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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Mendoza, Argentina
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Mendoza (SAME / MDZ)
MDZ (IATA) · SAME (ICAO)
The single wide-body aerodrome reference code held at Mendoza (SAME/MDZ) sets what boards here: full three-cabin wide-body rotations loaded from a hi-loader at galley height, not left at the foot of the aircraft. In-flight catering moves from a sealed kitchen to the stand under one uplift plan, and inflight catering for scheduled, charter, VIP and government flights runs off that same ramp access, day and night.
2,835 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
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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 — Mendoza
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at Mendoza, Argentina
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at SAME / MDZ
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Mendoza (MDZ)
Ramp access at Mendoza is what turns a sealed cart into a boarded catering uplift, and the apron sequence is planned before the vehicle leaves the kitchen. Every load is tracked from the kitchen door to the galley door on the single wide-body stand held at SAME, with the hi-loader lift timed against the rest of the turnaround. Nothing on this route is estimated: it is logged, checked and signed at each stage of the apron crossing.
Between the kitchen and the stand at Mendoza sit airside screening, an escort onto the apron and the ordinary traffic of a single-runway field, and the convoy across that ground is the actual risk in any catering uplift, not the tray sets it carries. Chain of custody is held from the moment the galley catering is sealed until the moment it is signed for at the aircraft door, with a driver and an escort assigned to that load and no other. Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at handover, so the record that travels with the aircraft covers the whole crossing, not just the two ends of it.
One sealed cart, one escort, one signature: the convoy is the risk we manage.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Mendoza
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Mendoza, Argentina
The flight kitchen behind SAME runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, working to the aerodrome reference code held at Mendoza rather than to a general commercial pattern. HACCP governs every stage of that production, and the cold chain is held from the moment a tray leaves the line to the moment it is sealed for the ramp. Airport catering at Mendoza and airport catering at MDZ both draw from this single facility rather than from a network of subcontracted kitchens.
The team assigned to government flight catering at this station is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rota drawn from the general floor. Each member carries a current security clearance, sits on the access list for the protocol line, and is trained to the household standards a royal household movement is held against. That continuity is what lets a sealed uplift leave the kitchen with one chain of custody rather than a new one each time.
Kosher inflight catering and dietary sets at MDZ
VVIP catering written per mission at SAME / MDZ
Menus at Mendoza are written to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted to the season, so a wide-body charter and a scheduled rotation off the same stand do not receive the same inflight catering. Argentina's own produce sets the sourcing frame where the routing allows it: orchard fruit, dairy and river fish feature in general terms across the tray sets, never as a named dish. Halal, kosher, allergen and medically restricted sets are built to the same specification as the main cabin run and labelled per passenger. Every plate leaving the kitchen is matched against the passenger manifest before it is sealed for the ramp.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Mendoza receive VIP flight catering plated to a written specification held on file between rotations, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. Presentation is checked against that standing order before the cart is sealed, not improvised at the stand.
Business cabins
Business cabins at SAME take a multi-choice hot service built to galley-ready tray sets sized to the aircraft fitted, with crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately to the flight roster. Cabin crew meals follow the same specification across a multi-leg rotation, so the standard does not reset each sector.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Mendoza are documented per passenger, covering halal, kosher, medical and religious sets against the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each of these is produced on a separate line from the main run and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, so inflight catering for a mixed manifest arrives already matched to the passenger list rather than sorted at the aircraft.
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 standards for aviation catering at Mendoza, Argentina
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 Mendoza airport
Mendoza carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across its single wide-body-rated runway, which means the kitchen plans for two different problems on the same stand: a state or royal delegation brings a documentation load, while a charter or repatriation movement brings a volume load, and the same crew has to be ready for either without warning.
The uplift moves from our flight kitchen to the ramp by sealed cart, cleared through the airside checkpoint on our own badges, then boarded by hi-loader directly to the galley door rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. In-flight catering at MDZ and inflight catering at MDZ both run off that one route, with airport catering in Argentina generally planned stand by stand rather than terminal by terminal. Airline catering at SAME and aviation catering in Mendoza are coordinated from the same duty roster, so a diversion or a late change to a scheduled rotation is absorbed without a second kitchen run.
