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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — La Paz / El Alto, Bolivia
La Paz / El Alto (SLLP / LPB): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
LPB (IATA) · SLLP (ICAO)
At La Paz / El Alto, the 4000 m runway clears wide-body departures that need a full three-cabin uplift boarded fast, and that is what a wide-body reference code airport exists to support. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering here by hi-loader to galley height, with the flight kitchen close enough to the ramp that a scheduled wave and a VIP movement can be worked from the same board without one delaying the other.
4,000 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
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 — La Paz / El Alto
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at SLLP / LPB
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at La Paz / El Alto
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, La Paz / El Alto (LPB)
The measured sequence at La Paz / El Alto runs from the sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door, tracked stage by stage rather than promised as a single figure. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, so the catering uplift moves onto the apron without waiting behind a shared gate pass. That single line of custody is what lets a wide-body rotation and a smaller charter share the same stand sequence without either slipping.
Between our kitchen and the stand at SLLP sit screening, escort clearance 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 more than a kitchen delay, so the route and the escort are fixed before the cart is sealed, not worked out on the ramp. Every catering uplift is logged at sealing and again at handover, with a signature closing the chain of custody at the galley door of the aircraft it was built for.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the galley door.
Crew meals from the flight kitchen serving LPB
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for La Paz / El Alto, Bolivia
The flight kitchen behind La Paz / El Alto runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, built to the aerodrome reference code the field carries rather than to a single aircraft type. Airport catering at La Paz / El Alto draws on that range so a wide-body rotation and a smaller charter are provisioned from the same output without either being treated as an afterthought. Every batch leaving the building is produced to HACCP standard and airport catering in Bolivia is planned around that one line, not around whichever flight is loudest that day.
The team that handles government flight catering at LPB is the same named crew every rotation, security clearance on file rather than assigned per flight, and kept on the access list that governs the ramp at La Paz / El Alto. They are trained to household service standards for the protocol work that comes with a state or royal movement, and to the paperwork a sealed uplift carries once it leaves the kitchen. Continuity, not headcount, is the guarantee catering at LPB is built on.
Halal airline meals and special meals at LPB
VVIP catering to a written specification at SLLP / LPB
The airline catering menu at La Paz / El Alto follows the cabin, the mission and the season rather than a single fixed spread, so a scheduled sector and a VVIP movement draw from different specifications on the same production day. Local sourcing leans on Bolivian dairy, highland produce and lake fish where the season allows, worked into a plated or tray-set format depending on the cabin it is written for. Inflight catering here is documented per passenger for allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets, each one labelled and sealed before it leaves the kitchen. Nothing reaches the galley without that label matched to a named seat, cabin by cabin.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at La Paz / El Alto are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu, with VIP flight catering built around à-la-carte service on request. Bolivia's VIP flight catering line files each presentation against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served to the same standard the household or the desk signed off on the first time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at SLLP take multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, with tray sets built around the loading sheet rather than a generic count. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so cockpit and cabin crew each board exactly the set assigned to them.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at La Paz / El Alto are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes rather than a shortened list. Inflight catering in La Paz / El Alto produces each of these on a separate line and seals it before it joins the main load, so a household or medical requirement never shares a tray path with the standard cabin service.
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 La Paz / El Alto (LPB)
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 La Paz / El Alto airport
With two runways and a wide-body reference code, La Paz / El Alto is built to hold scheduled and charter movements on the same stand rotation, which turns each wide-body slot into a documentation and timing exercise rather than a volume one. Airport catering at LPB is therefore planned against the stand assignment first, since a single reference-code apron has to absorb both a scheduled turn and a charter without either waiting on the other.
Aircraft provisioning moves from the flight kitchen straight to the aircraft door by airside delivery, with sealed carts carried on our own ramp badges rather than handed off at a perimeter gate; aviation catering at SLLP and airline catering at SLLP both run off that same route, so the loading crew that builds the trays is the crew that boards them. Ground handling on the apron confirms the stand before the vehicles move, which keeps inflight catering aligned to the actual chock time instead of the published one.
