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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Acapulco, Mexico
Hi-loader airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Acapulco (MMAA / ACA)
ACA (IATA) · MMAA (ICAO)
Our kitchen provisions the wide-body reference code held at Acapulco, boarding scheduled, charter, government and private movements from the ramp rather than the foot of the aircraft. Inflight catering here runs through hi-loader boarding to galley height, with in-flight catering and every uplift dispatched on one ops desk covering aviation catering in Mexico around the clock.
3,302 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
Runways
1
FBO on station
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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 — Acapulco
Aviation catering with ramp access at MMAA
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for MMAA / ACA departures
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Acapulco (ACA)
Ramp access is what separates a hi-loader uplift from a delivery left at the foot of the aircraft, and at Acapulco the carts move under escort from our kitchen door to the wide-body stand. The apron sequence is held the same way on every rotation, whatever the mission behind it. Each cart is tracked from seal to signature, and the catering uplift is logged the moment it clears the galley door.
Between our kitchen and the stand at MMAA sit screening, an escort convoy and apron traffic that shifts by the hour, and we plan the catering uplift against the worst version of all three rather than the average one. The galley catering run is timed backwards from the stand, not forwards from the kitchen, so a delay on the ramp never becomes a delay at the door. Temperatures are logged when the cart is sealed and logged again at handover, and a single named coordinator signs the load that closes out the rotation at Acapulco.
One coordinator carries the load from the sealed kitchen cart to the signature at the aircraft door.
Pilot meals and crew meals prepared for Acapulco (ACA)
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Acapulco, Mexico
Airport catering at Acapulco is provisioned from a facility built around hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell held under one roof rather than split across separate units. That layout is what lets airport catering at MMAA move a government rotation and a scheduled turnaround through the same building without either queuing behind the other. Every tray leaving the flight kitchen for ACA is produced to a documented HACCP standard, logged before it reaches the cold chain that carries it to the stand.
The team handling government flight catering at this kitchen is the same named crew on every rotation through Acapulco, not a rotating pool assigned on the day. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the ramp, and is trained to royal household standards as well as to the paperwork a sealed uplift travels with. That continuity is what keeps chain of custody intact between a delegation's arrival and its departure.
Kosher inflight catering and dietary sets at ACA
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at MMAA / ACA
Menus at Acapulco are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a single fixed offer, moving from passenger meal boxes through to VVIP sets on the same production line. Local sourcing draws on the produce of the wider region — orchard fruit, fish, dairy — worked into a specification rather than a fixed dish. Every allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirement is documented per passenger and per cabin before it reaches the tray. Inflight catering at Acapulco is planned against that documentation first, and against the calendar second.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at MMAA are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request against the standing order. VIP flight catering here means the presentation is filed and repeatable across a repeat rotation, not improvised on the day.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Acapulco run multi-choice hot service to a cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals and cabin crew meals travel in the same tray sets as pilot meals, boxed to the roster rather than to a fixed count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary sets at ACA cover household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger, with halal and kosher meals produced against the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering on this line is produced on a separate run and sealed before it leaves it.
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 MMAA / ACA
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 Acapulco airport
Acapulco carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across two runways rated to a wide-body reference code, and each of those categories changes what catering has to solve first: a delegation is a documentation problem before it is a kitchen problem, a peak charter wave is a capacity problem, a repeat scheduled rotation is a repetition problem that rewards a fixed sequence.
The uplift reaches the aircraft here by hi-loader, boarded to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, on a route timed from our kitchen door to the wide-body stand. Airside delivery is held on our own ramp badges, with ground handling covering the apron movement around it. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at Acapulco all run off the same ops desk rather than separate lines.
