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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Tartagal, Argentina
Airline catering, VIP and private jet catering at Tartagal (SAST / TTG)
TTG (IATA) · SAST (ICAO)
The narrow-body reference code held at Tartagal sets a single loading sequence rather than a bank of simultaneous positions, so every uplift is planned as one clean pass from kitchen to galley door. That single pass is where AERO GOURMET works: inflight catering staged for the stand in use, in-flight catering boarded by hi-loader to galley height, and wide-body-trained crews ready wherever the airframe calls for one.
1,500 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 — Tartagal
Wide-body inflight catering at Tartagal (TTG)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Tartagal, Argentina
Aircraft catering sealed from kitchen to galley at Tartagal
The sealed cart, not the aircraft, sets the pace of a catering uplift at Tartagal: ramp access is booked before the cart ever leaves the kitchen. Every stage between our production floor and the apron at SAST is logged against the same sheet, so the loading window is a record, not an estimate. Ramp access held on our own clearance keeps that record continuous from seal to signature.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Tartagal sit screening, an escort through the airside gate, and whatever apron traffic the reference code at SAST is carrying that day. We plan the catering uplift against the worst of those three, not the average of them, so the galley catering aboard a narrow-body rotation keeps to one chain of custody from seal to handover. Temperatures are logged when the load is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at the galley door, closing the same record.
A signature at handover closes the load, naming the crew who carried it and the time it crossed the apron.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature: the load never changes hands unrecorded.
Crew meals from the kitchen serving Tartagal airport
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for TTG
Inside the flight kitchen that provisions Tartagal, hot production, pastry and a cold larder sit on one floor with the protocol line that handles sealed and cleared work. Airport catering at SAST is built from that single site rather than from a shared regional facility, which keeps the route to the apron short and the handling chain unbroken. HACCP governs every stage of production here, and airport catering leaving the door at Tartagal carries that standard on every tray, every cart and every rotation.
The team behind catering at TTG is the same named crew on every rotation into Tartagal, not a rotating pool drawn against demand. Government flight catering here is handled by staff who carry security clearance on file, sit on the access list for the sealed area, and are trained to the paperwork that a sealed uplift is required to travel with. That continuity is what a protocol desk checks first, and it holds whether the movement is scheduled weeks out or called in against a rotation already on approach.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Tartagal (TTG)
VVIP catering written per mission at SAST
Menus at Tartagal are built to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted for season, because a delegation flight and a scheduled rotation ask for different things from the same kitchen. Local sourcing draws on the produce of the region around Tartagal, dairy, orchard fruit and river fish worked into a specification rather than a fixed dish list, so inflight catering here stays adaptable without losing its written standard. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, never assumed from a general order. Every one of those sets is labelled, filed and boarded against the same paperwork as the rest of the load, so nothing on a tray at SAST is left to memory.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Tartagal are plated to a written specification held on file between movements, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request rather than fixed to a single format. VIP flight catering here is built around that specification, so the standard on the tray does not depend on which crew is rostered that day.
Business cabins
Business cabins at TTG run on multi-choice hot service, sized to the galley fitted to the airframe on the schedule and boarded in oven-ready trays rather than plated in the cabin. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in the same load, boxed and labelled to the roster for that rotation.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Tartagal are documented per passenger rather than assumed from the booking class, covering halal, kosher and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, inflight catering for these sets follows the same chain of custody as the rest of the uplift out of SAST.
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 TTG
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.
Aviation catering delivered to the stand at SAST / TTG
Tartagal takes scheduled, charter and ad hoc traffic against a narrow-body reference code, which turns every catering order into a documentation and sequencing exercise rather than a volume one: fewer simultaneous movements, but each one worked to its own written specification, stand by stand. Airport catering in Tartagal is planned around that single reference code rather than around a bank of gates, and airline catering in Argentina generally follows the same discipline once a station is this size.
The uplift reaches the aircraft here by a short, fixed route: sealed carts leave our kitchen, cross the ramp under escort, and board through the galley door by hi-loader rather than at the foot of the stairs. In-flight catering in Argentina depends on that same principle wherever the field is small, and inflight catering in Argentina is planned the same way whenever a stand sits close to the apron, as it does at SAST.
