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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Palmerola, Honduras
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Palmerola (MHPR / XPL)
XPL (IATA) · MHPR (ICAO)
Palmerola's single 2458 m runway sets what boards on the narrow-body reference code held at this Honduran field, and inflight catering here runs on that same stand from one ops desk. We do not deliver to the foot of the aircraft: our hi-loader boards the wide-body sections of a rotation direct to galley height, and in-flight catering moves airside from kitchen to cabin without a ramp handoff in between.
2,458 m
Longest runway
Narrow-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 — Palmerola
Inflight catering loaded to galley height at MHPR / XPL
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at Palmerola (XPL)
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at MHPR
Ramp access at Palmerola is planned before the rotation lands, not worked out on the apron once it has. Every catering uplift here follows the same sealed route from our kitchen door to the galley door, timed against the loading plan rather than a fixed clock. Nothing crosses the stand without that route being confirmed first.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Palmerola sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and the chain of custody is built to plan against the worst of them rather than the average. Each catering uplift is sealed at the kitchen door, logged, escorted across the apron and handed over at the galley with a signed record closing the load. Galley catering here means the seal is checked at both ends of that route, not assumed to hold between them.
One route, one seal, one signature: the load answers for itself.
Airline food supplier kitchen serving Palmerola, Honduras
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Palmerola airport
Airport catering at Palmerola runs from one production line covering hot service, pastry and a cold larder, with a protocol cell handling the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift. HACCP governs the kitchen floor here exactly as it does at every other station on the network, and the cold chain is held from the point of production through to the galley door. Airport catering at MHPR is built on that single line rather than split across several kitchens feeding the same stand.
The team behind government flight catering at Palmerola is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access list, and trained to the household standards that a royal or state movement expects. Catering at XPL for this class of flight is worked by that fixed group and no substitute roster. Chain of custody runs with them from the kitchen seal to the signature at the aircraft.
Halal airline meals and special meals at MHPR / XPL
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Palmerola (XPL)
Menus at Palmerola are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a fixed cycle, drawing where possible on produce from this part of Honduras — orchard fruit, dairy, fish from the coast — worked into a specification rather than a fixed dish. Inflight catering here moves across First, Business and main cabin from that same specification, adjusted by season and by route length. Every set is labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen, with allergen, halal and kosher lines held separately from the main run. Medical and household diets are documented against the same manifest, not left to a verbal note on the day.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins departing Palmerola are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a set menu. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for the rotation, so a repeat mission boards to the same record each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at MHPR receive multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so cabin crew meals never share a tray set with the passenger service they are working.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements departing Honduras are documented per passenger rather than assumed from the booking class, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering for these sets is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line for the stand.
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 Palmerola 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 XPL
Palmerola's single narrow-body reference code shapes the traffic it takes: scheduled and charter movements sharing the one stand, which turns a peak wave into a sequencing problem rather than a capacity one, and a repeat government or charter rotation into a documentation problem the manifest has to answer for. Airline catering in Palmerola is planned against that sequence rather than against a generic turnaround window.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by the same route on every rotation: sealed at our kitchen, escorted across the apron on our own badges, and lifted to galley height by hi-loader rather than handed off at the foot of the stairs. Aviation catering in Honduras run through this station follows that route without variation, and in-flight catering at MHPR is loaded to the same sequence whether the aircraft is on a scheduled service or a one-off charter.
