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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — San Bartolomé, Spain
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at San Bartolomé (GCRR / ACE)
ACE (IATA) · GCRR (ICAO)
The 2400 m runway at San Bartolomé takes wide-body movements that need a hi-loader to reach galley height, not a lift truck stopped at the door, and that is how every uplift here is boarded. In-flight catering leaves our kitchen sealed and travels straight to the aircraft, which is the same discipline behind every inflight catering rotation we run at this station.
2,400 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — San Bartolomé
Inflight catering loaded to galley height at GCRR / ACE
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
In-flight catering loading window at ACE
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at GCRR / ACE
Ramp access at San Bartolomé is scheduled against the single runway, so the catering uplift moves on a fixed slot rather than a flexible one. The apron sequence is set before the cart leaves our kitchen, and it holds through loading, sealing and handover. Every step between the two points is logged, so the window is a measured commitment rather than an estimate.
Between our kitchen and the stand at San Bartolomé sit screening, an escort and the apron traffic that a single runway concentrates into fewer, busier slots. We plan the galley catering run against the worst of that traffic rather than the average of it, because a missed slot costs more here than a longer drive would elsewhere. Chain of custody is kept unbroken from the seal at the kitchen to the signature at the galley door, with the catering uplift logged at both ends. Nothing that carries the cold chain moves without an escort cleared for that stand.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature: the load never travels unaccounted for.
Crew meals and pilot meals for ACE departures
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at San Bartolomé
HACCP governs every stage of production at the flight kitchen behind San Bartolomé, from the cold larder through hot production to the protocol line that finishes sealed uplifts. Airport catering at ACE draws on hot production, pastry and a dedicated protocol cell held under one roof, which keeps the cold chain unbroken from preparation to cart. That single-site model is what airport catering in San Bartolomé is built around, rather than a chain of subcontracted kitchens feeding the ramp separately.
The team that handles government flight catering at San Bartolomé is the same named crew on every rotation, never rotated in ad hoc for a single movement. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, along with a place on the access list that governs who reaches the sealed cart. They are trained to household service standards and to the paperwork a sealed uplift carries with it, from the kitchen seal to the signature at the aircraft.
Halal airline meals and special meals at San Bartolomé airport
VVIP catering written per mission at ACE
Menus at San Bartolomé are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed offer, so a scheduled rotation and a VVIP movement do not draw on the same specification. Where local sourcing is used, it follows Spain's own produce in general terms — dairy, fish and orchard fruit worked into the season's plan rather than a fixed printed carte. Inflight catering here is documented per passenger, with allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets labelled and tracked by cabin. That documentation travels with the tray set from the kitchen seal to the galley, matched against the passenger list before handover.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at San Bartolomé are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for each rotation, so the presentation at ACE stays consistent movement after movement.
Business cabins
Business cabins at GCRR run a multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, alongside the tray sets loaded for the cabin.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at San Bartolomé are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical needs alongside halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering for these sets is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line for the cart.
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 standards for aviation catering at San Bartolomé 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.
Airport catering delivered airside at San Bartolomé, Spain
San Bartolomé's single runway and narrow-body reference code set a traffic profile built on scheduled and charter movements worked stand by stand rather than in bulk waves, which keeps documentation and repeat rotations, not raw volume, as the main planning problem for catering at this field.
The uplift reaches the aircraft here by hi-loader from our own kitchen, with airside delivery timed against the single-runway slot pattern and the loading crew working the same stand sequence rotation after rotation. Airline catering in San Bartolomé and aviation catering at San Bartolomé are run off one ops desk rather than split across separate contacts, so a diversion or a late change is handled without a second call. Airport catering at ACE and inflight catering at GCRR both draw on that same coordination, whatever the segment behind the booking.
One named coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover apply to every load leaving the kitchen for this station.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at San Bartolomé
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Government and state flight catering at ACE
At a station holding a narrow-body reference code, a head of state aircraft is still boarded to the same protocol standard as any other government flight catering movement through San Bartolomé. Delegations and official movements travel with a passenger-level protocol file, security-cleared staff and an uplift sealed before it leaves our kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at ACE
A narrow-body reference code sets the loading sequence a royal household movement has to be worked around, since a private airliner boarding here shares the same stand pattern as scheduled traffic. Royal flight catering at San Bartolomé is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, covering BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP aircraft, with halal and other household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at San Bartolomé
A 2400 m runway, and that length sets which wide-body charter movements this ramp takes without restricting the uplift built for them. Charter flight catering at ACE covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with a full three-cabin load counted against the loading sheet and charter flight catering in San Bartolomé staged to match the galley layout on each multi-leg pattern.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at GCRR
A narrow-body reference code at San Bartolomé still boards mainline aircraft that carriers running this station as an outstation depend on for ad hoc airline catering between scheduled rotations. Outstation catering and diversion catering are worked off the same duty roster as technical stop catering, AOG included, across a multi-leg pattern that keeps crew meals moving at GCRR and at ACE without a separate booking each time.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at ACE
Our kitchen works the same 2400 m runway that scheduled traffic uses to reach the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal at San Bartolomé. Private jet catering in San Bartolomé, including FBO catering and business aviation catering for business jet movements, runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at ACE
Flight departments on jet catering at GCRR
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our flight at San Bartolomé (ACE/GCRR) required tray set catering airline with clear service-by-service organization. Presentation stayed good while the setup remained practical for a fast aircraft turnaround. Good attention to the operational side of catering. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Malik — Private Aviation Manager
“We used the team for ad hoc catering at San Bartolomé (ACE/GCRR) during a tight turnaround. They understood the operational language and did not need every change explained twice. Good support for a changing flight schedule. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Rania — Charter Flight Coordinator
“I ordered private jet catering for our departure from San Bartolomé (ACE/GCRR) and was very happy with the service. Everything was easy to check and load, and the passenger requests were prepared exactly as ordered. A very good experience from a flight attendant perspective. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Haris — Turnaround Coordinator
Aircraft catering station data for San Bartolomé (GCRR / ACE)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,400 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | GCRR |
Business jet catering questions at San Bartolomé airport
Outstation catering and access questions at San Bartolomé airport
What operations gets asked every week about San Bartolomé.
Ask operations directly →ACE: are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced here, and how are they documented?
The sealed cart carries halal, kosher and SPML-coded sets produced on a separate line and labelled per passenger before it leaves our kitchen for the stand.
Does GCRR take airside delivery of airline catering, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
Every load leaving our kitchen is delivered airside and boarded by hi-loader to galley height, never left at the foot of the aircraft.
At which point in the process are VIP, VVIP and government flights catered under protocol at San Bartolomé?
The protocol file is opened before the order is confirmed, so VIP flight catering and government flight catering are sealed and cleared before the cart ever reaches the stand.
How far does private jet catering at San Bartolomé Airport reach across the field?
Security clearance on our loading crew covers the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal alike, so FBO catering runs on the same cold chain as an airline uplift.
ACE: how far in advance must an order be placed, and how late can the specification still change?
There is a standing lead time for a first booking, and there is a shorter window within which cabin counts and special meal codes can still be revised before loading.
Whose airline catering cost applies at GCRR, and what does a quotation depend on?
For every quotation, cabin count, specification and the loading window decide the cost, since no fixed price list is published; the desk returns a figure once those are confirmed.
Flight catering at airports near San Bartolomé
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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