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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Mérida, Mexico
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Mérida (MMMD / MID)
MID (IATA) · MMMD (ICAO)
Two runways serving a wide-body reference field mean a rotation here boards on the same standard whether it lands scheduled, charter or state. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering across scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet movements, boarding by hi-loader to galley height on the wide-body stands, with the uplift airside from a kitchen kept close to the ramp.
3,200 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
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 — Mérida
Wide-body aviation catering at Mérida airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at Mérida (MID)
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, MMMD
Ramp access is what a written loading window is built to protect, and at MID it starts the moment a sealed cart leaves our kitchen door. Every catering uplift crosses the apron under our own escort, timed against the wide-body stand it is assigned to rather than against a generic slot. That sequencing is what lets the same catering at MID hold on a scheduled turn, a diversion or a state movement without renegotiating the plan.
Between our kitchen and the wide-body stand at MMMD sit screening, an escorted crossing and apron traffic that a two-runway field still has to route around; we plan the catering uplift against the worst of that traffic rather than the average of it, so a delay upstream does not become a delay at the galley door. Every cart is logged at the point it is sealed and logged again at handover, so the galley catering that boards is provably the one that left the kitchen. One coordinator carries the load from seal to signature, and that signature is what closes the chain of custody on the paperwork that travels with the aircraft.
One coordinator carries the load from kitchen seal to aircraft signature.
Pilot meals prepared for Mérida, Mexico rotations
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Mérida airport
Airport catering in Mexico runs from a kitchen built to feed a wide-body reference field rather than a single gate, with hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell working under one roof. That layout is what lets airport catering at MID hold a HACCP standard across every line at once, instead of treating a delegation or a peak wave as an exception to the normal run. The same flight kitchen at MID is what makes a scheduled turn, a diversion and a state movement leave on comparable footing rather than competing for capacity.
The team that handles government flight catering here is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access list, and trained to the household standards a protocol officer expects rather than briefed for the occasion. That continuity is what keeps a sealed uplift moving through the same hands from kitchen to stand, which is what a chain-of-custody signature is actually verifying. Nobody works this line who has not already worked the last one.
VIP flight catering menus for MMMD / MID departures
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at Mérida (MID)
AERO GOURMET writes its menus to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a single fixed list, so a wide-body rotation through Mexico can move from a scheduled turn to a VIP flight menu without a different kitchen taking over. Local sourcing draws on the country's dairy, fish and orchard produce where the season allows it, worked into a specification rather than a fixed dish. Inflight catering here is written against a standing tray-set structure, so a charter flight menu and a scheduled one share the same production line without sharing the same plate. Every allergen, halal, kosher and medical set is documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled before it leaves the kitchen rather than checked once it is already on the aircraft.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins departing Mérida are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering at Mérida is filed against the standing order each time, so the presentation a delegation sees on one rotation is the presentation the next one gets.
Business cabins
Business cabins at MMMD run on multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, with oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals in Mexico travel in the same tray sets, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately and labelled to the roster before the hi-loader leaves the kitchen.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at MID are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside halal and kosher production and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering built to those codes is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves it, so a mixed cabin boards without cross-contact between sets.
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
Aircraft catering under HACCP control at Mérida
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 MID
Two runways and a wide-body reference code mean MID handles scheduled, charter and government traffic without routing any of it through a secondary apron, so a peak wave of arrivals is a capacity question and a single delegation is a documentation one, not the other way round. Airline catering, inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering all run off one ops desk here, which keeps a diversion and a scheduled turn on the same escalation path instead of two separate ones.
Airport catering in Mérida moves by hi-loader from our kitchen to the wide-body stand, with the uplift kept under escort for the whole crossing and no handover made at the foot of the aircraft. Airside delivery is timed against the stand assignment rather than a fixed slot, which is what keeps aviation catering in Mexico predictable when a rotation changes gate late.
One coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover are the same three commitments on every movement through MID, whatever the traffic profile that day.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Mérida airport
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Government and state flight catering at MMMD
A 3200 metre runway is long enough to hold a head-of-state aircraft on schedule rather than working around a length restriction, which is what lets government flight catering at MID plan a delegation's uplift on the same clock as a scheduled departure. Protocol is documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared crew, and sealed before the cart leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at MID
Our kitchen writes to a wide-body reference code by producing for private airliners on the same line as scheduled traffic, which is what keeps a BBJ, an ACJ or a wide-body VIP movement on the same standard as everything else through MMMD. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Mérida
Wide-body stands at MID take a full three-cabin uplift without splitting it across vehicles, which is what a group movement or a special mission actually needs from a ramp. Charter flight catering here counts against the loading sheet stand by stand, and charter flight catering for ACMI and wet-lease operators, tour and repatriation movements alike is staged in the order the galleys are laid out, multi-leg rotations included.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at MMMD
A wide-body reference code at MMMD is what lets a scheduled carrier run this station as an outstation without a special-case plan, so ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all draw on the same tray-set standard. AOG cover and a multi-leg rotation move through the same duty roster, with the specification held constant even as the flight numbers change week to week.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at MID
A wide-body movement clearing MMMD's ramp shares the same apron infrastructure that business aviation draws on for its own traffic. Private jet catering at MID reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering all run from the one kitchen.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Mérida (MID)
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Mérida, Mexico
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We needed an airline catering broker at Mérida (MID/MMMD) and the support was excellent. One contact handled the order from confirmation through delivery, which saved our dispatch team a lot of follow-up. 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
Joana — Executive Flight Manager
“We used the service for VIP flight catering in Mérida on a VIP rotation through MID/MMMD. The menu selection was good and all special requests were clearly identified. A very easy service to use at this station. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Enzo — Flight Services Coordinator
“Our passenger profile required SPML at Mérida (MID/MMMD), with several different dietary restrictions. The team confirmed the dietary details carefully and there was no confusion when the order arrived. A good experience with complex dietary requests. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Jacob — Airline Operations Controller
Airport catering profile for Mérida (MMMD / MID)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,200 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | MMMD |
Business jet catering questions at MMMD / MID
Crew meals, lead times and access at MMMD / MID
What operations gets asked every week about Mérida.
Ask operations directly →With ramp access held on our own clearance, do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field at MMMD?
There is full coverage of every FBO and the GA terminal on the field, with private jet catering and FBO catering run from the same kitchen and the same cold chain as an airline uplift.
Do you produce halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes for flights through Mérida?
Yes, halal and kosher sets and the full range of SPML codes are produced on a separate line, with every special meal documented per passenger before it leaves the kitchen.
Can an order still change specification close to departure from Mérida Airport?
The lead time depends on the cabin count and the loading window assigned to the stand, but how far in advance a specification can move is worked out directly with the ops desk once the rotation is confirmed.
How much does airline catering cost at MID?
The HACCP standard and the clearance level a rotation needs are what a quotation is built on, alongside cabin count and specification, so airline catering cost is confirmed by our desk rather than published as a flat rate.
At what point does an airline catering uplift at MMMD move from kitchen to aircraft?
The sequence starts with the sealed cart leaving the kitchen under escort, crossing the apron for airside delivery, then boarding by hi-loader directly to the galley door.
Mérida — do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights, and under what protocol?
The hi-loader that carries every uplift here also carries VIP flight catering and government flight catering, both handled under a documented protocol with security-cleared staff and a signed handover.
Inflight catering at other airports near Mérida
CPE / MMCP
Campeche
Mexico · 153 km from Mérida
Airline & VIP flight catering →
TQO / MMTL
Tulum
Mexico · 223 km from Mérida
Airline & VIP flight catering →
CZM / MMCZ
Cozumel
Mexico · 286 km from Mérida
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Inflight catering quote for MID
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Mérida (MID / MMMD)
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Mérida (MID)