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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Guatemala City, Guatemala
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Guatemala City (MGGT / GUA)
GUA (IATA) · MGGT (ICAO)
One wide-body reference code covers the stand at Guatemala City, which lets a full three-cabin rotation board without a downgrade in aircraft size. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and hi-loader uplift from kitchen to galley height on that same wide-body stand, airside, for scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet flights out of MGGT.
2,987 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
4
FBOs 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 — Guatemala City
Inflight catering at wide-body scale for Guatemala City
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at GUA
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at MGGT / GUA
The wide-body reference code held at Guatemala City means a single stand carries the full loading sequence rather than splitting it across gates. Ramp access is held on our own credentials, so the catering uplift moves straight from the sealed cart on the apron to the galley door without a handoff at the foot of the aircraft. That single-stand sequence is what the timeline beside this note actually measures at GUA.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Guatemala City sit screening, an escort through the apron and the ordinary traffic of a single-runway field, and we plan the catering uplift against the worst of that rather than the average of it. Chain of custody runs on a sealed cart from the moment the galley catering leaves our production line, logged again the moment it reaches the aircraft. Every load closes on a signature at the galley door, matched against the same seal number recorded when the cart left the kitchen, so the record and the aircraft agree at handover.
The seal that leaves our kitchen is the seal that opens at the galley door.
Pilot meals and crew meals prepared for MGGT
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Guatemala City
Airport catering at Guatemala City runs from a production kitchen holding hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to move a rotation through a single wide-body stand without splitting the load. Airport catering at GUA depends on that consolidation: a mixed cabin count boards from one sealed batch rather than several partial ones. HACCP governs every stage the flight kitchen at GUA runs, from intake through the cold chain to the sealed cart that leaves for the apron.
The team that handles government flight catering at Guatemala City is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating roster assembled for the movement. Each member carries a current security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the ramp, and is trained to the household service standards that a royal or state movement requires. That continuity is what lets catering at GUA move from one delegation to the next without repeating the vetting each time.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Guatemala City airport
VVIP catering written per mission at GUA
The VIP flight menu and the charter flight menu at MGGT are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a fixed template, drawing on the dairy, fish and orchard produce of the surrounding region where local sourcing applies. Inflight catering here moves from a plated first-class service through a multi-choice business set to a standard main-cabin tray, each built to the same specification whatever the operator. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, then produced on a line separated from the general run. Nothing leaves the kitchen without that label matched against the loading sheet.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins out of Guatemala City are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for each operator, so a repeat rotation boards the same presentation without a fresh brief each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at MGGT run on multi-choice hot service built to galley-ready formats sized to the aircraft on the stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, in Guatemala, keeping the flight-deck set apart from the cabin service it flies alongside.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements for inflight catering in Guatemala City are documented per passenger against the household, religious and medical codes filed with the order, including halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each set is produced on a line kept apart from the general 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 under HACCP control at Guatemala City (GUA)
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 Guatemala City, Guatemala
Guatemala City carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single wide-body-rated stand, which turns a delegation into a documentation matter and a peak departure wave into a capacity matter rather than a routing one. Airline catering at MGGT is planned around that single stand rather than spread across several gates.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the ramp by sealed cart, boarded by hi-loader to galley height on the stand rather than handed off at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew present for the load. Aviation catering in Guatemala runs to that same method whether the movement is a scheduled service, a charter or a government flight, and airport catering at Guatemala City is worked stand by stand rather than terminal by terminal. Inflight catering and in-flight catering at GUA both run off the one ops desk that plans the rotation.
One coordinator owns the movement from seal to signature, on sealed carts and a signed handover at the galley door.
Aviation catering for five mission types at Guatemala City
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Government and state flight catering at GUA
A 2,987-metre runway at Guatemala City takes the aircraft types a head of state movement typically uses, without a weight or length restriction narrowing the choice of type. Government flight catering here documents the protocol file per passenger, staffs the movement with security-cleared personnel, and seals the uplift before it leaves the kitchen for the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Guatemala City
A private airliner — BBJ, ACJ or wide-body VIP configuration — is exactly what the runway length at Guatemala City is built to take, without the type restricting the movement to a shorter airframe. Royal flight catering here holds a written household specification on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced to that same standing brief.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at MGGT
On the single wide-body stand at Guatemala City, a full three-cabin uplift is counted against the loading sheet before it ever reaches the apron. Charter flight catering at Guatemala City serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, and charter flight catering in Guatemala is staged in the exact order the galleys are laid out on board.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at GUA
The wide-body reference code held at Guatemala City lets our kitchen run a full rotation through the one stand without downsizing the load, and that capacity is what carriers draw on for ad hoc airline catering when a schedule changes without notice. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering each run off the same duty roster, with AOG covered inside a multi-leg rotation rather than as a separate call.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Guatemala City
A single wide-body-rated stand at Guatemala City has to be sequenced around the ramp movements it also serves, and business aviation traffic here is worked into that same sequence rather than around it. Our dedicated private jet catering at Guatemala City reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering handled through the ramp handler rather than at the aircraft door.
Private jets →
FBOs at Guatemala City
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laats fbo
total aviation services (tas)
vip dispatch
Airline catering services trusted at GUA
Operators on inflight catering at MGGT
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We requested airline catering IATA standards at Guatemala City (GUA/MGGT) and the packaging worked very well onboard. Everything was labeled, compact, and easy to place directly into the aircraft without repacking on the ramp. The crew appreciated how easy it was to load. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Nathan — Operations Controller
“We used the team for tech stop at Guatemala City (GUA/MGGT) during a tight turnaround. They understood the operational language and did not need every change explained twice. A very useful service for ad hoc flying. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Rita — Station Operations Manager
“I ordered private jet catering for our departure from Guatemala City (GUA/MGGT) and was very happy with the service. Everything was easy to check and load, and the passenger requests were prepared exactly as ordered. A very good experience from a flight attendant perspective. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Francesca — Executive Aviation Coordinator
Airport catering facts for Guatemala City (MGGT / GUA)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,987 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | MGGT |
Business jet catering questions at Guatemala City airport
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Guatemala City airport
What operations gets asked every week about Guatemala City.
Ask operations directly →At what point in the process are halal, kosher and special meals produced at MGGT?
Intake and sorting happen first, and any halal, kosher or other SPML order is split off there onto its own production line before general tray build begins. Each tray is labelled per passenger and matched against the meal code on the loading sheet before it is sealed.
Does Guatemala City handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering under protocol?
Every movement in this category is worked by the same named, security-cleared crew rather than a rotating roster, with the protocol file documented per passenger. Each uplift is sealed at the kitchen before it leaves for the stand, whether the flight is VIP, VVIP or a government movement.
Is airline catering cost at Guatemala City airport published as a fixed rate?
Our ops desk builds a quotation from the cabin count, the specification requested and the loading window needed, since no fixed price list is published. The coordinator handling the rotation returns that quotation once those three points are confirmed.
Where does airline catering get handed over for airside delivery at GUA?
The signed handover record at the galley door is what proves the transfer, matched against the seal logged when the cart left our kitchen. Boarding runs by hi-loader to galley height on the wide-body stand rather than at the foot of the aircraft.
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
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Contact
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Uplift at Guatemala City (GUA)