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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Vigo, Spain
Vigo (LEVX / VGO): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
VGO (IATA) · LEVX (ICAO)
At Vigo, the 2400 m runway sets the aircraft this station takes, and a narrow-body reference code governs the stands where wide-body handling is not the routine. Our uplift still boards by hi-loader to galley height, so inflight catering and in-flight catering here run on the same sealed method scheduled and charter flights expect, whatever the airframe on the stand.
2,400 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
1
FBO 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 — Vigo
Wide-body aviation catering at Vigo airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for LEVX departures
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at Vigo
Per rotation, the catering uplift at Vigo moves as a sealed sequence rather than a single delivery: sealed at the kitchen, escorted across the apron, and handed over at the galley door under ramp access we hold on our own badges. The narrow-body reference code held here sets how the stand is worked, not how the food is packed. Every stage between our kitchen and the aircraft is logged, so the loading window is a record we can produce, not a promise we make.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Vigo sit screening, an escort, and apron traffic that a single runway concentrates rather than spreads across a field. We plan the galley catering sequence against the busiest of those points, and the chain of custody runs unbroken from the seal at dispatch to the signature at the galley. Temperatures are logged when the cart is sealed and logged again at handover, so the catering uplift arrives with a record rather than an assurance, and the signature that closes it names the crew who carried it.
Ramp access is not requested here — it is scheduled and it is recorded.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for Vigo, Spain
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at VGO
Airport catering in Vigo runs from a production kitchen built for hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, feeding a single narrow-body-oriented field rather than a mixed wide-body campus. That single-runway profile at LEVX means fewer simultaneous rotations, and it lets our flight kitchen at VGO hold tighter HACCP checkpoints on every batch rather than spreading them thin. Airport catering here is planned to the stand, not to an average day, so tray sets leave the kitchen already matched to the aircraft waiting on it.
The team behind government flight catering at Vigo is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access list, and trained to household service standards before a sealed uplift ever leaves the kitchen. Paperwork travels with the load, not behind it, and the same crew signs it at both ends. Nothing here is improvised for a single movement — the standing specification is the one used for the next one too.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Vigo (VGO)
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at LEVX
Menus at Vigo are written to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted for season: a scheduled rotation, a diversion, a government movement and a VVIP departure do not share a specification even when they share a stand. Inflight catering in Spain draws on the region's produce where it fits the brief — dairy, seafood, orchard fruit — without naming a dish or a supplier that isn't ours to name. Every set is built from a written specification held on file, not improvised against the calendar. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and produced against that documentation rather than against a general list.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Vigo are plated to a written specification, with VIP flight catering held to the same standard on a repeat rotation as on a first movement. Caviar and à-la-carte service are available on request, filed against the standing order rather than improvised on the day.
Business cabins
Business cabins at VGO take multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals in Vigo are boxed separately and loaded to the roster, with crew meals at Vigo tracked against the same cart as the passenger tray sets.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at LEVX are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each set is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves it, so inflight catering here reaches the cabin already matched to the passenger record rather than sorted on board.
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 Vigo, Spain
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 LEVX / VGO
A single 2400 m runway and a narrow-body reference code define what Vigo handles: scheduled and charter flights that route through one field rather than a wide-body hub, plus the occasional diversion or government movement that concentrates rather than spreads the workload. That profile makes documentation the harder problem here, not volume — a delegation or a repeat charter needs the same paperwork whether the stand sees one movement a day or several.
The uplift leaves our kitchen sealed and reaches the aircraft by ramp routing rather than a landside handover, with our own crew on the apron for the escort and the final check at the galley door. Airline catering at Vigo and airport catering at VGO run off the same ops desk, so the route from kitchen to stand is planned once and reused, not replanned per flight.
One coordinator owns each rotation from seal to signature, and inflight catering and in-flight catering at LEVX are both closed out with a signed handover before the aircraft pushes back.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Vigo airport
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Government and state flight catering at Vigo
A single runway at LEVX, and a delegation moving through it has no second stand to fall back on if the paperwork isn't already right. Government flight catering at Vigo for state visits and official movements means the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen, ready for any head of state movement the field is asked to take.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at LEVX
Our crews hold the narrow-body reference code at Vigo against the same household specification used at any other field we work. Royal flight catering here covers private airliners — BBJ, ACJ, wide-body VIP — kept on file between movements, with royal household dietary requirements and halal VIP sets produced to that standing specification rather than reassembled each time.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at VGO
The narrow-body reference code at Vigo still takes ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions on a full three-cabin uplift. Charter flight catering in Spain is counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out, and charter flight catering at Vigo runs to that same sequence whether the rotation is a one-off or repeats through the season.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Vigo
A 2400 m runway sets the airframes that reach the stand at Vigo, and every load has to clear that window before the tray sets even leave the kitchen. Ad hoc airline catering and outstation catering here run off one duty roster, with diversion catering and technical stop catering handled on the same sealed cart, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at LEVX
Business jets working a narrow-body field like Vigo still need the cabin sealed and documented the same way a scheduled aircraft does. Private jet catering in Vigo runs from our dedicated branch to the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Vigo
united aviation services s.l.
Charter flight catering reviewed at Vigo (VGO)
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Vigo airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We arranged delegation flight catering at Vigo (VGO/LEVX) for a sensitive movement. Special meals and crew items were clearly separated, and the aircraft-side handover was smooth. Reliable, discreet, and easy to work with. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Sami — Air Transport Operations Officer
“We had a larger VIP aircraft at Vigo (VGO/LEVX) and booked ACJ catering for the sector. Everything arrived neatly packed, easy to identify in the galley, and consistent with the presentation we requested. Exactly the level of detail we expect for VIP flying. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Mehdi — Charter Operations Manager
“We booked umrah flight catering at Vigo (VGO/LEVX) for a large group departure. The team handled the volume well and kept the boxes clearly identified by flight and service. We would use the service again for a similar charter. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Hana — Cargo Station Manager
Airport catering reference for Vigo (LEVX / VGO)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,400 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | LEVX |
Aircraft catering questions at LEVX / VGO
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Vigo (VGO)
What operations gets asked every week about Vigo.
Ask operations directly →Which method gets airline catering airside at Vigo airport?
The hi-loader takes the sealed cart from our kitchen to the galley door, so airside delivery here never passes through a landside handover point.
When does the desk confirm what airline catering costs at VGO?
Once cabin count, specification and loading window are confirmed, the desk returns a quotation built on that rotation rather than a published price list.
Does LEVX produce halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes?
Every SPML request is produced on a dedicated line and documented per passenger, covering halal, kosher and the full set of IATA special meal codes.
Where is VIP flight catering and government flight catering handled under protocol at Vigo?
The sealed uplift record and the protocol file, filed per passenger and signed at handover, are what carry a VIP or government movement through this station.
Who sets the lead time for an order placed at Vigo airport?
For a scheduled rotation the specification can still move close to departure, while a government or VIP load is fixed earlier to leave time for the protocol paperwork.
Outstation catering near Vigo
SCQ / LEST
Santiago de Compostela
Spain · 76 km from Vigo
Airline & VIP flight catering →
OPO / LPPR
Porto
Portugal · 109 km from Vigo
Airline & VIP flight catering →
LCG / LECO
Culleredo
Spain · 121 km from Vigo
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Aviation catering quote for LEVX / VGO
Request a quote
Send us your catering needs for VGO
Vigo (VGO / LEVX)
Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Vigo, not a brochure.
orders@aerogourmet.com · operations desk, 24/7
Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Vigo (VGO)