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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Mabalacat, Philippines
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Mabalacat (RPLC / CRK)
CRK (IATA) · RPLC (ICAO)
Our crews work the single wide-body reference code held at Mabalacat, which puts one apron sequence behind every rotation rather than several. We run inflight catering and in-flight catering off that sequence, boarding by hi-loader to galley height, with one flight kitchen serving the ramp, so aviation catering here means one desk, not a chain of handoffs.
3,200 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
1
FBO on station
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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 — Mabalacat
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at RPLC / CRK
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at RPLC
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Mabalacat
The loading window at Mabalacat is worked as a sequence, not a guess: our kitchen seals the cart, the convoy crosses the apron under escort, and the hi-loader lifts it to galley height. Ramp access on our own badges keeps that sequence inside one chain of custody from RPLC to the stand. Every catering uplift on this station is timed against the same steps, whichever cabin it is boarding.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Mabalacat sit screening, an escorted crossing and apron traffic, and we plan the catering uplift against the worst of those three rather than the average. The convoy is the variable we manage; the galley catering itself is sealed and logged before it ever leaves the kitchen door. Temperature is read at sealing and read again at handover, and the sheet that closes the load carries a signature at CRK on both ends of that chain.
One coordinator carries the load from the sealed cart to the signature at the door.
Cargo crew meals and passenger uplifts for Mabalacat airport
Airline food supplier crews cleared for CRK
The flight kitchen behind RPLC runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, which is what lets a single facility carry both volume airport catering and a VVIP tray set on the same day. Airport catering at Mabalacat is written to HACCP throughout, with the cold chain held from the larder to the sealed cart. Airport catering in the Philippines depends on that same discipline holding at every outstation, and it is what this kitchen is built to answer for.
The team that handles government flight catering at this kitchen is the same named crew every rotation, carried on the access list rather than rotated in by shift. Security clearance sits on file for each of them, and each is trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects on the ramp. That continuity is what keeps the chain of custody unbroken between a delegation's first rotation through CRK and its tenth.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Mabalacat (CRK)
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at RPLC
Menus at Mabalacat are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed list, drawing on produce sourced across the Philippines and adjusted by season. Inflight catering here moves from passenger meal boxes for a full main cabin to a VIP flight menu plated for a single cabin, without changing the kitchen that produces either. A charter flight menu is built the same way, sized to the mission length and the stops it carries. Every set closes on documentation: allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements recorded per passenger and per cabin before the tray is sealed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Mabalacat are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed list, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for each account, so a repeat rotation through CRK is served to the same record every time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at RPLC run multi-choice hot service built to a cabin specification, boxed into oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals and cabin crew meals move on the same tray-set line, with pilot meals boxed separately to the roster for each sector out of Mabalacat.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at CRK are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical needs against the full set of IATA special meal codes. Halal and kosher sets, along with vegan and gluten-free trays, are produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, so inflight catering here carries the paperwork the cabin crew checks against.
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 compliance at Mabalacat airport
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 RPLC / CRK
Mabalacat carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single wide-body reference code, which means every arrival from a full-cabin service to a state delegation is planned against the same stand sequence rather than a mix of gate types. A delegation on that sequence is a documentation problem before it is a catering one; a peak wave of scheduled departures is a capacity problem that the same kitchen has to absorb without a second site to lean on.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader from our kitchen, with ground handling on the apron and airside delivery carried on our own badges rather than a third party's clearance. Aviation catering in Mabalacat runs off that one route from seal to stand, and in-flight catering at CRK is planned against it stand by stand rather than gate by gate.
