Catering to your aircraft in Chabua.
Upper Assam in the rain season is damp, green and unforgiving on a drawer of cut fruit. We plan Chabua orders around the weather, the aircraft and the crew, and hand over at your FBO.
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.
Assam is tea country first, and the local specialities that travel best out of Chabua are the ones that do not mind a galley: a private jet menu built on rice, pulses, river fish and greens from the Brahmaputra plain. The inflight menu at VECA starts there, with Assam as the reference and Chabua as the place the aircraft is parked.
Private jet food from Assam is lighter than people expect: steamed or lightly spiced fish, bamboo shoot, black lentils, and a sharp lemon or tomato tenga to cut through it. Private jet platters of local cheeses and fruit stay chilled, gourmet inflight meals finish in your oven, and private jet snacks such as pitha, til-laru or roasted nuts need nothing at all.
Tea is the obvious local speciality, and Assam CTC and orthodox leaf are both easy to pack loose or in pots for the cabin. Every item below is shaped for the galley on your type, not for a restaurant table, and every dish is tagged with how it is finished.
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.
Chabua Air Force Station sits at 367 ft in the Upper Assam tea belt, and flights into VECA tend to be planned around monsoon weather and the rhythm of a military-run field. Private jet catering here means Assamese cooking that survives a galley: river fish, rice, pulses and tea-garden produce, packed by former VIP flight attendants. Inflight catering and in-flight catering orders are written for the aircraft you actually bring, and cabin crew meals ride in their own marked boxes. For executive jet catering, diplomatic flight catering or business aviation catering in Assam, one brief covers it, and aviation catering stays a single order for Chabua.
Business jet catering at Chabua mostly means a small cabin and a short list of tastes: tea, rice, fish. Corporate jet catering and VIP flight catering here are briefed around the galley on your type, and charter flight catering is the same order with a different headcount. Luxury inflight catering is a private jet chef writing one bespoke menu from Assam produce.
Government flight catering at Chabua, a military-run field, means protocol before the menu. Head of state flight catering and state visit aircraft catering are cleared with the handling agent, and VIP aviation catering is delivered by a small, named team with discretion.
Assamese cooking leans on rice, pulses and fish, which helps for vegan, gluten free and allergen free plans, but mustard oil, fermented fish pastes and some spice blends hide in places a kosher or halal brief will want ruled out. We build special meals on a separate board in a separate box, and kids meals are packed to the same labelled system, so the procedure travels with the order at Chabua.
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.
On a turnaround at VECA, crew meals are on request and invoiced with the rest. Flight crew meals and pilot meals travel as crew meal boxes, cockpit meals stay simple, crew catering is kept apart from the cabin, and different meals for pilots are a standing option.
At Chabua, FBO catering arrives at the general aviation terminal or with your handling agent, depending on how the field is run. Catering delivery to the FBO is coordinated with ground handling catering staff, and handling agent catering is arranged around your slot.
Galley catering at Chabua Air Force Station depends on the aircraft type: door height, galley layout and whether a high loader is needed for a larger cabin. Airside catering delivery runs through the handling agent on the military field, and aircraft provisioning is agreed once the tail and cabin plan are known. We keep the order as light as the galley on your type allows.
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.
Chabua sits in the Dibrugarh district of Upper Assam and serves mostly military traffic; general aviation arrives by prior permission. Airport catering is arranged through the same channel, FBO services are limited to what the field provides, and ground handling services are the route for any airside request.
Business aviation hub it is not, but Chabua draws charter traffic to the tea estates and oil country, and ground handling services on a military field set the pace for every request. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering are planned like anywhere else; business aviation catering, executive jet catering, diplomatic flight catering and cabin crew meals all ride on one order for the same aircraft, with crew meals boxed on their own.
India restricts meat, dairy and fresh produce brought in on an aircraft, and Chabua, as a military field, adds permission and access rules on top. Cooking locally sidesteps most import questions, and your ground handling services provider knows the current steps for passing food through the gate.
Average rating from the cabin crew and pilots we cater for.
“Getting a selection of petits fours and sandwiches ready for 2 guests at Chabua Air Force Station required an order that accounted for two separate meal services. For aviation catering services, that attention to packing arrangement made the order noticeably easier to manage. The Galley Girls understood why we wanted the breakfast portions readily accessible instead of spread across several different boxes. We left the starters stored until needed, which kept the first service manageable and reduced unnecessary handling.”
“Good preparation made the difference at VECA, where 7 guests expected roasted chicken and seasonal vegetables despite a tight boarding window. We discussed the dimensions before confirming; The Galley Girls grouped the starters into clearly marked packs that were easy to handle. Separating the desserts from the first service items helped us avoid opening boxes we did not yet need. I want an aviation catering company to understand cabin service sequence, and this order gave us a useful starting point.”
“Our priority at Chabua Air Force Station was a cheese board and savoury canapés for 8 passengers, with a tight boarding window shaping the service plan. The Galley Girls updated the crew provisions in the written order and sent back a confirmation that clearly showed our amendments. The note about the side dishes was easy to spot, and we could brief the rest of the team quickly. When comparing aviation catering companies, I would look closely at catering handover after this experience.”
How much does private jet catering cost for a departure from Chabua? It depends on the menu you choose, the number on board and the galley on your aircraft. Night and early morning slots are normal for us; they change what we recommend, not a flat tariff.
Lead time for an Upper Assam product depends mostly on whether it is in season. If you want fresh river fish or a particular tea, say so early; last-minute orders are handled, but a specific local item is confirmed against availability.
Last-minute headcount changes are routine on charters into Assam. We update the order and the labels by seat number; customs questions are limited to what comes onto the aircraft from outside India.
Assam specialities make a good outbound menu for the way back. We pack and label them for that flight. Can you bring food in? Yes, subject to customs; your handling agent confirms what is allowed.
No, catering is outside the charter contract; it is its own order, invoiced on its own. At Chabua the slot and turnaround shape what we pack, such as chilled items for a short stop.
Tail, pax and diets — a flight attendant takes it from there, day or night.
