Aviation catering — Caticlan, Philippines

Airside airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Caticlan (RPVE / MPH)

MPH (IATA) · RPVE (ICAO)

A narrow-body reference code sets the ceiling on what boards here, so every rotation at Caticlan is planned to that single stand rather than to a spare one. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and the wider aviation catering programme move by hi-loader to galley height, wide-body volume aside, with uplift staged from our kitchen to the aircraft door.

A catering hi-loader raised to the forward galley door of a wide-body on stand, the platform level with the doorway and the truck squared up beneath it.
1,800 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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Runways
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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
02
VIP at any volume
8 First covers or 400 passengers across three cabins, same execution
03
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
A catering hi-loader raised to the aft galley door of a wide-body on stand, its platform level with the doorway and a second truck waiting below.

On the apron — Caticlan

Aviation catering with ramp access at Caticlan, Philippines

Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.

Inflight catering order window for Caticlan airport departures

Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, MPH

Ramp access at Caticlan is the variable that decides the loading window, not the kitchen. Every cart clears the same apron sequence before it reaches the narrow-body stand, and the catering uplift is timed against that sequence rather than against a fixed clock. What the timeline below shows is the measured result of that single-stand routing, not an estimate.

Four branded catering carts latched side by side in an aircraft galley, each door closed on a coloured seal.

Between our kitchen and the one stand worked at Caticlan sit screening, an escort and the ordinary traffic of a single-runway apron, and the chain of custody is planned against the busiest of those rather than the easiest. Each cart is sealed at the galley catering point before it leaves the kitchen, and the seal is checked again at the aircraft rather than assumed intact. Temperature is logged at both ends of that route, and the handover is closed with a signature rather than a verbal confirmation, so the catering uplift carries a written record end to end.

One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the aircraft door.

Pilot meals and crew meals prepared for Caticlan

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Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at RPVE

The flight kitchen that provisions Caticlan runs hot production, pastry and a cold larder under one roof, feeding the single narrow-body stand worked at RPVE rather than a bank of gates. Airport catering here is built around that one route from oven to apron, and the same production line covers scheduled, charter and VIP rotations without switching kitchens between them. HACCP-run sections keep the cold chain intact from tray assembly to hi-loader, which is what airport catering at MPH is checked against on every audit.

The government flight catering team assigned to Caticlan is the same named crew on every rotation, carrying security clearance on file and listed on the access roster rather than rotated in ad hoc. They are trained to household service standards as well as airline tray protocol, so a delegation and a scheduled sector are worked to the same discipline. Every sealed uplift leaving the kitchen at MPH travels with paperwork that matches that roster, cart for cart.

VIP flight catering menus for Caticlan, Philippines departures

Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Caticlan airport

Menus at MPH are written to the cabin fitted to the aircraft and to the mission it flies, from a scheduled sector to a chartered rotation, rather than to a single fixed cycle. Local sourcing draws on the fish, dairy and orchard fruit of the region around Caticlan where the season allows it, worked into a specification rather than a fixed dish list. Inflight catering in Philippines is planned to change week to week on the cycle while the tray standard behind it stays constant. Every allergen, halal, kosher and medical set is documented per passenger and per cabin, filed against the loading sheet rather than left to memory.

A crumbed loin medallion set on a ring of saffron couscous with a herb purée and micro shoots, plated centred on white china.

First & VVIP cabins

First and VVIP cabins at Caticlan are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu card, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. VIP flight catering at RPVE is filed against the standing order so a repeat rotation is served to the same presentation each time.

A complete tray set on a black tray: a hot egg and ham dish, cut fruit, breads, a pastry, a set yoghurt and a portion of preserve.

Business cabins

Business cabins at MPH run a multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Tray sets and meal boxes cover crew meals in Philippines, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately and crew meals at RPVE rostered against the duty sheet.

Diet.

Protocol & dietary

Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger for every departure from Caticlan, produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen. Halal and kosher sets sit alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes, so inflight catering in Caticlan carries a written record for every SPML requested.

The three books

A tray set on a stainless steel bench: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a bread roll with herb butter, and a berry dessert in a glass.

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Royal & Government Flights

Royal households · government · state operations

  • Plated service · First to main cabin
  • Protocol handling · security clearance
Chefs plating a long line of identical main courses under heat lamps, with loaded catering trolleys waiting at the end of the line.

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Charter & Commercial

Charter · ACMI · group · scheduled · ad hoc

  • 400 passengers · one uplift
  • HACCP cold chain, logged to the galley door
A business jet cabin credenza laid with chilled sparkling wine in a bucket, bottled drinks, a nut dish and folded napkins on a silver tray, beside a single passenger seat.

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Private Jet

Business jet · VVIP charter · flight departments

  • From 8 covers · plated forward
  • Reheat sequence specified per dish

Compliance

Aircraft catering compliance at RPVE

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 Caticlan

Caticlan carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single narrow-body-rated runway, which means every arrival is worked to one stand rather than spread across a bank of gates. A delegation adds a documentation load, a peak wave adds a capacity load on that same stand, and a repeat charter rotation adds a repetition load the roster is built to absorb. Inflight catering at MPH runs off the one route between kitchen and apron that the airport's layout allows.

