Shah Makhdum · VGRJ / RJH · Bangladesh

Private jet catering at Shah Makhdum Airport (VGRJ / RJH), Rajshahi

Catering to your aircraft in Rajshahi.

Shah Makhdum is a quiet northwestern field, so a business jet arriving at Rajshahi usually needs a menu built around the local market. We pack cold and hot courses for your oven and drawers, and hand them over through the handling agent.

Menu & order Download the menu

10 hours

ideal notice, last-minute handled

Plane-side

handover at the steps

Flight deck

crew and pilot dishes, on request

24/7

a flight attendant on the line

Three of us. All ex VIP cabin crew.

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.

Camille

Menu & galley logistics

Fourteen years on VIP and head-of-state cabins. Can plate for twelve in a G650 galley and still land it hot.

Inès

Dietary & labelling

The one who reads every diet card twice. If it says no cross-contact, it means no cross-contact.

Sofia

The 24/7 line

Answers at 5 a.m. when the leg moved overnight. Same-day swaps are her love language.

The local tableCooked so it travels

Inflight catering with the flavours of Rajshahi (RJH)

Start a private jet menu for Rajshahi with what grows around it. The division is known for mangoes, so in season the fruit plate is the easiest dish on the galley sheet: cut, chilled, re-plated cold. Out of season, lychee and guava fill the slot.

Savoury work is built on the Padma. Hilsa in mustard, rui in light curry and chicken roast with polao give the inflight menu its backbone. Each one is packed with the sauce apart so your oven finishes it. Local specialities such as bhorta, mashed vegetables with chilli and mustard oil, travel well as small cold sides.

Private jet platters here usually pair a cold fruit board with a hot course and rice. Gourmet inflight meals can include a doi dessert in sealed pots. For the cockpit and cabin snack drawer, private jet snacks mean peanuts, puffed rice mixes and tea biscuits from Rajshahi Division bakeries. It is straightforward private jet food, marked by seat.

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Rajshahi mango plate and local specialities for a private jet menu at Shah Makhdum, Rajshahi Division

01Rajshahi mango plateHimsagar or Langra, cut and chilled, seasonal from late May

02Hilsa in mustard saucePadma river fish, sauce apart, finished in your oven

03Chicken roast with polaoFragrant rice and roast chicken, plated in the galley

04Beef bhunaSlow-cooked and rich, oven finish, rice packed separately

05Doi in clay potsSet sweet yogurt, kept chilled until served

06Mixed bhorta sideMashed vegetable relishes with mustard oil, served cold

How it works

Three steps, one message

You message us

Tail, pax, diets, timing. One message — no portal, no quote form. Answered at any hour, by a flight attendant.

We cook & pack for a galley

Leak-proof boxes, marked by guest and restriction, with reheating times written on the lid.

You re-plate and serve

Two minutes out of the drawer. Whatever you ordered for the crew comes in the same delivery, and one clean invoice follows.

At a glance · RajshahiShah Makhdum Airport · VGRJ

The three founders, former VIP cabin crew, on a business jet airstair — private jet catering at Shah Makhdum Airport (VGRJ)

Rajshahi sits on the northern bank of the Padma, and its airfield at Shah Makhdum sees few business jets, so every galley request is built from scratch. Private jet catering here means local mango, silk-town sweets and river fish, packed for your type. We also supply inflight catering for executive jet catering movements and diplomatic flight catering when a ministry flight lands. Cabin crew meals ride along on request, and the same aviation catering team covers business aviation catering from VGRJ.

Restaurant cuisine, cooked on the ground
Fresh and local produce
Labelled by seat, diet and reheat
Aviation-ready packaging
High loader for large cabins
HACCP certified kitchens

Who we fly forTwo cabins, one standard

Business jet cabin laid with private jet catering at Shah Makhdum (RJH), Rajshahi

Business aviationOur core

Business jet & VIP jet catering at Shah Makhdum Airport

Business jet catering at Shah Makhdum is usually a small brief: a handful of passengers flying in to see a textile or agricultural client in Rajshahi. Corporate jet catering for that trip leans on what the city does well, and charter flight catering gets the same care. A private jet chef writes a bespoke menu around the type you fly, so VIP flight catering stays simple: mango, river fish, rice, and a dessert that travels. Luxury inflight catering here is about the quality of the fruit and the fish, not the length of the list, and the same galley sheet works for inflight catering and in-flight catering requests alike.

