Aviation catering — Brasília, Brazil

Airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Brasília (SBBR / BSB)

BSB (IATA) · SBBR (ICAO)

The 3300 m longest runway at Brasília carries wide-body arrivals across scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet movements, and it is what lets a full three-cabin rotation board without splitting the load. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at Brasília (SBBR), Brazil, uplifting by hi-loader to galley height, wide-body stand by wide-body stand, airside, on one duty roster.

A catering hi-loader raised to the forward galley door of a wide-body on stand, the platform level with the doorway and the truck squared up beneath it.
3,300 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
Runways
8
FBOs on station
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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
02
VIP at any volume
8 First covers or 400 passengers across three cabins, same execution
03
24/7 order desk
Ad hoc, AOG and same-day uplift answered around the clock
04
Multi-leg coordination
One loading sheet, every leg of your rotation
A catering hi-loader raised to the aft galley door of a wide-body on stand, its platform level with the doorway and a second truck waiting below.

On the apron — Brasília

Commercial aviation catering at wide-body scale, Brasília airport

Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.

Airport catering order window at Brasília (BSB)

Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at SBBR

Ramp access is what the loading window at Brasília is actually measured against, not a printed lead time. Catering at BSB moves from the sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door on a route timed against apron traffic and the checkpoint the load has to clear. Every cart that crosses the apron carries a catering uplift record logged at both ends, sealed and signed before it reaches the stand.

Four branded catering carts latched side by side in an aircraft galley, each door closed on a coloured seal.

Between our kitchen and the wide-body stands at Brasília sit screening, an escort across the apron, and traffic that varies with the movement ahead of it. We plan the catering uplift against the busiest of those, not the easiest, so a delegation arriving behind a peak wave still boards on schedule and galley catering reaches its stand on time.

Temperature is logged twice on every chain of custody: once when the cart is sealed at the kitchen, once at handover to the loading crew on the ramp. A single named signature closes the load, so the galley door at Brasília only opens once that record is complete.

One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the aircraft.

Cargo crew meals and passenger uplifts for Brasília, Brazil

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Airline food supplier crews cleared for Brasília airport

Airport catering at Brasília runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, feeding the wide-body stands from a single site rather than a string of subcontracted counters. Every batch that leaves that kitchen is produced to an HACCP standard and cold-chain discipline that does not vary between a scheduled rotation and a diversion. Airport catering in Brazil, and specifically the flight kitchen at BSB, is built to hold that standard on the busiest wave as much as the quietest one.

The team behind government flight catering at Brasília is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in for the day. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the ramp, and is trained to the household standards that a repeat state or royal movement expects between one visit and the next. Chain of custody runs with them from the kitchen seal to the signature at the aircraft, not from a separate desk.

VIP flight catering and dietary sets at SBBR / BSB

Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Brasília (BSB)

Menus at Brasília are written chef-side to the cabin and the mission, not printed from one master file and reused across every departure. Inflight catering here draws on Brazil's produce in general terms — dairy, fish, orchard fruit, grain — worked into a specification the kitchen can repeat rather than a dish that varies by hand. A First and VVIP tray set, a Business set and a main-cabin set are each built to their own galley format and their own service pace, so a wide-body rotation boards three distinct standards from one kitchen. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled and sealed before the cart leaves the kitchen floor.

A first-cabin table laid with pressed linen, silver and a plated main course, an orchid and a menu card set beside it.

First & VVIP cabins

First and VVIP cabins at Brasília are plated to a written specification kept on file between movements, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request rather than fixed to one fixed course order. VIP flight catering at BSB is built so a repeat rotation sees the same standard, not a rebuilt one.

A complete tray set on a black tray: a hot egg and ham dish, cut fruit, breads, a pastry, a set yoghurt and a portion of preserve.

Business cabins

Business cabins at SBBR run multi-choice hot service in oven-ready, galley-ready tray sets sized to the aircraft fitted for the sector. Crew meals in Brasília and crew meals in Brazil are boxed separately from the passenger load, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals kept to their own roster-linked set.

Diet.

Protocol & dietary

Protocol and dietary requirements at Brasília move on their own line: household, religious and medical sets documented per passenger, halal and kosher trays built to the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering at SBBR produces every one of those sets separately and seals them before they join the main load.

The three books

A tray set on a stainless steel bench: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a bread roll with herb butter, and a berry dessert in a glass.

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Royal & Government Flights

Royal households · government · state operations

  • Plated service · First to main cabin
  • Protocol handling · security clearance
Chefs plating a long line of identical main courses under heat lamps, with loaded catering trolleys waiting at the end of the line.

02

Charter & Commercial

Charter · ACMI · group · scheduled · ad hoc

  • 400 passengers · one uplift
  • HACCP cold chain, logged to the galley door
A business jet cabin credenza laid with chilled sparkling wine in a bucket, bottled drinks, a nut dish and folded napkins on a silver tray, beside a single passenger seat.

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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 records for aviation catering at SBBR / BSB

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 BSB

Brasília carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across two runways built to a wide-body reference code, and that mix turns every rotation into a different kind of catering problem: a state delegation is a documentation exercise, a charter peak is a capacity exercise, a repeat scheduled service is a repetition exercise. Airline catering at SBBR is planned against whichever of those the day's movement sheet actually shows, not against a single fixed template.

The uplift itself moves from our kitchen across the apron to the wide-body stand by hi-loader, boarded to galley height rather than handed off at the foot of the aircraft. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at Brasília run off one ops desk that tracks the cart from seal to signature, with ramp access held on our own badges rather than a third party's schedule.

