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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Matthew Town, Bahamas
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Matthew Town (MYIG / IGA)
IGA (IATA) · MYIG (ICAO)
Inside the narrow-body reference code held at Matthew Town, one flight kitchen boards scheduled, charter, government and private movements from a single ops desk. Inflight catering here is loaded by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with airside uplift covering wide-body and narrow-body work alike, and in-flight catering staged against a written specification for every rotation.
2,140 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
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 — Matthew Town
Inflight catering loaded to galley height at MYIG
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at Matthew Town
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at Matthew Town, Bahamas
Ramp access at Matthew Town is what decides the loading window, not a promise on a schedule board. From the sealed cart leaving our kitchen to the signature at the galley door, every stage of the catering uplift is logged against the apron traffic working the stand at the time. Nothing on this route is estimated: it is measured against what the ramp actually allows that day.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Matthew Town sit screening, an escort through the checkpoint, and whatever apron traffic is moving that hour, and the catering uplift is planned against the worst of those three rather than the best case. Chain of custody runs unbroken from the seal applied in the galley catering line to the signature taken at handover, with no unescorted gap in between. Temperature is logged twice, once at sealing and once at the aircraft, and the load is not released until both readings and the signature are on file.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature: nothing on this ramp travels unaccounted for.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Matthew Town (IGA)
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for MYIG / IGA
The flight kitchen behind Matthew Town runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built around the narrow-body reference code this station holds. Airport catering at IGA moves off that single site to the stand, with HACCP governing every line from intake to seal. Airport catering at Matthew Town is planned the same way for a scheduled rotation as for a diversion, because the kitchen behind it does not change shift for either.
The team that handles government flight catering at Matthew Town is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assembled to order. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the ramp, and is trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects before the aircraft is ever called. Chain of custody stays with that same crew from the seal at the kitchen to the handover at the stand.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at MYIG
VVIP catering to a written specification at Matthew Town
Menus at Matthew Town are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed card, moving from a VIP flight menu at the front to a charter flight menu built for a full three-cabin load. Where local sourcing is possible we draw on Bahamas produce, fish and orchard fruit in season, worked into a specification rather than a fixed dish list. Inflight catering here is planned around what the mission actually needs, not what a template assumes it needs. Every set closes on documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at MYIG are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single set menu. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for the operator, so the presentation is consistent whether the movement is planned weeks out or called at short notice.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Matthew Town run a multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, with oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft type flying that day. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, alongside the tray sets carried for the cabin itself.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Matthew Town are documented per passenger rather than assumed from a general list, covering household, religious and medical needs alongside halal and kosher sets. Inflight catering built to the IATA special meal codes is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, keeping it apart from the general tray run.
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
Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at MYIG / IGA
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 Matthew Town (IGA)
Matthew Town holds a narrow-body reference code, and that single fact shapes how catering operations here are planned: a scheduled arrival, a diversion and a technical stop are all worked to the same stand-side sequence rather than a separate plan for each. Aviation catering in Matthew Town runs off one ops desk regardless of which of those three shows up on the board that day.
Uplift leaves our kitchen sealed and travels airside to the stand under escort, boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. Airport catering in Matthew Town is planned stand by stand, with ramp access held on our own badges rather than borrowed for the day, and in-flight catering scheduled around whatever traffic is moving on the apron at the time.
What we commit to at this station is one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts from kitchen to stand, and a signed handover before the aircraft is released, the same commitment that governs airline catering at IGA on every movement it covers.
