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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Catarman, Philippines
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Catarman (RPVF / CRM)
CRM (IATA) · RPVF (ICAO)
A single narrow-body runway of 1,350 metres sets what boards at Catarman, and our kitchen works to that limit rather than around it: one stand, one rotation, one sealed load. Inflight catering here runs from the galley door outward, with in-flight catering built to the aircraft actually on the stand rather than to a generic wide-body specification.
1,350 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 — Catarman
Commercial aviation catering at wide-body scale, RPVF / CRM
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at Catarman
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at RPVF / CRM
Catering uplift at Catarman is worked to the one runway and the single stand this field offers, so the sequence is fixed before the cart ever leaves the kitchen. Ramp access is agreed with the handling desk ahead of the rotation, and the apron crossing is timed rather than guessed. Because narrow-body traffic is the whole of this station's profile, the same route and the same order run every time.
Between our kitchen and the single stand at Catarman sits one apron crossing, one screening point and one escort, and the galley catering load is planned against all three before wheels touch. A chain of custody runs from the seal at the kitchen to the signature at the galley door, with no intermediate handler added to a narrow-body rotation this size. Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed and logged again at handover, so the catering uplift arrives with a record rather than an assurance. The escort walks the load the whole way, apron to galley, on foot where the stand allows it.
One kitchen, one stand, one signature: the load is accounted for end to end.
Airline food supplier kitchen serving CRM
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for RPVF / CRM
Airport catering at Catarman is produced on site rather than trucked in from another field, which keeps the cold chain to one link instead of several. Hot production, a cold larder and a protocol line sit under one roof, run to HACCP standard on every batch that leaves it. Airport catering for this narrow-body station does not need the scale of a wide-body kitchen, and ours is sized to the rotation rather than padded against one that never lands.
The team that handles government flight catering at Catarman is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, checked against the access list, and briefed on the paperwork that has to travel sealed with the load. Catering at RPVF is produced by staff who work the protocol line as often as the standard tray run, so a household or delegation booking is not handed to someone unfamiliar with the specification. Nothing here is prepared by a rotating pool: the same names sign the handover sheet.
Halal airline meals and special meals at RPVF
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Catarman
Menus at Catarman are written to the cabin fitted on the day and to the mission flying it, not to a fixed house standard applied regardless of aircraft. Inflight catering in Catarman draws on Philippine produce where the route allows it — regional fish, dairy and orchard fruit worked into a seasonal rotation rather than a fixed printed card. Every set is documented per passenger: allergens, halal, kosher and medical requirements are labelled and tracked from production to the cabin. On a single-stand, narrow-body field the specification still travels with the same rigour as on a wide-body one.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP work at CRM is plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu, with à-la-carte service available on request and filed against the standing order for the next rotation. VIP flight catering here is produced on the same protocol line that handles household and government work, so the presentation is repeatable across the whole booking history at Catarman.
Business cabins
Business cabins in Catarman get multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley on the aircraft actually rostered. Crew meals and cabin crew meals travel in the same load, and pilot meals are boxed separately against the flight-deck roster rather than mixed into the cabin service.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at Catarman, covering halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering for these sets is produced on a separate line at the kitchen and sealed before it leaves it, kept apart from the standard tray run throughout.
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
HACCP standards for aviation catering at Catarman (CRM)
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.
Flight catering airside delivery at Catarman (CRM)
Catarman carries narrow-body traffic on a single runway of 1,350 metres, which makes this a repeat-rotation station rather than a peak-wave one: the same aircraft type, the same stand, the same sequence, so catering is planned around consistency rather than surge capacity.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the single stand by sealed cart, crossing the apron under escort rather than by hi-loader, since the reference code held here is narrow-body. Airline catering at RPVF and aviation catering in Philippines both run off this same short route, with ramp access agreed ahead of each rotation rather than negotiated on the day.
