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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Hi-loader airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Aguadilla (TJBQ / BQN)
BQN (IATA) · TJBQ (ICAO)
Our kitchen boards a wide-body reference code at Aguadilla (TJBQ), Puerto Rico, straight up a hi-loader rather than at the foot of the stand, so a full three-cabin uplift reaches galley height without a second handling step. That is what inflight catering means here for scheduled, charter, government and private jet flights: in-flight catering staged and sealed before the aircraft reaches the stand, with inflight catering in Puerto Rico run off one ops desk.
3,567 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
2
FBOs on station
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 — Aguadilla
Commercial aviation catering at wide-body scale, Aguadilla (BQN)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for Aguadilla, Puerto Rico departures
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Aguadilla airport
Ramp access is what the loading window at Aguadilla actually measures: the interval from sealed cart to galley door, not an estimate printed on a schedule. Our crews carry the catering uplift onto the ramp on their own clearance, timed against the same wide-body reference code that governs the stand. What the timeline shows is the apron crossing, not a promise.
Between our sealed carts at the kitchen and the aircraft door sit screening, an escort onto the apron, and whatever traffic is working the ramp at Aguadilla that hour. We build the catering uplift schedule against the worst of those three, not the average, because a wide-body rotation cannot wait on a queue it did not plan for.
Every cart is logged at sealing and logged again at the galley catering handover, with a temperature reading taken at both ends and a signature closing the chain of custody. The record travels with the load, not behind it, so the crew accepting it at BQN sees the same figures we saw at the kitchen door.
One seal, one signature, one route from our kitchen to the galley door.
Airline food supplier for TJBQ / BQN rotations
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Aguadilla (BQN)
The flight kitchen at BQN runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, all built to HACCP standard so a wide-body rotation is never held on a food-safety question. Airport catering in Aguadilla depends on that single site rather than a chain of subcontracted kitchens, which is what keeps the cold chain intact between the seal and the stand. Airport catering at BQN and the flight kitchen at BQN are, for scheduling purposes, the same building.
The team that handles government flight catering at this kitchen is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assigned on the day. Security clearance is on file for each of them, they sit on the access list for the ramp at Aguadilla, and they are trained to royal household standards as well as to the paperwork a sealed uplift carries. That consistency is what a protocol officer is actually checking for when the file is reviewed before departure.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Aguadilla
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Menus at Aguadilla are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a fixed cycle, which is what inflight catering at TJBQ means in practice for a wide-body rotation. Puerto Rico's produce runs through the specification where the season allows it: island fish, tropical fruit, dairy and coffee sit alongside the standing tray sets rather than replacing them. Every VIP flight menu and charter flight menu is filed against the passenger list before it is plated, so a change of headcount is a paperwork update, not a kitchen improvisation. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled at source and checked again before the cart is sealed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Aguadilla are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed cycle, with à-la-carte service and caviar available on request against the standing order. VIP flight catering here is filed per passenger before the cart is sealed, so a late change in the manifest is a paperwork step, not a kitchen delay.
Business cabins
Business cabins at TJBQ run multi-choice hot service to a written cabin specification, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in their own tray sets, and crew meals are boxed to the duty roster rather than the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary work at Aguadilla covers household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger, including halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering for these sets is produced on a separate line at the kitchen and sealed before it leaves that line, keeping it apart from the standard cabin run.
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 food safety at Aguadilla
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 TJBQ
Aguadilla's single runway and wide-body reference code put scheduled, charter and government traffic through one set of stands rather than a spread of terminals, which turns each delegation into a documentation task and each peak wave into a capacity one. A repeat charter rotation becomes a repetition problem instead: the same specification, checked again rather than rebuilt. Airline catering and aviation catering both move off the one flight kitchen serving TJBQ, carried to the wide-body stand by hi-loader so the cart reaches galley height without a stop at the foot of the aircraft. Ground handling on the apron carries the load the last metres to the door, and our own escort stays with it from the kitchen gate to the signature. In-flight catering and inflight catering at BQN, together with airport catering at TJBQ, are run off the one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover on every load.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at Aguadilla (BQN)
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Government and state flight catering at BQN
A wide-body reference code at this station is what clears it for head of state movements as well as scheduled traffic, not a separate arrangement built around them. Government flight catering at TJBQ covers state visits and official delegations with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff, and the uplift sealed before it ever leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Aguadilla
At a station cleared to a 3567 metre runway, private airliners such as a BBJ, an ACJ or a wide-body VIP configuration can operate alongside the scheduled traffic on the same stands. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other royal household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at TJBQ
A 3567 metre runway sets what a charter operator can bring onto this field, and the loading plan is built around staging that aircraft's full galley layout rather than a generic tray count. Charter flight catering for ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions runs as a full three-cabin uplift, counted against the loading sheet before charter flight catering at Aguadilla ever reaches the stand.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at BQN
Aguadilla's wide-body reference code is what lets carriers run this station as an outstation rather than a full base, with ad hoc airline catering covering the gaps a schedule leaves. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering in Puerto Rico move off one duty roster, crew meals in Aguadilla included, across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Aguadilla
3567 metres of runway, which is enough to bring a wide-body onto this ramp alongside the business aviation traffic worked from the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field. Private jet catering at BQN reaches both through our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and paperwork as business aviation catering and business jet catering for an airline uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Aguadilla
copeca jet center
western aviation service corp. jet center
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at Aguadilla (BQN)
Operators on commercial aviation catering at TJBQ / BQN
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“I asked for airline meal boxes at Aguadilla (BQN/TJBQ) because we had limited time to reset the galley. Everything was labeled, compact, and easy to place directly into the aircraft without repacking on the ramp. The crew appreciated how easy it was to load. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Manuel — Operations Support Coordinator
“For a changing schedule at Aguadilla (BQN/TJBQ), we needed flexible outstation. Communication between dispatch, handling, and catering was clear throughout. A very useful service for ad hoc flying. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Nina — Turnaround Coordinator
“We used the team for business jet catering at Aguadilla (BQN/TJBQ) on a VIP trip. They followed my notes closely, kept me updated, and delivered at the time agreed with the FBO. A very good experience from a flight attendant perspective. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Andrei — Executive Flight Manager
Aguadilla (TJBQ / BQN): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,567 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | TJBQ |
Business jet catering questions at Aguadilla
Outstation catering and access questions at Aguadilla
What operations gets asked every week about Aguadilla.
Ask operations directly →What protocol governs VIP, VVIP and government flights at TJBQ?
We run VIP flight catering and government flight catering at Aguadilla under one protocol file, with the load documented and sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Where in Aguadilla does the lead time for an order start, and how late can it still change?
The loading sheet fixes how far in advance a specification is locked, but it stays open to a late change up until the cart is sealed, which keeps last minute airline catering possible without breaking the record.
Which routes bring private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Aguadilla Airport?
Our hi-loader and cart route reaches every FBO catering point on the field and the GA terminal directly, on the same paperwork as a wide-body uplift.
How is airline catering cost worked out at BQN?
BQN quotations are built from cabin count, specification and loading window rather than a fixed list, so the desk comes back with a figure once those three are set.
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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 Aguadilla (BQN)