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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Portimão, Portugal
Airline catering, VIP and private jet catering at Portimão (LPPM / PRM)
PRM (IATA) · LPPM (ICAO)
Portimão holds a single narrow-body reference code, which sets the sequence a loading plan has to work around before the aircraft arrives on stand. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering off that one sequence, with hi-loader boarding to galley height and wide-body uplift protocols carried over for the aircraft this ramp takes, airside, on a fixed loading window.
860 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
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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 — Portimão
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at Portimão airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at Portimão (PRM)
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, LPPM
Ramp access at Portimão runs through a single narrow-body reference code, which sets how a catering uplift is sequenced onto the apron rather than left to arrive when convenient. Our carts are staged against that sequence, sealed at the kitchen and released to the stand in the slot the ramp allows. What the timeline below shows is the measured version of that sequence, not an estimate built around it.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Portimão sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and the convoy through them is the actual risk in any galley catering run, not the food inside it. We plan the route against the worst case that traffic allows, with an escort held for the sealed cart rather than assumed. Chain of custody starts at the kitchen door: temperature is logged at sealing, logged again at handover to the galley, and the load is signed for at both ends before the catering uplift is called complete.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the galley: nothing else changes hands.
Crew meals from the flight kitchen serving Portimão, Portugal
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Portimão airport
The flight kitchen that provisions LPPM runs hot production, pastry and a cold larder under one roof, with a protocol line kept separate for sealed household and government work. Airport catering at Portimão is built on that single site rather than split across contractors, which keeps the HACCP record and the cold chain under one signature from tray to hi-loader. Airport catering at PRM is therefore one production line answering to one standard, not several answering to none.
The team behind government flight catering at Portimão is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in for the day. Security clearance is held on file, each member sits on the access list before the cart is sealed, and training runs to royal household standards for any uplift that calls for it. Catering at LPPM is handed to that crew and nobody outside it once the seal is applied.
Halal airline meals and special meals at LPPM / PRM
VVIP catering written per mission at Portimão (PRM)
Menus for Portimão are written to the cabin and the mission before anything else, then adjusted to the season the flight actually falls in. Where the aircraft carries a produce identity worth drawing on, Portuguese dairy, orchard fruit and Atlantic fish sit alongside the rest of the specification rather than replacing it. From passenger meal boxes to VVIP menus, the inflight catering in Portugal we build here follows that same written brief, cabin by cabin. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, then produced and labelled against that record before sealing.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins routed through Portimão are plated to a written specification rather than a standing menu, with à-la-carte and caviar service available where the mission calls for it. VIP flight catering here is filed against that specification cabin by cabin, so the same standard repeats on every rotation.
Business cabins
Business cabins at PRM take multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley the aircraft carries. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so cabin crew meals and flight-deck sets never share a tray with the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Portimão are documented per passenger before production starts, covering halal, kosher and the full set of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering built to those codes is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves it, so a household or medical set never crosses the general uplift.
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-compliant aircraft catering at Portimão
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 PRM
A single narrow-body reference code governs Portimão, which means the traffic here is worked aircraft by aircraft rather than in bulk waves, and a delegation or a charter group is planned as a documentation task first, a loading task second. Airline catering in Portugal run through this station answers to that same logic: fewer movements, but each one sequenced against the reference code rather than against a generic slot.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the ramp on a sealed cart, boarded by hi-loader to galley height wherever the stand and the aircraft allow it, with our own crew on the apron rather than a handover at the gate. In-flight catering at LPPM and aviation catering in Portugal both run off that same route, one cart, one crew, one signature at the stand.
One coordinator holds the rotation from seal to signature, and aviation catering at Portimão is confirmed against that same signed handover before the aircraft is called ready.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at Portimão airport
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Government and state flight catering at PRM
Our kitchen at Portimão runs a protocol line kept apart from the general uplift, which is what a head of state movement or a delegation actually needs before anything else. Government flight catering here is documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared crew, and sealed before it leaves the kitchen for the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Portimão
An 860 metre runway sets what private airliners this station takes on, and it still carries the full weight of royal flight catering for the aircraft that clear it. Royal household requirements, halal sets included, are held to a written specification kept on file between movements, with BBJ and ACJ configurations worked to the same standard as any wide-body VVIP cabin.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LPPM
A single narrow-body reference code is what lets group charters and ACMI rotations use Portimão at all, and charter flight catering here is built around that constraint rather than around a wide-body baseline. Wet-lease operators and special missions get a full multi-class uplift counted against the loading sheet, staged to the galley order the aircraft actually carries, and charter flight catering at LPPM is confirmed against that same sheet before departure.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at PRM
The 860 metre runway at Portimão sets the class of aircraft this station takes, so ad hoc airline catering here is built around narrow-body rotations rather than a wide-body reserve fleet. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all run off the same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg pattern that changes hour to hour.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Portimão
On a field held to a single narrow-body reference code, the GA terminal and the FBOs on it take the same aircraft classes as the main apron, and private jet catering at Portimão is planned against that same constraint. FBO catering here runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as any airline uplift, delivered to the ramp handler rather than assumed from a passing trolley.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at Portimão (PRM)
Flight departments on jet catering at Portimão, Portugal
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged delegation flight catering at Portimão (PRM/LPPM) for a sensitive movement. Communication was discreet, changes were handled calmly, and the delivery was coordinated exactly within the agreed window. We were very satisfied with the level of coordination. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Mohamed — Aviation Services Coordinator
“We had a larger VIP aircraft at Portimão (PRM/LPPM) and booked BBJ catering for the sector. They followed our plating notes closely and made the final setup easy for the cabin crew. I would happily use them again on a VIP rotation. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Bastien — Flight Dispatch Supervisor
“We booked umrah flight catering at Portimão (PRM/LPPM) for a large group departure. Packaging was practical for the cabin and the uplift arrived in good order for departure. The operation ran smoothly from order to uplift. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Selim — Private Jet Operations Manager
Outstation catering data for Portimão (LPPM / PRM)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 860 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | LPPM |
Inflight catering FAQ for LPPM / PRM
Technical stop catering questions at LPPM / PRM
What operations gets asked every week about Portimão.
Ask operations directly →How does LPPM handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering, and under what protocol?
Government flight catering here runs on a protocol line held apart from general production, with security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift for any VIP flight catering booking. Every household or delegation set is documented per passenger before it leaves the kitchen.
Portimão — do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
The same sealed cart that boards an airline uplift carries private jet catering to the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field, on the same cold chain throughout. FBO catering here is not a separate standard, just a separate destination.
Do you take last minute airline catering changes at Portimão Airport, and how far in advance should an order be placed?
Yes, with the lead time set by the specification rather than a fixed cut-off: how far in advance you book depends on cabin count and protocol level, and a specification can still change close to departure if the kitchen is told in time. Standing orders and repeat rotations move fastest.
Who loads the aircraft airside at PRM, and how does the uplift actually reach it?
For every rotation here, our own crew carries the sealed cart from the kitchen to the stand and boards it by hi-loader to galley height wherever the aircraft and stand allow. Airside delivery is handled by that same crew start to finish, never handed off at the gate.
Airport catering near Portimão
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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