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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at San Miguel de Tucumán (SANT / TUC)
TUC (IATA) · SANT (ICAO)
At San Miguel de Tucumán, a 3500 m runway sets the wide-body reference code that governs every rotation booked here. That code means aircraft catering here is not a foot-of-stairs drop: it is hi-loader boarding to galley height, sequenced with the apron and the loading window. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering off one ops desk, with a kitchen route built for wide-body uplift, and covers scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet flights on the same standard, day and night.
3,500 m
Longest runway
Wide-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 — San Miguel de Tucumán
Wide-body inflight catering at SANT / TUC
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at San Miguel de Tucumán airport
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at TUC
The window here is measured against the reference code the field holds, not guessed at: from the moment the cart is sealed to the moment the galley door closes at San Miguel de Tucumán. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the sequence does not wait on a third party to badge a crew through. Every stage between the kitchen and the aircraft is logged against that single wide-body standard, on the airport's own apron.
Between our kitchen and the stand at San Miguel de Tucumán sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and the convoy is where a catering uplift is actually at risk, not the galley catering itself once it is sealed. We plan the route against the worst of that traffic rather than the average of it, because a delay on the ramp costs more than one built into the schedule from the start. Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at the aircraft, and the load is not closed out until a named handover carries a signature at both ends, preserving one chain of custody from galley to galley.
One coordinator owns the load from the kitchen seal to the aircraft signature.
Crew meals from the flight kitchen serving TUC
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for SANT
The flight kitchen that provisions TUC runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to the wide-body reference code the field itself holds. Airport catering at San Miguel de Tucumán is planned against that single standard rather than against a shifting timetable, and the HACCP discipline that governs the cold chain runs the same way for a scheduled sector as for a one-off charter. Airport catering in San Miguel de Tucumán therefore starts in that kitchen, not at the aircraft door.
The named crew who work government and royal household movements through San Miguel de Tucumán hold security clearance on file, sit on the access list for the ramp, and are trained to the same household service standard whichever mission books them. Government flight catering here is worked by that same team rotation after rotation rather than by whoever is free that day, which keeps the paperwork and the protocol consistent movement to movement. Catering at TUC is signed off by a named individual at both ends of the load, preserving the chain of custody the sealed uplift depends on.
Halal airline meals and special meals at SANT / TUC
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at San Miguel de Tucumán (TUC)
Menus at San Miguel de Tucumán are written to the cabin and the mission first, and to the calendar second: First, Business and main cabin each carry a separate specification rather than one dish scaled up or down. Argentina's own larder runs through the plan in general terms, with dairy, orchard fruit and river fish drawn on where the season allows, without naming a producer or a dish on the page. Inflight catering here closes on the paperwork as much as the plate: allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, not batched as one generic tray. That documentation travels sealed with the load, so the cabin crew can match a tray to a name without opening a box to check it.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at San Miguel de Tucumán are plated to a written specification rather than to a standard tray, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request against the standing order on file. VIP flight catering here is filed and repeated identically movement to movement, so the presentation a household or a delegation signs off once is the presentation that boards every time after it.
Business cabins
Business cabins at TUC run on multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, boxed into oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft on that rotation. Cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately against the duty roster, so crew meals in Argentina travel on their own manifest rather than mixed into the passenger count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary work at San Miguel de Tucumán covers halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes, each documented against the passenger it is built for rather than issued as one generic substitute. Inflight catering at San Miguel de Tucumán produces these on a separate line inside the kitchen and seals them there, before the cart ever reaches the convoy.
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 SANT / TUC
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 San Miguel de Tucumán
San Miguel de Tucumán's wide-body reference code sets the ceiling for what lands here, and that single classification turns every rotation into the same planning problem: the aircraft size decides the stand, the stand decides the loading path, and the loading path decides how far ahead the kitchen has to seal the load. A delegation on that stand is a documentation problem before it is a service one; a peak wave against the same reference code is a capacity problem that has to be sequenced rather than solved by adding stands that do not exist.
The uplift reaches the aircraft here by hi-loader to galley height rather than by a trolley left at the foot of the stairs, with our own crews holding ramp access onto the apron rather than depending on a handler's badge to get there. Airline catering in San Miguel de Tucumán and aviation catering at SANT run off the same ops desk and the same route from the kitchen to that single wide-body stand class, whatever the flight number on the movement.
