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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 (SAEZ / EZE)
EZE (IATA) · SAEZ (ICAO)
A wide-body departing Buenos Aires (SAEZ) boards against a 3300 m longest runway, the field's reference code sized for the aircraft it carries. Inflight catering here runs from a sealed kitchen to hi-loader boarding at galley height, and in-flight catering across the two runways is planned stand by stand for scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet uplift.
3,300 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
Runways
6
FBOs on station
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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 — Buenos Aires
Wide-body aviation catering at Buenos Aires
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at EZE
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at SAEZ
The loading window at this station runs on a fixed sequence rather than a guess: sealed carts leave our kitchen, cross the apron under escort and reach the galley door on a schedule the crew can check. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, not borrowed for the day, so the convoy moves the same way on a quiet morning as on a delegation rotation. Every stage is logged, and the sequence is what a diversion or a tight turnaround falls back on.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Buenos Aires sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and the galley catering plan is built against the worst of the three rather than the average day. A convoy delay costs a rotation more than a kitchen delay ever does, so the routing is fixed before the cart leaves the seal, with a second path held in reserve for the chain of custody to stay unbroken if the first is blocked. Temperature is logged when the load is sealed and again at the galley door, and the handover carries a signature naming who took charge of the catering uplift at each end.
One coordinator carries the load from the kitchen seal to the signature at the galley door.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for SAEZ
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Buenos Aires airport
Airport catering at EZE is produced under one roof that carries hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell together, rather than split across separate sites for each cabin. That layout is what lets a wide-body rotation, a government movement and a charter uplift leave the same kitchen on the same afternoon without one queue holding up another. Airport catering here runs to a HACCP standard applied to every tray set that crosses the ramp, with the cold chain checked at each handoff between the flight kitchen and the aircraft.
The team behind government flight catering at Buenos Aires is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for the day. Each member carries security clearance on file and sits on the access list before a delegation or a royal household movement is ever scheduled, trained to the household standards that protocol work requires. That continuity is what keeps the chain of custody unbroken from the kitchen seal at SAEZ to the signature on the aircraft.
Halal airline meals and special meals at SAEZ / EZE
VVIP catering written per mission at Buenos Aires (EZE)
Menus at this station are written to the cabin and the mission rather than issued from one fixed book: a First cabin service reads differently from a main-cabin tray run, and a charter rotation differs again from a scheduled turnaround. Inflight catering draws on regional produce where the season allows it, working dairy, fish, orchard fruit and grass-fed beef from Argentina into a plated or tray-set format without naming a single supplier or a single dish. Seasonal shifts move the menu cycle month to month while the tray standard and the plating specification stay fixed, so a repeat rotation sees continuity even as the offer changes. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, produced against the IATA special meal codes and labelled before they leave the kitchen.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Buenos Aires: VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. Every plate is checked against the standing order before it leaves the kitchen, so the presentation matches what the cabin crew were briefed to expect at the door.
Business cabins
Business cabins at SAEZ run on multi-choice hot service built to a fixed cabin specification, boxed into oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in the same tray sets, sealed and labelled to the roster rather than to a generic count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Buenos Aires cover household, religious and medical needs documented per passenger, with halal and kosher sets produced against the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering for these sets is produced on a separate line at SAEZ and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, distinct 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
Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at Buenos Aires
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.
Catering uplift planned stand by stand at EZE
Buenos Aires runs a mixed traffic profile across two runways, with scheduled, charter and government movements sharing the same wide-body stands on a given day. That mix turns a delegation into a documentation problem before it is a kitchen problem, and a peak wave into a capacity question the loading plan has to answer stand by stand.
The uplift here travels from our kitchen across the apron to the stand, boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than set down at the foot of the aircraft. Ground handling on the field covers the ramp movement itself, while airline catering, inflight catering and in-flight catering at Buenos Aires run off one ops desk that tracks every cart from seal to signature.
