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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Les Cayes, Haiti
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Les Cayes (MTCA / CYA)
CYA (IATA) · MTCA (ICAO)
A 981 m runway sets the aircraft this station takes, and it sets the loading method too: single-aisle equipment, worked from one apron with no room for a second wide-body queue. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering off that single stand, boarded hi-loader to galley height for scheduled, charter, VIP and government movements alike.
981 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
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 — Les Cayes
Inflight catering at wide-body scale for Les Cayes (CYA)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at MTCA
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Les Cayes
Ramp access at MTCA runs through a single apron, so the loading window is planned around one movement at a time rather than a queue of stands. Our crews stage the sealed cart, clear the apron checkpoint and hold position until the galley door opens for a catering uplift, timed against the turnaround rather than the clock. Every load handled at Les Cayes follows that same sequence, whichever flight brought it in.
Between our kitchen and the single stand at MTCA sit screening, an escort across the apron and whatever traffic the runway is running that hour. We plan the galley catering against the worst of that convoy, not the best case, because a narrow-body turnaround leaves no slack to recover a delay. Chain of custody stays with one named handler from the moment the cart is sealed to the moment the galley door closes, with the catering uplift logged at both ends. Temperatures are read and recorded at sealing, then again at handover, and the load is signed off before the aircraft is released.
One sealed cart, one named handler, from our kitchen to the galley door.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Les Cayes airport
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for CYA
Airport catering at CYA runs from a kitchen built to feed a single-runway rotation without slack: hot production, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, held to HACCP throughout. Airport catering in Haiti answers to that same standard, so a flight kitchen at CYA producing for a narrow-body movement carries the identical documentation as one producing for a wide-body elsewhere. Having pastry and cold work on the same site as the protocol cell means a mixed rotation, VIP one sector and scheduled the next, is planned from a single production line rather than two.
The team behind government flight catering at Les Cayes is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assigned on the day. Each member carries a current security clearance, sits on the access list for the apron, and is trained to the household service standards a protocol movement requires. That continuity is what lets a sealed uplift move from our kitchen to the aircraft with one signature covering the whole chain, at Les Cayes as at any other station we work.
Kosher inflight catering and dietary sets at Les Cayes (CYA)
VVIP catering to a written specification at MTCA
Menus at Les Cayes are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a fixed cycle, so a scheduled sector and a VIP movement off the same stand carry different specifications on the same day. Haiti's produce sets the general frame where local sourcing applies, drawing on fruit, fish and dairy from the region without naming a single dish or supplier. Inflight catering at MTCA moves from passenger meal boxes through to VVIP service on the same production line, adjusted by cabin count and season rather than rebuilt from scratch. Every dietary and medical requirement is documented per passenger and per cabin, filed against the standing specification before the cart is sealed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Les Cayes: VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte service available on request. The presentation is filed against the standing order before it leaves our kitchen, so the same service repeats rotation after rotation at CYA.
Business cabins
Business cabins at MTCA: multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boxed as tray sets for the cabin crew. Crew meals and pilot meals travel in the same sealed load, boxed to the roster rather than to a fixed count.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at Les Cayes, with halal and kosher sets produced on a separate line and sealed before they leave it. Inflight catering in Haiti covers the full range of IATA special meal codes, each one traceable back to the passenger it was written for.
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
HACCP-compliant aircraft catering at CYA
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 MTCA / CYA
Les Cayes runs a single narrow-body rotation off one runway, which turns catering into a sequencing problem rather than a capacity one: every uplift is planned against the same movement, not against a bank of parallel departures. That profile means a delegation or a VIP sector on the same day as a scheduled service is handled as an added documentation step, not a separate operation.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the single stand by sealed cart, cleared through the apron checkpoint and loaded hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at MTCA run off that same route regardless of the flight type, with airside delivery held to the same escort every time. Airline catering at Les Cayes and airport catering at MTCA are both planned stand by stand, because there is only the one to plan against.
One coordinator carries the load from seal to signature, and the handover at the aircraft closes the record before departure.
