VANP / NAG · Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International · Maharashtra

Private jet catering at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (VANP / NAG), Nagpur

Catering to your aircraft in Nagpur.

Nagpur runs hot from April into June, and a cabin that sits on the apron at that temperature changes what can safely travel in a drawer. We cook and pack for your galley, hand over at your FBO or to your handling agent, and last-minute orders are handled.

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

The Nagpur table, packed for private jet catering

Nagpur sits at the geographic centre of India, in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, and the table here is not the coastal Maharashtrian one. Nagpur oranges are the local signature: peeled and segmented, they make a cold fruit course that survives a long sector and cuts through a heavy lunch. A private jet menu built around them travels well because the fruit is cut to order and packed chilled, with nothing dressed until you re-plate.

The cooking of the region is saoji: a dark, peppery, intensely spiced gravy, usually with mutton or chicken, from the Vidarbha kitchens. It is hot food that needs a lid that holds and a sauce that stays apart, so on an inflight menu it travels as a sealed hot course for the oven, never as something plated cold. Varhadi thali elements, patodi rassa and puran poli give a vegetarian line that is just as local.

For the galley, local specialities are decided by what the aircraft can reheat and what the passengers will eat at altitude. Private jet food from Nagpur works best when the spice level is agreed before cooking, since saoji and Varhadi dishes run hot by default. Maharashtra is also strong on dry snacks and sweets, which keeps the snack tray practical for a long sector.

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Nagpur orange segments and saoji dishes, local specialities for a private jet menu in Maharashtra

01Nagpur orange segmentsPeeled and cut to order, chilled, packed separate from savoury courses.

02Saoji mutton or chickenDark peppery gravy, sealed hot course for the oven, sauce apart.

03Patodi rassaGram-flour squares in a spiced gravy, gravy packed in its own pot.

04Varhadi thali elementsVegetarian Vidarbha line, spice level agreed before cooking.

05Puran poliSweet flatbread, served at room temperature, suits a dessert or tea tray.

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 · NagpurDr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport · VANP

The three founders, former VIP cabin crew, on a business jet airstair — private jet catering at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (VANP)

Vidarbha oranges, saoji gravy and a field at 1,033 ft: that is the starting point for private jet catering at Nagpur. Business aviation catering here is planned around the hot season, the aircraft type and the galley you actually have, and the same kitchen handles inflight catering for a light jet and an in-flight catering brief for a larger cabin. Executive jet catering, aviation catering and cabin crew meals are ordered together, with a plane-side handover on your slot. Diplomatic flight catering follows protocol agreed in advance.

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 at Nagpur VANP with a served inflight catering tray for the crew

Business aviationOur core

Corporate and VIP jet catering at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (NAG)

At Nagpur, business jet catering for a charter flight is usually a question of heat first and menu second. Corporate jet catering and VIP flight catering are cooked around what survives a hot apron, and a private jet chef writes a bespoke menu around Nagpur oranges and Vidarbha spice. Charter flight catering for a delegation, or luxury inflight catering for a small party, is planned with the galley and the slot in hand.

Protocol arrival at Nagpur NAG, government flight catering delivered to the aircraft

State & royalDiscretion, protocol

Head of state and government inflight catering at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (NAG)

For a head of state flight catering order into Nagpur, the protocol office approves the menu, the kitchen cooks to it, and the box reaches the aircraft under seal. Government flight catering, VIP aviation catering and state visit aircraft catering are all handled quietly and traced from kitchen to cabin.

The *Nagpur* inflight catering menu (NAG)Or write your own, we cook it

Chilled Nagpur orange salad and fruit platters, private jet platters at Nagpur VANP

Cold galley

No oven · served in four minutes

Nagpur orange and fennel salad (private jet platters)Chilled

Paneer tikka with mint chutney (gourmet inflight meals)Sauce apart

Dry fruit and namkeen box (private jet snacks)Room temp

Puran poli with gheeRe-plate cold

Hot saoji chicken and dal in sealed trays, gourmet inflight meals for Nagpur NAG

Hot service

One oven · re-plated in twelve minutes

Saoji chicken with rice (gourmet inflight meals)Oven

Patodi rassaSauce apart

Dal tadka with jeera rice (private jet platters)Oven

Samosa and mini kachori (private jet snacks)Oven

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A dish sealed and labelled for one guest's diet

PrincipalSealed

Nut-free · gluten-freeChecked by two people

Special meals

Halal, kosher and kids meals: inflight catering at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (NAG)

Special meals at Nagpur start with where allergens hide in Vidarbha cooking: ground peanuts and sesame in gravies, ghee in sweets, and gram flour in many batters. Kosher, halal, vegan, gluten free, allergen free and kids meals are each cooked on a separate board, sealed and numbered by seat, so the box that reaches the cabin matches the card on the order.

