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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Upala, Costa Rica
Hi-loader airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Upala (MRUP / UPL)
UPL (IATA) · MRUP (ICAO)
A single narrow-body reference code governs Upala, and our kitchen builds the load around what that stand can take rather than around a wider frame it cannot hold. In-flight catering here runs to the same tray specification whatever the tail number, boarded by hi-loader to galley height, with inflight catering staged airside so the uplift never waits at the foot of the aircraft.
1,078 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Upala
Wide-body inflight catering at Upala
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at UPL
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Upala
Ramp access at Upala is booked before the cart ever leaves our kitchen, and the apron slot that follows is held against the same clock. A catering uplift here is timed from seal to signature, not guessed at from a general lead time quoted elsewhere. That sequence is what lets a narrow-body reference code carry a full three-cabin load without the window slipping.
Sealed, escorted and cleared: that is the order the convoy at Upala runs in, because the risk on this ramp sits in the movement, not in the galley catering itself. Between our kitchen and the single stand at MRUP the cart crosses a screening point and shares apron traffic with everything else working the field, and the catering uplift is planned against the busiest version of that crossing rather than the easiest. Temperature is logged when the load is sealed and logged again at the galley door, with a signature closing the chain of custody at handover.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the galley door.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Upala airport
Airline food supplier crews cleared for UPL
The flight kitchen at UPL runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to the volume a narrow-body reference code actually needs rather than to a wider profile the stand cannot take. HACCP governs every stage from intake to sealed cart, and the cold chain is held from the larder to the hi-loader without a gap in the record. Airport catering at Upala and airport catering across the wider MRUP operation both run off that same production floor.
Government flight catering out of this kitchen is handled by the same named team every rotation, not by whoever is on shift that day. Security clearance is on file for each of them, they sit on the access list for the airside route, and they are trained to household service standards for the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks before anything else at catering at MRUP.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Upala (UPL)
VVIP catering to a written specification at MRUP
Menus at UPL are built to the cabin and the mission first, and to the season second, so a narrow-body specification never reads like a scaled-down wide-body one. Costa Rican dairy, fish and orchard fruit sit alongside a standing tray-set structure that carries from one rotation to the next, and inflight catering at MRUP is planned that way deliberately. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, filed against the loading sheet rather than left to memory. Nothing about that documentation changes between a scheduled sector and a charter movement through the same stand.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Upala are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than assumed. The presentation is filed against the standing order, so VIP flight catering repeats exactly on the next rotation through MRUP.
Business cabins
Business cabins at UPL take multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the day. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, kept apart from the passenger load through to the stand at Upala.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at UPL are documented per passenger before they reach the kitchen floor: halal, kosher and the full set of IATA special meal codes, each produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves it. Inflight catering built this way keeps a household or medical set traceable from intake to galley door.
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 control for flight catering at Upala, Costa Rica
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.
Aircraft catering delivered airside at MRUP / UPL
Upala carries scheduled, ad hoc and government movements across a single narrow-body reference code, which turns any state or delegation traffic into a documentation problem first and a capacity problem only second: there is one stand to plan against, so the paperwork has to be right before the aircraft is on it. Airline catering at UPL and airport catering at UPL are both planned from that same starting point.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the ramp by hi-loader, boarded to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew on the stand for the handover. Aviation catering at MRUP and in-flight catering at MRUP run on that one route, and inflight catering in Costa Rica more broadly follows the same sealed-cart method wherever a stand allows it.
What we commit to at this stand is one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover, on every rotation regardless of segment.
Commercial aviation catering for every mission at UPL
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Government and state flight catering at MRUP
A narrow-body aircraft carrying a head of state delegation is boarded here to the same protocol file as any other government movement, because the reference code that clears the stand does not distinguish by mission. Government flight catering at Upala documents the manifest per passenger, assigns security-cleared staff to the load, and seals the uplift before it leaves our kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at UPL
On a stand rated to a 1078 m runway, a private airliner still boards to the same written specification kept on file between movements. Royal flight catering at Upala extends that specification to BBJ, ACJ and other wide-body VIP configurations, with halal and other household requirements produced on request and VVIP protocol carried across every repeat rotation.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Upala
Staging a full three-cabin load against one narrow-body stand means the loading sheet, not the galley layout, sets the order the carts move in. Charter flight catering at MRUP covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, and charter flight catering at UPL is counted against that same sheet before a single cart leaves the kitchen.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at MRUP
A narrow-body reference code at Upala sets the working envelope for every carrier that treats this stand as an outstation, and the tray standard is built to fit that envelope exactly. Ad hoc airline catering covers a schedule change with no notice, outstation catering keeps a repeat rotation on the same specification week to week, and diversion catering and technical stop catering are worked from the same sealed carts, with AOG covered on the same duty roster across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at UPL
The runway here measures 1078 m, which keeps business aviation on the same narrow-body-rated apron as everything else at this field. Private jet catering at Upala reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, run through our dedicated branch for business aviation.
Private jets →
Aviation catering trusted by operators at UPL
Charter operators on flight catering at Upala airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged group charter catering for the group at Upala (UPL/MRUP) after a late schedule update. The order included different meal types and snacks, but the cabin crew could identify everything immediately. Very practical for team and group charter work. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Paolo — Station Operations Manager
“For an urgent mission at Upala (UPL/MRUP), the team supported us with military charter catering. The meals were practical, clearly packed, and easy for the crew to distribute during the flight. We appreciated the flexibility. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Mohamed — Executive Flight Manager
“For a cargo sector from Upala (UPL/MRUP), we arranged cargo airline catering for the operating crew. The crew received the correct quantities and the handover was quick, which is exactly what we needed. We would use them again for another cargo sector. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Sofia — Charter Operations Executive
Airport catering facts for Upala (MRUP / UPL)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,078 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | MRUP |
Business jet catering questions at Upala (UPL)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Upala (UPL)
What operations gets asked every week about Upala.
Ask operations directly →Does UPL offer private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
Every business aviation movement through Upala is reached by our dedicated branch, delivering FBO catering to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain as an airline uplift.
Is VIP, VVIP and government flight catering handled at MRUP?
The same named coordinator who runs a scheduled rotation also runs VIP flight catering and government flight catering at MRUP, working to a documented protocol file for every delegation or household movement.
At what point does Upala need the final specification for an order?
The first step is booking the loading window against our kitchen slot, and from there the tray specification can still be adjusted up to a cut-off held on that same clock.
Where does airline catering cost get set for Upala Airport?
The quotation sheet records cabin count, specification and loading window before any figure is issued, since airline catering cost here depends on those three rather than on a published rate.
Who documents halal, kosher and the special meal codes produced for UPL?
Across every cabin, halal, kosher and the full set of IATA SPML codes are produced on a separate line and logged per passenger, not batched with the general load.
When is airline catering delivered airside at MRUP rather than at the terminal?
Once the hi-loader is cleared onto the ramp, airline catering moves straight to the galley door, with airside delivery replacing any handover at the foot of the aircraft.
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at Upala (UPL)