One coordinator owns the load from seal to signature, with a signed handover closing every rotation at the stand.
Commercial aviation catering for every mission at Mendoza, Argentina
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Government and state flight catering at SAME
A head of state aircraft boards here on the same single wide-body stand as any other movement, which is what makes the aerodrome reference code the reason government flight catering at Mendoza can take a full three-cabin uplift rather than a partial one. Delegations and official movements travel with a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at MDZ
On the 2835 metre runway at Mendoza, private airliners including BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations take the same hi-loader boarding as any other wide-body movement on the field. Royal flight catering at this station is held to a written household specification kept on file between rotations, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request rather than improvised at the stand.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Mendoza
A single wide-body stand has to absorb ACMI, wet-lease and group movements without displacing the scheduled traffic already booked on it, which is the constraint the aerodrome reference code held at Mendoza sets on every charter loading plan. Charter flight catering in Mendoza and charter flight catering at MDZ both take a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and staged to the order the galleys are fitted, for special missions and group charters alike.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SAME
The wide-body reference code held at Mendoza governs every cabin loaded here, and it is what lets carriers running this station as an outstation take a full multi-class uplift rather than a reduced one. Ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering at Mendoza run off that same duty roster, with crew meals in Mendoza and crew meals at MDZ boxed to the roster across a multi-leg rotation and AOG covered without a second kitchen run.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at MDZ
The runway at Mendoza measures 2835 metres, and that reach is what lets business aviation share the same wide-body ramp infrastructure as the airline traffic on the field. Private jet catering in Mendoza is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as any airline uplift, through our dedicated business aviation branch.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at SAME
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at Mendoza
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our flight at Mendoza (MDZ/SAME) required galley ready meals with clear service-by-service organization. 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
Victoria — Airline Operations Controller
“For a changing schedule at Mendoza (MDZ/SAME), we needed flexible ad hoc catering. They understood the operational language and did not need every change explained twice. Good support for a changing flight schedule. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
James — Cabin Service Coordinator
“I needed reliable private jet menu at Mendoza (MDZ/SAME) for a same-day departure. The team was responsive to a late change and the final order still arrived looking polished. Reliable, responsive, and easy to work with. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Ahmed — Network Operations Coordinator
Mendoza (SAME / MDZ): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,835 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | SAME |
Business jet catering questions at MDZ
Diversion catering and ramp questions at MDZ
What operations gets asked every week about Mendoza.
Ask operations directly →How far in advance can halal, kosher and SPML special meal sets be confirmed for a flight through MDZ?
Clearance for halal, kosher and the full set of IATA special meal codes is confirmed at booking and documented per passenger, so the kitchen produces and seals each set on a separate line before the load leaves for the stand.
Are airline catering loads at SAME delivered airside, or held at a terminal gate?
Our loading coordinator moves every cart through the airside checkpoint on our own badges, and airline catering is boarded directly by hi-loader to the galley door rather than left at the foot of the aircraft.
At which point does private jet catering reach the FBOs and the GA terminal in Mendoza?
The load is sealed at our kitchen first, then delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal as the final step, with FBO catering following the same route and paperwork as any airline uplift.
Does Mendoza Airport publish a fixed price for airline catering?
No price list is published; every airline catering cost quotation is built from cabin count, specification and the loading window requested, and the desk returns a figure once those are confirmed.
Whose protocol governs VIP flight catering and government flight catering at MDZ?
For any VIP, VVIP or government flight catering movement, protocol is set by the security clearance and the access list held for that rotation, with the same named crew handling the uplift throughout.
SAME rotations: how far in advance must an order be placed, and how late can the specification change?
The sealed cart that leaves our kitchen is built against a standing lead time set at booking, and a specification change can still be absorbed up to the loading window agreed for that stand.
Outstation catering near Mendoza
UAQ / SANU
San Juan
Argentina · 144 km from Mendoza
Airline & VIP flight catering →
SCL / SCEL
Santiago
Chile · 196 km from Mendoza
Airline & VIP flight catering →
AFA / SAMR
San Rafael
Argentina · 199 km from Mendoza
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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