Government flight catering tray prepared for a state aircraft at Shah Makhdum Airport, Rajshahi

State & royalDiscretion, protocol

Head of state and government inflight catering at Shah Makhdum Airport (RJH)

For an official party landing at Rajshahi, government flight catering is settled with the delegation's office before anyone talks about dishes. Head of state flight catering for an official visit is cleared by the delegation's office, and VIP aviation catering follows the same route, with named staff and sealed handover. State visit aircraft catering at Rajshahi stays discreet, with no names on the labels and only seat numbers.

Private jet menu at Shah Makhdum Airport: inflight catering highlights (RJH)Or write your own, we cook it

Cold private jet platters with mango and doi for inflight catering at VGRJ, Rajshahi

Cold galley

No oven · served in four minutes

Rajshahi mango plate with limeChilled

Private jet platters: cucumber, tomato and local cheese boardChilled

Doi in clay pot with jaggeryChilled

Private jet snacks: roasted nuts and puffed rice mixRe-plate cold

Mixed bhorta trio with flatbreadChilled

Hot gourmet inflight meals, hilsa and polao, packed for the galley at Shah Makhdum, Rajshahi

Hot service

One oven · re-plated in twelve minutes

Gourmet inflight meals: hilsa in mustard with steamed riceSauce apart

Chicken roast with polaoOven

Beef bhuna with plain parathaOven

Yellow dal with riceOven

Vegetable khichuriSauce apart

Make a request Download the menuPDF

A dish sealed and labelled for one guest's diet

PrincipalSealed

Nut-free · gluten-freeChecked by two people

Special meals

Special meals and allergen free inflight catering at Shah Makhdum Airport

Special meals at Shah Makhdum follow a procedure suited to the local kitchen, where mustard oil, fish and ghee sit in many dishes. Kosher, halal, vegan and gluten free meals are packed on their own boards. Allergen free and kids meals are labelled by seat.

Allergens

A sheet per guest. Separate boards, separate boxes.

ii.

Halal & kosher

Sealed, certificate in the same box.

iii.

Children

Their own menu, nothing to cut at altitude.

iv.

Plant-based & wellness

Vegan, low-carb, light — composed, never compromised.

Crew & pilot mealsOn request

Crew meals for pilots and cabin crew at Shah Makhdum Airport (RJH)

Ask for crew meals when you place the Rajshahi order, because they are a catalogue item, prepared on request and billed with the rest. Flight crew meals come as sealed crew meal boxes, and pilot meals are chosen so the two seats differ: different meals for pilots, as the operator's policy requires. Crew catering also covers cockpit meals that eat cleanly in a tight cockpit, and cabin crew meals that suit a short ground time.

Meal passVGRJ

Cabin crew

Box

Marked crew

Galley

Oven 6 min

Order

On request

Marked crew

Meal passVGRJ

Pilots

Box

CPT ≠ F/O

Galley

Cold or hot

Order

On request

Two dishes

Shah Makhdum Airport (VGRJ / RJH) terminal and apron in Rajshahi, Bangladesh

To the steps, on your slot.

Airside · plane-side · day or night

DeliveryEvery FBO

Airport catering delivered to the FBO at Shah Makhdum Airport (VGRJ)

FBO catering at Shah Makhdum means a handover at the general aviation terminal or the FBO, into the hands of your handling agent. Catering delivery to the FBO is agreed before your slot, and ground handling catering is coordinated with the agent who holds the airside pass. Handling agent catering here means one name on the paperwork and one person at the steps.

FBOHandling agentGround handlerGA terminal

High loaderLarge cabins, bizliners

High loader and aircraft provisioning: aviation catering at Shah Makhdum Airport

Not every type loads the same way at Rajshahi. A small jet is hand-loaded, a heavier airframe may need a high loader, and airside catering delivery is arranged through the agent. For aircraft provisioning and galley catering, tell us the type, and we pack to the galley you have.

Mention it when you order

HACCP kitchen

Certified, inspected, with cold-chain records filed against your trip.

All FBOs served

Whichever terminal you park at, handover is at the aircraft, on your slot.

