Aviation catering — Cayo Coco, Cuba

Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Cayo Coco (MUCC / CCC)

CCC (IATA) · MUCC (ICAO)

The aerodrome reference code held at Cayo Coco is wide-body, so the ramp here is built to take a wide-body airframe rather than route it elsewhere for provisioning. That reach lets us run inflight catering, in-flight catering and hi-loader boarding straight to galley height, with uplift staged for scheduled, charter, government and private movements from one ramp-side operation.

A catering hi-loader raised to the forward galley door of a wide-body on stand, the platform level with the doorway and the truck squared up beneath it.
3,000 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
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Runways
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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
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VIP at any volume
8 First covers or 400 passengers across three cabins, same execution
03
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
A catering hi-loader raised to the aft galley door of a wide-body on stand, its platform level with the doorway and a second truck waiting below.

On the apron — Cayo Coco

Wide-body aviation catering at Cayo Coco

Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.

Airport catering order window at MUCC

Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at Cayo Coco

When a rotation lands at Cayo Coco, the loading window starts at the sealed cart and ends at the signature on the galley door, not somewhere in between. Ramp access is held on our own badges, so the hi-loader moves straight from the apron to the aircraft without a stand-side handover to another crew. That single run is what a catering uplift is measured against here, cart by cart.

Four branded catering carts latched side by side in an aircraft galley, each door closed on a coloured seal.

Between our kitchen and the stand at Cayo Coco sit screening, an escort through airside, and whatever apron traffic the rotation happens to land into, and the catering uplift is planned against the worst of that rather than the average of it. Chain of custody runs on a single sheet from the seal at the kitchen to the signature at the galley, with no third party added to the route. Galley catering is logged at both ends: temperature taken at sealing, taken again at handover, and the load signed off before the hi-loader clears the apron.

One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature — from our kitchen to the galley door.

Airline food supplier kitchen serving Cayo Coco airport

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Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at CCC

The flight kitchen that provisions Cayo Coco runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to hold the HACCP standard across every tray that leaves it. Airport catering at Cayo Coco moves on a fixed cold chain from that kitchen to the ramp, with each stage of the run logged rather than assumed. That single site is what lets airport catering in Cayo Coco cover a scheduled rotation and a government movement from the same production floor.

The team behind government flight catering at Cayo Coco is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for the day. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the airside route, and is trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects. That continuity is what lets chain of custody hold from the kitchen seal to the aircraft door without a gap in who is responsible for it.

VIP flight catering menus for Cayo Coco (CCC) departures

Royal flight catering standards per cabin at MUCC

Menus at Cayo Coco are written to the cabin and the mission first, and only then to the season, so a VIP flight menu and a charter flight menu can share a kitchen without sharing a specification. Cuba's produce sets the frame for what is planted seasonally into a menu cycle — dairy, fish and orchard fruit worked into the rotation rather than named dish by dish. Inflight catering in Cayo Coco is built to move between a scheduled tray set and a plated VIP flight menu without changing kitchens or crews. Every set closes on documentation: allergen, halal and kosher requirements labelled per passenger and per cabin, medical diets included, before the cart is sealed.

A sauced chicken breast on roast potatoes with two slaws and a shoot garnish, plated on white china.

First & VVIP cabins

First and VVIP cabins at Cayo Coco are plated to a written specification rather than to a fixed menu card, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request within that document. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served to the same brief every time it lands.

A complete tray set on a black tray: sliced beef fillet in gravy with piped mash and vegetables, a seeded roll with herb butter and a berry dessert in a glass.

Business cabins

Business cabins worked out of CCC run a multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to each aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed to the roster separately, so tray sets and crew provisioning never share a cart.

Diet.

Protocol & dietary

Protocol and dietary requirements at MUCC are documented per passenger before the cart is sealed, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside the IATA special meal codes. Halal and kosher production runs on a separate line, and that line is what keeps inflight catering consistent across a mixed passenger list.

The three books

A tray set on a stainless steel bench: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a bread roll with herb butter, and a berry dessert in a glass.

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Royal & Government Flights

Royal households · government · state operations

  • Plated service · First to main cabin
  • Protocol handling · security clearance
Chefs plating a long line of identical main courses under heat lamps, with loaded catering trolleys waiting at the end of the line.

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Charter & Commercial

Charter · ACMI · group · scheduled · ad hoc

  • 400 passengers · one uplift
  • HACCP cold chain, logged to the galley door
A business jet cabin credenza laid with chilled sparkling wine in a bucket, bottled drinks, a nut dish and folded napkins on a silver tray, beside a single passenger seat.

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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 compliance at Cayo Coco (CCC)

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 MUCC / CCC

Cayo Coco takes scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single wide-body stand, which turns a peak wave into a sequencing problem and a delegation into a documentation one rather than a capacity one. Airline catering at Cayo Coco is planned against that stand, one rotation at a time, so a repeat service and a one-off charter are never queued behind each other.

The uplift moves from our kitchen to the ramp under our own airside badges, with the hi-loader taking the load straight to galley height rather than to the foot of the aircraft. Aviation catering at Cayo Coco runs off that same route regardless of the aircraft type on the stand, and ground handling on the apron is coordinated to the same loading sheet. Inflight catering in Cuba, and airport catering in Cuba more broadly, both depend on that ramp-side consistency rather than on the size of any one station.

