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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Cascais, Portugal
Private jet catering, VIP flight catering and airline catering at Cascais (LPCS / CAT)
CAT (IATA) · LPCS (ICAO)
A 1400 m runway and a narrow-body reference code set what boards at Cascais: scheduled turnarounds, charters and private movements loaded to the same standard, cabin by cabin. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering here on one ramp-side kitchen, with hi-loader boarding to galley height and airside uplift held to a single desk, around the clock.
1,400 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
5
FBOs 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 — Cascais
Hi-loader aviation catering on the Cascais, Portugal apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at Cascais
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Cascais, Portugal
The loading window at Cascais is measured, not estimated: from the sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door, tracked stage by stage. Ramp access governs the sequence, since a hi-loader cannot queue behind a delayed pushback, so the apron slot is fixed before the cart ever leaves the kitchen. That single fixed point is what a catering uplift is planned against at this station.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Cascais sit screening, an escort through apron traffic and a checkpoint that has to clear before the hi-loader does. We plan the catering uplift against the worst of that sequence, not the average of it, so the galley catering still lands inside the window when the ramp runs late.
Chain of custody starts at the seal on the cart and does not break until a name is signed against it at the aircraft: temperature logged when the load leaves the kitchen, logged again at handover, and the two readings kept against the same ticket.
One coordinator carries the load from the kitchen seal to the aircraft signature.
Crew meals and pilot meals for CAT departures
Airline food supplier crews cleared for LPCS / CAT
The flight kitchen that provisions LPCS is built to run hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, feeding narrow-body rotations out of Cascais. Airport catering at CAT is worked to HACCP throughout, with the cold chain held from the larder to the cart. That single production line is what lets airport catering in Cascais handle a scheduled turnaround and a sealed VIP load without swapping kitchens.
The staff who handle government flight catering at this station are the same named team every rotation, not a rota drawn from a general pool. Each holds security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the ramp, and is trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects. That continuity is what keeps a sealed uplift traceable from one rotation to the next.
Kosher inflight catering and dietary sets at LPCS
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at Cascais
Menus at Cascais are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a single fixed cycle, so a scheduled rotation and a sealed VIP movement never share a tray set by accident. Portuguese sourcing runs through dairy, fish and orchard fruit worked into the seasonal line, alongside standing tray sets for volume rotations. Inflight catering at CAT documents allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets per passenger and per cabin, filed against the loading sheet before the cart is sealed. The specification travels with the load, not just the food.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Cascais are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. Every course is filed against the standing order before it reaches the ramp, so VIP flight catering here can repeat a service exactly across a multi-leg rotation.
Business cabins
Business cabins at LPCS take multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boxed as tray sets rather than plated by hand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so cockpit and cabin crew never draw from the same tray as the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at Cascais, covering halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, so inflight catering here keeps a dietary load traceable from production to the galley door.
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
Airline catering services under HACCP at Cascais 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.
Inflight catering delivered to the stand at Cascais (CAT)
Cascais carries scheduled, charter and private movements across a narrow-body reference code and a single 1400 m runway, which turns any delegation or repeat rotation into a documentation exercise as much as a loading one. Airline catering in Cascais and airport catering at CAT run off the same duty roster, because the volume here rewards repetition rather than a fleet of separate kitchens.
The uplift travels a fixed route from our kitchen to the stand, sealed on the cart and escorted by our own crew rather than handed off at a gate. Aviation catering in Portugal is loaded by hi-loader to galley height at this station, with our crew on the ramp for the whole transfer rather than at the foot of the aircraft.