What we commit to at this station is one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover: aviation catering and airport catering at SAEZ are planned the same way whether the flight is a scheduled turnaround or a state movement.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at Buenos Aires airport
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Government and state flight catering at SAEZ
A wide-body stand at this field carries a fixed reference code, and that code sets how a delegation's vehicles and screening convoy have to be sequenced against the loading plan. Government flight catering at Buenos Aires for state visits and head of state movements is built around that sequencing, with the protocol file documented per passenger and security-cleared staff sealing the uplift before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at EZE
The reference code at this field is set for wide-body, and that single fact is what allows a private airliner the size of a BBJ or an ACJ to be worked the same way as a scheduled aircraft. Royal flight catering at SAEZ holds household standards across repeat rotations from a written specification kept on file, 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
Our kitchen loads the wide-body stands at this field to the same reference code whether the aircraft is on a scheduled turnaround or a one-off movement, which is what lets a charter rotation be planned on the identical loading sheet. Charter flight catering at Buenos Aires serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with a full three-cabin uplift staged in the order the galleys are laid out, and charter flight catering at SAEZ counted against that sheet before departure.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SAEZ
Across the two runways at Buenos Aires, carriers running this station as an outstation draw on the same duty roster as a scheduled turnaround. Ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering move off that roster with AOG covered, crew meals boarded alongside the cabin uplift, and the multi-leg rotation kept on one sheet from kitchen seal to signature.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at EZE
The 3300 m longest runway at this field carries wide-body movements and business aviation on the same infrastructure, without a separate approach for the smaller aircraft. Private jet catering at EZE is delivered by our dedicated branch to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering run on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Buenos Aires
aerowise
aerowise.aero
Operator website ↗
argentina ground support
agshandling.com
Operator website ↗
arsot flight support (afs services)
arsot.aero
Operator website ↗
fbo vip club (gat)
aeropuertosargentina.com
Operator website ↗
munser fbo
munserfbo.com
Operator website ↗
transair intl svcs
transair-fbo.com
Operator website ↗
Inflight catering rated by operators at EZE
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at SAEZ / EZE
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We used the team at Buenos Aires (EZE/SAEZ) for diverted flight catering after an unexpected operational change. Even with the late change, the meals were packed correctly and delivered within the revised window. Good support when timing is the main pressure point. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Lea — OCC Coordinator
“We used the service at Buenos Aires (EZE/SAEZ) for outstation catering on a station where we do not have our usual suppliers. The team confirmed everything clearly, handled the local coordination, and delivered the order ready for loading. Reliable and easy to manage from the ops desk. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Aiden — VIP Trip Manager
“We compared options for Buenos Aires (EZE/SAEZ) and asked for an airline catering cost per meal. The quote was detailed enough for operations and accounting, but still quick to review. We appreciated the transparency. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Marius — Charter Planning Manager
Airport catering reference for Buenos Aires (SAEZ / EZE)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,300 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | SAEZ |
Flight catering FAQ for SAEZ / EZE
Diversion catering and ramp questions at SAEZ / EZE
What operations gets asked every week about Buenos Aires.
Ask operations directly →How far in advance does SAEZ need an order placed, and how late can the specification change?
SAEZ works on a lead time set when the rotation is confirmed, and how far in advance that has to happen depends on cabin count and mission type; last minute airline catering changes are still taken up to the loading cutoff on the sheet.
Buenos Aires — how much does airline catering cost at this station?
The sealed cart and the tray sets it carries set the base of any quotation, since we publish no price list; airline catering cost here depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window booked, and the desk returns a quotation on request.
Can Buenos Aires Airport produce halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes?
The full range of SPML codes is produced at Buenos Aires Airport, with halal and kosher sets built on a separate line and documented per passenger before they leave the kitchen.
How far does airline catering reach at EZE, and how does the uplift get to the aircraft?
The HACCP standard held on every tray set is what the airside delivery relies on; the uplift reaches the stand by hi-loader, boarded to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft.
Under what protocol does SAEZ handle VIP, VVIP and government flights?
There is a named, security-cleared team for VIP flight catering and government flight catering at this station, working to a documented protocol file kept on record between movements.
Do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Buenos Aires?
Yes, by routing FBO catering through our dedicated private-jet branch to every FBO on the field and the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
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Uplift at Buenos Aires (EZE)