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 meal boxes and crew meals at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport

Crew meals at VANP are ordered with the flight and invoiced like the rest of the order, never assumed. On a Nagpur turn the crew often waits on the ground in the heat, so flight crew meals are packed to eat in the cockpit or the crew room: crew meal boxes, pilot meals and cockpit meals that work one-handed. Different meals for pilots are available on request, so captain and first officer are not served the same dish. Crew catering here leans practical: rice, dal, a grilled protein, fruit.

Meal passVANP

Cabin crew

Box

Marked crew

Galley

Oven 6 min

Order

On request

Marked crew

Meal passVANP

Pilots

Box

CPT ≠ F/O

Galley

Cold or hot

Order

On request

Two dishes

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport terminal, Nagpur, India

To the steps, on your slot.

Airside · plane-side · day or night

DeliveryEvery FBO

FBO catering and handling agent delivery at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport

At VANP, we deliver FBO catering to the terminal or the aircraft depending on your slot. Catering delivery to the FBO is coordinated with the handling agent, the general aviation terminal knows what is coming, and ground handling catering is confirmed before the vehicle moves. Handling agent catering stays one order, with one contact.

FBOHandling agentGround handlerGA terminal

High loaderLarge cabins, bizliners

Galley-door delivery and aviation catering at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (NAG)

Galley catering for a larger cabin at Nagpur depends on the aircraft type: door height decides whether a high loader comes onto the apron and whether trolleys go up by hand. Airside catering delivery is coordinated with your handling agent so aircraft provisioning is done once, with the galley plan in hand and the hot courses loaded last.

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 airportVANP / NAG

About Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport (VANP): aviation catering and general aviation

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport serves Nagpur, the centre of the Vidarbha region in Maharashtra, at 1,033 ft. Airport catering here supports general aviation and business traffic, with FBO services on the field and ground handling services run through the handling agent. The airport is the fifth busiest in India's list for our coverage.

Business aviation

Nagpur works as a business aviation hub for the interior of India, and operators use VANP as a base between the coast and the north. Inflight catering and in-flight catering here cover every cabin size, aviation catering and business aviation catering are ordered with the trip, and executive jet catering, diplomatic flight catering and cabin crew meals can sit on one invoice.

Customs & food import

India controls the import of fresh and animal-derived food, so catering for an arriving aircraft is best bought locally rather than carried in. International arrivals at Nagpur pass through customs and immigration, and any uncleared food on board may be inspected. Ordering from us means the food is prepared in India and needs no import paperwork.

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

“Nothing about the 9 guest order at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport called for excess complexity: just a seafood starter and warm vegetable sides and sensible planning for two separate meal services. The Galley Girls used a readable packing list for the desserts, which helped when two colleagues checked the order together. I found the salads without searching through every box, a small detail that mattered during the final cabin checks. Our brief for private aviation catering was met with a sensible plan for written menu details.”

Sean G. | Chief cabin officer

BBJ

★★★★★BUSINESS JET

“Timing and organisation mattered at VANP, where our order of mini sandwiches and individual desserts for 2 people involved a changing departure schedule. After a final adjustment to the side dishes, The Galley Girls gave us one revised order summary to work from. I would discuss business jet catering with them again, especially when written menu details needs careful coordination. There was no need to reconstruct the main courses quantities from several messages during the final departure checks.”

Jacob A. | VIP flight attendant

Gulfstream G550

★★★★★LARGE CABIN

“Several practical details needed attention at NAG, with a selection of petits fours and sandwiches requested for 2 guests and two separate meal services to accommodate. I appreciated the emphasis on galley preparation throughout the business aviation catering arrangements. I asked The Galley Girls to review the sauces quantities against the passenger brief, and the proposed portions made sense. The quantities of starters matched our service plan, leaving us comfortable with the order before the final briefing.”

Emily C. | Chief flight attendant

Gulfstream G650ER

Questions crews ask about NagpurAsked by crews

How much does private jet catering cost at Nagpur?+

Ask us how much private jet catering costs at Nagpur and we ask back: how many seats, how many courses, and how long does the crew wait? A duty day that runs long means crew meals and extra water, and those are quoted alongside the cabin, not folded into it.

What is the lead time for private jet catering at Nagpur?+

A short repositioning flight into Nagpur with an empty cabin is the easy case: no leftover trays, no half-loaded galley. Send the passenger count and any special meal cards, and last-minute orders are handled.

What about customs when ordering catering at Nagpur?+

India restricts the import of many fresh and animal-derived foods, so food that arrives on board from abroad may be inspected or removed. The aircraft type decides how much you would want to carry in the first place; with a small galley, ordering locally is simpler and avoids that inspection.

Can you bring food on board at Nagpur, or must we order?+

You can carry food, but a special-meal request is where outside food goes wrong: a kosher, halal, allergen or child's meal needs a sealed, labelled box, and a box from elsewhere rarely arrives with that proof. Ordering from us gives you a numbered box matched to the card.

Is catering part of a charter into Nagpur?+

No, the charter price does not include food. You order catering separately, and we coordinate with the handling agent for airside access at Nagpur so the handover goes without a stop at the gate.