We commit one coordinator to every load at Tartagal, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover that closes the record before the aircraft moves.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at Tartagal (TTG)
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Government and state flight catering at Tartagal
Our kitchen holds a 1500 m runway constraint at Tartagal to a single narrow-body reference code, which means every state movement is planned stand by stand rather than across a bank of gates. Government flight catering for delegations and official visits is documented per passenger, handled by security-cleared staff, and sealed before it leaves the kitchen at SAST, with a head of state aircraft worked to the same written specification as any other rotation.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at SAST
A 1500 m runway governs what boards at Tartagal on a single narrow-body stand, and that constraint sets the pace at which household work is planned rather than the scale of it. Royal flight catering for private airliners, BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP movements alike, is held to a written household specification kept on file between visits, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request at TTG.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at TTG
A narrow-body airframe is what the reference code at Tartagal is built to take, and that same code lets ACMI, wet-lease and group charter movements board here on the same terms as scheduled traffic. Charter flight catering at SAST covers special missions and group movements with a full cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering at TTG is staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Tartagal
A 1500 m runway at Tartagal keeps the field working to a narrow-body reference code, which is exactly the profile most outstation and diversion traffic here presents. Ad hoc airline catering covers carriers running TTG as an outstation, with outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering handled off the same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, crew meals at SAST boxed alongside crew meals at TTG for the flight deck and the cabin.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at SAST
On the same narrow-body-rated field that takes scheduled and charter traffic, business aviation at Tartagal is handled by our dedicated private jet branch, delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal rather than to a separate facility. Private jet catering in Argentina from this branch runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, business aviation catering and business jet catering included, with FBO catering delivered on request.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at Tartagal, Argentina
Charter operators on flight catering at Tartagal airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We needed an airline catering broker at Tartagal (TTG/SAST) and the support was excellent. The response time was good and we did not have to manage several local suppliers ourselves. A good partner to have when the usual supplier is not available. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Edgar — Flight Support Executive
“We used the service for VIP flight catering in Tartagal on a VIP rotation through TTG/SAST. Communication was responsive and the team handled a late timing change without any issue. I would use them again for another flight from Tartagal. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Mark — Station Operations Supervisor
“We had several special meal codes on our order at Tartagal (TTG/SAST) and everything was handled correctly. The team confirmed the dietary details carefully and there was no confusion when the order arrived. Very reassuring for the cabin crew. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Dalia — Executive Charter Coordinator
Station data for airport catering at Tartagal (SAST / TTG)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,500 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | SAST |
Business jet catering questions at Tartagal (TTG)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Tartagal (TTG)
What operations gets asked every week about Tartagal.
Ask operations directly →At what point does an order need to be placed for a rotation through SAST, and how late can the specification still change?
The loading window opens once the stand and time are confirmed, and the lead time from there sets how far in advance the desk needs the covers count; last-minute airline catering changes are still taken up to the point the cart is sealed, though the specification itself is locked earlier.
Does private jet catering reach the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field at Tartagal?
Every FBO on the field and the GA terminal itself are reached by our dedicated branch, with FBO catering delivered on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Where can an operator see what airline catering costs at Tartagal Airport?
The quotation itself is the document that shows it, built from the cabin count, the specification and the loading window rather than from a published price list; the desk returns one against those three inputs.
When is airline catering delivered airside at TTG, and how does it reach the aircraft?
As soon as the sealed cart clears the ramp checkpoint it is escorted to the stand and boarded by hi-loader to galley height, never left at the foot of the aircraft.
Are VIP, VVIP and government flights catered at SAST, and under what protocol?
The same named coordinator who handles scheduled rotations also runs VIP flight catering and government flight catering movements, working to a documented protocol file that travels with the load from seal to signature.
Aviation catering at airports near Tartagal
BJO / SLBJ
Bermejo
Bolivia · 56 km from Tartagal
Airline & VIP flight catering →
BYC / SLYA
Yacuíba
Bolivia · 74 km from Tartagal
Airline & VIP flight catering →
ORA / SASO
Orán
Argentina · 81 km from Tartagal
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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