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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Puerto Plata (MDPP / POP): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
POP (IATA) · MDPP (ICAO)
Off a 3081 m runway at Puerto Plata (MDPP), the wide-body reference code held here clears scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet movements onto one apron. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering from a kitchen staged for hi-loader boarding to galley height, so uplift moves straight onto the aircraft rather than waiting at the foot of the stairs; that is inflight catering worked as ramp discipline, not delivery.
3,081 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
1
FBO on station
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 — Puerto Plata
Airport catering on the MDPP apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for Puerto Plata airport departures
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at POP
Ramp access at Puerto Plata is what makes the loading window a measured sequence rather than a guess: the cart leaves the kitchen sealed, crosses the apron on a cleared route, and reaches the galley door still on record. Every catering uplift booked against a wide-body rotation here follows that same path, with the reference code this field holds setting how the hi-loader is positioned against the fuselage. Nothing about the sequence changes for a diversion or a technical stop; only the notice given to the kitchen does.
Between our kitchen and the wide-body stand at Puerto Plata sit screening, an escorted route across the apron, and the ordinary traffic of a single-runway field working multiple movements. We plan the catering uplift against the busiest version of that route, not the easiest one, so a delay on the ramp does not become a delay on the galley catering timeline.
Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at the stand, with a name against both readings and against the handover itself. The chain of custody that starts at MDPP does not pass through an intermediate stop: one crew carries it from seal to signature, and that signature is what closes the load.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the aircraft door.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Puerto Plata (POP)
Airline food supplier crews cleared for MDPP
Airport catering at Puerto Plata runs from a facility built to feed a wide-body rotation rather than a single galley cart at a time: hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell held under one roof. Airport catering at this scale is organised so a delegation movement and a scheduled departure can be worked from the same kitchen on the same afternoon without either one waiting on the other. Every tray leaving that kitchen is produced to a HACCP standard held constant across the cold chain, from the larder to the sealed cart.
The team behind government flight catering at Puerto Plata is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating roster assembled per booking. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the ramp, and is trained on the paperwork that has to travel with a sealed uplift as well as on royal household standards where a movement calls for them. That continuity is what lets a repeat client recognise the same hands at the galley door on a second and a third rotation.
Halal airline meals and special meals at MDPP / POP
VIP flight catering, specified per passenger at Puerto Plata airport
Menus at Puerto Plata are written to the cabin and the mission before they are written to a season, so a wide-body charter and a scheduled rotation are not served from the same fixed list. Inflight catering here draws on the produce of Dominican Republic where the mission calls for a local angle, from tropical fruit to fresh fish and dairy, without naming a single dish or supplier on the sheet. Every set is built to a specification filed against the booking rather than assembled on the day. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and produced against that same filed record.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Puerto Plata are plated to a written specification held on file between rotations, with à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single set list. That is VIP flight catering built around the passenger record, not around a seasonal menu printed for every departure through MDPP.
Business cabins
Business cabins worked through POP take multi-choice hot service built to a specification sized for the galley fitted to the aircraft, boxed as tray sets rather than plated individually. Crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately from the passenger service, with cabin crew meals sequenced to the roster rather than to the main cabin count in Puerto Plata.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Puerto Plata are documented per passenger before the flight, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside halal and kosher production and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Every one of those sets is produced on a separate line from the main service and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, which keeps inflight catering in Dominican Republic auditable set by set.
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 Puerto Plata airport
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 Puerto Plata
Puerto Plata works a single wide-body-rated runway carrying scheduled, charter, VIP and government movements across one apron, which means every rotation shares the same stand geometry rather than being split across dedicated terminals. That mix turns a state delegation into a documentation problem as much as a catering one, and turns a busy charter wave into a capacity question the kitchen has to answer before the aircraft is on the ground.
Uplift for aviation catering in Puerto Plata leaves the kitchen sealed and crosses the ramp on an escorted route to the stand, boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft. Airline catering and in-flight catering at this station run off the same ops desk that handles a government movement, so airport catering here is planned stand by stand rather than assembled ad hoc on the day.
One coordinator holds the file for every rotation through MDPP, from the sealed cart at the kitchen to the signed handover at the aircraft door.
Aviation catering for five mission types at MDPP / POP
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Government and state flight catering at Puerto Plata
A 3081 metre runway at Puerto Plata, and that length clears the same wide-body aircraft used for head of state movements without a separate protocol stand. Government flight catering here documents the protocol file 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 MDPP
Our crews load against the wide-body reference code held at Puerto Plata, which is the same code that clears private airliners such as BBJ and ACJ types onto this apron. Royal flight catering follows a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at POP
The wide-body reference code at Puerto Plata governs a full three-cabin uplift on a single stand, counted against one loading sheet rather than split across separate deliveries. Charter flight catering here serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Puerto Plata
The single wide-body-rated runway at Puerto Plata sets a loading plan that has to be sequenced stand by stand rather than run in parallel across multiple aprons. Ad hoc airline catering here covers carriers running this station as an outstation, with outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering worked off one duty roster across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at MDPP
Business airliners and smaller private aircraft using the GA terminal at Puerto Plata are boarded under the same wide-body reference code that governs the main apron. Private jet catering here reaches the FBOs on the field on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering and business aviation catering run off the same kitchen as a business jet catering booking.
Private jets →
FBOs at Puerto Plata
universal aviation
Charter flight catering trusted at Puerto Plata
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at Puerto Plata (POP)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We were looking for a dependable airline catering partner in Puerto Plata (POP/MDPP) and the process was straightforward. They understood airline operations and kept communication short, clear, and useful. A good partner to have when the usual supplier is not available. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Gabriel — Special Missions Coordinator
“We used the service for airline catering in Puerto Plata on a VIP rotation through POP/MDPP. Communication was responsive and the team handled a late timing change without any issue. I would use them again for another flight from Puerto Plata. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Francesca — Charter Account Manager
“Our passenger profile required halal airline meals at Puerto Plata (POP/MDPP), with several different dietary restrictions. The order arrived complete and the special requests were handled with the same presentation as the regular meals. Very reassuring for the cabin crew. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Cecilia — Cargo Flight Dispatcher
Outstation catering data for Puerto Plata (MDPP / POP)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,081 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | MDPP |
Business jet catering questions at Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Pilot meals and loading questions at Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
What operations gets asked every week about Puerto Plata.
Ask operations directly →Whose specification governs how late an order can change at Puerto Plata airport?
For every booking through this station, the specification stays open until close to departure; lead time depends on the cabin count and the mission, and how far in advance you can still confirm it is set at booking, not fixed to a single cut-off.
Which loader boards the aircraft airside at POP?
The hi-loader carries sealed carts from our kitchen across the apron to the galley door, which is how airline catering here reaches the aircraft without a handoff at the foot of the stairs, on the same route for every wide-body rotation.
When does a quotation for airline catering cost at MDPP get issued?
Once the cabin count, the specification and the loading window are confirmed, our desk returns a quotation built on those three factors rather than a published price list, because airline catering cost here depends on the rotation, not on a flat rate.
Does Puerto Plata produce halal, kosher and the full range of special meals?
Each of those sets, along with the IATA SPML codes, is produced on a separate line at our kitchen and documented per passenger before it is sealed for the stand.
Where is the record kept that proves VIP and government flight catering is handled under protocol at Puerto Plata airport?
The protocol file travels with the sealed uplift itself, recording government flight catering and VIP flight catering per passenger from the kitchen seal to the signed handover at the aircraft.
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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