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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Buenos Aires, Argentina
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Buenos Aires (SABE / AEP)
AEP (IATA) · SABE (ICAO)
A narrow-body reference field with one runway at 2,350 metres, Buenos Aires still turns scheduled, charter, VIP and government movements through a single wide-body-capable stand where a hi-loader boards straight to galley height. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and uplift here from one flight kitchen, holding the same chain of custody whatever the aircraft on the stand.
2,350 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
4
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 — Buenos Aires
Wide-body inflight catering at SABE / AEP
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering lead times and loading window at Buenos Aires (AEP)
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at SABE
Ramp access is what sets the loading window at this station: from the moment the sealed cart clears the apron to the moment it reaches the galley door. A single runway and one working stand mean the catering uplift is sequenced against everything else moving across that same ramp. We hold the load against that sequence rather than against a fixed clock, so the aircraft boards the moment the stand is clear.
Between our flight kitchen and the stand at Buenos Aires sit a security screening point, an escort requirement and the ordinary traffic of a single-runway apron. We plan the galley catering uplift against the slowest of those, not the fastest, so a delay upstream never becomes a delay at the aircraft door.
Every cart is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at handover, with the temperature read at both ends and recorded against the same reference number. That chain of custody is signed off by the person who loads the galley, not by the person who packed the cart, so responsibility for the uplift never changes hands unrecorded between the kitchen and the aircraft.
Nothing leaves the ramp side of that seal until the receiving crew has countersigned it.
One seal, one signature, one route from our galley to yours.
Pilot meals prepared for Buenos Aires, Argentina rotations
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Buenos Aires airport
The flight kitchen that provisions AEP runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to the narrow-body reference code this field is rated to. Airport catering at this station is planned around a single working stand, so the kitchen sequences its output rather than banking it, and HACCP procedure governs every stage from intake to sealed cart. Airport catering here is a production discipline first, and a delivery second.
The team that handles government flight catering at this station is the same named crew on every rotation, carrying security clearance on file and standing on the access list before a cart is ever loaded. They are trained to household service standards and to the paperwork that has to travel with a sealed uplift, not just to the specification on the tray. That pairing of clearance and procedure is what a protocol desk checks first, and it does not change between movements.
Halal airline meals and special meals at SABE / AEP
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Buenos Aires (AEP)
Menus at this station are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed list, with First, Business and main cabin each carrying their own specification. Where local sourcing applies, produce drawn from Argentina's own dairy, orchard fruit and grazing supply chains sits alongside imported lines on the same seasonal cycle. Every set is documented per passenger and per cabin, covering allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements before it reaches the tray. Inflight catering here is planned from that documentation forward, never the other way round.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Buenos Aires carry a plated specification written in advance and filed against the standing order, with à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering at this station is boarded to that written file, not improvised on the ramp.
Business cabins
Business cabins at SABE run a multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the day's aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so cabin crew meals never share a tray set with the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at this station, covering halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering for these sets is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, keeping the protocol tray apart from the general 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
HACCP-compliant aircraft catering at Buenos Aires airport
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 AEP
A single runway rated to narrow-body traffic still carries scheduled, charter, government and VIP movements through Buenos Aires, and each brings a different catering problem to the same stand: a delegation is a documentation load, a charter wave is a capacity load, a repeat rotation is a repetition load that has to hold its specification week after week. Airline catering, inflight catering and aviation catering at this station are all planned against that one shared stand rather than against separate schedules.
The uplift moves from our flight kitchen to the ramp by hi-loader, boarding directly to galley height rather than being set down at the foot of the aircraft. Airport catering at SABE is worked stand by stand, with our own crew on the ramp for the handover rather than a curbside drop.
One coordinator carries the rotation from seal to signature, and every cart that leaves the kitchen returns a signed handover before the aircraft is released. In-flight catering commitments at this station do not change between the airline desk and the ramp.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at SABE / AEP
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Government and state flight catering at SABE
A narrow-body reference code still governs how a delegation's baggage, escort and protocol movements are sequenced across the one stand this field works from, ahead of any catering plan. Government flight catering for state visits and head of state movements at this station is documented per passenger, staffed with security-cleared crew, and sealed at the kitchen before the cart ever reaches that stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at AEP
One runway, one working stand: that reference constraint means a royal or VVIP rotation is sequenced ahead of other traffic rather than slotted in around it. Royal flight catering for private airliners, BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VVIP movements alike, is held to a written household specification kept on file between visits, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Buenos Aires
We load a full three-cabin specification onto the single wide-body-capable stand this field offers, staging each cart in the order the galleys are laid out rather than by arrival time. Charter flight catering for ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions is counted against the loading sheet before the hi-loader ever reaches the aircraft, and charter flight catering documentation travels with it cart for cart.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SABE
With one working stand rated to the narrow-body reference code, Buenos Aires still takes carriers that run this station as an outstation, alongside scheduled tenants. Ad hoc airline catering covers diversion catering and technical stop catering off the same duty roster, outstation catering and AOG included, and menu cycles move week to week while the tray standard, and the crew meals boxed against it, do not.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at AEP
A 2,350 metre runway keeps this field open to the business aviation traffic that shares its single stand with scheduled and charter movements. Private jet catering here runs through our dedicated branch to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, so business aviation catering in Argentina never runs to a lighter standard than the main ramp.
Private jets →
FBOs at Buenos Aires
aerowise
arsot flight support (afs services)
baires fly fbo
royal class fbo
Charter flight catering reviewed at Buenos Aires (AEP)
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at Buenos Aires, Argentina
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our flight at Buenos Aires (AEP/SABE) required airline catering IATA standards with clear service-by-service organization. Everything was labeled, compact, and easy to place directly into the aircraft without repacking on the ramp. Good attention to the operational side of catering. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Amine — Station Operations Supervisor
“We had an ad hoc catering requirement at Buenos Aires (AEP/SABE) and the coordination was very smooth. The uplift was organized around our revised departure and reached the aircraft without delaying the turn. A very useful service for ad hoc flying. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Bastien — VIP Account Manager
“We used the team for private jet catering at Buenos Aires (AEP/SABE) on a VIP trip. Everything was easy to check and load, and the passenger requests were prepared exactly as ordered. I would definitely order from them again. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Vera — Special Air Mission Coordinator
Airport catering data for Buenos Aires (SABE / AEP)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,350 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | SABE |
Outstation catering questions at SABE / AEP
Technical stop catering questions at SABE / AEP
What operations gets asked every week about Buenos Aires.
Ask operations directly →Does Buenos Aires get private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
The same hi-loader and sealed cart used for the main ramp reach the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, so private jet catering and FBO catering run on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
At AEP, are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced, and how are they documented?
There is a separate production line for halal, kosher and the full set of special meals under their SPML codes, with every tray documented per passenger before it leaves that line.
Do you take late changes to an order at SABE?
Yes, provided the change reaches our desk before the sealed cart leaves the kitchen, and how far in advance the original order was placed sets how much flexibility remains on the day.
At what point does airline catering cost get confirmed for a flight through Buenos Aires?
The first step is the specification review, cabin count, meal cycle and loading window, and airline catering cost is confirmed only once that review is complete; we do not publish a price list.
Whose crew handles airside delivery of airline catering at Buenos Aires airport?
For every rotation through this station, our own cleared crew works the hi-loader from the kitchen to the galley door, rather than handing the cart off at the foot of the aircraft.
How far does government flight catering at AEP go under protocol clearance?
The clearance that governs VIP flight catering and government flight catering at this station covers security-cleared staff, a documented passenger file and a sealed uplift, applied the same way on every movement.
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