On this stand we commit to one named coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover, in-flight catering in Cayo Coco included, whatever the mission on the tarmac.

VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at CCC

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Government and state flight catering at CCC
A 3000 m runway at Cayo Coco takes the aircraft that state visits and official delegations typically fly, which is the operating basis for the government flight catering we run here. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff carry security clearance on file, and the uplift for a head of state movement is sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Cayo Coco
A private airliner — BBJ, ACJ or wide-body VIP — is what the 3000 m runway at Cayo Coco is built to receive without diverting the movement elsewhere. Royal flight catering at MUCC holds household standards across repeat rotations from a written specification kept on file, with halal and other household requirements produced on request between movements.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at MUCC
Across the single wide-body stand at Cayo Coco, a 3000 m runway is what brings ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions onto the same ramp as scheduled traffic. Charter flight catering at MUCC covers a full three-cabin uplift staged to the loading sheet, and charter flight catering in Cuba runs to that same standard wherever the mission lands.
Wide-body charter →
A complete tray set on a black tray: a hot egg and ham dish, cut fruit, breads, a pastry, a set yoghurt and a portion of preserve.
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Airline and ad hoc catering at CCC
The wide-body stand at Cayo Coco is worked to one loading sheet, which is what lets a carrier running this station as an outstation and a diversion inbound share the same ramp routine. Ad hoc airline catering at Cayo Coco covers outstation catering and diversion catering off that sheet, with technical stop catering handled on the same schedule across a multi-leg rotation, AOG included.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Cayo Coco
Sharing a single wide-body stand with scheduled and charter traffic means business aviation movements at Cayo Coco are sequenced around that same ramp rather than given a separate one. Private jet catering in Cayo Coco is delivered to the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field by our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering all run from that one kitchen.
Private jets →

Inflight catering rated by operators at CCC

Operators on commercial aviation catering at Cayo Coco airport

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Government flight department

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Royal household

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Charter operator

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Scheduled airline

“We needed an airline ops catering supplier at Cayo Coco (CCC/MUCC) and the support was excellent. The response time was good and we did not have to manage several local suppliers ourselves. It made the station much easier to manage. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”

★★★★★

Charter operator

Gabriel — Flight Services Coordinator

“We booked VIP flight catering in Cayo Coco for a flight operating through CCC/MUCC. The menu selection was good and all special requests were clearly identified. I would use them again for another flight from Cayo Coco. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”

★★★★★

Scheduled airline

Ricardo — Airport Services Manager

“For our flight from Cayo Coco (CCC/MUCC), the cabin order included multiple SPML. Each item was clearly identified, separated from the standard meals, and easy to check before boarding. Very reassuring for the cabin crew. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”

★★★★★

Private jet operator

Idris — VIP Charter Manager

Outstation catering data for Cayo Coco (MUCC / CCC)

DatumValue
Longest runway3,000 m
Runways1
Aerodrome reference codewide-body
ICAOMUCC

Business jet catering questions at Cayo Coco (CCC)

Diversion catering and ramp questions at Cayo Coco (CCC)

What operations gets asked every week about Cayo Coco.

Ask operations directly →
Do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at Cayo Coco?

Yes, under a documented protocol covering VIP flight catering, VVIP movements and government flight catering, with staff cleared and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.

Given there is no published price list, how much does airline catering cost at Cayo Coco Airport?

There is a quotation built around cabin count, specification and the loading window rather than a fixed rate, and our desk returns one once those three are set.

How are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced at CCC?

CCC handles halal and kosher meals on a separate production line from the main tray run, with every SPML code documented per passenger before the cart is sealed.

MUCC — do you deliver airline catering airside, and how does it reach the aircraft?

The hi-loader carries the sealed cart straight to galley height under our own airside badges, so airline catering here moves from kitchen to aircraft without a stand-side handover.

Commercial aviation catering near Cayo Coco

AVI / MUCA
Ciro Redondo
Cuba · 68 km from Cayo Coco
Airline & VIP flight catering →
CMW / MUCM
Camaguey
Cuba · 126 km from Cayo Coco
Airline & VIP flight catering →
SNU / MUSC
Santa Clara
Cuba · 166 km from Cayo Coco
Airline & VIP flight catering →

Charter flight catering quote for MUCC / CCC

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Send us your catering needs for CCC

Cayo Coco (CCC / MUCC)

Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Cayo Coco, not a brochure.

orders@aerogourmet.com · operations desk, 24/7

Four steps

Flight

Aircraft · stand · local time

Offloading

Return leg, if any

Order

Counts · menus · files

Contact

Who we come back to

Step 1 of 4 · Flight

Flight

The airport is already filled in. Change it if the uplift boards elsewhere.

Search by city, IATA or ICAO.
Local time at the airport of delivery.
Hi-loader required
Offloading

One question. Answer no and the step closes itself.

Offloading required
Order

What goes on board, and for how many. Attach a loading sheet if you hold one.

Order from one of the three menu books

Give the detail per cabin if there is one.
Accepted formats: PDF, JPG, PNG, Word, Excel, CSV, TXT — up to 4 MB per file.
Contact

One name, one desk. We reply to it and nowhere else.

Uplift at Cayo Coco (CCC)