Catering to your aircraft in Kebri Dahar.
Kebri Dahar is a quiet 1,800 ft strip in Somali Region where heat and dust decide the menu. We cook for your galley and hand it over to your handling agent at the aircraft, so the crew only re-plates.
We know the galley, the diet card and the 5 a.m. re-plate — because we lived them. So we built the caterer we always wished we could call.
Fourteen years on VIP and head-of-state cabins. Can plate for twelve in a G650 galley and still land it hot.
The one who reads every diet card twice. If it says no cross-contact, it means no cross-contact.
Answers at 5 a.m. when the leg moved overnight. Same-day swaps are her love language.
{Region} cooking, here Somali Region, gives the Kebri Dahar private jet menu its character: goat, lamb, camel milk tea, rice scented with cardamom, and fresh flatbread. These local specialities suit a galley because most dishes finish in a small oven or are served cold.
Private jet food for HAKD arrivals starts with what the region does well. Spiced rice with grilled lamb, a tomato and onion salad, dates, and tea with cardamom. The inflight menu is packed so the sauce comes apart and the flatbread stays dry. Private jet platters and gourmet inflight meals are built from these local specialities, with private jet snacks of nuts and dried fruit.
Tail, pax, diets, timing. One message — no portal, no quote form. Answered at any hour, by a flight attendant.
Leak-proof boxes, marked by guest and restriction, with reheating times written on the lid.
Two minutes out of the drawer. Whatever you ordered for the crew comes in the same delivery, and one clean invoice follows.
Kebri Dahar sits at 1,800 ft in Ethiopia's Somali Region, a dry-country strip where aircraft arrive with an empty galley and little to buy on the ground. Private jet catering here means the food travels with you, packed for a galley that may have no oven, handed over to your handling agent or FBO. Inflight catering and in-flight catering for ABK are built around heat and dust: sealed, chilled, labelled. Aviation catering for HAKD covers business aviation catering and executive jet catering runs, diplomatic flight catering for delegations, and cabin crew meals on request.
For ABK business travellers, the brief is short and the galley is small. Our private jet chef builds a bespoke menu, business jet catering style, with corporate jet catering portions. Charter flight catering for groups, VIP flight catering for principals, and luxury inflight catering with cold items that hold in a drawer.
Delegation and official flights to HAKD need a menu approved in advance. We provide government flight catering and VIP aviation catering with sealed seat-numbered boxes, and head of state flight catering and state visit aircraft catering with a small, vetted team.
Kebri Dahar cooking leans on meat, rice and wheat bread, so allergens hide in marinades, stock and shared pans. Halal is the local default and kosher is a separate sealed order. Vegan, gluten free, allergen free and kids meals are each cooked and boxed on their own board, marked by seat number, so special meals reach the aircraft untouched and nothing is opened by mistake.
A sheet per guest. Separate boards, separate boxes.
Sealed, certificate in the same box.
Their own menu, nothing to cut at altitude.
Vegan, low-carb, light — composed, never compromised.
For a rotation into HAKD we pack crew meals for the whole crew, flight crew meals sealed, pilot meals and cockpit meals each in a separate box. Crew catering is a line on the order, not a gift. Crew meal boxes follow operator policy, with different meals for pilots when needed.
Food for Kebri Dahar is handed over at the FBO or by your handling agent at the foot of the aircraft. FBO catering is coordinated with ground handling catering staff, who know which door and which stand. At the general aviation terminal, catering delivery to the FBO is confirmed with your handling agent catering contact on your slot.
Aircraft type decides how a trip into HAKD is loaded. A light jet takes sealed boxes by hand through the door, while a larger cabin may need a high loader at the stairs. We send the type to the handling agent first, then pack galley catering to the galley you really have: oven or none, one drawer or three. Airside catering delivery at Kebri Dahar runs through the FBO, and aircraft provisioning is confirmed on your slot.
Mention it when you orderCertified, inspected, with cold-chain records filed against your trip.
Whichever terminal you park at, handover is at the aircraft, on your slot.
Allergen sheet per guest, halal and kosher on request, sealed and labelled.
Itemised and trip-report ready, sent after the leg.
Kebri Dahar Airport (HAKD / ABK) serves Ethiopia's Somali Region from a 1,800 ft strip, and airport catering here starts from a thin local supply. General aviation lands for business, humanitarian and regional government travel, and FBO services and ground handling services are arranged through your handling agent, who sets the stand and the door where the food is handed over. For this business aviation hub of the east, nothing is bought on the ground: the galley is stocked before you leave.
Traffic at Kebri Dahar follows the dry season and regional work: survey teams, aid missions, official visits. It is a small business aviation hub rather than a busy ramp, so one light jet may be the only aircraft on the apron. Inflight catering and in-flight catering for ABK are packed sealed and chilled against dust and heat. Aviation catering and business aviation catering cover executive jet catering for short cabins, diplomatic flight catering for official delegations, and cabin crew meals and crew meals ordered on request with the trip. The same ground handling services that move your bags take the boxes to the door.
Ethiopian customs look closely at imported meat and dairy, which is why food prepared locally and sealed is easier at inspection. Your handling agent, through the FBO services and ground handling services at HAKD, can confirm what is accepted before you land. Order ahead so the labelled boxes match the manifest and nothing is held at the gate.
Average rating from the cabin crew and pilots we cater for.
“Our priority at Kebri Dahar Airport was avocado toast components and breakfast fruit for 2 passengers, with a tight boarding window shaping the service plan. The fruit plates came from The Galley Girls in shallow trays, with a packing list that matched the contents. We placed the starters in their planned storage area without first having to reorganise all the catering boxes. I want a private jet catering company to understand storage requirements, and this order gave us a useful starting point.”
“For 9 passengers departing from HAKD, the agreed menu was yoghurt pots and fresh berries; our main consideration was different crew meal preferences. Our handling contact received the order details from The Galley Girls, including how the sauces had been grouped. Knowing where the crew provisions were packed meant the crew could begin the relevant checks as soon as the order arrived. When comparing private jet catering companies, I would look closely at portion planning after this experience.”
“Nothing about the 8 guest order at ABK called for excess complexity: just roasted vegetable bowls with separate dressings and sensible planning for different crew meal preferences. The Galley Girls updated the canapés in the written order and sent back a confirmation that clearly showed our amendments. My search for "private jet catering near me" led to a practical conversation about crew briefing. There was no need to reconstruct the starters quantities from several messages during the final departure checks.”
Start with who gets through the airside gate: your handling agent. Once access is confirmed, the price of private jet catering at HAKD is just what you order: dishes, headcount, special meals. Dates and nuts cost less than lamb for a full cabin.
An empty cabin means no guest menu, only pilot meals and cabin crew meals. Lead time into HAKD is simple when the order is that small; send the slot and we confirm. Last-minute orders are handled.
Two services mean two packs of sealed meals and a declaration that matches them. Customs at HAKD check sealed catering against the manifest; leftover food that is not eaten may be held by customs on departure.
You may bring food, subject to customs, but you carry the risk of shortfall or excess. Local private jet catering for ABK flexes with the manifest and arrives at the aircraft through your handling agent.
Is catering part of a charter into Kebri Dahar? It is not. Delegation and government flights are catered through a separate order with discretion on labelling, sealed trays and a named team.
Tail, pax and diets — a flight attendant takes it from there, day or night.