What we commit to at RPLC is one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts from kitchen to galley, and a signed handover that closes the loop: airline catering at CRK and inflight catering at CRK both answer to that same signature.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at RPLC / CRK
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Government and state flight catering at CRK
A head of state aircraft boards here on the same wide-body reference code that clears a scheduled service, which is what lets a delegation move through Mabalacat without a separate stand type being built for it. Government flight catering at this station runs on a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the access list, and the uplift sealed before it ever leaves the RPLC kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Mabalacat
Across the 3200 metres of runway at CRK, private airliners move on the same wide-body reference code as a scheduled service, which is what lets a BBJ, an ACJ or a wide-body VIP aircraft be worked from the same stand sequence rather than a separate one. Royal flight catering here holds a written household specification on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced against it on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at RPLC
A full three-cabin uplift has to be sequenced against the loading sheet before the 3200 metres of runway at Mabalacat clear an ACMI or wet-lease aircraft for its slot, which is what fixes the order the galleys are staged in. Charter flight catering at CRK covers group movements and special missions on that same sequence, and charter flight catering across the Philippines routes through the same kitchen when a multi-leg rotation touches this station twice.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at CRK
The single wide-body reference code held at Mabalacat lets a carrier running this station as an outstation plan against one stand sequence rather than several gate types. Ad hoc airline catering sits on that same sequence alongside outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering, with AOG covered on the same duty roster across a multi-leg rotation, and crew meals at RPLC boxed to the same roster crew meals at Mabalacat are boxed to elsewhere on the network.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Mabalacat
The 3200 metres of runway at RPLC clear a wide range of business aircraft onto the same apron the airline traffic uses, which allows private jet catering here to run off the same kitchen rather than a separate one. FBO catering reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal at Mabalacat on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, so business aviation catering and business jet catering both close on the same signed handover.
Private jets →
FBOs at Mabalacat
Charter flight catering trusted at RPLC
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Mabalacat airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We arranged presidential flight catering at Mabalacat (CRK/RPLC) for a sensitive movement. They followed the instructions carefully and kept communication limited to the operational contacts involved. 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.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Daphne — Cargo Control Manager
“We had a larger VIP aircraft at Mabalacat (CRK/RPLC) and booked private airliner catering for the sector. Everything arrived neatly packed, easy to identify in the galley, and consistent with the presentation we requested. Good quality and very practical for onboard service. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Nadia — Ground Operations Coordinator
“We arranged hajj charter catering for a group movement through Mabalacat (CRK/RPLC). Meal counts were accurate, halal requirements were clearly managed, and the delivery was organized for a quick uplift. A dependable choice for group charter operations. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Ines — Airline Operations Manager
Station data for airport catering at Mabalacat (RPLC / CRK)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,200 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | RPLC |
Business jet catering questions at Mabalacat (CRK)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Mabalacat (CRK)
What operations gets asked every week about Mabalacat.
Ask operations directly →Are VIP, VVIP and government flights catered at RPLC under a documented protocol?
The coordinator assigned to a rotation carries the protocol file for it from the kitchen to the stand, covering VIP flight catering and government flight catering under the same security-cleared handling. Household and delegation requirements are recorded per passenger before the cart is sealed.
Where can an operator see what airline catering costs at Mabalacat?
The quotation itself is the record: it is built from the cabin count, the specification and the loading window rather than a published price list. The desk returns a written quotation once those three are confirmed for the rotation.
At what point does an order need to be placed for the airport?
The specification is confirmed first, then the loading window is fixed against it, which sets how far in advance an order should reach the desk. Last-minute airline catering is still worked where the specification can be finalised inside that same sequence, including diversions and technical stops.
Does CRK cover private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal?
Every aircraft on the field, whether it is parked at an FBO or on the GA terminal apron, is provisioned on the same cold chain as an airline uplift. FBO catering here carries the same paperwork and the same sealed handover as a wide-body rotation.
Outstation catering near Mabalacat
SFS / RPLB
Olongapo
Philippines · 53 km from Mabalacat
Airline & VIP flight catering →
SGL / RPLS
Cavite
Philippines · 85 km from Mabalacat
Airline & VIP flight catering →
MNL / RPLL
Manila
Philippines · 90 km from Mabalacat
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Aircraft catering quote for RPLC / CRK
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Mabalacat (CRK / RPLC)
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
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Uplift at Mabalacat (CRK)