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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Vila do Porto, Portugal
VIP flight catering, airline catering and private jet catering at Vila do Porto (LPAZ / SMA)
SMA (IATA) · LPAZ (ICAO)
The single wide-body reference code held at Vila do Porto sets the loading plan for every rotation on this apron: one stand at a time, sequenced rather than run in parallel. AERO GOURMET boards from a hi-loader to galley height, providing inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering for scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet uplift.
3,048 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
2
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 — Vila do Porto
Aviation catering with ramp access at Vila do Porto, Portugal
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at LPAZ
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Vila do Porto
A single wide-body stand at Vila do Porto means the catering uplift is sequenced rather than shared, so the loading window is fixed to one rotation at a time. Ramp access is booked before the aircraft is on stand, and the hi-loader is staged on the apron ahead of it, holding position until the galley door opens. Every minute between kitchen seal and cabin handover is logged against that single slot, not against an average across bays.
Between the flight kitchen and the wide-body stand at Vila do Porto sit airside screening, an escort through the apron and the traffic that a single-stand field still generates around a rotation. We plan the catering uplift against the worst of that sequence rather than the best, because there is no second bay to fall back on if the first run is delayed. Carts are sealed at the kitchen door, logged again at handover, and the chain of custody runs on one signature from galley catering staff to the crew who take the load on board. Nothing reaches the aircraft without both temperature entries matching what was sealed.
One stand, one sequence, one signature from kitchen seal to galley handover.
Airline food supplier kitchen serving Vila do Porto airport
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for SMA
The flight kitchen that provisions airport catering at LPAZ keeps hot production, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, run to HACCP standard from first prep to final seal. Because the wide-body reference code here fixes traffic to one stand, airport catering at Vila do Porto is built around a single dispatch sequence rather than a rota across several bays. The cold chain is held from that kitchen door to the galley of the flight kitchen at SMA, with no intermediate transfer point on the way.
The staff who handle government flight catering at this station are the same named team on every rotation, holding security clearance on file and kept to the access list that ramp control checks before escort. They are trained to the household service standards a royal or state movement expects, and to the paperwork that has to travel sealed alongside it. That team does not rotate onto other duties mid-shift once a cleared uplift is on the schedule.
Kosher inflight catering and dietary sets at Vila do Porto (SMA)
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at LPAZ
AERO GOURMET writes VIP flight menus and charter flight menus to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed cycle, adjusting portion count and course structure to what the rotation actually carries. Inflight catering at this station draws on the produce of the Azores where the season allows it: island dairy, fresh fish landed locally, orchard fruit in its turn, worked into a specification rather than left as a talking point. Every tray set is built against a written cabin plan agreed before the flight, not assembled on the day. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and produced against that documentation rather than against a general assumption of what a cabin needs.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Vila do Porto are plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte service and caviar available on request rather than fixed to a single course order. VIP flight catering here files the presentation against the standing order for that cabin, so a repeat rotation is served to the same plate every time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at LPAZ run a multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft on stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so tray sets for passengers never share a cart with the flight deck's own meal boxes.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at Vila do Porto and produced on a separate line before sealing, keeping halal and kosher sets apart from the general run. The full set of IATA special meal codes is worked from that documentation, so inflight catering here is produced to the code rather than to a guess at what a passenger meant.
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 control for flight catering at Vila do Porto, Portugal
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 LPAZ / SMA
With one wide-body reference code and a single stand, Vila do Porto is worked as a low-frequency, high-precision field: a delegation movement is a documentation exercise here as much as a loading one, and a charter arrival is planned to hold the whole apron rather than share it. That single-stand layout means every rotation gets its own sequenced slot, never a shared bay with another aircraft catering job running in parallel.
The uplift travels from our flight kitchen to the stand by sealed cart, cleared through the same airside checkpoint on every rotation, then boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than set down at the foot of the aircraft. Airport catering at Vila do Porto is planned stand by stand for that reason, with ramp access held on our own badges rather than borrowed from a handling desk.
On this station we commit one coordinator to each rotation, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover before the aircraft is released, whether the flight is a scheduled airline catering rotation, in-flight catering for a charter, or aviation catering and inflight catering in Portugal generally for VIP and government movements.
Commercial aviation catering for every mission at SMA
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Government and state flight catering at SMA
Our flight kitchen at Vila do Porto runs its production against a 3048 metre runway that clears a head of state aircraft without a weight restriction on the load it carries. Government flight catering here covers state visits and official delegations with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the access list, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Vila do Porto
A 3048 metre runway at Vila do Porto takes the private airliners this segment flies without a length restriction on approach or departure. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, covering BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VVIP aircraft, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request rather than assumed.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LPAZ
A wide-body group charter can be boarded here on the strength of the aerodrome reference code held at Vila do Porto, which clears the aircraft class this segment most often flies. Charter flight catering at SMA covers ACMI and wet-lease operators and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift, counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out for charter flight catering at Vila do Porto.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SMA
A single wide-body reference code at Vila do Porto, meaning every carrier that treats this field as an outstation is worked to one sequenced loading slot rather than a shared one. Ad hoc airline catering covers outstation catering and diversion catering off the same duty roster, technical stop catering and AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals in Vila do Porto boxed apart from the passenger tray sets and crew meals at Vila do Porto held to the same seal.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Vila do Porto
On the same field that holds a wide-body reference code, the GA terminal and the FBOs handle a different scale of traffic, boarded by our dedicated private-jet branch rather than the wide-body loading crew. Private jet catering at Vila do Porto is delivered to the FBOs on the field on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Vila do Porto
execujet portugal
wexjet aviation
Inflight catering trusted by operators at LPAZ / SMA
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at Vila do Porto airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our flight at Vila do Porto (SMA/LPAZ) required aviation catering packaging with clear service-by-service organization. The order came ready for service with no unnecessary packaging or loose items to sort through. Very cabin-friendly catering. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Tariq — Cargo Station Manager
“We had an ad hoc catering requirement at Vila do Porto (SMA/LPAZ) and the coordination was very smooth. The uplift was organized around our revised departure and reached the aircraft without delaying the turn. A very useful service for ad hoc flying. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Esther — Flight Support Manager
“We used the team for business jet catering at Vila do Porto (SMA/LPAZ) on a VIP trip. They followed my notes closely, kept me updated, and delivered at the time agreed with the FBO. Exactly what I want from a private aviation caterer. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Luca — Station Services Coordinator
Airport catering profile for Vila do Porto (LPAZ / SMA)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,048 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LPAZ |
Airline catering questions for SMA
Crew meals, lead times and access at Vila do Porto (SMA)
What operations gets asked every week about Vila do Porto.
Ask operations directly →Do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at LPAZ?
Yes, through the same ramp access and cold chain as an airline uplift, with FBO catering delivered to every operator on the field rather than to one address.
How far in advance does an order need to be placed for a rotation through Vila do Porto?
Vila do Porto works to a lead time set by the single wide-body stand here, so the earlier a rotation is confirmed the more of that loading window is held open; specification changes can still move close to departure if the kitchen is told before sealing, and last minute airline catering is worked where the schedule allows it.
Can halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes be produced at Vila do Porto Airport?
One production line at the flight kitchen handles halal, kosher and the full set of SPML codes, each documented per passenger and sealed apart from the general run of special meals.
Given the single stand here, is VIP, VVIP and government flight catering handled under full protocol?
There is a named, security-cleared team assigned to every VIP flight catering and government flight catering rotation at this station, working to a fixed access list and a protocol file that travels sealed with the uplift.
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