Aviation catering — Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Hi-loader airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Palma de Mallorca (LEPA / PMI)

PMI (IATA) · LEPA (ICAO)

Our kitchen runs a wide-body reference code at the ramp, so a full three-cabin uplift is boarded by hi-loader straight to galley height rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft. That capability carries inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering for scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet movements through Palma de Mallorca (LEPA/PMI), across Spain.

A catering hi-loader box raised level with the open galley door of a wide-body, its platform bridged to the doorway.
3,270 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
Runways
5
FBOs on station
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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
02
VIP at any volume
8 First covers or 400 passengers across three cabins, same execution
03
24/7 order desk
Ad hoc, AOG and same-day uplift answered around the clock
04
Multi-leg coordination
One loading sheet, every leg of your rotation
A catering hi-loader raised to the aft galley door of a wide-body on stand, its platform level with the doorway and a second truck waiting below.

On the apron — Palma de Mallorca

Commercial aviation catering at wide-body scale, Palma de Mallorca

Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.

Inflight catering order window at PMI

Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at LEPA / PMI

At Palma de Mallorca the loading window is a measured sequence rather than a promise: the sealed cart leaves our kitchen, crosses the ramp under escort, and clears the galley door on a logged time. Ramp access is held on our own clearance rather than handed to a third party at the foot of the aircraft, which keeps the catering uplift on one continuous chain of custody. Every stage between the seal and the signature is timed against the same standard, whatever the mission on the stand that day.

Four branded catering carts latched side by side in an aircraft galley, each door closed on a coloured seal.

Between our kitchen and the stand at Palma de Mallorca sit screening, an escorted crossing and the ordinary traffic of a working apron, and the galley catering plan is built against the worst case those three can produce rather than the average one. A convoy delayed by any of them is the actual risk to a departure time, not the food itself, which is why the route and the escort are fixed before the catering uplift ever leaves the kitchen. Temperature is logged when the load is sealed and again at handover to the cabin crew, and the paperwork that closes each load carries a signature at both ends.

One responsibility runs from the seal at our kitchen to the signature at the aircraft.

Flight kitchen and crew meals for LEPA

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Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Palma de Mallorca

Our flight kitchen provisions Palma de Mallorca with hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell run under one roof, structured to hold three-cabin volume without breaking the sequence a single rotation needs. Airport catering here answers to HACCP throughout, so the same cold chain that seals a tray set at production is the one that closes it again at handover on the stand. That single-site model is what lets airport catering in Palma de Mallorca move from hot production to a sealed cart on one clock, rather than passing the load between separate kitchens for different cabins.

The team behind government flight catering at this station is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assigned case by case. Each member carries a current security clearance, sits on the access list for the kitchen and the ramp, and is trained to the household service standards a royal or state movement expects on top of the ordinary specification. That continuity is what keeps a sealed uplift accountable to one chain of custody from the kitchen door to the cabin.

Halal airline meals and special meals at Palma de Mallorca airport

VVIP catering to a written specification at PMI

Menus here are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a fixed list, drawing on the produce of the Balearic Islands and mainland Spain for the general categories a cabin plan calls for: dairy, orchard fruit, fish and seasonal vegetables. Inflight catering in Palma de Mallorca moves from a First and VVIP specification through a multi-choice business plan to standard tray sets for the main cabin, each written against the mission length and the season rather than a single fixed cycle. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented and labelled per passenger and per cabin before the load ever leaves the kitchen. Nothing on the tray reaches the aircraft without that paperwork attached to it.

Slices of pink duck breast fanned over a sweep of squash purée with a berry reduction and tenderstem broccoli.

First & VVIP cabins

First and VVIP cabins at Palma de Mallorca take VIP flight catering plated to a written specification held on file between rotations, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single set menu. Every presentation is filed against the standing order before service, so VIP flight catering in Palma de Mallorca repeats to the same standard on the next movement as it did on the last.

A complete tray set on a black tray: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a seeded roll with herb butter and a berry dessert in a glass.

Business cabins

Business cabins at LEPA take a multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, boxed into oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to each aircraft type. Crew meals at Palma de Mallorca run alongside the passenger load as tray sets and meal boxes, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately and matched to the roster in crew meals in Palma de Mallorca.

Diet.

Protocol & dietary

Protocol and dietary requirements at LEPA are documented per passenger before departure, covering household, religious and medical needs alongside halal and kosher sets produced to the full range of IATA special meal codes. That inflight catering at LEPA runs on a separate production line, sealed apart from the main cabin load before it ever reaches the ramp.

The three books

A tray set on a stainless steel bench: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a bread roll with herb butter, and a berry dessert in a glass.

01

Royal & Government Flights

Royal households · government · state operations

  • Plated service · First to main cabin
  • Protocol handling · security clearance
Chefs plating a long line of identical main courses under heat lamps, with loaded catering trolleys waiting at the end of the line.

02

Charter & Commercial

Charter · ACMI · group · scheduled · ad hoc

  • 400 passengers · one uplift
  • HACCP cold chain, logged to the galley door
A business jet cabin credenza laid with chilled sparkling wine in a bucket, bottled drinks, a nut dish and folded napkins on a silver tray, beside a single passenger seat.

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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 Palma de Mallorca (PMI)

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 Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Two runways and a wide-body reference code put Palma de Mallorca on the scheduled, charter and government mix that a resort island station carries through its peak season, and that mix turns catering into three different problems at once: a delegation is a documentation problem, a wave of charter departures is a capacity problem, and a repeat seasonal rotation is a repetition problem the specification has to survive unchanged. Airline catering and inflight catering here run off one ops desk rather than being split by segment, with in-flight catering and aviation catering following the same loading sheet regardless of the mission on the stand that day.

