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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Gasan, Philippines
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Gasan (RPUW / MRQ)
MRQ (IATA) · RPUW (ICAO)
One narrow-body reference code sets the ramp equipment at Gasan, and it still allows a full inflight catering programme run to schedule, from a single ops desk covering scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private aircraft. In-flight catering here is boarded from a hi-loader to galley height, on a wide-body-style uplift discipline scaled to the stands actually worked at RPUW.
1,458 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
02
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 — Gasan
Aviation catering with ramp access at Gasan (MRQ)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at Gasan
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Gasan, Philippines
Ramp access at Gasan governs the sequence rather than a clock reading, because the narrow-body reference code held here sets how close a hi-loader can stage on the apron before the doors open. Every catering uplift is planned against that sequence, sealed at the kitchen and released only once the stand is confirmed clear. The result is a loading window built around the apron itself, not around an estimate written the day before.
Between our kitchen and the stand at RPUW sit screening, an escort through the ramp gate, and the ordinary traffic of a narrow-body apron, and we plan every catering uplift against the busiest version of that sequence rather than the average one. Chain of custody runs on a single sealed cart from the moment it leaves the galley catering line to the moment it is signed for at the aircraft door. Temperatures are logged when the load is sealed and logged again at handover, so the record covers the whole route rather than one end of it.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature — from our kitchen to the galley door.
Pilot meals prepared for MRQ rotations
Airline food supplier crews cleared for RPUW / MRQ
The flight kitchen behind MRQ runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to serve a narrow-body operation rather than a mixed wide-body apron. HACCP governs every stage of that production, from intake to the sealed cart, and the cold chain is held from the larder to the galley door without a break in custody. Airport catering at Gasan and airport catering at RPUW draw on the same kitchen, so a scheduled rotation and an ad hoc charter are worked from identical tray sets and the same cleared crew.
The team handling government flight catering at Gasan is the same named crew on every rotation, holding security clearance on file and listed on the access badge roster before a single cart moves. They are trained to royal household standards as well as to airline protocol, so a state movement and a scheduled service are handled by people who already know both files. Chain of custody stays with that same crew from the kitchen seal to the signature at the aircraft.
Halal airline meals and special meals at RPUW
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Gasan
AERO GOURMET writes menus to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a single fixed offer, and inflight catering in Gasan draws on Philippine produce where the route allows it — orchard fruit, dairy and fish worked into a specification rather than a fixed dish. VIP flight menus and charter flight menus are built from the same kitchen but held to different service standards, plated for a private airliner or boxed for a group charter as the mission requires. Every set is documented against allergen, halal, kosher and medical codes before it is sealed. That documentation travels per passenger and per cabin, so a change on the manifest is a change on one line, not a rewrite of the load.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Gasan are plated to a written specification, with VIP flight catering covering à-la-carte and caviar service on request rather than a fixed set menu. The presentation is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served the same way each time it flies.
Business cabins
Business cabins at MRQ take a multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft, boxed in tray sets rather than plated individually. Crew meals in Philippines and crew meals at MRQ are boxed separately to the roster, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals kept apart from the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Gasan are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside halal and kosher production and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering at Gasan produces these on a separate line and seals them before they leave it, so a dietary set never mixes with the standard tray run.
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
Aircraft catering under HACCP control at MRQ
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 Gasan (MRQ)
Gasan's single runway and narrow-body reference code point to a station built around scheduled and charter rotations rather than continuous wide-body waves, which makes documentation and repeat accuracy the two things a rotation here is actually judged on. A delegation movement is a paperwork exercise before it is a kitchen one, and a repeat charter rotation is judged on whether the tray set matches the last one flown, not on the first.
The uplift travels from our flight kitchen to the stand by sealed cart, staged for hi-loader boarding at galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew on the ramp for the whole route. Airline catering at RPUW and airport catering at RPUW share that same route and the same escort, whether the aircraft on stand is on a scheduled service or an ad hoc charter.
