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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Tepic, Mexico
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Tepic (MMEP / TPQ)
TPQ (IATA) · MMEP (ICAO)
With a 3,100 metre runway, Tepic clears wide-body movements onto its rated stand, and that capability is what lets a scheduled rotation, a charter and a government movement share one loading plan. Our galleys are boarded by hi-loader for inflight catering that reaches uplift height directly, and in-flight catering at MMEP moves from a sealed kitchen through airside handling to the aircraft door, with inflight catering in Tepic run off a single ops desk around the clock.
3,100 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
02
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 — Tepic
Inflight catering at wide-body scale for TPQ
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at MMEP / TPQ
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Tepic (TPQ)
The loading window at MMEP runs from the sealed cart at our kitchen to the signature at the galley door, and it is timed rather than guessed. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the catering uplift moves onto the wide-body stand without waiting on a third gate. Every minute of that sequence at Tepic is logged against the same standard, cabin by cabin, rotation by rotation.
Between our kitchen and the stand at MMEP sit screening, an escort through the apron and the ordinary traffic of a single-runway field, and none of them are treated as background noise. We plan the catering uplift against the worst case each of those three can throw at a rotation, not the average one, because the convoy is the actual risk in this operation, not the galley catering it carries. Temperature is logged at the seal and again at the handover, and the load only reaches the aircraft under a signature that closes the chain of custody at TPQ.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the aircraft door.
Airline food supplier kitchen serving Tepic
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Tepic, Mexico
Airport catering at Tepic runs from a single facility holding hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, built to answer a wide-body reference code rather than a narrow-body one. That HACCP-run production line is what lets airport catering in Mexico serve a delegation, a peak departure wave and a repeat charter from the same cold chain without splitting the kitchen's output. Flight kitchen work at TPQ therefore stays under one specification, whatever mix of aircraft the apron is handling that day.
The team that handles government flight catering at MMEP is the same named crew every rotation, carrying security clearance on file and standing on the access list rather than being rotated in ad hoc. They are trained to royal household standards as well as to airline ones, so a state movement and a scheduled sector at Tepic are boarded by people who already hold the paperwork the trip requires. Every sealed uplift they load travels with a signed handover that closes the loop opened at the kitchen door.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at TPQ
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at MMEP / TPQ
Menus at Tepic are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a single fixed offer, because a wide-body rotation, a state movement and a scheduled sector do not draw on the same specification. Inflight catering at Tepic pulls on regional produce where the country's own dairy, fish and orchard fruit fit the season, without naming a single dish or a single kitchen practice on the page. Special meal sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, covering allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements against the IATA codes. That documentation travels sealed with the load, so a crew checking a manifest at MMEP finds the specification matched to the passenger, not to a general assumption about the flight.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at MMEP are plated to a written specification rather than an open brief, with caviar service and à-la-carte options available on request against that same file. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order so a repeat rotation is served to the identical presentation each time it lands at Tepic.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Tepic run on multi-choice hot service built to a written cabin specification, boxed into oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft on the stand. Crew meals at TPQ and cabin crew meals travel in the same tray sets, with pilot meals boxed separately and crew meals at Tepic tracked against the roster rather than the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at MMEP are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets against the full range of IATA special meal codes. Halal and kosher requirements are produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, so inflight catering at TPQ keeps every dietary set traceable back to the passenger it was written for.
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 control for flight catering at MMEP
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.
Airside airport catering at Tepic airport
Tepic runs a mixed traffic profile across its single wide-body-rated runway, which means a scheduled sector, a state delegation and a repeat charter can share the same operating day without sharing the same paperwork. A delegation adds a documentation load to the plan, a wave of departures adds a capacity question to the kitchen, and a repeat rotation adds a repetition question to the specification file, and each is planned separately even when they land within hours of each other.
The uplift leaves our kitchen sealed and moves by hi-loader onto the wide-body stand, boarding directly to galley height rather than being set down at the foot of the aircraft. Ground handling on the apron coordinates the timing so airside delivery reaches the galley door inside the window agreed for that rotation, and airline catering at Tepic is planned stand by stand rather than terminal by terminal because the field carries a single runway.
One coordinator holds the file from kitchen seal to aircraft signature, and that same person answers for aviation catering at Tepic, inflight catering at MMEP and in-flight catering at Tepic on a single ops desk, so a diversion or a late change is worked by someone who already knows the rotation.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at TPQ
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Government and state flight catering at TPQ
The wide-body reference code held at Tepic allows a head of state aircraft to be worked to the same stand and hi-loader sequence as a scheduled wide-body, which keeps protocol handling inside the ordinary ramp plan rather than a separate one. Government flight catering here is documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared crews, and sealed before the uplift leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Tepic
Our kitchen holds a wide-body reference code specification on file between movements, which is what lets a royal household rotation return to the identical menu and service standard on a later visit without rebuilding the file from scratch. Royal flight catering at MMEP covers private airliners including BBJ, ACJ and other wide-body VIP types, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at MMEP
Wide-body reference code clearance at Tepic carries a full three-cabin charter uplift onto a single stand without splitting the load across two positions. Charter flight catering at TPQ serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering at Tepic is staged in the order the galleys are laid out for a multi-leg pattern.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at TPQ
A single wide-body-rated runway shapes how tightly a rotation has to be sequenced, because there is no second strip to absorb a delay while ad hoc airline catering is staged for an unscheduled call. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering at Tepic run off one duty roster, AOG included, with crew meals at MMEP and crew meals in Tepic boxed to the same roster across a multi-leg pattern.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Tepic
A business airliner cleared onto the wide-body-rated stand at Tepic can be boarded on the same hi-loader sequence built for a scheduled aircraft, which is what our dedicated private-jet branch uses for the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal. Private jet catering at Tepic runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering and business aviation catering handled from the identical kitchen.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at MMEP / TPQ
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Tepic
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our sports movement through Tepic (TPQ/MMEP) required sports team charter catering on a tight schedule. The meals were clearly labeled, portions were suitable for the group, and the delivery stayed on time despite a moving departure. Very practical for team and group charter work. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Elena — Cargo Duty Officer
“Our flight through Tepic (TPQ/MMEP) required humanitarian flight catering with limited preparation time. Communication with operations was efficient and the order was adapted quickly when our timings moved. We appreciated the flexibility. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Oscar — Flight Assistance Manager
“Our freighter crew needed freighter crew meals at Tepic (TPQ/MMEP) during a short turnaround. The crew received the correct quantities and the handover was quick, which is exactly what we needed. 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
Jack — Station Operations Supervisor
Airport catering reference for Tepic (MMEP / TPQ)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,100 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | MMEP |
Business jet catering questions at TPQ
Diversion catering and ramp questions at TPQ
What operations gets asked every week about Tepic.
Ask operations directly →Do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at MMEP, and under what protocol?
Yes, through a dedicated protocol line: VIP flight catering and government flight catering at Tepic are documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared crews, and sealed before the uplift leaves the kitchen.
Tepic — do you deliver airline catering airside, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft here?
The hi-loader carries the sealed cart directly to galley height on the wide-body stand, so airline catering at Tepic is boarded by airside delivery rather than set down at the foot of the aircraft.
Can you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field at Tepic Airport?
The same cold chain and paperwork used for an airline uplift cover business aviation here, so private jet catering and FBO catering reach every FBO and the GA terminal on the field.
What is the lead time for an order at TPQ, and how far in advance must a specification be confirmed?
We work to a standing lead time for a new specification and take last minute airline catering changes up to the loading window agreed for that rotation, cabin count and dietary sets included.
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