Diets read twice

Allergen sheet per guest, halal and kosher on request, sealed and labelled.

One clean invoice

Itemised and trip-report ready, sent after the leg.

About the airportVGRJ / RJH

About Shah Makhdum Airport (RJH): airport catering for business aviation

Shah Makhdum Airport serves Rajshahi, a university and silk city on the Padma in the northwest of Bangladesh. It is a domestic field with a modest apron, and airport catering for visiting jets is a small, planned affair. General aviation is occasional, so FBO services and ground handling services here are arranged per flight.

Business aviation

Business aviation hub it is not, but Rajshahi does see corporate and official arrivals during harvest and trade season. Aviation catering and business aviation catering here are planned flight by flight. Inflight catering and in-flight catering for executive jet catering, diplomatic flight catering and cabin crew meals are the same service, ordered per rotation.

Customs & food import

Import of fresh food into Bangladesh is regulated, and inspection happens on arrival. For Rajshahi, the practical answer is to buy locally and let the handling agent confirm what is cleared. Declared items are fine; undeclared fresh food is what gets stopped at customs.

ReviewsFrom the crews we cater for

5.0 / 5

★★★★★

Average rating from the cabin crew and pilots we cater for.

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★★★★★VIP AIRLINER

“Between cabin checks at VGRJ, I coordinated smoked salmon bagels and sliced fruit for 8 guests and explained our concerns about a late menu amendment. This experience of private jet catering menu gave us a useful reference for managing meal organisation on another departure. The Galley Girls labelled the sauces in line with our brief, so the cabin team could identify the relevant portions quickly. Keeping the crew provisions identifiable helped the colleague taking over service understand the order without another long explanation.”

Eva B. | Chief cabin officer — BBJ

ACJ320

★★★★★LIGHT JET

“An order of mushroom risotto and a green salad for 4 people at RJH had to be organised around several individual meal preferences. We described our serving sequence to The Galley Girls and asked for the fruit plates to be packed accordingly. Our colleague could take over the canapés without asking where every component had been placed during preparation. I would discuss private aviation catering with them again, especially when written menu details needs careful coordination.”

Martina M. | VIP flight attendant

Learjet 75

★★★★★BUSINESS JET

“Working around a revised passenger count at Shah Makhdum Airport, I asked for poached fish with steamed rice in portions appropriate for our 6 passengers. The Galley Girls prepared the sauces for assembly in the galley, with the accompanying elements easy to locate. It made a difference to have the canapés ready without cluttering the galley work area during preparation. I appreciated the emphasis on crew briefing throughout the business jet catering arrangements.”

Abigail I. | FBO operator

Gulfstream G550

Shah Makhdum: the questionsAsked by crews

How much does private jet catering cost at Shah Makhdum when a special meal is needed?+

The cost depends on what is on the order, and a kosher, halal, allergen-free or child meal changes it more than people expect. Each one is prepared on its own board, boxed apart and labelled by seat. In Rajshahi, where fish and mustard oil sit in many dishes, an allergen request means rebuilding the dish rather than removing an item, so it is priced as its own menu line.

What is the lead time for private jet catering when a local product like Rajshahi mango is on the menu?+

What makes an order easy at Shah Makhdum is choosing dishes that suit the time of year. Mango in summer, winter vegetables in cooler months, river fish when it is running. Tell us the date and we will say what the market gives. Late changes and last-minute orders are handled.

What should I know about customs for inflight catering at Shah Makhdum, given the weather window?+

The customs position is clear: items arriving on your aircraft are inspected, and fresh food from outside the country may not clear. Buying in Rajshahi sidesteps that. Because the rainy season can reshuffle departures, we keep the menu to dishes that tolerate a changed slot, cold plates and sauce-apart mains.

Can you bring food to Shah Makhdum yourself, and who handles airside access?+

Yes, you can bring food, subject to customs checks, but the practical limit is access: only the handling agent can take a vehicle or a person airside at Rajshahi. That is why we coordinate delivery with them, and the box reaches the aircraft sealed and labelled.

Is catering part of a charter into Rajshahi when the passenger count changes at the last minute?+

The charter agreement does not cover food, so you order catering for Rajshahi separately and it is invoiced separately. A last-minute change of passengers is common, and we handle it: more seats means extra portions of the same dishes, fewer means smaller platters.