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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — La Romana, Dominican Republic
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at La Romana (MDLR / LRM)
LRM (IATA) · MDLR (ICAO)
The wide-body reference code held at La Romana means our crews board full three-cabin aircraft directly, not at the foot of the ramp but through the galley door itself, using a hi-loader raised to aircraft height for every uplift. That single method carries inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering across scheduled, charter, government and private movements alike, with the same sealed handover on each rotation.
2,950 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
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Runways
2
FBOs on station
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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 — La Romana
Wide-body inflight catering at MDLR / LRM
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at MDLR
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at La Romana
What happens between our kitchen and the aircraft at La Romana is measured, not promised: sealed carts move from production straight to the wide-body stand under ramp access we hold on our own badges. Each catering uplift is staged against the loading sheet before the hi-loader ever reaches the apron, so the galley door opens to a load that is already counted. Nothing waits on a trolley at the foot of the aircraft.
Between our kitchen and the stand at La Romana sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and the plan for every catering uplift is built against the worst of those three rather than the best. A cleared driver moves the sealed carts under that escort, and the convoy itself is treated as the risk the schedule has to absorb, not the food inside it. Galley catering only counts once it is logged: temperature is read and recorded when the load is sealed at the kitchen and read again at handover on the stand, and a signature closes the load at the galley door. Chain of custody runs unbroken from seal to signature, with no gap where responsibility could move to someone else on the ramp.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature: nothing changes hands unrecorded.
Crew meals and pilot meals for LRM departures
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at LRM
Airport catering at La Romana is produced under one roof that carries hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line side by side, rather than split across separate premises miles from the ramp. Working airport catering this way means a single HACCP standard governs every tray leaving the building, whatever cabin or mission it is destined for. That same production kitchen feeds flight kitchen output to MDLR on a cold chain that never breaks between the larder and the stand, in La Romana.
The team handling government flight catering at La Romana is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assigned by whoever is free that day. Security clearance is held on file, access to the production floor is limited to that list, and each member is trained on the household paperwork that has to travel with a sealed uplift. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first, before any menu.
Halal airline meals and special meals at La Romana (LRM)
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at MDLR
Menus at La Romana are built to the cabin they are boarding and to the mission behind the flight, from a scheduled rotation to a single delegation movement. Produce sourced from the Dominican Republic runs through the specification wherever the mission allows it, kept general to fruit, dairy and fish rather than named to a single farm or supplier. Inflight catering here still closes on the same documentation, whatever the cabin: allergen sets, halal and kosher requirements and medical diets are recorded per passenger, not per flight. Each set is labelled and sealed before it leaves the kitchen so cabin crew can match tray to passenger without opening a box to check.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at La Romana are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu card, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request from the same production line. Every plate is filed against the standing order before boarding, so VIP flight catering here is repeatable rotation after rotation, not improvised on the day.
Business cabins
Business cabins move through La Romana on multi-choice hot service built to galley-ready tray sets sized to the aircraft fitted that day. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately against the roster, in Dominican Republic, so the flight deck set never mixes with the cabin load at MDLR.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at La Romana, not left to a generic code on the manifest. Halal and kosher sets are produced against the full IATA special meal code list, each on a separate line before sealing, so inflight catering here answers a dietary flag without a second call to 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
Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at MDLR / LRM
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 MDLR / LRM
La Romana carries scheduled, charter and government movements across a single wide-body stand, so a peak wave and a delegation rarely land as separate problems: the same aerodrome reference code that clears a scheduled widebody clears the aircraft flying a state visit. That mix pushes the documentation load onto the coordinator rather than the kitchen, because a repeat rotation and a one-off delegation are catered from the same production line but signed off under different paperwork.
The uplift itself moves from our kitchen to the stand by hi-loader, raised to galley height so nothing is set down at the foot of the aircraft, with ramp access held on our own badges rather than borrowed from a third party. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering in Dominican Republic all run through that one method here, and airline catering at La Romana is planned stand by stand rather than terminal by terminal because there is only the one to work from.