One coordinator holds the handover for the rotation, so in-flight catering in Bolivia closes on a signed chain of custody at the aircraft door, not at the kitchen gate.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at SLLP / LPB
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Government and state flight catering at LPB
Two runways built to a wide-body reference code, and that pairing is what lets a head of state aircraft and a scheduled wide-body share the same field without a change to either loading plan. Government flight catering at La Paz / El Alto documents the protocol file per passenger, keeps security-cleared staff on the movement, and seals the uplift before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at La Paz / El Alto
Our kitchen builds to the wide-body reference code held at SLLP, which covers a private airliner exactly as it covers a scheduled departure on the same apron. Royal flight catering at La Paz / El Alto is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, extended to BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP aircraft, with halal and other royal household requirements produced on request rather than assumed.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at SLLP
The wide-body reference code at this field carries a full three-cabin uplift on every charter stand, not a reduced version of one. Charter flight catering at La Paz / El Alto serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and multi-leg special missions, with charter flight catering at SLLP counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out, covering tour operator, repatriation and humanitarian work alike.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at LPB
The 4000 m runway at La Paz / El Alto has to be sequenced around, because a wide-body departure and a smaller ad hoc movement cannot share a loading slot without one waiting on the other. Ad hoc airline catering at LPB covers carriers running this station as an outstation, with outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering worked off one duty roster, crew meals in Bolivia boxed to the same rotation, and AOG handled across a multi-leg pattern without a menu cycle being rebuilt from scratch.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at La Paz / El Alto
A private airliner or business jet using the wide-body-rated stands at La Paz / El Alto is boarded through the same kitchen that provisions the scheduled wave, because the reference code that clears one clears the other. Private jet catering at SLLP reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal directly, 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 →
Aviation catering rated at SLLP / LPB
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at La Paz / El Alto
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our flight changed at short notice and we arranged urgent airline catering at La Paz / El Alto (LPB/SLLP). Confirmation was quick, the order stayed clear despite several updates, and delivery reached the aircraft on time. We would use them again for another short-notice stop. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Helena — Private Flight Coordinator
“For an operation away from our normal base, we arranged airline catering at small airports at La Paz / El Alto (LPB/SLLP). It felt like working with a regular station supplier even though this was not one of our usual airports. A solid solution for outstation operations. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Arthur — Operations Controller
“We compared options for La Paz / El Alto (LPB/SLLP) and asked for an airline catering cost per meal. The inclusions were easy to understand, lead time was realistic, and there were no surprises when the final order was confirmed. We appreciated the transparency. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Ella — Ground Services Manager
Station data for aviation catering at La Paz / El Alto (SLLP / LPB)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 4,000 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | SLLP |
Business jet catering questions at LPB
Diversion catering and ramp questions at LPB
What operations gets asked every week about La Paz / El Alto.
Ask operations directly →SLLP: do you deliver airline catering airside, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
The hi-loader carries the sealed cart from our kitchen straight to galley height, so airside delivery ends at the aircraft door rather than at the foot of the stand.
The loading window at La Paz / El Alto: how much does airline catering cost here?
There is no published price list, because an airline catering cost depends on cabin count, the specification chosen and the loading window requested; our desk quotes once those three are set.
Do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at La Paz / El Alto, and under what protocol?
Yes, with VIP flight catering and government flight catering run to a documented protocol file per passenger, security-cleared staff and a sealed handover at the aircraft.
What is the lead time for an order at LPB, and how late can the specification change?
We work to a stated lead time for the base order and take last minute airline catering changes up to a cut-off close to departure, confirmed by the desk on request.
Jet catering at airports near La Paz / El Alto
ORU / SLOR
Oruro
Bolivia · 200 km from La Paz / El Alto
Airline & VIP flight catering →
CBB / SLCB
Cochabamba
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
JUL / SPJL
Juliaca
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
Charter flight catering quote for La Paz / El Alto airport
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La Paz / El Alto (LPB / SLLP)
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
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Uplift at La Paz / El Alto (LPB)