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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Rio Grande, Argentina
Rio Grande (SAWE / RGA): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
RGA (IATA) · SAWE (ICAO)
At a single-runway field cleared to narrow-body reference code, catering has to move with no margin for a second stand to absorb delay. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and hi-loader uplift here from one flight kitchen, boarding wide-body-standard cabins airside from cart seal to galley door.
2,000 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
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 — Rio Grande
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at Rio Grande, Argentina
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at Rio Grande, Argentina
Aircraft catering sealed from kitchen to galley at Rio Grande airport
Every catering uplift at Rio Grande is worked to a single narrow-body stand, so the sequence from cart seal to galley door is planned once and held. Ramp access is booked against the same slot as the aircraft, not requested afterwards, and the apron crossing is timed rather than guessed. At SAWE that discipline matters more than volume: one stand means one uplift, run exactly to plan.
Between our flight kitchen and the stand at Rio Grande sit airside screening, an escort vehicle and apron traffic sharing the same narrow-body movement area, and we plan the galley catering run against the worst of them rather than the average. Chain of custody is held from the moment the cart is sealed at the kitchen door to the moment it is signed for at the aircraft, with no unescorted stage in between. Temperature is logged at sealing and logged again at handover, and the catering uplift does not close out until both readings and the receiving signature are on the same sheet.
One coordinator owns the load from the sealed cart to the signed handover.
Cargo crew meals and passenger uplifts for SAWE / RGA
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Rio Grande (RGA)
Airport catering at Rio Grande is provisioned from one flight kitchen built to run hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under a single roof rather than across separate units. That layout is what lets airport catering here hold a cold chain through packing, sealing and the apron crossing without a handoff between buildings. Production runs to a HACCP standard, so every tray set and meal box leaving the flight kitchen at RGA carries the same documented specification.
The team assigned to government flight catering at Rio Grande is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in for the day. Each member holds security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the airside route, and is trained to the household and protocol standards that travel with a sealed uplift. That continuity is what a protocol officer or a house manager checks first, and it does not change between movements.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Rio Grande
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Rio Grande, Argentina
Menus at Rio Grande are written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a fixed cycle, drawing on the region's dairy, fish and orchard produce where the season allows it. Inflight catering here runs from a documented VIP flight menu through a charter flight menu built for group volume, each held to its own written specification rather than a single house standard. Every set is labelled per passenger and per cabin, with allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements filed against the passenger list before the cart is sealed. Nothing leaves the flight kitchen at RGA without that documentation attached.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Rio Grande are plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request rather than as a fixed offer. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served to the same record every time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at SAWE run multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets, sized to the aircraft's own galley rather than a generic format. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed and labelled separately from the passenger load, so cabin crew meals and flight deck sets never share a container with the cabin.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary needs at Rio Grande are documented per passenger rather than left to a general note on the manifest, covering household, religious and medical requirements alongside halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering produced against an SPML code runs on a separate line and is sealed before it leaves that line.
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 SAWE
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 SAWE
Rio Grande operates as a narrow-body-standard field with a single runway, which sets the traffic profile catering has to plan against: one movement worked at a time rather than parallel banks, so a delegation or a peak rotation is a scheduling problem before it is a volume one. That single stand is where every uplift, from a scheduled service to a one-off charter, has to be sequenced against the same slot as the aircraft itself.
The uplift reaches the aircraft here by hi-loader, straight from the sealed cart at our flight kitchen to the galley door, with our own escorted crew on the ramp for the whole crossing. Airport catering at SAWE is planned stand by stand rather than bank by bank, and aviation catering at RGA runs off the one ops desk that owns that stand for the rotation. Inflight catering and in-flight catering at Rio Grande share that same route, whatever the customer segment behind the booking.
What we commit to at this station is a single coordinator, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover before the aircraft is released.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at SAWE / RGA
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Government and state flight catering at SAWE
One runway at 2000 metres governs every movement through Rio Grande, which means a head of state aircraft is worked to the same single-stand sequence as any other arrival, never a separate lane. Government flight catering here runs on a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the access list, and an uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at RGA
We hold narrow-body reference code as the working standard at this stand, and that is the specification our crews board private airliners against at Rio Grande — BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP alike. Royal flight catering runs to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Rio Grande
Narrow-body reference code at Rio Grande sets what an ACMI or wet-lease operator can bring onto the single stand here, and charter flight catering is built around that same limit. Group movements and special missions get a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, with charter flight catering staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SAWE
A single narrow-body-standard stand at Rio Grande has to be sequenced around whichever movement holds it, which is what makes ad hoc airline catering here a scheduling exercise rather than a volume one. Carriers running RGA as an outstation get outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off the same duty roster, AOG included, with crew meals boxed separately across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at RGA
Business jets working to the narrow-body reference code held at Rio Grande are boarded from the same flight kitchen as the scheduled traffic, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork. Private jet catering here reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal directly, so business aviation gets no separate standard, just a shorter walk from the ramp.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at SAWE / RGA
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at SAWE / RGA
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“For a government operation through Rio Grande (RGA/SAWE), we required discreet royal flight catering. Special meals and crew items were clearly separated, and the aircraft-side handover was smooth. A professional service for movements where discretion matters. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Alberto — Executive Flight Manager
“We had a larger VIP aircraft at Rio Grande (RGA/SAWE) and booked private airliner catering for the sector. The order was organized by service and passenger request, which saved us time before departure. Exactly the level of detail we expect for VIP flying. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Camila — Ad Hoc Operations Manager
“For a high-volume passenger flight at Rio Grande (RGA/SAWE), we needed reliable hajj charter catering. The team handled the volume well and kept the boxes clearly identified by flight and service. We would use the service again for a similar charter. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Rami — Station Services Coordinator
Airport catering facts for Rio Grande (SAWE / RGA)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | SAWE |
Airline catering services FAQ for Rio Grande
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Rio Grande
What operations gets asked every week about Rio Grande.
Ask operations directly →Is there a lead time for placing an order at Rio Grande, and how late can the specification change?
Our coordinator confirms the loading window against the stand slot once the rotation is booked, and the specification can still be revised up to that confirmed cut-off. Last minute airline catering is worked case by case against how much runs on the single stand that day.
Where are halal, kosher and other special meal codes documented for flights through Rio Grande Airport?
The passenger manifest carries the special meal code, halal or kosher, against each seat, and that record travels sealed with the cart from our flight kitchen. Every SPML set produced here is filed against that same document before it leaves the kitchen.
What does airline catering cost at RGA?
We quote against the cabin count, the specification and the loading window rather than publishing a fixed price list. The desk returns a figure once those three are confirmed for the rotation.
How is airline catering delivered airside at SAWE?
SAWE takes airside delivery straight to the stand: the sealed cart travels by hi-loader from our flight kitchen to the galley door, with no ground-level handoff at the aircraft. That route is the same for a scheduled service or a one-off ad hoc uplift.
When can private jet catering reach the FBOs and the GA terminal at Rio Grande?
As soon as a booking is confirmed against the field, FBO catering is scheduled on the same route as an airline uplift, just sized to the aircraft. Delivery lands directly with the FBOs on the field or the GA terminal, on the same cold chain throughout.
Which protocol governs VIP flight catering and government flight catering at Rio Grande Airport?
The sealed cart travels by hi-loader on the same escorted route used for every uplift here, with the paperwork for government flight catering filed and signed before the aircraft is released. VVIP and royal movements follow that identical method, just against a household specification held on file.
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