What we commit to on this station stays the same whatever the mission: one coordinator named to the rotation, sealed carts from kitchen to galley, and a signed handover at the stand.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at MDLR / LRM
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Government and state flight catering at La Romana
A wide-body aircraft carrying a head of state delegation is boarded here on the same stand rated for scheduled traffic, which is what lets government flight catering move without a dedicated apron. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff are security-cleared against a fixed access list, and the uplift is sealed at the kitchen before it ever reaches MDLR.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at LRM
At La Romana, the 2950 metre runway is what clears a private airliner in the BBJ or ACJ class alongside scheduled wide-body traffic on the same stand. Royal flight catering here holds a household specification on file between movements, with halal and other household requirements built in on request rather than assembled from scratch each rotation.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at La Romana
Sequencing a full three-cabin load onto one wide-body stand is the constraint every charter movement at La Romana works around, because the 2950 metre runway brings ACMI, wet-lease and group traffic through the same apron as scheduled flights. Charter flight catering here is counted against the loading sheet and staged to match how each aircraft's galleys are laid out, with charter flight catering in La Romana covering special missions on the same footing as a standing group contract.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at La Romana
The wide-body reference code held at La Romana lets us treat a scheduled widebody and an unplanned arrival on the same stand and the same loading sheet. Carriers running this station as an outstation draw on ad hoc airline catering for a single rotation, outstation catering for a standing schedule, diversion catering when a flight lands off-plan, and technical stop catering across a multi-leg pattern, AOG included, all off the one duty roster.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at LRM
The 2950 metre runway at La Romana is enough to bring business aviation traffic onto the same apron as scheduled flights, which lets our private-jet branch deliver private jet catering in La Romana to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal without a separate route. FBO catering here runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, just handed off at a different door.
Private jets →
FBOs at La Romana
servair fbo
universal aviation
Aviation catering trusted by operators at La Romana
Operators on commercial aviation catering at La Romana airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“For a government operation through La Romana (LRM/MDLR), we required discreet government flight catering. Communication was discreet, changes were handled calmly, and the delivery was coordinated exactly within the agreed window. We would trust the team again for a similar movement. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Zain — Station Operations Manager
“We had a larger VIP aircraft at La Romana (LRM/MDLR) and booked ACJ catering for the sector. The portions, packaging, and labeling worked well for the cabin, and the timing was spot on. 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.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Emma — Client Services Manager
“For a high-volume passenger flight at La Romana (LRM/MDLR), we needed reliable hajj flight catering. Despite the large order, communication stayed simple and final quantities were confirmed without confusion. We would use the service again for a similar charter. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Amelia — Ad Hoc Operations Manager
Aircraft catering station data for La Romana (MDLR / LRM)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,950 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | MDLR |
Business jet catering questions at La Romana (LRM)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at La Romana (LRM)
What operations gets asked every week about La Romana.
Ask operations directly →Where does the figure for airline catering cost at MDLR come from?
It comes from the quotation file built for each request: cabin count, specification and loading window, since no fixed price list is published for airline catering cost at this station.
At what point does La Romana need the final specification before departure?
The sequence starts with confirming cabin count and mission type, and from there we set the lead time; the specification itself can still change up to the loading window, though last minute airline catering requests are worked case by case.
Does La Romana airport handle private jet catering delivery to the FBOs and the GA terminal?
Every FBO on the field and the GA terminal are reached on the same run, so private jet catering and FBO catering here follow one cold chain regardless of which door the aircraft uses.
Is VIP flight catering handled under protocol at LRM?
The coordinator named to each rotation runs VIP flight catering and government flight catering under the same protocol file, with security-cleared staff on a fixed access list for every movement.
Who documents halal, kosher and SPML requirements at MDLR?
Across every cabin, halal, kosher and the full set of IATA special meal codes are recorded per passenger and produced on a dedicated line before sealing.
When does airline catering move airside at La Romana?
Once the load is sealed at the kitchen, it moves airside under escort and boards by hi-loader straight to the galley door, so airline catering here never sits at the foot of the aircraft.
Commercial aviation catering near La Romana
PUJ / MDPC
Punta Cana
Dominican Republic · 59 km from La Romana
Airline & VIP flight catering →
SDQ / MDSD
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic · 80 km from La Romana
Airline & VIP flight catering →
JBQ / MDJB
La Isabela
Dominican Republic · 114 km from La Romana
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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