Commercial aviation catering for every mission at Les Cayes (CYA)
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Government and state flight catering at CYA
At a station holding a narrow-body reference code, a delegation movement is planned on the same single stand as every other flight, which is what makes the documentation the deciding factor rather than the aircraft. Government flight catering at MTCA for state visits and official delegations keeps the protocol file documented per passenger, staffed by cleared personnel, with the uplift for any head of state movement sealed before it leaves our kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Les Cayes
A single narrow-body stand forces every movement into one sequence, so a household rotation has to be scheduled around the same runway as scheduled traffic rather than routed to a separate ramp. Royal flight catering at Les Cayes covers private airliners within that constraint, holding a royal household specification on file between movements, with VVIP requirements and halal sets produced to the same standard on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at MTCA
981 metres is the longest runway here, which sets the class of charter and ACMI equipment this stand can turn around. Charter flight catering at MTCA for wet-lease operators and group movements, and charter flight catering at Les Cayes for special missions, both deliver a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and staged to match the galley layout on board.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at CYA
A narrow-body reference code is what CYA is built to load, which is exactly the airframe most ad hoc and outstation traffic here flies. Outstation catering in Les Cayes and diversion catering at CYA run off the same duty roster as a scheduled sector, with technical stop catering and AOG folded into the same rotation; ad hoc airline catering in Haiti and ad hoc catering at CYA move on that roster across a multi-leg pairing, while crew meals in Les Cayes and crew meals at Les Cayes travel boxed on every one of those legs.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Les Cayes
Our crews work the same 981 m runway that clears narrow-body traffic to provision business aviation movements through the GA terminal at Les Cayes. Private jet catering in Haiti is delivered to the FBOs on the field under our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, business aviation catering and FBO catering included on the one production line.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at Les Cayes, Haiti
Flight departments on jet catering at Les Cayes airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“For a government operation through Les Cayes (CYA/MTCA), we required discreet government flight catering. They followed the instructions carefully and kept communication limited to the operational contacts involved. We were very satisfied with the level of coordination. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Agnes — Duty Station Manager
“I handled the cabin order for a flight from Les Cayes (CYA/MTCA) and needed BBJ catering. Everything arrived neatly packed, easy to identify in the galley, and consistent with the presentation we requested. Exactly the level of detail we expect for VIP flying. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Khalid — Private Flight Coordinator
“We arranged umrah flight catering for a group movement through Les Cayes (CYA/MTCA). Despite the large order, communication stayed simple and final quantities were confirmed without confusion. Good coordination for a high-volume movement. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Tiago — Trip Operations Manager
Airport catering profile for Les Cayes (MTCA / CYA)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 981 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | MTCA |
Airline catering services FAQ for Les Cayes (CYA)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Les Cayes (CYA)
What operations gets asked every week about Les Cayes.
Ask operations directly →Which protocols apply to VIP, VVIP and government flight catering at Les Cayes?
The hi-loader route to the galley door is the same one every movement uses, with government flight catering and any VIP flight catering held under a documented protocol and cleared staff on the access list.
Is there a minimum lead time for airline catering at CYA?
Our coordinator sets the lead time against the loading window rather than a fixed rule, and a specification can still change close to departure provided the change is confirmed before the cart is sealed; ask how far in advance your rotation needs to book if it carries a protocol requirement.
Where are halal, kosher and special meal codes produced for MTCA?
The dietary and household file travels with the passenger record, documenting halal, kosher and every IATA SPML code against a separate production line sealed before it leaves our kitchen.
What does airline catering cost at Les Cayes?
We build a quotation from the cabin count, the specification and the loading window rather than a published rate, and the desk returns a figure once those three are confirmed.
Jet catering at airports near Les Cayes
JEE / MTJE
Carrefour Sanon
Haiti · 59 km from Les Cayes
Airline & VIP flight catering →
JAK / MTJA
Jacmel
Haiti · 134 km from Les Cayes
Airline & VIP flight catering →
PAP / MTPP
Port-au-Prince
Haiti · 161 km from Les Cayes
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Aircraft catering quote for MTCA / CYA
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Les Cayes (CYA / MTCA)
Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Les Cayes, 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 Les Cayes (CYA)