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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Olongapo, Philippines
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Olongapo (RPLB / SFS)
SFS (IATA) · RPLB (ICAO)
A single wide-body reference code at Olongapo (RPLB/SFS) means the stand, the hi-loader and the galley door are sized to the same aircraft family, so a wide-body uplift is boarded, not delivered kerbside. In-flight catering here is planned from that fact outward: inflight catering reaches the aircraft by hi-loader, boarded straight to galley height, with the uplift staged the moment the ramp calls it forward.
2,744 m
Longest runway
Wide-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 — Olongapo
Hi-loader aviation catering on the Olongapo (SFS) apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Olongapo, Philippines
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Olongapo (SFS)
The loading window at Olongapo runs from the sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door on the wide-body stand, and it is timed rather than guessed. Ramp access is held for the whole cycle, so the hi-loader moves the moment the apron clears it, without a second queue at the aircraft steps. Every catering uplift at RPLB is logged against that single window, cart by cart, so a delay on the apron is visible before it reaches the galley.
Between our kitchen and the wide-body stand at Olongapo sit screening, an escort through the ramp gate and whatever apron traffic the reference code brings with it, and we plan the catering uplift against the worst of those three rather than the average. The convoy carries the risk on this route, not the galley catering itself, so the sealed cart is the unit that is tracked, not the tray inside it. Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at the galley door, and the handover carries a signature both ends recognise as final. That chain of custody is what a protocol officer or an ops desk checks first, and it is the one thing on this route that does not vary by flight.
One coordinator owns the load from the kitchen seal to the galley signature.
Cargo crew meals and passenger uplifts for Olongapo
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Olongapo, Philippines
Inside the flight kitchen behind Olongapo's stand, hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line sit under one roof, a measured distance from the wide-body stand at RPLB. That layout is what turns airport catering at SFS into one sequence rather than several separate kitchens feeding one aircraft: airport catering here is produced, sealed and staged on a single site before it ever reaches the apron. Production runs to HACCP throughout, with the cold chain held from the cold larder to the cart, and it is that single standard, not a second one for VIP work, that governs every tray leaving the building.
The team that handles government flight catering at Olongapo is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assembled for the occasion. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, access to the kitchen's protocol line is limited to that list, and training covers royal household service standards alongside the paperwork a sealed uplift must carry. That continuity is what lets a repeat state or household movement through RPLB be handled without briefing a new team each time.
VIP flight catering menus for SFS departures
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at RPLB / SFS
Menus at Olongapo are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single house style, so a scheduled rotation and a state movement through RPLB are planned on different specifications even when they share a stand. Inflight catering here draws on the country's dairy, fish and orchard produce in general terms, worked into a VIP flight menu for the forward cabins and a charter flight menu for group and ACMI work, without either one dictating the other's format. Seasonal changes move through the specification on a fixed cycle, so a menu update never arrives as a surprise on the loading sheet. Every set closes on documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed for the ramp.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Olongapo are plated to a written specification rather than improvised on the day, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request against that same document. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation through RPLB sees the same presentation each time it flies.
Business cabins
Business cabins at SFS run on multi-choice hot service, boxed to galley-ready formats sized to the aircraft's own galley rather than a generic tray. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the duty roster, keeping the flight deck set apart from the cabin crew's own meals throughout Olongapo departures.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at RPLB are documented per passenger before production starts, covering household, religious and medical sets rather than a single fixed list. Halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes are produced on a separate line and sealed there, so inflight catering for a mixed cabin never crosses paths with the standard trays.
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 and sealed transfer for aircraft catering at SFS
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 Olongapo airport
Olongapo's traffic profile through RPLB mixes scheduled service with charter and occasional government movement over its single wide-body stand, and that mix sets the catering problem before a single tray is loaded: a delegation brings a documentation load, a charter brings a volume load, and a repeat rotation brings a repetition problem that only a fixed specification solves. Airline catering at RPLB is planned against whichever of those three the day's schedule presents, not against a generic worst case.
The uplift reaches the aircraft here by hi-loader, boarded straight to galley height from a sealed cart, with our own crew holding ramp access for the full cycle rather than handing the load off at the foot of the steps. In-flight catering in Olongapo and inflight catering at Olongapo both run off that same route: one kitchen, one hi-loader pass, one signed handover, whatever the segment behind the flight.
