Aviation catering — Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines

Airside airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City (RPVM / CEB)

CEB (IATA) · RPVM (ICAO)

The wide-body reference code assigned to Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City sets what boards here: two full aisles, multiple galleys, a hi-loader run instead of a delivery to the tarmac edge. Inflight catering at RPVM moves straight from the sealed cart to galley height, and in-flight catering here is staged so the uplift clears the apron with the loading sheet still in hand, one ops desk coordinating the whole rotation.

A catering hi-loader box raised level with the open galley door of a wide-body, its platform bridged to the doorway.
3,310 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
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
04
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 — Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City

Wide-body aviation catering at CEB

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

Inflight catering lead times at Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City

Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at RPVM / CEB

Ramp access is what the loading window at Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City is actually measured against, because the sealed cart only earns its slot once it has cleared the apron on the badges assigned to it. Ramp access at CEB means the convoy is tracked from kitchen exit to galley door on the same schedule as the aircraft's own turnaround, not on a separate one. Every rotation is logged that way, so a delay is visible before it reaches the stand.

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

Between our kitchen and the stand at Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City sit screening, an escort into the apron and the ordinary traffic of a live ramp, and the catering uplift is planned against the worst of that, not the average of it. Chain of custody is held by one coordinator from the kitchen seal to the galley catering handover, so nothing changes hands without a name attached to it. Temperature is logged at sealing and logged again at the aircraft, and the load is not closed until both readings and a signature are on the same sheet.

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

Pilot meals prepared for CEB rotations

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Airline food supplier crews cleared for RPVM / CEB

Airport catering at Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City is run from one facility holding hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under a single roof, rather than split across separate premises. That arrangement is what lets airport catering at CEB answer a wide-body rotation and a same-day charter change from the same production floor instead of queuing one behind the other. The whole line runs to a documented HACCP standard, and the flight kitchen at CEB keeps its cold chain intact from production through to the sealed cart.

The team assigned to government flight catering at Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City is the same named group on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn from general production. Each member carries a security clearance on file and sits on the access list for the protocol line, trained on the paperwork that has to travel with a sealed uplift. That continuity is what lets a household or delegation booking be handled to the same standard on a second visit as on the first, with no briefing repeated from scratch.

VIP flight catering menus for RPVM departures

VVIP catering to a written specification at Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City

Menus at Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a single fixed list, so a wide-body departure and a smaller charter each get a specification suited to their own galley. Inflight catering at RPVM draws on produce sourced through the Philippines where the season allows it, kept general rather than tied to a single grower, and worked into tray sets built for First, Business and main cabin alike. Every menu is filed against a written specification rather than left to memory, which is what keeps a repeat rotation consistent months apart. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and produced against that same filed record.

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 Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City are plated to a written specification rather than a standard tray, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for each seat, so presentation stays identical across a repeat rotation.

A complete tray set on a black tray: sliced beef fillet in gravy with piped mash and vegetables, a seeded roll with herb butter and a berry dessert in a glass.

Business cabins

Business cabins at RPVM run multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boarded as tray sets rather than a single fixed menu. Crew meals at Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City are boxed separately, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals built to the roster and crew meals in Philippines kept apart from the passenger load.

Diet.

Protocol & dietary

Household, religious and medical requirements at CEB are documented per passenger rather than left to a generic list, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering at Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City produces these on a separate line and seals them before they leave it, so a protocol booking and a standard cabin order never cross paths.

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

Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at RPVM / CEB

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 Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City (CEB)

Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across two runways, and that mix turns catering into three different problems at once: a delegation is a documentation problem, a peak wave of departures is a capacity problem, and a repeat charter rotation is a problem of keeping the same specification consistent trip after trip. Airline catering at CEB is planned to answer all three from the same kitchen rather than treating any one as the exception.

The uplift moves from that kitchen to the ramp under ground handling arranged for each rotation, with airside delivery carrying the sealed carts to the stand rather than to the foot of the aircraft. Inflight catering in Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City and in-flight catering at Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City run off the same ops desk, and airport catering in Philippines at this station is staged stand by stand so a wide-body rotation and a smaller aircraft on an adjoining stand are never queued behind each other.

What we commit to here is one coordinator per rotation, carts sealed at the kitchen, and a signed handover at the aircraft, with aviation catering at RPVM held to that same commitment regardless of the size of the movement.

Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at RPVM / CEB

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Government and state flight catering at RPVM
Two runways at Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City give a state movement the same stand options as a scheduled wide-body service, which is what a head of state aircraft needs when its routing changes late. Government flight catering at CEB is built around that flexibility: protocol documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the access list, and the catering at RPVM sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
Royal vvip food.
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at CEB
A private airliner sized to the wide-body reference code at Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City, whether a BBJ, an ACJ or another wide-body VIP configuration, boards on the same stands used for scheduled service. Royal flight catering at CEB is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal sets and other household dietary requirements produced against that same record.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City
Across the two runways at Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City, an ACMI or wet-lease operator finds the same wide-body stand capacity a scheduled airline uses for its own rotations. Charter flight catering at RPVM and charter flight catering in Philippines cover group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and staged to the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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.
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Airline and ad hoc catering at RPVM
The wide-body reference code held at Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City lets a carrier running this station as an outstation plan a full three-cabin uplift on the same stand used for scheduled service. Ad hoc airline catering at CEB covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, with crew meals at RPVM and crew meals in Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City boxed to the same multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at CEB
Sequencing a wide-body rotation against a business aviation movement means the smaller aircraft has to be worked around the larger one's stand and timing rather than the reverse. Private jet catering in Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal through our dedicated branch, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering run on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →

Charter flight catering reviewed at RPVM

Flight departments on jet catering at CEB

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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

“For a last-minute requirement at Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City (CEB/RPVM), we contacted them as our airline catering broker. They understood airline operations and kept communication short, clear, and useful. It made the station much easier to manage. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”

★★★★★

Government flight department

Thomas — Air Mobility Coordinator

“Our team needed private jet catering in Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City for a short-notice flight at CEB/RPVM. The menu selection was good and all special requests were clearly identified. We had a smooth experience from order to delivery. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”

★★★★☆

Charter operator

Mohamed — Charter Services Manager

“For our flight from Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City (CEB/RPVM), the cabin order included multiple halal airline meals. Each item was clearly identified, separated from the standard meals, and easy to check before boarding. That attention to detail makes a big difference onboard. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”

★★★★★

Charter operator

Alicia — Crew Planning Coordinator

Station data for aviation catering at RPVM / CEB

DatumValue
Longest runway3,310 m
Runways2
Aerodrome reference codewide-body
ICAORPVM

Business jet catering questions at RPVM

Diversion catering and ramp questions at RPVM

What operations gets asked every week about Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City.

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How much does airline catering cost at RPVM?

The written specification, the cabin count and the loading window at Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City are what set the airline catering cost, since no fixed price list is published. Send the rotation details and the ops desk returns a quotation against the standing HACCP protocol.

Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City, do you handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering here?

The sealed cart used on every rotation is also what carries protocol movements, so VIP flight catering and government flight catering at Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City run under the same chain of custody as a scheduled uplift. Protocol is documented per passenger and the crew is security-cleared for the work.

Can an order still change close to departure at Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City airport?

The lead time depends on the cabin count and the specification on file, but how far in advance you confirm the base order sets how late a change can still be made. Last minute airline catering is handled against that same filed specification rather than a fresh brief each time.

Is there private jet catering delivered to the FBOs at CEB?

There is a dedicated branch that reaches every FBO on the field and the GA terminal at CEB. Private jet catering and FBO catering there run on the same cold chain and paperwork as a scheduled airline uplift.

At what point does airline catering at RPVM move airside?

The sealed cart clears screening and escort first, before the airside delivery ever reaches the stand. From there it is boarded by hi-loader straight to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft.

Do you produce halal, kosher and SPML meals at Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City?

Yes, produced on a separate line and documented per passenger before sealing. Halal, kosher and the full set of IATA special meal codes are all covered under that same filed record.

Airport catering near Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City

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Panglao
Philippines · 85 km from Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City
Airline & VIP flight catering →
OMC / RPVO
Ormoc City
Philippines · 105 km from Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City
Airline & VIP flight catering →
BCD / RPVB
Bacolod City
Philippines · 117 km from Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City
Airline & VIP flight catering →

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Uplift at Cebu City/Lapu-Lapu City (CEB)