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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Mangrove Cay, Bahamas
Mangrove Cay (MYAB / MAY): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
MAY (IATA) · MYAB (ICAO)
Off the single 1,524 m runway at Mangrove Cay, aerodrome reference code narrow-body, inflight catering here moves on a hi-loader plan built to the aircraft actually working this field rather than a wide-body assumption. In-flight catering and uplift are staged to galley height for every scheduled, charter, government and private movement the strip can take, sealed at the kitchen before the convoy ever reaches the ramp.
1,524 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
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 — Mangrove Cay
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at Mangrove Cay
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at MAY
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at MYAB / MAY
Covers, trays and sealed carts leave our kitchen for Mangrove Cay on a schedule built around the single runway and the one stand this field works to. Ramp access is held on our own badges rather than a general escort, which keeps the apron crossing short and repeatable on every rotation. The catering uplift is staged in the order the galley will need it, not in the order it happens to arrive at the vehicle gate.
Between the sealed cart leaving our kitchen and the signature at the aircraft, the risk at Mangrove Cay sits in the convoy, not in the galley catering itself: screening, escort and apron traffic on the one working stand are what we plan against, using the worst case rather than the average one. Every catering uplift is logged at the point it is sealed and logged again at the point the crew signs for it, so the chain of custody has two timestamps rather than one estimate. Nothing crosses the ramp here without both entries filled in against the aircraft it was built for.
One seal, one signature, one route from our galley to yours.
Airline food supplier for MAY rotations
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at MYAB / MAY
The production line that provisions Mangrove Cay runs hot production, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, built to HACCP standard rather than to the size of any one rotation. Airport catering at Mangrove Cay is planned around the single narrow-body stand this field offers, which keeps the cold chain short between the last sealing point and the aircraft door. That same kitchen carries airport catering for scheduled, charter and government movements off one production schedule rather than several competing ones.
The team behind government flight catering at MAY is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in for the day. Security clearance is held on file, access to the kitchen and the ramp is limited to that list, and the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift is checked against it before the cart moves. Catering at MAY runs on that one roster, cabin after cabin, movement after movement.
VIP flight catering menus for MYAB departures
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at Mangrove Cay
Menus for Mangrove Cay are written to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted for the season, so a scheduled rotation and a government movement leaving the same stand do not receive the same tray. Produce drawn from the wider Bahamas supply chain sets the seasonal base, with fish, fruit and dairy lines chosen for what is actually available rather than a fixed catalogue. Inflight catering at MAY is built from that base up through crew sets, business trays and VVIP plates, each one documented before it is sealed. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are labelled per passenger and per cabin, never assumed from a single flight-wide note.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Mangrove Cay are plated to a written specification rather than to a general standard, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for the movement, so a repeat rotation receives the same presentation each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at MYAB run a multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley actually fitted, boxed and tray-set for loading in sequence. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, kept apart from the passenger tray sets through sealing and handover.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger for every movement through Mangrove Cay, never batched under one flight-wide label. Halal and kosher sets, along with the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed before that line closes, which is how inflight catering here keeps a dietary set traceable back to the passenger it was built for.
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-compliant aircraft catering at Mangrove Cay (MAY)
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 Mangrove Cay (MAY)
A single 1,524 m runway and one narrow-body stand set the traffic profile at Mangrove Cay: this is a station of scheduled turns, occasional charter work and the ad hoc movement rather than a wave of simultaneous wide-bodies, and that shapes catering around repeatability rather than raw volume. Airline catering in Bahamas at this scale means one desk tracking every rotation through the single stand, not several teams working different piers.
Uplift for aviation catering at MAY leaves our kitchen sealed and travels by a short, fixed route to the one working stand, with the loading crew working the hi-loader to galley height rather than delivering to the foot of the aircraft. Airport catering in Bahamas at this field benefits from that short route: fewer handovers between kitchen and cabin than a multi-pier airport would require. In-flight catering at Mangrove Cay and inflight catering at MAY both run off that same short chain, cart to galley, logged at both ends.