What we commit to at this station is one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover at the aircraft door, in-flight catering at MRQ and aviation catering at MRQ run to that same commitment regardless of aircraft type.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at Gasan (MRQ)
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Government and state flight catering at MRQ
A 1458 m runway at Gasan is enough to bring in the aircraft types used on delegation and state movements, and government flight catering here is built around that traffic rather than added to it as an afterthought. State visits and official movements travel with a protocol file documented per passenger, handled by security-cleared staff, with the uplift for any head of state movement sealed at the kitchen before it ever reaches the ramp.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Gasan
A private airliner sized to Gasan's narrow-body reference code can still be boarded here to a full household specification, which is what royal flight catering at this station is built around. BBJ and ACJ movements, and wide-body VIP aircraft on diversion, are held to a written specification kept on file between rotations, with halal and other household requirements produced on request. Catering at MRQ for this segment never varies that specification between visits.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at RPUW
On a 1458 m runway at Gasan, the aerodrome reference code sets which charter aircraft can be worked, and charter flight catering in Philippines is planned around that limit rather than around a fixed fleet. ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions receive a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, with charter flight catering at MRQ staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at MRQ
The narrow-body reference code held at Gasan sets the equipment our crews stage on the apron, and within that constraint we run scheduled and ad hoc airline catering off one duty roster. Carriers working this station as an outstation draw on outstation catering in Philippines, with diversion catering and technical stop catering held on standby, AOG included, and crew meals at Gasan boarded to the same roster across a multi-leg rotation, crew meals at RPUW covered on identical terms.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Gasan
A narrow-body reference code limits how a hi-loader can stage on Gasan's single apron, and business aviation movements are sequenced around that same limit rather than given a separate routing. Private jet catering at Gasan reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal through our dedicated business aviation branch, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering and business jet catering worked off the identical duty roster as business aviation catering.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Gasan, Philippines
Flight departments on jet catering at MRQ
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our flight changed at short notice and we arranged urgent airline catering at Gasan (MRQ/RPUW). They reacted quickly to revised timings and passenger numbers, and the handover was straightforward. Exactly what we need when operations change with very little notice. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★☆Government flight department
Sophie — Protocol Aviation Manager
“We used the service at Gasan (MRQ/RPUW) for outstation catering on a station where we do not have our usual suppliers. The crew received exactly what was ordered, with clear labels and no last-minute chasing from operations. Reliable and easy to manage from the ops desk. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Noah — Network Operations Coordinator
“We compared options for Gasan (MRQ/RPUW) and asked for an airline catering quote. The inclusions were easy to understand, lead time was realistic, and there were no surprises when the final order was confirmed. Good option when you need a fast and transparent answer. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Pedro — Crew Services Coordinator
Airport catering data for Gasan (RPUW / MRQ)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,458 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | RPUW |
Inflight catering FAQ for Gasan
Technical stop catering questions at RPUW
What operations gets asked every week about Gasan.
Ask operations directly →Does MRQ produce halal and kosher meals with special meal codes documented?
Every tray produced for halal, kosher or another IATA SPML code at MRQ is logged against the passenger manifest before it is sealed, so the special meal travels with its own paper trail rather than a verbal note.
Where is VIP, VVIP and government flight catering handled under protocol at RPUW?
The sealed uplift record kept for every VIP flight catering and government flight catering movement at RPUW shows the protocol followed, including who handled it and when it was signed over.
Which route does airline catering take to reach the aircraft airside in Gasan?
The hi-loader is staged from a sealed cart run out from our kitchen, so airline catering reaches the aircraft by airside delivery to galley height rather than being left at the foot of the stairs.
Is private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Gasan Airport?
Our dedicated business aviation coordinator routes every private jet catering order to whichever FBO or the GA terminal the operator is parked at, on the same cold chain as an airline uplift.
Inflight catering at other airports near Gasan
TBH / RPVU
Tablas Island
Philippines · 120 km from Gasan
Airline & VIP flight catering →
MBO / RPUM
Mamburao
Philippines · 133 km from Gasan
Airline & VIP flight catering →
SJI / RPUH
San Jose
Philippines · 140 km from Gasan
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Inflight catering quote for RPUW
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Gasan (MRQ / RPUW)
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Return leg, if any
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Uplift at Gasan (MRQ)