What we commit to at every one of those movements is the same: one coordinator, sealed carts, a signed handover logged before the aircraft pushes back. Airport catering at Brasília, and inflight catering across Brazil more broadly, is built to hold that commitment on the busiest wave of the day as much as the quietest.

VVIP catering and commercial flights at Brasília airport

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Government and state flight catering at SBBR
Across the wide-body stands at Brasília, government flight catering is worked to a protocol file documented per passenger rather than a general standing menu. State visits and head of state movements are handled by security-cleared staff, with the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen and cleared through the terminal this traffic is routed to.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at BSB
Sequencing a household rotation around the wide-body reference code held at Brasília means the loading plan is fixed before the aircraft is, not after. Royal flight catering here serves private airliners — BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations — to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request at SBBR.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Brasília
3300 metres of runway, and a charter or ACMI operator can bring a full wide-body in without a weight-driven diversion elsewhere. Charter flight catering at SBBR covers wet-lease and group movements, tour operator charters and special missions, with charter flight catering at BSB counted against the loading sheet and staged to the order the galleys are fitted.
Wide-body charter →
A complete tray set on a black tray: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a seeded roll with herb butter and a berry dessert in a glass.
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SBBR
The wide-body reference code held at Brasília is what lets a scheduled carrier run this station as an outstation without splitting its uplift across two standards. Ad hoc airline catering at BSB covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, with crew meals at SBBR boxed separately across a multi-leg rotation and ad hoc airline catering in Brasília held to the same specification on every leg.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at BSB
Our crews work the same 3300 m runway that clears the wide-body stands to reach the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal at Brasília with private jet catering. FBO catering there runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, which is also how business aviation catering and business jet catering in Brazil are handled end to end.
Private jets →

FBOs at Brasília

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br aviation center (aeroprest)
helisul
icaro aviation
lider aviacao
masterjet club taxi aereo
sagres aero servo
tam aviacao executiva (vip room)
universal aviation

Charter flight catering trusted at Brasília (BSB)

Operators on commercial aviation catering at Brasília, Brazil

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Government flight department

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Royal household

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Charter operator

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Scheduled airline

“For our departure from Brasília (BSB/SBBR), we specifically needed aviation catering packaging. The order came ready for service with no unnecessary packaging or loose items to sort through. Good attention to the operational side of catering. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”

★★★★★

Charter operator

Leon — Flight Operations Coordinator

“Our operation through Brasília (BSB/SBBR) included a tech stop request at short notice. The team stayed in contact with operations, adjusted to the new timing, and kept the aircraft handover simple. A very useful service for ad hoc flying. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”

★★★★★

Scheduled airline

Lina — Duty Station Manager

“We used the team for business jet catering at Brasília (BSB/SBBR) on a VIP trip. The team was responsive to a late change and the final order still arrived looking polished. A very good experience from a flight attendant perspective. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”

★★★★☆

Private jet operator

Viktor — VIP Flight Operations Manager

Aircraft catering station data for Brasília (SBBR / BSB)

DatumValue
Longest runway3,300 m
Runways2
Aerodrome reference codewide-body
ICAOSBBR

Inflight catering FAQ for Brasília, Brazil

Diversion catering and ramp questions at SBBR / BSB

What operations gets asked every week about Brasília.

Ask operations directly →
What FBOs and GA terminal locations does Brasília cover for private jet catering?

We deliver private jet catering to every FBO on the field and to the GA terminal at Brasília, with FBO catering run on the same cold chain and documentation as an airline uplift.

When does an order need to be placed for BSB, and how late can the specification change?

When a movement is confirmed we ask for lead time to plan the kitchen run, and specification changes can still be taken close to departure depending on how far in advance the change reaches the desk; last minute airline catering is handled rather than declined wherever the loading window allows it.

Do you deliver airline catering airside at SBBR?

Yes, by airside delivery straight to the stand, with the uplift boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than handed off at the foot of the aircraft.

Which halal, kosher and special meal codes are produced for flights through Brasília?

The sealed cart carries halal and kosher trays alongside the full range of IATA SPML special meals, each produced on a separate line and documented per passenger before it joins the main load.

How is a VIP, VVIP or government flight catered at Brasília, and under what protocol?

Brasília movements in this category are worked under a documented protocol file, with VIP flight catering and government flight catering handled by the same named, security-cleared crew on every rotation.

Can you tell me what airline catering costs at BSB?

A quotation at BSB turns on the cabin count, the specification and the loading window rather than a fixed price list, and the airline catering cost is confirmed once the desk has those three.

Jet catering at airports near Brasília

GYN / SBGO
Goiânia
Brazil · 163 km from Brasília
Airline & VIP flight catering →
UDI / SBUL
Uberlândia
Brazil · 337 km from Brasília
Airline & VIP flight catering →
AAX / SBAX
Araxá
Brazil · 423 km from Brasília
Airline & VIP flight catering →

Charter flight catering quote for BSB

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Brasília (BSB / SBBR)

Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Brasília, not a brochure.

orders@aerogourmet.com · operations desk, 24/7

Four steps

Flight

Aircraft · stand · local time

Offloading

Return leg, if any

Order

Counts · menus · files

Contact

Who we come back to

Step 1 of 4 · Flight

Flight

The airport is already filled in. Change it if the uplift boards elsewhere.

Search by city, IATA or ICAO.
Local time at the airport of delivery.
Hi-loader required
Offloading

One question. Answer no and the step closes itself.

Offloading required
Order

What goes on board, and for how many. Attach a loading sheet if you hold one.

Order from one of the three menu books

Give the detail per cabin if there is one.
Accepted formats: PDF, JPG, PNG, Word, Excel, CSV, TXT — up to 4 MB per file.
Contact

One name, one desk. We reply to it and nowhere else.

Uplift at Brasília (BSB)