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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Osbourn, Antigua and Barbuda
Osbourn (TAPA / ANU): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
ANU (IATA) · TAPA (ICAO)
At Osbourn (TAPA), the 2744-metre runway is rated to a wide-body reference code, which is what lets us plan a full three-cabin uplift rather than a scaled-down one. Inflight catering here is boarded by hi-loader to galley height, direct from our kitchen to the aircraft, with in-flight catering and every uplift airside, on stand.
2,744 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Osbourn
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at Osbourn airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at ANU
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at TAPA / ANU
The loading window at Osbourn runs from the sealed cart leaving our kitchen to the signature at the galley door, and it is timed rather than promised. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the catering uplift moves onto the apron the moment the stand is called rather than waiting on a separate pass. That single step is what keeps a wide-body turnaround inside its slot at TAPA.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Osbourn sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and the convoy is where a rotation is actually won or lost. We plan the catering uplift and its route against the worst of those three, not the average of them, so the galley catering reaches the aircraft on schedule whatever the apron is doing that hour. Every cart is sealed at the kitchen and logged again on the stand, with a temperature reading taken at both ends and a single signature closing the chain of custody once the galley is loaded.
One coordinator owns the seal at the kitchen and the signature at the aircraft.
Crew meals and pilot meals for TAPA departures
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Osbourn
The flight kitchen that provisions Osbourn runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, which is what airport catering at a wide-body field actually requires rather than a single galley. HACCP governs every stage of that production, from intake to the sealed cart, and the same standard applies whether the order is a scheduled rotation or an ad hoc call. Airport catering at TAPA is planned from that one kitchen rather than split across suppliers, which keeps the specification consistent flight to flight.
The team that handles government flight catering at Osbourn is the same named crew every rotation, not a rota drawn from a general pool. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, they sit on the access list for the kitchen and the ramp, and they are trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects. That continuity is what a protocol officer is actually checking when the file is reviewed before catering at TAPA is confirmed.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Osbourn airport
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at ANU
From passenger meal boxes to VVIP menus, the airline catering menu at Osbourn follows the cabin, the mission and the season rather than one fixed cycle. Menus draw on the produce of Antigua and Barbuda where the flight and the cabin allow it, from fish and orchard fruit to dairy sourced close to the kitchen, without naming a single dish on this page. Every set is documented per passenger: allergen declarations, halal and kosher lines, and the medical codes a crew needs at the door. Inflight catering at Osbourn is built to that same written record on every rotation, whatever the cabin count.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Osbourn are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed list, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so the presentation is repeatable rotation to rotation, not reinvented each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at TAPA run on multi-choice hot service in oven-ready tray sets sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so the business cabin and the flight deck are never drawn from the same tray.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary needs at Osbourn are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering for these requirements is produced on a separate line at the kitchen and sealed before it leaves it, keeping the record clean from production to galley.
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
Aircraft catering under HACCP control at Osbourn
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 Osbourn, Antigua and Barbuda
Osbourn handles scheduled airline traffic, ad hoc and diversion calls, and government, royal and charter movements across a single wide-body stand rated to that reference code, which turns a delegation into a documentation task and a peak rotation into a capacity one rather than a routing problem. Airline catering at Osbourn is planned against that same stand, not spread across parallel positions, so the loading sequence is fixed before the aircraft is on approach.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the stand by sealed cart and boards by hi-loader at galley height, with our own crew holding the ramp from kitchen door to aircraft door. Aviation catering at ANU and in-flight catering both run off that one route, and airport catering in Osbourn is coordinated through the same ops desk rather than handed between teams mid-rotation.
On every movement through TAPA, one coordinator owns the seal at the kitchen, the escort across the apron, and the signature at the galley door.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at Osbourn
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Government and state flight catering at Osbourn
The 2744-metre runway at TAPA takes the wide-body movements a state visit typically brings, which is why government flight catering here runs on a dedicated protocol file rather than a standard order. Delegations and official movements are documented per passenger, worked by security-cleared staff, and the uplift for any head of state aircraft is sealed at the kitchen before it leaves for catering at ANU.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at TAPA
Our kitchen holds household standards across repeat rotations on the wide-body reference code carried at Osbourn, working from a written specification kept on file between movements rather than rebuilt each time. Royal flight catering and VVIP work here cover private airliners, from BBJ to ACJ to wide-body VIP configurations, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request through the royal household file.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at ANU
Wide-body is the reference code carried at this stand, and it governs every charter airframe that comes through Osbourn, from ACMI and wet-lease operators to group movements and special missions. Charter flight catering at TAPA covers a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, with charter flight catering staged in the order the galleys are laid out for each mission through Antigua and Barbuda.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Osbourn
With a single wide-body stand carrying the whole reference code at ANU, every rotation through it has to be sequenced rather than run in parallel, which is exactly the constraint ad hoc airline catering is planned against. Carriers running Osbourn as an outstation call on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off the same duty roster, AOG included, with crew meals boxed separately for each multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at TAPA
A wide-body reference code held at this single stand also covers the smaller airframes using the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field, which is where our dedicated private-jet branch delivers. Private jet catering in Antigua and Barbuda runs on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, business aviation catering and business jet catering both included through FBO catering to the ramp handler on duty.
Private jets →
FBOs at Osbourn
signature aviation
Inflight catering trusted by operators at Osbourn (ANU)
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at TAPA
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We needed an airline catering partner at Osbourn (ANU/TAPA) and the support was excellent. The response time was good and we did not have to manage several local suppliers ourselves. We would use the service again without hesitation. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Rami — Flight Services Manager
“We booked private jet catering in Osbourn for a flight operating through ANU/TAPA. Communication was responsive and the team handled a late timing change without any issue. Good local support for a VIP operation. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Elena — OCC Coordinator
“For our flight from Osbourn (ANU/TAPA), the cabin order included multiple halal airline meals. All requirements were followed and the cabin crew could see immediately which meal belonged to which passenger. We were happy with the accuracy of the order. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Kai — Flight Support Executive
Airport catering facts for Osbourn (TAPA / ANU)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,744 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | TAPA |
Business jet catering questions at Osbourn airport
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Osbourn airport
What operations gets asked every week about Osbourn.
Ask operations directly →Does Osbourn produce halal, kosher and IATA special meal sets?
Every SPML request is produced on a separate line and documented per passenger, covering halal, kosher and the full range of IATA special meal codes.
Which method delivers airline catering airside at Osbourn Airport?
The sealed cart leaves our kitchen and boards by hi-loader at galley height, with airside delivery held on our own clearance from kitchen door to stand.
Is private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at ANU?
Our coordinator on duty routes every order to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, with FBO catering run on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Where is VIP, VVIP and government flight catering documented at TAPA?
The protocol file records VIP flight catering and government flight catering per passenger, with security clearance and chain of custody signed at both the kitchen and the aircraft.
Who sets the lead time for an order through Osbourn?
For scheduled rotations the desk asks for standard notice, but across ad hoc calls, diversions and last minute airline catering the specification can still change up to the loading window.
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
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Uplift at Osbourn (ANU)