Commercial aviation catering for every mission at MYIG
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Government and state flight catering at Matthew Town
A 2,140 metre runway sets what can be worked to this stand, and that in turn sets how a delegation movement is planned rather than improvised. Government flight catering at Matthew Town covers state visits and official movements with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff assigned to the load, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen, ready for a head of state aircraft on short notice.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at MYIG
Our kitchen holds a written household specification on file between movements, built to run against the narrow-body reference code this station carries rather than against a one-off brief. We provide royal flight catering for private airliners on that specification, including BBJ and ACJ types, with halal sets and other royal household requirements produced to order and VVIP protocol observed from seal to handover.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at IGA
Narrow-body capacity is what this station's reference code sets, and charter flight catering at Matthew Town is planned around that ceiling for every group movement booked through it. ACMI and wet-lease operators, sports charters and special missions all draw on the same full multi-leg specification, counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out, with charter flight catering repeated identically leg to leg.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Matthew Town
A narrow-body reference code sets the sequencing this station works to, so a scheduled slot, a diversion and an ad hoc call all have to fit the same stand plan rather than a separate one each. Carriers running Matthew Town as an outstation get outstation catering built to that plan, with diversion catering, technical stop catering and ad hoc airline catering covering the calls a schedule cannot predict, across a multi-leg rotation without changing the tray standard between legs.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at MYIG
A narrow-body reference code covers the business jets working Matthew Town as readily as the scheduled traffic, and that same stand plan carries the private jet catering in Bahamas through to the FBOs on the field. Delivery reaches the GA terminal and the ramp handler on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering following the desk after the commercial rotation is placed.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at Matthew Town airport
Operators on commercial aviation catering at IGA
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We had a last-minute schedule change into Matthew Town (IGA/MYIG) and needed urgent airline catering. Confirmation was quick, the order stayed clear despite several updates, and delivery reached the aircraft on time. Good support when timing is the main pressure point. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Max — Executive Charter Coordinator
“Matthew Town (IGA/MYIG) was an outstation for us, and we booked outstation catering for the sector. The crew received exactly what was ordered, with clear labels and no last-minute chasing from operations. A solid solution for outstation operations. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Luis — Operations Desk Manager
“For our flight at Matthew Town (IGA/MYIG), we needed a quick airline catering cost per meal before confirming the order. They answered our questions without overcomplicating the process and kept the final cost aligned with the confirmation. We appreciated the transparency. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Bastien — Station Performance Manager
Outstation catering data for Matthew Town (MYIG / IGA)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,140 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | MYIG |
Business jet catering questions at MYIG
Technical stop catering questions at MYIG
What operations gets asked every week about Matthew Town.
Ask operations directly →At what point does airline catering at IGA move airside, and how does it reach the aircraft?
The load leaves our kitchen sealed and clears the checkpoint under escort before it ever reaches the ramp, with airside delivery running straight to the stand. From there it is boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft.
Given the narrow-body reference code held at MYIG, do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs on the field?
There is coverage across every FBO and the GA terminal at Matthew Town, on the same cold chain and paperwork as a commercial uplift. FBO catering here is scheduled off the same desk as an airline rotation, not a separate arrangement.
In Matthew Town, do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights, and under what protocol?
The hi-loader carries the load to galley height for VIP flight catering exactly as it does for a scheduled cabin, with nothing handled at the foot of the aircraft. Government flight catering follows a documented protocol file per passenger, with security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift from the kitchen.
Can an order for Matthew Town Airport change close to departure?
A specification can be adjusted later than a first booking, though the lead time needed depends on the cabin count and the loading window that day. Last minute airline catering is handled through the same ops desk that takes the original order, rather than a separate emergency line.
How much does airline catering cost at IGA?
The standard applied is the same HACCP and cold-chain specification on every rotation, and it is that specification, not a fixed list, that a quotation is built from. Airline catering cost depends on cabin count, mission type and the loading window requested, and the desk comes back with a figure once those are known.
Flight catering at airports near Matthew Town
BCA / MUBA
Baracoa
Cuba · 111 km from Matthew Town
Airline & VIP flight catering →
MOA / MUMO
Moa
Cuba · 135 km from Matthew Town
Airline & VIP flight catering →
PAX / MTPX
Port-de-Paix
Haiti · 144 km from Matthew Town
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Charter flight catering quote for Matthew Town (IGA)
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Four steps
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Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
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Uplift at Matthew Town (IGA)