What we commit to on this stand is one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts from kitchen to aircraft, and a signed handover at the galley door every time.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at Mangrove Cay
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Government and state flight catering at MYAB
One narrow-body stand at Mangrove Cay means a state movement is worked without competing traffic on the ramp, which simplifies the protocol routing rather than complicating it. Government flight catering here covers delegations and official movements with the file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and every head of state uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at MAY
Our crews hold a narrow-body reference code specification against every private airliner working Mangrove Cay, from a BBJ down to a smaller VIP configuration. Royal flight catering and household movements here draw on a written specification kept on file between rotations, with halal and other household requirements produced on request against that same record.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Mangrove Cay
One narrow-body stand at Mangrove Cay carries charter, ACMI and wet-lease movements on the same schedule as scheduled traffic, rather than a separate charter apron. Charter flight catering at MAY and charter flight catering at MYAB both mean a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at MYAB
A single 1,524 m runway sets a hard limit on which aircraft can work Mangrove Cay, which means every rotation here is planned against that one strip rather than a choice of stands. Ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all run off the same duty roster at MAY, with AOG covered on the same terms across a multi-leg pattern.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at MAY
A business aircraft working the single narrow-body stand at Mangrove Cay is boarded on the same reference code specification as any other movement through this field. Private jet catering at MAY reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, run by our dedicated business aviation branch rather than a separate desk.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at MAY
Flight departments on jet catering at MAY
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our ops team used the service at Mangrove Cay (MAY/MYAB) as an airline catering broker. One contact handled the order from confirmation through delivery, which saved our dispatch team a lot of follow-up. We would use the service again without hesitation. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Ahmed — VIP Trip Manager
“I arranged airline catering in Mangrove Cay for our departure from MAY/MYAB. Everything arrived fresh, well presented, and easy for the cabin crew to organize before boarding. 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.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Abdullah — VIP Government Flight Coordinator
“For our flight from Mangrove Cay (MAY/MYAB), the cabin order included multiple kosher 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. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Tiago — Charter Dispatch Manager
Airport catering data for Mangrove Cay (MYAB / MAY)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,524 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | MYAB |
Aircraft catering questions at Mangrove Cay airport
Diversion catering and ramp questions at MYAB
What operations gets asked every week about Mangrove Cay.
Ask operations directly →Where is VIP, VVIP and government flight catering handled at Mangrove Cay?
The protocol file for the movement is what governs it, documented per passenger and checked against the security clearance list before the uplift is sealed. VIP flight catering and government flight catering both run off that same file at Mangrove Cay.
Which method gets airline catering airside at MAY?
The hi-loader is what closes the gap between our kitchen and the aircraft, raising the sealed cart to galley height rather than leaving it at the foot of the aircraft. That is how airside delivery works for every rotation through MAY.
When is the cost of airline catering at MYAB confirmed?
Once cabin count, specification and the loading window for the rotation are known, our desk returns a quotation built on those three factors rather than a published price list. We do not publish airline catering cost figures in advance because they move with the movement.
Does Mangrove Cay produce halal, kosher and coded special meals?
Every dietary and religious requirement, including halal, kosher and the full range of SPML special meal codes, is produced on a separate line and documented per passenger. Special meals are sealed before that line closes, kept apart from the general tray run.
Is private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Mangrove Cay?
The coordinator on duty routes every business aviation order to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal alike, on the same cold chain as an airline uplift. FBO catering here runs off the same kitchen and the same paperwork as a scheduled movement.
Who sets the lead time for an order at MAY?
For a scheduled rotation our desk asks for as much notice as the airline's own catering deadline allows, while a specification can still change closer to departure through the same desk. Across every movement through MAY, last minute airline catering is handled case by case rather than refused outright.
Aviation catering across the Mangrove Cay region
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Nassau
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at Mangrove Cay (MAY)