same standing order, so a repeat mission is served to the pattern already on record at NVSS.
Business cabins
Business cabins at SON run a multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft on the stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so the flight deck and the cabin crew are served to their own set apart from the passenger tray sets.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Luganville are documented per passenger rather than left to a verbal note, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside halal and kosher production and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering produced this way runs on a separate line at the kitchen and is sealed before it leaves that line, keeping it apart from the standard passenger set.
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 SON
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.
Catering uplift coordination at NVSS
Luganville works scheduled, charter and government movements across a single narrow-body-rated stand, which makes documentation the constraint rather than volume: a delegation brings a protocol file to clear, a charter brings a full three-cabin load to stage, and a repeat rotation brings the same specification back on file. Aviation catering at SON is planned around whichever of those three the day actually brings, not around a fixed daily average.
Uplift reaches the aircraft from our kitchen by sealed cart, escorted across the apron and taken up to galley height by hi-loader rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. Airline catering at Luganville and airport catering across the same stand run off that one route, with our own crew on the ramp for every load rather than a handover at the terminal door.
On every rotation in-flight catering at Luganville and inflight catering in Luganville commit to the same thing: one coordinator named to the movement, carts sealed at the kitchen, and a signed handover at the galley door that closes the file.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at Luganville, Vanuatu
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Government and state flight catering at SON
On the one stand at Luganville that takes this traffic, a head of state aircraft is worked to the same protocol file as any other government movement passing through NVSS. Government flight catering here runs on security-cleared staff, a protocol file documented per passenger, and an uplift sealed at the kitchen before it ever reaches the apron.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Luganville
Staging a private airliner on a narrow-body-rated stand means sequencing the cabin load around the aircraft's own galley fit rather than a standard wide-body layout. Royal flight catering and VVIP work at SON follow a written household specification kept on file between movements, covering BBJ, ACJ and other private airliners, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at NVSS
1988 metres of runway, and the wide-body charter and ACMI operators that route through Luganville still work to the narrow-body cabin fit held on the stand here. Charter flight catering at NVSS covers wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with a full three-cabin load counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order; charter flight catering in Vanuatu runs to that same sheet on every leg.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SON
A narrow-body movement working Luganville as an outstation still boards a full multi-class load off the same stand a scheduled service uses, because the aerodrome reference code held here sets one cabin standard for both. Outstation catering and diversion catering run to that standard on short notice, technical stop catering and AOG are worked into the same duty roster, and a multi-leg rotation carries ad hoc airline catering in Vanuatu without a change of specification between legs; crew meals at NVSS and crew meals at SON travel on the same cart as the passenger load.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Luganville
Our kitchen works the same 1988 m runway and apron for business aviation as for every other movement through Luganville, running private jet catering in Luganville through our dedicated branch to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal. Delivery there sits on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering and business aviation catering handled off the one ops desk.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at Luganville, Vanuatu
Protocol officers on government flight catering at Luganville
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our team used the service at Luganville (SON/NVSS) for royal flight catering with strict timing and handling requirements. Special meals and crew items were clearly separated, and the aircraft-side handover was smooth. A professional service for movements where discretion matters. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Ryan — Executive Flight Manager
“I handled the cabin order for a flight from Luganville (SON/NVSS) and needed BBJ catering. The portions, packaging, and labeling worked well for the cabin, and the timing was spot on. Exactly the level of detail we expect for VIP flying. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Government flight department
Tom — Air Transport Operations Officer
“Our charter program used the service at Luganville (SON/NVSS) for pilgrim flight catering. Meal counts were accurate, halal requirements were clearly managed, and the delivery was organized for a quick uplift. Good coordination for a high-volume movement. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Pierre — Duty Operations Manager
Outstation catering data for Luganville (NVSS / SON)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,988 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | NVSS |
Business jet catering questions at SON
Diversion catering and ramp questions at SON
What operations gets asked every week about Luganville.
Ask operations directly →How are halal, kosher and other special meals documented for SON?
SON production runs halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes (SPML), each logged per passenger and sealed on a separate line before it leaves the kitchen.
Given that no price list is published, how much does airline catering cost at NVSS?
There is no fixed tariff: airline catering cost at NVSS depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window requested, and our desk returns a quotation once those are confirmed.
Can private jet catering be delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal in Luganville?
The same sealed cart and cold chain used for an airline uplift covers private jet catering across every FBO on the field and the GA terminal, with FBO catering handled through our dedicated branch.
Does Luganville International Airport receive airline catering delivered airside, and how does it reach the aircraft?
Airside delivery here runs by hi-loader, taking the sealed cart straight to galley height rather than leaving it at the foot of the aircraft.
Inflight catering at other airports near Luganville
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at Luganville (SON)