On every booking, one coordinator holds the file from kitchen to signature: inflight catering, in-flight catering in Philippines and airport catering at Catarman are committed to a signed handover, not a verbal one.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at Catarman
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Government and state flight catering at Catarman
A narrow-body aircraft carrying a head of state delegation boards here on the same single stand as any scheduled service, because the reference code held at Catarman admits nothing larger. Government flight catering for that movement is documented per passenger, produced by security-cleared staff, and sealed before the cart leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at RPVF
On the single narrow-body stand at Catarman, the 1,350 metre runway sets what private airliners can use this field at all, and BBJ or ACJ movements within that limit are boarded to a written household specification. Royal flight catering here is held on file between movements, with halal and household requirements produced on request rather than reassembled each time.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at CRM
Loading has to be sequenced around a single stand and a single runway, since Catarman offers no second position to stage a group movement while another aircraft turns. Charter flight catering at Catarman for ACMI and wet-lease operators still delivers a full three-cabin uplift, counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering at RPVF for special missions follows the same fixed order.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Catarman
Aerodrome reference code narrow-body governs every load written for this station, so the tray standard is fixed to one aircraft class rather than reworked stand by stand. Carriers running Catarman as an outstation draw on ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off the same duty roster, crew meals in Catarman boarded on the same cart, and crew meals at RPVF held to the identical specification across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at RPVF
The runway here runs to 1,350 metres, which keeps business aviation at Catarman to the same narrow-body class as the rest of the field's traffic. Private jet catering in Catarman is delivered to the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field through our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and paperwork as any airline uplift.
Private jets →
Inflight catering rated by operators at CRM
Flight departments on jet catering at CRM
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We used the team at Catarman (CRM/RPVF) for technical stop catering after an unexpected operational change. Even with the late change, the meals were packed correctly and delivered within the revised window. Exactly what we need when operations change with very little notice. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Kai — Airline Operations Controller
“For an operation away from our normal base, we arranged off-station catering at Catarman (CRM/RPVF). The team confirmed everything clearly, handled the local coordination, and delivered the order ready for loading. We would be comfortable using the service there again. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Bruno — Flight Experience Manager
“For our flight at Catarman (CRM/RPVF), we needed a quick airline catering cost per meal before confirming the order. Pricing, delivery timing, and packaging were all explained upfront, which helped us approve the uplift quickly. We appreciated the transparency. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Government flight department
Amelia — State Flight Coordinator
Airport catering profile for Catarman (RPVF / CRM)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,350 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | RPVF |
Airline catering services FAQ for RPVF
Crew meals, lead times and access at RPVF
What operations gets asked every week about Catarman.
Ask operations directly →Given the single stand at CRM, how does airline catering reach the aircraft here?
There is one sealed cart route from our kitchen to the stand, crossing the apron under escort with airside delivery timed to the loading window; a hi-loader is not part of the method on this narrow-body reference code, since the cart reaches the galley door directly.
What halal, kosher and special meal codes does RPVF produce?
We produce halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA SPML codes on a separate line at the kitchen, sealed before it leaves and documented against the passenger list for the rotation.
Can Catarman handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering under protocol?
The single stand here takes government flight catering and VIP flight catering under the same protocol file used for royal and household work, with security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift on every movement.
Do you publish a fixed airline catering cost for Catarman airport?
Yes, by quotation rather than a price list, worked out from cabin count, specification and the loading window agreed for the rotation; the desk returns a figure once those three are confirmed.
Which lead time applies for an order at CRM, and how late can the specification change?
The cart route and the sealed-load process set the practical cut-off, so earlier confirmation gives more room to adjust cabin counts or special meal codes before the load is sealed for the stand.
Inflight catering at other airports near Catarman
CYP / RPVC
Calbayog City
Philippines · 49 km from Catarman
Airline & VIP flight catering →
MBT / RPVJ
Masbate
Philippines · 110 km from Catarman
Airline & VIP flight catering →
DRP / RPLK
Legazpi
Philippines · 124 km from Catarman
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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