One coordinator carries the rotation from seal to signature, and airport catering at MHPR closes on a handover record signed at the aircraft, with inflight catering at XPL logged against that same record rather than a separate paper trail.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at MHPR / XPL
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Government and state flight catering at MHPR
Against Palmerola's narrow-body reference code, a head of state aircraft still boards from the same sealed kitchen run as any other rotation on the stand, with nothing about the loading plan changed except who checks it. Government flight catering here covers state visits and official delegations, with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen for the one stand this traffic shares with everything else.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at XPL
Working a royal household movement off Palmerola's single reference-code stand means sequencing that load ahead of everything else booked onto it, and the narrow-body limit here is what forces that sequencing rather than a wider ramp absorbing it. Royal flight catering at this station covers private airliners on that basis, with VVIP requirements held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, halal and other dietary needs produced against it on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Palmerola
2458 metres of runway sets what a charter operator can bring onto Palmerola's one stand, and within that limit a full three-cabin uplift is still counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out. Charter flight catering at XPL covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering in Honduras run through this station following the same staged sequence every time.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at MHPR
A narrow-body movement diverting into Palmerola's single reference-code stand still boards to the same tray standard as a scheduled rotation, because ad hoc airline catering here runs off the one duty roster regardless of why the aircraft is on the ground. Outstation catering covers carriers running this station as a regular leg, diversion catering and technical stop catering cover the ones that were not meant to be here at all, and crew meals at MHPR travel with either. Ad hoc catering at XPL and crew meals at Palmerola share the same kitchen seal, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at XPL
We work business aviation off the same 2458 m runway that sets every rotation through Palmerola, delivering to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal rather than to a separate facility. Private jet catering at Palmerola runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering handled by our dedicated branch on that basis.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Palmerola (XPL)
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at Palmerola, Honduras
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our flight changed at short notice and we arranged urgent airline catering at Palmerola (XPL/MHPR). Communication was fast and practical, which made a difficult turnaround much easier for our crew. Exactly what we need when operations change with very little notice. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Amara — Cabin Services Manager
“For an operation away from our normal base, we arranged off-station catering at Palmerola (XPL/MHPR). The crew received exactly what was ordered, with clear labels and no last-minute chasing from operations. A solid solution for outstation operations. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Mark — Operations Desk Manager
“The operations team needed an airline catering quote for Palmerola (XPL/MHPR) with very little time to decide. The quote was detailed enough for operations and accounting, but still quick to review. Good option when you need a fast and transparent answer. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Carla — Airport Duty Manager
Station data for airport catering at Palmerola (MHPR / XPL)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,458 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | MHPR |
Business jet catering questions at MHPR / XPL
Diversion catering and ramp questions at MHPR / XPL
What operations gets asked every week about Palmerola.
Ask operations directly →What does airline catering cost at MHPR?
We price against the cabin count, the specification and the loading window rather than a fixed list, so the airline catering cost for a given rotation depends on those three things and comes back as a quotation, not a rate card.
Which protocol covers VIP flight catering and government flight catering in Palmerola?
The loader, the cart and the route are fixed regardless of who is on board: government flight catering and VIP flight catering here follow the same sealed kitchen-to-galley route as any other uplift, checked against a protocol file rather than a verbal instruction.
Where are halal, kosher and special meals documented at Palmerola Airport?
The manifest carries every special meal code, SPML included, logged against the passenger it is boxed for; halal and kosher sets are produced on a separate line and sealed before they leave it.
When is private jet catering delivered to the FBOs at XPL?
Once a trip-support order is confirmed, FBO catering is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same schedule as an airline uplift, sealed and logged the same way.
Are lead times fixed for orders placed through MHPR?
The coordinator handling the rotation confirms how far in advance an order needs to be placed and how late the specification can still move; as a rule the loading window, not a calendar date, is what fixes the cutoff.
How does airline catering reach the aircraft airside in Palmerola?
Palmerola's uplift moves by airside delivery from our kitchen straight to the stand, lifted to galley height by hi-loader rather than handed off at the foot of the aircraft.
Commercial aviation catering near Palmerola
TGU / MHTG
Tegucigalpa
Honduras · 56 km from Palmerola
Airline & VIP flight catering →
SAP / MHLM
San Pedro Sula
Honduras · 123 km from Palmerola
Airline & VIP flight catering →
TEA / MHTE
Tela
Honduras · 156 km from Palmerola
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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