On every one of those movements we commit to one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover, which is what airport catering in Acapulco is measured on once the aircraft is on the stand.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at Acapulco, Mexico
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Government and state flight catering at Acapulco
A head of state aircraft on a wide-body reference code stand at this field is boarded on the same ramp access as a scheduled carrier, which is what makes government flight catering here repeatable rather than exceptional. State visits and official delegations move on a protocol file documented per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed at MMAA before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at MMAA
Off a 3,302-metre runway rated for wide-body movements, private airliners — BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations — are boarded at Acapulco to the same standard as any other rotation on the field. Royal flight catering here runs from a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request rather than assumed.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at ACA
A full three-cabin layout has to be sequenced against the loading sheet before it reaches the wide-body stand, and that sequencing is what governs charter flight catering at Acapulco for ACMI and wet-lease operators. Group movements and special missions are staged in the order the galleys are laid out, with charter flight catering at MMAA counted load by load rather than passenger by passenger.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Acapulco
The wide-body reference code held at this field is what lets a carrier run Acapulco as an outstation rather than a one-off call, with ad hoc airline catering covering the movements a schedule does not plan for. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering sit on the same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, while crew meals in Acapulco travel on the same tray sets as the passenger load.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at MMAA
3,302 metres of runway, rated to a wide-body reference code, also carries the business aviation movements worked from the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field at Acapulco. Private jet catering here is delivered 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 the wide-body stands.
Private jets →
FBOs at Acapulco
iccs mexico & latin america
Charter flight catering reviewed at Acapulco airport
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Acapulco
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We used the service for airline catering in Acapulco on a VIP rotation through ACA/MMAA. The menu selection was good and all special requests were clearly identified. A very easy service to use at this station. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Ibrahim — Charter Dispatch Manager
“We needed an airline catering partner at Acapulco (ACA/MMAA) and the support was excellent. They understood airline operations and kept communication short, clear, and useful. A good partner to have when the usual supplier is not available. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
John — Cabin Operations Lead
“Our passenger profile required halal airline meals at Acapulco (ACA/MMAA), with several different dietary restrictions. Each item was clearly identified, separated from the standard meals, and easy to check before boarding. A good experience with complex dietary requests. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Emma — Turnaround Coordinator
Airport catering profile for Acapulco (MMAA / ACA)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,302 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | MMAA |
Business jet catering questions at ACA
Technical stop catering questions at ACA
What operations gets asked every week about Acapulco.
Ask operations directly →Does Acapulco produce halal, kosher and IATA special meal codes, and how are they documented?
Every halal, kosher and SPML request is documented per passenger and per cabin before production starts, and it is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen. Special meals travel with the same paperwork as the rest of the uplift, not a separate note.
Acapulco International Airport — how far in advance do you need an order, and how late can a specification change?
The sealed cart that leaves our kitchen only carries what was locked before loading, so changes have to land before that cart is built. Standard rotations are best placed with as much notice as the schedule allows; last minute airline catering can still be worked, but the loading window narrows sharply the closer it sits to departure.
Does ACA publish a fixed price for airline catering?
Every quotation depends on the cabin count, the specification and the loading window for that rotation, so airline catering cost is never fixed in advance. The desk comes back with a figure once those three are known.
Is airline catering delivered airside at MMAA, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
A named coordinator escorts each cart from the kitchen to the wide-body stand, boarding it by hi-loader to galley height rather than leaving it at the foot of the aircraft. That airside delivery is logged from seal to signature on every rotation.
Who signs off VIP, VVIP and government flight catering at Acapulco, and under what protocol?
For any head of state, royal household or VVIP movement, VIP flight catering and government flight catering both run on the same protocol file, documented per passenger and cleared before the uplift is sealed. Across every one of those rotations, the same named crew handles the load.
Outstation catering near Acapulco
ZIH / MMZH
Ixtapa
Mexico · 204 km from Acapulco
Airline & VIP flight catering →
CVJ / MMCB
Temixco
Mexico · 237 km from Acapulco
Airline & VIP flight catering →
TLC / MMTO
Toluca
Mexico · 288 km from Acapulco
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Return leg, if any
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Uplift at Acapulco (ACA)