Aviation catering — Criciúma, Brazil

Criciúma (SSIM / CCM): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering

CCM (IATA) · SSIM (ICAO)

At Criciúma, a 1488 m runway sets a narrow-body reference code, and inflight catering here is built around that ceiling rather than around wide-body volume. Every uplift moves by hi-loader to galley height across the apron, so in-flight catering and the aviation catering programme behind it are staged for one aircraft class at a time, without slowing the turnaround.

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.
1,488 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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Runways
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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
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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
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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 — Criciúma

Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at Criciúma (CCM)

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

Airport catering order window at Criciúma airport

Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, CCM

Ramp access at Criciúma decides how the loading window is built, not the other way round: our crews cross the apron to the stand under one escort routine, on badges cleared for this field. Every catering uplift here is timed from the sealed cart leaving the kitchen to the moment it is locked at the galley door. That sequence is the same whether the flight is scheduled, charter or a government movement through SSIM.

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

Between the sealed cart leaving our kitchen and its arrival at the stand, the real variable at Criciúma is the convoy itself, not the food: screening, escort timing and apron traffic decide whether the galley catering reaches the aircraft on schedule. We plan every catering uplift against the slower end of that range rather than the faster one, so the schedule holds even on a busy rotation.

A temperature log opens when the cart is sealed at the kitchen and closes again at handover on the stand, with both readings kept against the same reference. The chain of custody runs on that pair of readings and on the seal number checked at each end. A signature at the galley closes the record for that rotation.

One seal, one convoy, one signature: the load is accountable end to end.

Airline food supplier kitchen serving Criciúma (CCM)

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Pilot meals and cleared production crews for SSIM

Behind Criciúma, our production kitchen runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, built to feed a narrow-body rotation without slowing for it. HACCP governs every stage from intake to the sealed cart, and the same standard applies whether the load is a scheduled sector or a government movement. Airport catering at SSIM and airport catering at CCM both draw on that single flight kitchen at CCM, rather than on a network of subcontracted lines.

The team assigned to government flight catering at Criciúma is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rota drawn from the wider kitchen floor. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, they sit on the access list for the airside route, and they are trained to royal household standards as well as to state protocol. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first, ahead of anything on the tray.

Kosher inflight catering and dietary sets at Criciúma, Brazil

VVIP catering written per mission at Criciúma airport

Menus at Criciúma are written to the cabin and to the mission, not to a single fixed cycle: a state movement, a charter rotation and a scheduled sector each draw a different specification from the same kitchen. Where produce is sourced locally, dairy, fish and orchard fruit from the surrounding region sit alongside the standing tray set, adjusted with the season rather than fixed year round. Inflight catering at CCM is built to change week to week while the specification underneath it stays constant. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, and travel sealed with the load they belong to.

A close view of sliced roast duck topped with radish on asparagus spears, glaze pooling on white china.

First & VVIP cabins

First and VVIP cabins at Criciúma are plated to a written specification rather than to a fixed weekly menu, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request for a state or charter movement. The presentation itself is filed against that standing order, so a repeat rotation through SSIM sees the same result each time.

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 CCM run a multi-choice hot service built to the galley fitted on the aircraft, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to that specification. Crew meals travel alongside the passenger load, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately to the roster rather than pulled from the same tray run.

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Protocol & dietary

Protocol and dietary requirements at Criciúma are documented per passenger before the cart is sealed, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside the IATA special meal codes. Halal and kosher trays are produced on a separate line from the main cabin run, and inflight catering here keeps that line sealed until it leaves the kitchen.

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.

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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

HACCP standards for aviation catering at CCM

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.

Aircraft catering delivered airside at Criciúma

Criciúma runs a narrow-body traffic profile off its single 1488 m runway, which makes catering here a repetition problem more than a capacity one: the same reference code, the same stand pattern and the same turnaround window recur rotation after rotation. That regularity is what lets a scheduled carrier or a government movement plan a load with confidence at this field.

Every uplift leaves our kitchen sealed and crosses the apron under ground handling coordinated with the ramp, moving by hi-loader straight to the galley door rather than being set down at the foot of the aircraft. Airside delivery follows that same route on every rotation, so airline catering at Criciúma and inflight catering at Criciúma both run off one fixed sequence rather than a case-by-case plan.