The uplift leaves our kitchen sealed, crosses the apron under escort, and is boarded by hi-loader directly to galley height rather than handed off at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew on the ramp for the whole crossing. Airport catering at LEPA is planned stand by stand rather than as a single average routine, and airline catering at LEPA holds to that same sequence whether the aircraft is on a scheduled turn or a one-off charter.

One coordinator carries each rotation from kitchen seal to signed handover, with sealed carts and a single point of contact for the whole loading window.

Charter flight catering and state missions at Palma de Mallorca

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Government and state flight catering at Palma de Mallorca
A head of state aircraft boards here on the same wide-body reference code as a scheduled widebody, which is what lets a delegation movement keep to a normal turnaround rather than a special one. Government flight catering at Palma de Mallorca documents the protocol file per passenger, assigns only security-cleared staff to the load, and has the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen for the stand.
Government & state flights →
Royal vvip food.
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at LEPA
Across a runway long enough to take private airliners in the BBJ and ACJ classes alongside wide-body VIP movements, royal flight catering at this station is held to a written household specification kept on file between rotations rather than rebuilt for each one. Halal sets and other household dietary requirements are produced on request, and the same specification carries forward unchanged from one catering at LEPA movement to the next.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at PMI
A full three-cabin load has to be staged in the order the galleys are laid out on a wide-body airframe, which is the constraint that governs every ACMI and wet-lease rotation through this reference code. Charter flight catering at Palma de Mallorca covers group movements and special missions counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering at PMI holds that same sequence across a multi-leg charter programme rather than resetting it per sector.
Wide-body charter →
A complete tray set on a black tray: sliced beef fillet in gravy with piped mash and vegetables, a seeded roll with herb butter and a berry dessert in a glass.
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Palma de Mallorca
The wide-body reference code held at Palma de Mallorca puts scheduled and one-off airline movements on the same stands, which lets carriers running this station as an outstation draw on ad hoc airline catering without a separate contract for a single rotation. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering run off one duty roster here, AOG included, and ad hoc catering at PMI holds the same tray standard across a multi-leg rotation even as the menu cycle itself changes week to week.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at LEPA
Two runways serve the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field on the same apron system as the wide-body stands, which keeps private jet catering at LEPA on the identical cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift rather than a separate route. Business aviation catering runs through our dedicated branch, and business jet catering and FBO catering both reach the ramp handler on that one standard.
Private jets →

FBOs at Palma de Mallorca

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general aviation service sl
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mallorcair sl
sky valet spain

Aviation catering reviews from operators at PMI

Operators on commercial aviation catering at LEPA

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Government flight department

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Royal household

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Charter operator

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Scheduled airline

“We arranged football club charter catering for the group at Palma de Mallorca (PMI/LEPA) after a late schedule update. The order included different meal types and snacks, but the cabin crew could identify everything immediately. We would book them again for another team movement. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”

★★★★☆

Charter operator

Mohamed — Duty Operations Manager

“We needed troop flight catering at Palma de Mallorca (PMI/LEPA) for a time-sensitive operation. The meals were practical, clearly packed, and easy for the crew to distribute during the flight. We appreciated the flexibility. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”

★★★★★

Scheduled airline

Andres — Station Services Coordinator

“We ordered freighter crew meals for a cargo rotation through Palma de Mallorca (PMI/LEPA). They respected the unusual timing and kept communication direct with our ops team. We would use them again for another cargo sector. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”

★★★★★

Private jet operator

Luca — Corporate Aviation Manager

Airport catering reference for Palma de Mallorca (LEPA / PMI)

DatumValue
Longest runway3,270 m
Runways2
Aerodrome reference codewide-body
ICAOLEPA

Business jet catering questions at Palma de Mallorca airport

Diversion catering and ramp questions at Palma de Mallorca airport

What operations gets asked every week about Palma de Mallorca.

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Does airline catering reach the aircraft airside at Palma de Mallorca, and how does the load get on board?

There is a hi-loader route from our kitchen straight to galley height at Palma de Mallorca, so airside delivery replaces any handoff at the foot of the aircraft.

Which lead time applies for an order at Palma de Mallorca airport, and how late can the specification change?

The cart and the loading sheet are locked before the sealed uplift leaves the kitchen, so how far in advance an order is placed decides how much of the specification can still move; last minute airline catering is handled case by case against that same cart schedule.

What halal, kosher and IATA special meal codes does PMI produce, and how are they documented?

We produce halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of SPML codes, each one documented per passenger and run on a separate production line before it joins the load.

Can LEPA cater VIP, VVIP and government flights, and under what protocol?

A written protocol file travels with every passenger on a VIP flight catering or government flight catering movement, with only cleared staff assigned to the load.

Do you publish what airline catering costs at Palma de Mallorca?

Yes, by quotation: airline catering cost depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window requested, and the desk comes back with a figure once those are set.

Outstation catering near Palma de Mallorca

MAH / LEMH
Mahón
Spain · 131 km from Palma de Mallorca
Airline & VIP flight catering →
IBZ / LEIB
Ibiza
Spain · 140 km from Palma de Mallorca
Airline & VIP flight catering →
BCN / LEBL
Barcelona
Spain · 202 km from Palma de Mallorca
Airline & VIP flight catering →

Aircraft catering quote for Palma de Mallorca, Spain

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Palma de Mallorca (PMI / LEPA)

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Four steps

Flight

Aircraft · stand · local time

Offloading

Return leg, if any

Order

Counts · menus · files

Contact

Who we come back to

Step 1 of 4 · Flight

Flight

The airport is already filled in. Change it if the uplift boards elsewhere.

Search by city, IATA or ICAO.
Local time at the airport of delivery.
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Offloading

One question. Answer no and the step closes itself.

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Uplift at Palma de Mallorca (PMI)