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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Aguascalientes, Mexico
Hi-loader airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Aguascalientes (MMAS / AGU)
AGU (IATA) · MMAS (ICAO)
The wide-body reference code assigned to this field means aircraft up to that class are boarded here, not delivered to the tarmac and left. Our crews put inflight catering and in-flight catering on board through the forward and aft galley doors by hi-loader, holding the cold chain from kitchen seal to uplift on every rotation into Aguascalientes.
3,000 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
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 — Aguascalientes
Inflight catering at wide-body scale for Aguascalientes, Mexico
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at MMAS / AGU
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Aguascalientes (AGU)
At Aguascalientes, the sequence from sealed cart to galley door is what we plan against, not a figure we quote. Ramp access is held on our own credentials rather than borrowed for the day, which keeps the catering uplift moving on our schedule and not the apron's. Every cart that leaves the kitchen for this wide-body stand follows the same route to the aircraft door.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Aguascalientes sit screening, an escort through the apron, and the ordinary traffic of a working ramp, and we plan the galley catering run against the worst of those, not the best. Chain of custody is not a phrase we print and forget: it is the escort assigned to the cart the moment it leaves the kitchen and stays with it until the galley door closes. Temperature is logged when the load is sealed and logged again at handover, and the catering uplift is signed for at both ends, so a delay or a substitution is traceable to the minute it happened.
The convoy is the risk we manage, not the food itself.
Crew meals and pilot meals for Aguascalientes departures
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Aguascalientes, Mexico
The flight kitchen behind airport catering at AGU runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, feeding airport catering across scheduled, charter, VIP and government movements out of Aguascalientes. HACCP governs every stage from receiving to loading, and the cold chain is held from the larder to the sealed cart rather than checked once at the door. Passenger meal boxes, tray sets and crew sets all move off the same production floor under the same standard.
The team that handles government flight catering at Aguascalientes is the same named crew every rotation, security clearance on file, on the access list and trained to household service standards rather than rotated in for volume. Paperwork travels with the sealed uplift as a matter of routine, not as an exception raised for a single movement. That continuity is what a protocol officer is actually checking for when a delegation is confirmed.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at AGU
VVIP catering to a written specification at MMAS / AGU
Menus at Aguascalientes are written to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted for the season, never the reverse. Local sourcing draws on regional dairy, orchard fruit and produce from central Mexico where the route allows it, worked into a specification rather than left to a chef's discretion on the day. Inflight catering here spans passenger meal boxes through to VVIP tray sets, with the same tray standard applied whichever cabin it boards. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and produced against that record rather than against a general guess.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Aguascalientes are plated to a written specification rather than improvised planeside, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order so a repeat rotation is served the same way twice.
Business cabins
Business cabins at MMAS run multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boxed as tray sets or meal boxes depending on the routing. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boarded separately and boxed to the roster, not folded into the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Aguascalientes are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering for household, religious and medical diets is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, never mixed into general service.
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 MMAS
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 Aguascalientes airport
Aguascalientes carries a mix of scheduled, charter and government traffic across its single runway, and that profile sets the plan for every uplift: a delegation is a documentation exercise, a peak departure wave is a capacity exercise, and a repeat charter rotation is a repetition exercise where the specification has to match the last one exactly. Airline catering and aviation catering at Aguascalientes are planned to that mix rather than to a generic schedule.
The uplift reaches the aircraft from our kitchen by sealed cart, escorted across the apron to the single wide-body stand, and boarded through the galley door by hi-loader rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft. Airport catering at Aguascalientes is planned stand by stand, with airside delivery held on our own credentials and in-flight catering in Mexico following the same route on every rotation regardless of aircraft type.
One coordinator is named to every rotation into inflight catering at AGU, sealed carts are logged at both ends, and the load is signed for at handover, not assumed.
Aviation catering for five mission types at Aguascalientes, Mexico
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Government and state flight catering at MMAS
A wide-body reference code held at this field is what lets a head of state aircraft board here alongside scheduled and charter traffic on the same apron. Government flight catering at Aguascalientes 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.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at AGU
Across a 3000 metre runway, private airliners including BBJ and ACJ types operate into Aguascalientes on the same wide-body stand used for scheduled traffic. Royal flight catering and VVIP work here are held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request rather than improvised per visit.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Aguascalientes
A single wide-body stand at Aguascalientes has to be sequenced tightly when a full three-cabin load boards at once, which is the constraint that governs every charter flight catering order here. ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions are counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out, with charter flight catering at MMAS following that same sequence on every rotation.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at MMAS
A single wide-body stand at Aguascalientes carries scheduled, charter and irregular traffic off the same apron, which is what makes ad hoc airline catering here a matter of one duty roster rather than several. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all run off that roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals boarded in Mexico on the same cart as the passenger load and crew meals at AGU logged against the same handover.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at AGU
One runway of 3000 metres, and that is enough to bring business aviation onto the same apron worked by scheduled and charter traffic at Aguascalientes. Private jet catering at Aguascalientes is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal by our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, business aviation catering and business jet catering included.
Private jets →
FBOs at Aguascalientes
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Charter flight catering trusted at MMAS / AGU
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Aguascalientes
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged tour operator charter catering for the group at Aguascalientes (AGU/MMAS) after a late schedule update. The order included different meal types and snacks, but the cabin crew could identify everything immediately. Very practical for team and group charter work. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Sofia — Cargo Control Manager
“We arranged humanitarian flight catering at Aguascalientes (AGU/MMAS) for a non-routine passenger movement. Communication with operations was efficient and the order was adapted quickly when our timings moved. We appreciated the flexibility. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Rafael — Trip Planning Manager
“Our freighter crew needed cargo airline crew catering at Aguascalientes (AGU/MMAS) during a short turnaround. They respected the unusual timing and kept communication direct with our ops team. We would use them again for another cargo sector. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Tom — Station Performance Manager
Station data for airport catering at Aguascalientes (MMAS / AGU)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | MMAS |
Aircraft catering questions at AGU
Diversion catering and ramp questions at AGU
What operations gets asked every week about Aguascalientes.
Ask operations directly →Given the single stand at AGU, is airline catering delivered airside, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
There is a hi-loader route from our kitchen straight to the galley door at AGU, with no handoff at the foot of the aircraft and airside delivery held on our own credentials.
What halal, kosher and IATA special meal codes does MMAS produce, and how are they documented?
We produce halal, kosher and the full range of SPML sets on a separate line, sealed before it leaves that line, and documented per passenger against the request on file.
How is private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal in Aguascalientes?
Aguascalientes traffic on the GA side is reached by our dedicated branch, which delivers FBO catering to every operator on the field on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Can Aguascalientes International Airport handle VIP, VVIP and government flights, and under what protocol?
Two hours or less is typically enough to prepare a sealed handover once the manifest is confirmed, and VIP flight catering and government flight catering both run under a protocol file documented per passenger.
Which lead time applies at AGU, and how late can a specification still change?
The sealed cart is loaded against the confirmed manifest, so lead time depends on how far in advance that manifest is fixed, though a late specification change can often still be worked into the cart before it leaves the kitchen.
Do you publish what airline catering costs at MMAS?
Yes, by quotation: airline catering cost depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window requested, and our desk returns a figure once those are confirmed.
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