What we commit to on this station is a single named coordinator, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a handover signature that closes the load before the aircraft is released, and airport catering at Olongapo is measured against that commitment on every rotation, not only the ones that ask for it.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at Olongapo, Philippines
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Government and state flight catering at RPLB
One wide-body stand at RPLB means a state movement and a scheduled departure can be sequenced through the same ramp on the same day, which is why the protocol file for each one is documented per passenger rather than left to memory. Government flight catering at Olongapo covers state visits and official delegations under that protocol, with security-cleared staff and a head of state aircraft's uplift sealed at the kitchen before catering at RPLB ever reaches the apron.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at SFS
Our kitchen holds a household specification on file between movements, so a wide-body reference code that governs one stand at RPLB still lets a repeat royal rotation land on the same handling every time. Royal flight catering at Olongapo covers private airliners, BBJ and ACJ types among them, under royal household standards held constant across visits, with halal sets and other VVIP dietary requirements produced on request rather than improvised on the day.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Olongapo
A wide-body reference code governs the single stand at RPLB, and it is what lets a group charter board a full three-cabin uplift in one pass rather than a split delivery. Charter flight catering in Philippines and charter flight catering at SFS both cover ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out on the aircraft.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at RPLB
A single wide-body reference code at RPLB forces every ad hoc load onto the same hi-loader path as a scheduled service, so diversions and technical stops here are worked through one loading plan rather than a separate one. Ad hoc airline catering at Olongapo covers carriers running SFS as an outstation, with outstation catering in Olongapo, diversion catering at SFS and technical stop catering held on the same duty roster as AOG, across a multi-leg rotation. Crew meals at Olongapo and crew meals in Olongapo travel on that roster too, boxed separately from the cabin trays for every leg the rotation carries.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at SFS
A business jet using the same wide-body reference code that governs RPLB's stand is worked from the GA terminal rather than from a separate facility, since the field carries no second ramp standard for smaller aircraft. Private jet catering in Philippines reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal through our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift at SFS.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at RPLB / SFS
Operators on inflight catering at Olongapo
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our ops team used the service at Olongapo (SFS/RPLB) as an airline catering partner. They coordinated locally, sent useful updates, and kept the final uplift aligned with our revised schedule. A good partner to have when the usual supplier is not available. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Government flight department
Nina — State Flight Coordinator
“We used the service for private jet catering in Olongapo on a VIP rotation through SFS/RPLB. Everything arrived fresh, well presented, and easy for the cabin crew to organize before boarding. Good local support for a VIP operation. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Ibrahim — Charter Operations Executive
“For our flight from Olongapo (SFS/RPLB), the cabin order included multiple special meals. All requirements were followed and the cabin crew could see immediately which meal belonged to which passenger. We were happy with the accuracy of the order. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Camila — Crew Planning Coordinator
Olongapo (RPLB / SFS): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,744 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | RPLB |
Business jet catering questions at SFS
Technical stop catering questions at SFS
What operations gets asked every week about Olongapo.
Ask operations directly →How does Olongapo handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering, and under what protocol?
Olongapo runs VIP flight catering and government flight catering under one protocol file, with security-cleared staff and the load sealed at the kitchen before it reaches the ramp.
Which halal, kosher and special meal codes does Olongapo's kitchen produce?
The sealed cart carries halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA SPML codes on a separate production line, documented per passenger before it leaves the kitchen.
Can you give a fixed airline catering cost at SFS?
The specification, the cabin count and the loading window decide the figure, so we publish no price list and come back with a quotation once those three are set.
Do you deliver airline catering airside at RPLB?
Yes, by hi-loader straight to galley height, with airside delivery held on our own ramp access for the whole loading cycle.
When does an order need to be placed for a rotation through Olongapo, and how late can the specification change?
When the schedule is confirmed is when we ask for the order, and last minute airline catering changes are still taken up to the loading window closing, not before.
What do you deliver for private jet catering at Olongapo?
We run FBO catering to every operator on the field, reaching the FBOs and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as a scheduled uplift.
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Return leg, if any
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Uplift at Olongapo (SFS)