Carts leave the kitchen sealed and travel by an escorted route to the narrow-body stand, where a hi-loader lifts them to galley height rather than setting them down at the foot of the aircraft. Ground handling on the apron coordinates that final approach so the cart arrives inside the loading window rather than ahead of the aircraft being ready. Airline catering at Caticlan and airport catering in Caticlan both run on that same escorted sequence.

What we commit to on this station is one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts throughout, and a signed handover at the aircraft door, with in-flight catering at RPVE and aviation catering at MPH both held to that same written record.

Airline, charter and VVIP catering at Caticlan, Philippines

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Government and state flight catering at MPH
The 1800 m runway at Caticlan takes the aircraft types that carry state and diplomatic movements through this station, and government flight catering here follows a protocol file documented per passenger rather than a standard tray card. Security-cleared staff seal the uplift before it leaves the kitchen, ready for a head of state movement or any official delegation routed through RPVE.
Government & state flights →
Royal vvip food.
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Caticlan
A private airliner sized to a BBJ or ACJ specification can be boarded here because the 1800 m runway at Caticlan takes it on approach and departure alike. Royal flight catering at RPVE runs to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request and VVIP handling held to the same standard on every catering rotation.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at RPVE
Across the single stand worked at Caticlan, the 1800 m runway is what lets a charter, ACMI or wet-lease operator route a wide-body-class rotation through this field at all. Charter flight catering at RPVE covers group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift staged against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering in Caticlan is worked to the galley layout of whichever aircraft is on stand.
Wide-body charter →
A complete tray set on a black tray: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a seeded roll with herb butter and a berry dessert in a glass.
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Airline and ad hoc catering at MPH
The narrow-body reference code held at Caticlan sets the stand every carrier here shares, so we run ad hoc airline catering off one duty roster rather than one built per gate. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all draw on that same roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation without a change of kitchen.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Caticlan
Sequencing a business aviation movement around the single narrow-body stand at Caticlan means it is worked into the same rotation plan as scheduled and charter traffic rather than run apart from it. Private jet catering at RPVE reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with business aviation catering and business jet catering both covered from the one kitchen.
Private jets →

Charter flight catering trusted at RPVE / MPH

Flight departments on jet catering at Caticlan (MPH)

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Government flight department

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Royal household

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Charter operator

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Scheduled airline

“Our team used the service at Caticlan (MPH/RPVE) for government flight catering with strict timing and handling requirements. Special meals and crew items were clearly separated, and the aircraft-side handover was smooth. We were very satisfied with the level of coordination. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”

★★★★★

Scheduled airline

Kareem — Flight Services Manager

“We ordered private airliner catering for our aircraft at Caticlan (MPH/RPVE) and the result was very good. The order was organized by service and passenger request, which saved us time before departure. Exactly the level of detail we expect for VIP flying. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”

★★★★★

Scheduled airline

Nabil — Ground Services Manager

“For a high-volume passenger flight at Caticlan (MPH/RPVE), we needed reliable hajj flight catering. The team handled the volume well and kept the boxes clearly identified by flight and service. The operation ran smoothly from order to uplift. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”

★★★★★

Private jet operator

Rita — Executive Charter Coordinator

Airport catering profile for Caticlan (RPVE / MPH)

DatumValue
Longest runway1,800 m
Runways1
Aerodrome reference codenarrow-body
ICAORPVE

Airline catering services FAQ for Caticlan, Philippines

Diversion catering and ramp questions at Caticlan, Philippines

What operations gets asked every week about Caticlan.

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Where does airline catering reach the aircraft at RPVE, and is delivery airside?

Every cart is signed off against a loading record before it leaves the kitchen, and airside delivery runs to the stand by hi-loader rather than to the foot of the aircraft.

Are prices published for airline catering cost in Caticlan?

The coordinator assigned to your rotation builds a quotation from cabin count, specification and loading window rather than from a fixed price list, and the desk comes back with a figure once those are known.

At which point in the process are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced at Caticlan Airport?

The first step is documenting every SPML request per passenger against the loading sheet, and halal, kosher and other special meals are then produced on a separate line and sealed before dispatch.

Does MPH cater VIP, VVIP and government flights under a defined protocol?

Every sealed uplift for VIP flight catering or government flight catering here carries a protocol file matched to the passenger list, worked by security-cleared staff on the access roster.

Commercial aviation catering near Caticlan

TBH / RPVU
Tablas Island
Philippines · 45 km from Caticlan
Airline & VIP flight catering →
KLO / RPVK
Kalibo
Philippines · 53 km from Caticlan
Airline & VIP flight catering →
RXS / RPVR
Roxas City
Philippines · 94 km from Caticlan
Airline & VIP flight catering →

Charter flight catering quote for Caticlan

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Caticlan (MPH / RPVE)

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Four steps

Flight

Aircraft · stand · local time

Offloading

Return leg, if any

Order

Counts · menus · files

Contact

Who we come back to

Step 1 of 4 · Flight

Flight

The airport is already filled in. Change it if the uplift boards elsewhere.

Search by city, IATA or ICAO.
Local time at the airport of delivery.
Hi-loader required
Offloading

One question. Answer no and the step closes itself.

Offloading required
Order

What goes on board, and for how many. Attach a loading sheet if you hold one.

Order from one of the three menu books

Give the detail per cabin if there is one.
Accepted formats: PDF, JPG, PNG, Word, Excel, CSV, TXT — up to 4 MB per file.
Contact

One name, one desk. We reply to it and nowhere else.

Uplift at Caticlan (MPH)