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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — La Ceiba, Honduras
Hi-loader airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at La Ceiba (MHLC / LCE)
LCE (IATA) · MHLC (ICAO)
The wide-body reference code assigned to La Ceiba means the ramp is built for three-cabin aircraft, and our kitchen boards them the same way an airline hub does: full uplift, hi-loader to galley height, nothing set down at the foot of the aircraft. Inflight catering and in-flight catering here run from one flight kitchen to one apron, with the uplift staged and sealed before it clears the gate at MHLC.
3,010 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — La Ceiba
Aviation catering with ramp access at La Ceiba airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at La Ceiba
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at La Ceiba, Honduras
The loading window at MHLC starts when the cart is sealed at our kitchen and ends when the crew signs for it at the galley door, and every minute between the two is logged. Ramp access is ours for that whole stretch, not handed off at the edge of the apron, so the uplift travels under one authority from seal to signature. That single chain is what a multi-leg schedule or a late change at La Ceiba is actually planned against.
Between our kitchen and the stand at La Ceiba sit screening, an escort and ordinary apron traffic, and the catering uplift is planned against the worst of those three rather than the easiest. Chain of custody runs on one badge from the sealed cart to the galley, so nobody outside that convoy touches the load before the crew does. Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed and again at handover, and the galley catering that reaches the door at MHLC carries both readings and a signature closing the record.
One sealed cart, one badge, one signature: that is the whole chain at MHLC.
Pilot meals prepared for LCE rotations
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at MHLC / LCE
Airport catering at La Ceiba runs from a production kitchen built to HACCP standard, with hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line held under one roof rather than split across separate suppliers. That structure is what lets airport catering at MHLC turn a wide-body rotation and a diplomatic movement on the same shift without either queue slowing the other. The cold chain that starts at the larder door does not break until the cart is opened at the aircraft.
The government flight catering team at La Ceiba is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating roster pulled in for the day. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, access to the kitchen and the ramp is controlled by a fixed list, and each is trained against a written household service standard rather than left to interpret one on the day. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks before anything else at MHLC.
Halal airline meals and special meals at MHLC
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at La Ceiba
Menus at La Ceiba are built to the cabin and the mission first, then to the season, drawing on Honduras produce where the calendar allows it: orchard fruit, dairy and fish sourced regionally rather than flown in against the clock. Inflight catering here moves from a single specification through First, Business and main cabin without the standard dropping as the cabin count rises. Every dietary and religious set is documented per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen, not assembled loose on the cart. That documentation is what lets a mixed-cabin, multi-leg rotation board without a query at the aircraft door.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at La Ceiba are plated to a written specification rather than to a fixed set menu, with à-la-carte service available on request for repeat rotations. VIP flight catering here is filed against that standing order, so the same presentation returns leg after leg out of MHLC.
Business cabins
Business cabins at LCE run on multi-choice hot service, boxed to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on each aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so tray sets never mix flight-deck and cabin crew orders.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at MHLC are documented per passenger, covering halal, kosher and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each set is produced on a separate line and sealed before it joins the main uplift, which is how inflight catering in La Ceiba keeps a household or medical order apart from the general cabin load.
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 La Ceiba
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.
Catering uplift and airside delivery at LCE
La Ceiba carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single wide-body stand, which means a delegation movement and a peak charter wave are worked through the same catering documentation rather than two separate systems. That reference code sets the ceiling on what boards here, so every rotation through it is planned to the same three-cabin specification regardless of who is flying it.
The route from our kitchen to the aircraft runs airside, with the load carried the final distance by hi-loader rather than left at ground level for the crew to manage. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at La Ceiba are coordinated off one ops desk, so a diversion or a late change is answered by the same team that planned the original uplift.
One coordinator carries the rotation from kitchen to signature, with every cart sealed and every handover recorded, which is what airport catering at MHLC commits to on every stand, every time.
Commercial aviation catering for every mission at MHLC / LCE
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Government and state flight catering at La Ceiba
A head of state aircraft boards at MHLC under the same wide-body reference code that clears any other wide-body arrival, which keeps government flight catering here inside routine ramp procedure rather than a special exception. Delegation and state-visit work is documented per passenger, run by security-cleared staff, and sealed at the kitchen before the convoy leaves for the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at MHLC
Across the 3010-metre runway at La Ceiba, private airliners in the BBJ and ACJ class, along with wide-body VIP configurations, take the same stand clearance as any scheduled arrival. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household requirements produced on request rather than improvised on the day.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LCE
Sequencing a full three-cabin load onto one wide-body stand is the constraint every charter rotation at La Ceiba is planned against, since the runway and reference code that admit the aircraft leave no second stand to fall back on. Charter flight catering here covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, staged in galley order and counted against the loading sheet before charter flight catering closes out the rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at La Ceiba
A single wide-body reference code covers every stand at MHLC, so a scheduled carrier and an unscheduled arrival are worked against the identical loading standard rather than two different ones. Outstation catering runs for carriers that route through La Ceiba as a stopping point, ad hoc airline catering covers a late addition to the schedule, diversion catering and technical stop catering are worked off the same duty roster, and AOG is answered without a fresh contract each time, all across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at MHLC
One wide-body stand serves La Ceiba, which still leaves the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field reached by the same ramp access as any airline rotation. Private jet catering in Honduras runs to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as a scheduled uplift, with business aviation catering and business jet catering handled by our dedicated private-jet branch and FBO catering delivered on request.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at La Ceiba (LCE)
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at LCE
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We were looking for a dependable airline catering broker in La Ceiba (LCE/MHLC) and the process was straightforward. They coordinated locally, sent useful updates, and kept the final uplift aligned with our revised schedule. We would use the service again without hesitation. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Marie — VIP Flight Operations Manager
“We used the service for VIP flight catering in La Ceiba on a VIP rotation through LCE/MHLC. The menu selection was good and all special requests were clearly identified. I would use them again for another flight from La Ceiba. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Tomas — Diplomatic Flight Manager
“For our flight from La Ceiba (LCE/MHLC), the cabin order included multiple special meal codes. The order arrived complete and the special requests were handled with the same presentation as the regular meals. That attention to detail makes a big difference onboard. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Helena — Flight Services Coordinator
Flight catering station reference for La Ceiba (MHLC / LCE)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,010 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | MHLC |
Business jet catering questions at MHLC
Crew meals, lead times and access at MHLC
What operations gets asked every week about La Ceiba.
Ask operations directly →When does La Ceiba handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering, and under what protocol?
When a movement is flagged as government, royal or VVIP, VIP flight catering and government flight catering at La Ceiba run under a documented protocol: security-cleared staff, a fixed access list, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Where does private jet catering reach the FBOs and the GA terminal at La Ceiba Golosón International Airport?
The same sealed handover record that covers an airline uplift travels with private jet catering to the GA terminal and every FBO on the field, so FBO catering carries identical temperature logs and signatures.
Which factors set the airline catering cost at LCE?
The loading method, the cart count and the loading window drive the airline catering cost here, since the hi-loader run, the cabin specification and the mission type all change the uplift required; we publish no price list and return a quotation against the rotation.
Does MHLC require a fixed lead time, or can a specification change close to departure?
Every standing rotation is planned against an agreed lead time, but the specification can move closer to departure than that, and last minute airline catering is worked through the same ops desk that took the original order.
What does airline catering delivered airside actually look like at La Ceiba?
We carry the sealed cart from the kitchen to the aircraft under ramp access we hold ourselves, and the hi-loader lifts the load to galley height rather than leaving it at ground level for the crew.
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Uplift at La Ceiba (LCE)