What we commit to at this station is one coordinator per load, sealed carts from the kitchen door onward, and a signed handover at the aircraft, so inflight catering in San Miguel de Tucumán and in-flight catering in San Miguel de Tucumán both close on the same paperwork rather than on a verbal handoff, and airport catering at SANT never depends on whoever happens to be on shift that day.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at SANT / TUC
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Government and state flight catering at SANT
The wide-body reference code held at San Miguel de Tucumán is what admits a head of state aircraft onto the one runway here, and admission is where the protocol work actually starts. Government flight catering at SANT for state visits and official delegations runs on a file documented per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed at the kitchen before the convoy ever reaches the apron, and catering at SANT for these movements is signed off by the same named coordinator every time.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at TUC
Our crews work every private airliner booked against San Miguel de Tucumán's wide-body reference code to one written household specification, whether the aircraft is a BBJ, an ACJ or a wide-body VIP configuration. Royal flight catering here stays on file between movements rather than rebuilt each time, with halal sets and other household dietary requirements produced against that same file and VVIP catering held to the standard the household signed off on its first rotation.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at San Miguel de Tucumán
Wide-body qualifies San Miguel de Tucumán for ACMI and wet-lease operators running group movements and special missions on the same reference code as a scheduled service. Charter flight catering at SANT covers a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out, with charter flight catering in Argentina for tour operator and repatriation work held to that same multi-leg standard.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SANT
A single wide-body reference code sets what can be sequenced onto the one runway at San Miguel de Tucumán, which means an ad hoc airline catering request has to be worked against that same ceiling as a scheduled sector rather than treated as an exception. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering at SANT run off one duty roster, AOG included, with crew meals at TUC boxed separately across a multi-leg rotation and ad hoc catering at TUC held to the same tray standard as the weekly cycle it interrupts.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at TUC
A private airliner cleared under the wide-body reference code at San Miguel de Tucumán can be boarded on the same ramp as a scheduled aircraft, which is what lets business aviation move through this field without a separate system. Private jet catering at San Miguel de Tucumán, delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, runs FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at San Miguel de Tucumán airport
Flight departments on jet catering at San Miguel de Tucumán (TUC)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“I asked for aviation catering packaging at San Miguel de Tucumán (TUC/SANT) because we had limited time to reset the galley. Presentation stayed good while the setup remained practical for a fast aircraft turnaround. Exactly what we need for a quick galley setup. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Mariam — Crew Planning Coordinator
“We used the team for outstation at San Miguel de Tucumán (TUC/SANT) during a tight turnaround. The team stayed in contact with operations, adjusted to the new timing, and kept the aircraft handover simple. That operational understanding was the biggest advantage. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Jacob — Flight Support Supervisor
“I needed reliable business jet catering at San Miguel de Tucumán (TUC/SANT) for a same-day departure. The team was responsive to a late change and the final order still arrived looking polished. I would definitely order from them again. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Alicia — Airline Operations Controller
Outstation catering data for San Miguel de Tucumán (SANT / TUC)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,500 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | SANT |
Inflight catering FAQ for SANT
Diversion catering and ramp questions at SANT / TUC
What operations gets asked every week about San Miguel de Tucumán.
Ask operations directly →Can you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at TUC?
The GA terminal and the FBOs on the field at San Miguel de Tucumán are covered under the same route as an airline uplift, so FBO catering reaches every operator on the ramp rather than one counter alone.
How are halal, kosher and special meal codes documented at SANT?
SANT production runs halal and kosher sets and the full range of SPML codes on a separate line inside the kitchen, with each tray logged against the passenger and the cabin it is built for.
San Miguel de Tucumán — do you deliver airline catering airside, and how does it reach the aircraft?
The hi-loader is what carries the uplift from the sealed cart to galley height at San Miguel de Tucumán, with airside delivery held on our own clearance rather than left at the foot of the aircraft.
Do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at San Miguel de Tucumán Airport, and under what protocol?
Yes, with a documented protocol file per passenger: VIP flight catering and government flight catering here both run on security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift signed off by a named coordinator.
What sets the price on a wide-body rotation at TUC, and how much does airline catering cost there?
There is a fixed set of variables behind every quotation — cabin count, specification and the loading window booked — so airline catering cost at TUC is confirmed by the ops desk against the rotation, never published as a flat rate.
What is the lead time for an order at SANT, and how far in advance must it be placed?
We take standing orders well ahead of the rotation and still hold a late window for a specification change, so a request short of that point is not automatically treated as last minute airline catering.
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