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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Staniel Cay, Bahamas
Airside airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Staniel Cay (MYES / TYM)
TYM (IATA) · MYES (ICAO)
A narrow-body reference code governs the single runway here, which sets what an operator can uplift rather than what a brochure claims. Within that limit AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at Staniel Cay to hi-loader height, wide-body procedures held on standby for the widest airframe this apron will take.
924 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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Runways
02
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 — Staniel Cay
Inflight catering at wide-body scale for TYM
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at TYM
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at MYES / TYM
Every catering uplift at this field starts at the sealed cart and ends at a signature on the galley door, with nothing estimated between the two. Ramp access is held on our own clearance rather than requested stand by stand, so the apron crossing is planned before the aircraft is on the ground. That sequence is what a narrow-body reference code allows here, worked the same way on every rotation.
Screening, escort and apron traffic sit between our kitchen and the stand, and the convoy is the part of a catering uplift that actually carries risk, not the food inside it. We plan against the busiest apron window rather than the average one, so a delay on the ramp never becomes a delay at the galley catering door. Temperature is logged when the load is sealed and logged again at handover, and a single signature closes the chain of custody on the cart before it clears.
One coordinator carries the load from the kitchen seal to the aircraft signature.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for Staniel Cay airport
Cleared crews behind government flight catering at Staniel Cay
The flight kitchen behind this station runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built around the narrow-body reference code this apron holds. That reference code sets the tray sizing and the cart count before a single galley door opens, so airport catering here is planned to the airframe rather than adjusted to it afterwards. Airport catering at Staniel Cay and the wider flight kitchen at TYM share the same HACCP standard on every rotation.
The team that carries out government flight catering at Staniel Cay is a single named crew across every rotation, security clearance held on file rather than requested per movement. They sit on the access list, are trained to household service standards, and travel with the paperwork a sealed uplift needs at handover. That same crew, not a rotating pool, is what catering at TYM is built around.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Staniel Cay airport
VVIP catering to a written specification at TYM
Menus here are written to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted to the season, never the other way round. Where the route allows it, produce, dairy and fish sourced from the Bahamas sit alongside a standing specification kept on file between rotations. Every set carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical labelling, checked per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed. Inflight catering in Staniel Cay is written this way whether the flight is a scheduled service or a single VIP movement.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Staniel Cay carry VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. Presentation is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served the same way each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at TYM run multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately from the passenger load and checked against the same roster at MYES.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at Staniel Cay, with halal and kosher sets produced against the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering of this kind is prepared on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
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 Staniel Cay, Bahamas
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 Staniel Cay, Bahamas
Staniel Cay works scheduled, charter and VIP movements over a single narrow-body reference code, which turns each rotation into a documentation and sequencing problem rather than a volume one. A peak arrival still has to clear the same one stand, so airline catering at Staniel Cay is timed to that single slot rather than spread across several.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the ramp under escort, boarded by hi-loader to galley height with ground handling covering the apron leg. In-flight catering at MYES and aviation catering at TYM both move through that same route, airside delivery held to the stand rather than staged at a curb.
We commit one coordinator to every movement here, carts sealed at the kitchen and a signed handover at the aircraft, so airport catering at Staniel Cay carries the same accountability on a single-stand field as it does anywhere larger in the network.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at TYM
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Government and state flight catering at TYM
The 924 metre runway at Staniel Cay is what a head of state aircraft on a narrow-body airframe actually works against when a state visit is scheduled here. Government flight catering for that movement runs on a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff, and an uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Staniel Cay
A private airliner within the narrow-body class this runway takes can be boarded here without a change of procedure, the 924 metre length being the figure that governs the decision. Royal flight catering for that movement is held to a written household specification kept on file between visits, with halal and other household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at MYES
On the single stand this field holds, a narrow-body charter movement is loaded against the same reference code as any scheduled service. Charter flight catering for ACMI, wet-lease and group operators covers a full three-cabin uplift, staged in galley order and counted against the loading sheet before departure, the same charter flight catering standard applied to every multi-leg rotation through Staniel Cay.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at TYM
A single narrow-body reference code sets the tray and cart count our kitchen loads for every rotation through this field. That fixed sizing is what makes ad hoc airline catering workable here: outstation catering for carriers running Staniel Cay as a stop, diversion catering and technical stop catering handled off the same duty roster, AOG included across a multi-leg sequence.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Staniel Cay
A narrow-body reference code limits the aircraft this apron takes, which is the constraint any business jet movement here is worked around before a cart is loaded. Private jet catering at Staniel Cay reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, run by our dedicated branch on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at MYES
Flight departments on jet catering at MYES
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our team used the service at Staniel Cay (TYM/MYES) for delegation flight catering with strict timing and handling requirements. Special meals and crew items were clearly separated, and the aircraft-side handover was smooth. Reliable, discreet, and easy to work with. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Celine — Flight Planning Manager
“For a VIP rotation through Staniel Cay (TYM/MYES), we used the team for ACJ catering. Everything arrived neatly packed, easy to identify in the galley, and consistent with the presentation we requested. I would happily use them again on a VIP rotation. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Stefan — Air Cargo Operations Manager
“We arranged hajj flight catering for a group movement through Staniel Cay (TYM/MYES). Meal counts were accurate, halal requirements were clearly managed, and the delivery was organized for a quick uplift. A dependable choice for group charter operations. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Andrea — Flight Support Manager
Airport catering reference for Staniel Cay (MYES / TYM)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 924 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | MYES |
Aircraft catering questions at Staniel Cay (TYM)
Crew meals, lead times and access at Staniel Cay airport
What operations gets asked every week about Staniel Cay.
Ask operations directly →Is private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at TYM?
Our coordinator routes FBO catering to every FBO on the field and to the GA terminal, on the same sealed cold chain as an airline uplift.
Who sets the lead time for an order into MYES, and who can still change the specification close to departure?
For most rotations we ask for the order well ahead of the loading window, and the operations desk can usually take a specification change up to a short cut-off before wheels-up; how far in advance depends on the cabin count and the mission.
Does Staniel Cay produce halal, kosher and the full range of IATA special meal codes?
Every passenger requiring a special meal is logged against the IATA SPML codes, and halal and kosher sets are produced on a separate line before sealing.
When can an operator get a firm figure for airline catering cost at Staniel Cay Airport?
Once the cabin count, the specification and the loading window are confirmed, our desk returns a quotation built on those three; we publish no fixed price list.
Airline catering at airports near Staniel Cay
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Normans Cay
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
RSD / MYER
Rock Sound
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
GGT / MYEF
Moss Town
Bahamas · 88 km from Staniel Cay
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Flight catering quote for Staniel Cay, Bahamas
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Staniel Cay (TYM / MYES)
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Staniel Cay (TYM)