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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Private jet catering, VIP flight catering and airline catering at Kingstown (TVSA / SVD)
SVD (IATA) · TVSA (ICAO)
The wide-body reference code assigned to Kingstown lets a full-body aircraft take the single runway here, and that governs how uplift is planned rather than left to chance. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and hi-loader boarding for scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet flights, sealed at our kitchen and loaded straight to galley height on the apron.
2,743 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
1
FBO on station
02
VIP at any volume
8 First covers or 400 passengers across three cabins, same execution
03
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 — Kingstown
Inflight catering at wide-body scale for TVSA
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at Kingstown (SVD)
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, TVSA
The loading window here starts at our kitchen seal and ends at the galley door, not at the ramp gate. Ramp access at Kingstown is held on our own clearance, so the catering uplift moves straight from the cart to the aircraft without a stop at the foot of the stairs. Apron sequencing on the single runway means every uplift is timed against the same slot, not queued behind it.
Between our kitchen and the stand at TVSA sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and we plan the catering uplift against the worst of those three rather than the average of them. The galley catering itself is sealed before it leaves the kitchen door, carried under one chain of custody to the aircraft, and never handed off midway. Temperatures are logged at the seal and again at the galley door, and the load is closed with a signature that names the person who carried it.
One responsibility runs from the kitchen seal to the signature at the aircraft.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for Kingstown (SVD)
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Kingstown airport
The flight kitchen that provisions airport catering at TVSA runs hot production, pastry and a cold larder under one roof, sized to the wide-body cabins boarded on Kingstown's single stand. HACCP governs every stage of that production, from intake through the cold chain to the sealed cart that leaves for the apron. Airport catering at SVD is built on that one facility rather than split across several kitchens feeding the same rotation.
The team that handles government flight catering at Kingstown is the same named crew on every rotation, carried on one access list rather than rotated in from a general roster. Each member holds a security clearance on file, trained to royal household standards and to the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks before anything else.
Halal airline meals and special meals at TVSA / SVD
VVIP catering written per mission at Kingstown (SVD)
Menus here are written by chefs to the cabin and the mission rather than issued from a single fixed card, so a scheduled rotation and a state movement are never served from the same specification. Where the season allows it, dairy, fish and orchard produce sourced from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines are worked into the cycle rather than a standard import list. Inflight catering at Kingstown is planned against that seasonal frame, then checked against the allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets each passenger has on file. Every set is labelled per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed, so nothing travels unmarked.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Kingstown carry VIP flight catering plated to a written specification kept on file between rotations. Caviar and à-la-carte service run on request, with the presentation checked against that standing order rather than improvised on the day.
Business cabins
Business cabins at TVSA take multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, alongside the passenger tray sets for the cabin.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at SVD are documented per passenger, covering halal, kosher and the full set of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering produced against those codes is prepared on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line for the cart.
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
Food safety and cold chain for aviation catering at TVSA / SVD
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 SVD
The single runway and the wide-body reference code held at Kingstown put scheduled, charter and government movements on the same stand rather than spread across several, so a state delegation and a repeat rotation can land in close sequence. That mix turns catering into a documentation problem as often as a capacity one: a delegation needs protocol paperwork checked twice, a repeat rotation needs the same tray specification held week after week.
The uplift here moves from our kitchen to the stand by hi-loader, boarded straight to galley height rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft. Airline catering and airport catering at TVSA run off that one route, with our own crew on the ramp for the loading and the handover. Aviation catering in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is planned around that single stand rather than assuming a second one is available.
One coordinator carries the load from seal to signature, and in-flight catering at SVD closes on a handover that names who took it, so inflight catering here is never passed between hands without a record.
Charter flight catering and state missions at Kingstown airport
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Government and state flight catering at SVD
Sequencing a delegation around the single wide-body stand at TVSA means the protocol file has to be closed before the aircraft is on the ramp, not after. Government flight catering at Kingstown for state visits and official movements is documented per passenger, with security-cleared staff and a head of state aircraft uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Kingstown
One wide-body stand serves Kingstown, which means every royal flight catering movement is sequenced against that same slot rather than a choice of several. Private airliners — BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP — are held to a written household specification kept on file between rotations, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at TVSA
Our kitchen loads the full three-cabin uplift for a wide-body charter onto Kingstown's single stand, counted against the loading sheet rather than estimated on the day. Charter flight catering here covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, and charter flight catering in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is staged in the order the galleys are fitted.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SVD
On the single runway at Kingstown, carriers running this station as an outstation depend on one reference kitchen rather than several competing ones. Ad hoc airline catering covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with crew meals at Kingstown boxed to the same roster, across a multi-leg rotation that can change stand to stand.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Kingstown
The wide-body reference code held at Kingstown also governs the ramp used by business aviation, which shares the same apron rather than a separate one. Private jet catering in Kingstown reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, through our dedicated FBO catering and business aviation catering branch, ahead of a business jet catering order.
Private jets →
FBOs at Kingstown
vincy aviation services ltd
Inflight catering rated by operators at Kingstown airport
Protocol officers on government flight catering at TVSA / SVD
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged delegation flight catering at Kingstown (SVD/TVSA) for a sensitive movement. Special meals and crew items were clearly separated, and the aircraft-side handover was smooth. A professional service for movements where discretion matters. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Faris — Station Services Coordinator
“We had a larger VIP aircraft at Kingstown (SVD/TVSA) and booked BBJ catering for the sector. The portions, packaging, and labeling worked well for the cabin, and the timing was spot on. Good quality and very practical for onboard service. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Jose — VIP Account Manager
“We arranged umrah flight catering for a group movement through Kingstown (SVD/TVSA). Packaging was practical for the cabin and the uplift arrived in good order for departure. The operation ran smoothly from order to uplift. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Government flight department
Tom — Government Aviation Liaison
Outstation catering data for Kingstown (TVSA / SVD)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,743 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | TVSA |
Business jet catering questions at TVSA / SVD
Crew meals, lead times and access at TVSA / SVD
What operations gets asked every week about Kingstown.
Ask operations directly →At what point does an order for SVD need to be placed, and how late can the specification still change?
The lead time starts at first contact with our ops desk, and the loading window is confirmed once the cabin count and stand time are set; last minute airline catering changes to counts or special meals are held open until the cart is sealed, not before.
Whose halal, kosher and special meal codes are produced for flights through TVSA, and how are they documented?
Across every cabin we handle, halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA SPML codes are produced on a separate line and logged per passenger, so the paperwork travels with the tray rather than trailing behind it.
Does Kingstown see private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
Every FBO on the field and the GA terminal itself receive FBO catering from the same kitchen and under the same seal as a scheduled airline uplift, so a business aviation order is never a separate standard.
When does airline catering reach the aircraft airside at Kingstown, and how does the uplift get on board?
Once the cart clears screening and escort, airline catering moves straight from the ramp to the galley door by hi-loader, with airside delivery timed against the stand slot rather than the gate.
Commercial aviation catering near Kingstown
BQU / TVSB
Bequia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · 23 km from Kingstown
Airline & VIP flight catering →
MQS / TVSM
Lovell
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · 30 km from Kingstown
Airline & VIP flight catering →
CIW / TVSC
Canouan
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · 55 km from Kingstown
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Charter flight catering quote for SVD
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Kingstown (SVD / TVSA)
Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Kingstown, not a brochure.
orders@aerogourmet.com · operations desk, 24/7
Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Kingstown (SVD)