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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Marigot, Dominica
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Marigot (TDPD / DOM)
DOM (IATA) · TDPD (ICAO)
A single narrow-body reference code and one runway of 1936 metres set the working limits at Marigot, where every rotation is planned stand by stand rather than assumed. That scale is what our inflight catering runs on: hi-loader boarding to galley height for the aircraft this field takes, in-flight catering staged from a sealed kitchen and uplifted on the ramp, not left at the foot of the aircraft.
1,936 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 — Marigot
Commercial aviation catering at wide-body scale, TDPD / DOM
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at Marigot
Airport catering, one seal from kitchen to cabin at Marigot, Dominica
Ramp access is what decides the loading window at Marigot: the sealed cart clears the apron on our own schedule, not on a queue behind other ground traffic. With one runway and a single stand serving TDPD, the sequence from kitchen to galley door is short and fixed rather than improvised on the day. Every catering uplift here is timed against that sequence, not against an estimate.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Marigot sit screening, an escort and whatever apron traffic the single runway is carrying that hour. We plan the galley catering uplift against the worst of those three, holding the chain of custody from the seal at the kitchen door through to the handover at the aircraft.
Temperature is logged twice: once when the cart is sealed, once again when it is handed over airside, with both readings kept against the same load. The catering uplift closes only when a named signature accepts the seal at the aircraft, not before.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen door to the signature at the aircraft.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for DOM
Airline food supplier crews cleared for TDPD / DOM
The flight kitchen that provisions TDPD keeps hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to run against a single narrow-body stand rather than a wide spread of gates. That footprint is what makes airport catering in Dominica repeatable rotation after rotation, whatever the mix of scheduled, charter or government traffic booked against it. Every batch that leaves the kitchen at DOM is run to HACCP procedure before it is sealed, and airport catering here is planned around that one exit rather than several.
The team that handles government flight catering at Marigot is the same named crew every rotation, security-cleared and kept on a fixed access list rather than rotated in from a general pool. They are trained to household standards for the protocol work booked through catering at TDPD, and to the paperwork that has to travel with a sealed uplift from the kitchen door to the aircraft. Security clearance is checked before each movement, not once and left on file.
VIP flight catering menus for TDPD departures
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Marigot
Menus at Marigot are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a fixed cycle, adjusted as the traffic through the single stand shifts between scheduled, charter and VIP work. Where local sourcing is possible, dairy, fish and orchard produce from Dominica are worked into the specification without naming a dish or a grower. Inflight catering here is documented per passenger for allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, labelled by cabin before it is sealed. Nothing leaves the kitchen at TDPD without that label attached to the tray or the box it belongs to.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Marigot are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed cycle, with à-la-carte service available on request against the standing order. VIP flight catering here is filed and checked before it leaves the kitchen, not composed at the last minute against the loading window.
Business cabins
Business cabins at DOM run on multi-choice hot service, sized to oven-ready formats that fit the galley on the aircraft booked. Crew meals in Dominica travel the same route: cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately and matched to the roster before the cart is sealed.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger for inflight catering in Marigot, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each set is produced on a line kept apart from the main run and sealed before it leaves that line.
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 compliance at Marigot, Dominica
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 Marigot (DOM)
Marigot works a narrow-body reference code against one runway of 1936 metres and a single stand, so scheduled, charter and government traffic all share that same working space rather than spreading across several gates. That mix turns catering into a documentation and sequencing problem more than a capacity one: each rotation is booked, cleared and boarded in its own slot before the next is worked.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the ramp by sealed cart, cleared airside and boarded through the galley door under escort where the ramp calls for it. Airline catering at TDPD is worked from that single stand, with in-flight catering and aviation catering at Marigot running off the same ops desk rather than separate ones.
One coordinator carries the load from seal to signature on every rotation worked through DOM.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at DOM
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Government and state flight catering at TDPD
A narrow-body reference code means official movements are sequenced one at a time rather than run in parallel, so the protocol file for each has to be closed before the next lands. Government flight catering at Marigot for state visits and head of state movements is documented per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at DOM
One runway of 1936 metres, and that measure governs which private airliners can work this ramp on any given rotation. Royal flight catering at Marigot for the royal household and other VVIP movements is held to a written specification kept on file between visits, covering BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations, with halal and household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Marigot
We work a full three-cabin uplift through Marigot's single stand for ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions alike. Charter flight catering here is counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out, and charter flight catering in Marigot runs to that same sequence whatever the season.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at TDPD
Against a single stand and a 1936-metre runway, Marigot still takes carriers that run this station as an outstation rather than a base. Ad hoc airline catering covers uplifts booked outside the regular cycle; outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering are each worked off the same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at DOM
A single runway of 1936 metres also carries the business aviation movements through Marigot, worked from the same stand as the scheduled traffic rather than a separate apron. Private jet catering at TDPD is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Inflight catering rated by operators at TDPD
Charter operators on flight catering at DOM
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our flight changed at short notice and we arranged urgent airline catering at Marigot (DOM/TDPD). They reacted quickly to revised timings and passenger numbers, and the handover was straightforward. Good support when timing is the main pressure point. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Rafael — Trip Operations Manager
“Marigot (DOM/TDPD) was an outstation for us, and we booked airline catering at outstations for the sector. The crew received exactly what was ordered, with clear labels and no last-minute chasing from operations. Very useful coverage for smaller or less familiar stations. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Joseph — Network Control Coordinator
“We compared options for Marigot (DOM/TDPD) and asked for an airline catering cost. Pricing, delivery timing, and packaging were all explained upfront, which helped us approve the uplift quickly. The clear communication made the booking easy. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Elena — Executive Flight Manager
Airport catering facts for Marigot (TDPD / DOM)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,936 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | TDPD |
Aviation catering FAQ for Marigot (DOM)
Pilot meals and loading questions at TDPD
What operations gets asked every week about Marigot.
Ask operations directly →When do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights through Marigot, and under what protocol?
When a movement is flagged as VIP, VVIP or government, the file moves onto our protocol line: VIP flight catering and government flight catering are documented per passenger and sealed under the same protocol before the uplift leaves the kitchen.
Where do you deliver private jet catering on the field at TDPD?
Our delivery log shows every drop against the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, so private jet catering and FBO catering both travel on the same cold chain as an airline uplift.
Does DOM take last-minute changes to an airline catering order?
Every order carries a lead time set at booking, and how far in advance that has to be confirmed depends on the cabin count; last minute airline catering changes are worked against whatever window is left before the loading window closes.
Are halal, kosher and the special meal codes produced at TDPD?
The coordinator on duty logs every halal, kosher and SPML request against the passenger list, and special meals are produced on a line kept apart from the main run.
Which factors set airline catering cost at Marigot?
The loading method, the cabin count and the specification requested all feed the quotation; we do not publish a price list, and the desk returns a figure once those three are confirmed.
What lets you deliver airline catering airside at Marigot?
We hold ramp access on our own badges and board through the galley door by hi-loader, so airside delivery runs on our schedule rather than a shared queue.
Jet catering at airports near Marigot
DCF / TDCF
Canefield
Dominica · 25 km from Marigot
Airline & VIP flight catering →
GBJ / TFFM
Grand-Bourg
Guadeloupe · 36 km from Marigot
Airline & VIP flight catering →
PTP / TFFR
Pointe-à-Pitre
Guadeloupe · 84 km from Marigot
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Charter flight catering quote for Marigot (DOM)
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Marigot (DOM / TDPD)
Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Marigot, 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
Uplift at Marigot (DOM)