Aviation catering in Brazil at a field this size still commits to a single coordinator per rotation, sealed carts and a signed handover at the stand, so airport catering at SSIM and in-flight catering at SSIM carry the same accountability as at a larger station.

Government, royal and charter flight catering at SSIM

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Government and state flight catering at CCM
The 1488 m runway at Criciúma sets a narrow-body ceiling, and that ceiling still admits a head of state aircraft on a state visit or an official delegation without changing the protocol around it. Government flight catering here runs on a file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the access list, and an uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
Royal vvip food.
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Criciúma
Our kitchen holds a narrow-body loading plan for every movement through SSIM, and that same plan carries a royal flight catering specification without adjustment for scale. We hold household standards across repeat rotations from a written specification kept on file between movements, covering private airliners and halal or household requirements on request, at CCM.
Royal & VVIP flights →
Charter flight catering first.
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at SSIM
Narrow-body is the reference code that governs every charter movement through Criciúma, and it sets the cabin count a broker can plan against before the aircraft is even confirmed. Charter flight catering at CCM covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering in Brazil run to the same loading sheet as a scheduled sector.
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 CCM
A 1488 m runway holds Criciúma to a narrow-body reference code, which sets the loading plan a carrier has to work around on any ad hoc rotation through this field. Ad hoc airline catering here covers outstation catering for a carrier that uses SSIM outside its main network, diversion catering and technical stop catering handled off the same duty roster, with a multi-leg sequence tracked against one loading sheet.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Criciúma
A business jet using the same narrow-body-rated runway as the scheduled traffic at Criciúma is boarded by our dedicated private-jet branch rather than folded into the main airline rota. Private jet catering in Brazil reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal here on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering all run from the one kitchen.
Private jets →

Charter flight catering trusted at Criciúma airport

Flight departments on jet catering at Criciúma (CCM)

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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

“I asked for galley ready meals at Criciúma (CCM/SSIM) because we had limited time to reset the galley. Everything was labeled, compact, and easy to place directly into the aircraft without repacking on the ramp. Exactly what we need for a quick galley setup. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”

★★★★★

Government flight department

Lucia — Mission Operations Manager

“For a changing schedule at Criciúma (CCM/SSIM), we needed flexible outstation. The team stayed in contact with operations, adjusted to the new timing, and kept the aircraft handover simple. We appreciated how easy the coordination was. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”

★★★★★

Charter operator

Alina — Duty Operations Manager

“I ordered private jet menu for our departure from Criciúma (CCM/SSIM) and was very happy with the service. They followed my notes closely, kept me updated, and delivered at the time agreed with the FBO. A very good experience from a flight attendant perspective. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”

★★★★☆

Charter operator

Alina — Cargo Flight Support Manager

Outstation catering data for Criciúma (SSIM / CCM)

DatumValue
Longest runway1,488 m
Runways1
Aerodrome reference codenarrow-body
ICAOSSIM

Flight catering FAQ for Criciúma, Brazil

Technical stop catering questions at Criciúma, Brazil

What operations gets asked every week about Criciúma.

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Who delivers private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Criciúma?

For every FBO on the field and the GA terminal at Criciúma, our private-jet branch runs FBO catering on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.

Are prices published for airline catering cost at Criciúma Airport?

Our ops desk builds every airline catering cost quote from cabin count, specification and loading window rather than from a published list, and comes back with a figure once those are confirmed.

Does CCM handle VIP flight catering and government flight catering under a fixed protocol?

Every state or household movement through CCM runs on a documented protocol file, with VIP flight catering and government flight catering handled by the same security-cleared crew named on the access list.

How far in advance does SSIM need an airline catering order, and how late can it change?

The lead time we hold at SSIM rests on the kitchen's own clearance schedule, and we take how far in advance a standing order is placed as the baseline for any last minute airline catering change to the specification.

Commercial aviation catering near Criciúma

LAJ / SBLJ
Lages
Brazil · 134 km from Criciúma
Airline & VIP flight catering →
FLN / SBFL
Florianópolis
Brazil · 145 km from Criciúma
Airline & VIP flight catering →
EEA / SNCP
Correia Pinto
Brazil · 152 km from Criciúma
Airline & VIP flight catering →

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Criciúma (CCM / SSIM)

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Flight

Aircraft · stand · local time

Offloading

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Counts · menus · files

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