One coordinator holds the rotation from seal to signature, in-flight catering in Cascais and inflight catering in Cascais both closing on the same signed handover at the stand.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at LPCS / CAT
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Government and state flight catering at Cascais
Working a narrow-body reference code means a state movement is sequenced around the same single stand as scheduled traffic, so the protocol file has to be settled before the aircraft is even on the ramp. Government flight catering at Cascais for state visits and head of state movements is documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared crew, and sealed at the kitchen before it leaves for the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at LPCS
One narrow-body reference code governs Cascais, which still allows a private airliner — BBJ, ACJ, wide-body VIP configured — to be worked to a full household specification rather than a scaled-down one. Royal flight catering at CAT holds that specification on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request. Catering at CAT is sealed before it leaves the kitchen on every one of these rotations.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at CAT
We load ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions off the single 1400 m runway at Cascais, staging each cabin in the order the galleys are laid out. Charter flight catering at CAT counts every tray against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering at LPCS covers a full three-cabin uplift on the same wide-body-capable ramp routine used for scheduled traffic.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Cascais
Off a single 1400 m runway, carriers running Cascais as an outstation still get a full ad hoc airline catering response rather than a reduced one. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering run off the same duty roster here, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation; crew meals in Cascais and crew meals in Portugal travel boxed to the roster on every one of them.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at LPCS
The 1400 m runway at Cascais carries business aviation alongside scheduled and charter traffic, worked from the same apron rather than a separate one. Private jet catering in Cascais is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, with FBO catering held to the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, run by our dedicated private-jet branch.
Private jets →
FBOs at Cascais
execujet portugal
gestavia
omni handling
safeport executive
sevenair
Charter flight catering reviewed at LPCS / CAT
Operators on commercial aviation catering at CAT
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our ops team used the service at Cascais (CAT/LPCS) as an airline catering broker. They understood airline operations and kept communication short, clear, and useful. We would use the service again without hesitation. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Aya — Cabin Services Manager
“We booked airline catering in Cascais for a flight operating through CAT/LPCS. The order was confirmed quickly, delivered on time, and packed exactly as requested for the aircraft. Good local support for a VIP operation. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Alain — Charter Planning Manager
“I requested kosher airline meals for passengers departing Cascais (CAT/LPCS) and the labeling was excellent. All requirements were followed and the cabin crew could see immediately which meal belonged to which passenger. Very reassuring for the cabin crew. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Axel — Station Operations Supervisor
Airport catering reference for Cascais (LPCS / CAT)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 1,400 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | LPCS |
Outstation catering questions at LPCS
Diversion catering and ramp questions at LPCS
What operations gets asked every week about Cascais.
Ask operations directly →At CAT, how far in advance must an order be placed, and how late can the specification still change?
The sealed cart at our kitchen is built against a fixed loading window, so a full specification change needs to land before that cart is sealed; a lead time is confirmed at booking, and last minute airline catering changes to counts or dietary sets are still worked where the window allows.
Whose flights get VIP flight catering and government flight catering at LPCS, and under what protocol?
For state visits, royal households and private charter, the file is documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared crew and sealed at the kitchen before the ramp; that same protocol line runs the sealed uplift for scheduled and ad hoc movements too.
Does Cascais publish a fixed airline catering cost?
Every quotation is built on cabin count, specification and loading window rather than a flat rate, so we do not publish a price list; the desk comes back with a cost once those three are known.
At Cascais Airport, at what point does private jet catering reach the FBOs and the GA terminal?
The sealed cart leaves our kitchen first, on the same schedule as an airline uplift, then travels by escorted route to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, with FBO catering held to the same cold chain and paperwork throughout.
At CAT, how far do halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes go, and how are they documented?
Held to the same HACCP standard as the main production line, halal, kosher and the full range of SPML codes are produced on a separate line, documented per passenger, and sealed before the tray ever reaches the loading sheet.
Jet catering at airports near Cascais
LIS / LPPT
Lisbon
Portugal · 20 km from Cascais
Airline & VIP flight catering →
BYJ / LPBJ
Beja
Portugal · 143 km from Cascais
Airline & VIP flight catering →
PRM / LPPM
Portimão
Portugal · 188 km from Cascais
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Four steps
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Offloading
Return leg, if any
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Uplift at Cascais (CAT)