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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Macaé, Brazil
Airline catering, VIP and private jet catering at Macaé (SBME / MEA)
MEA (IATA) · SBME (ICAO)
A single narrow-body runway at 1,200 metres sets the sequencing for every rotation through Macaé, so each load is planned to one stand rather than spread across a wide-body programme. In-flight catering here runs from a sealed cart to hi-loader boarding at galley height, and inflight catering for scheduled, charter and offshore-support flights moves through one ops desk with no gap between kitchen and uplift.
1,200 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
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 — Macaé
Wide-body aviation catering at SBME
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at SBME / MEA
Aircraft catering sealed from kitchen to galley at Macaé (MEA)
Every load at Macaé is planned against one runway and one working stand, so the sequence from seal to signature is fixed rather than juggled across parallel movements. Ramp access is held on our own clearance, not borrowed at the gate, which keeps the catering uplift moving on a schedule the apron traffic cannot reshuffle. What reaches the aircraft here is timed from the kitchen door to the galley door, not guessed at.
Screening, escort and the apron queue sit between our kitchen and the single working stand at Macaé, and with only one runway feeding it, a delay anywhere in that chain has nowhere to hide. We plan the galley catering run against the worst of those points rather than the average of them, holding chain of custody from the moment the cart is sealed. Temperatures are logged at sealing and again at handover, and the catering uplift closes on a signature that ties the load to the aircraft it boarded.
One runway, one stand, one sealed load: nothing here is left to guesswork.
Crew meals from the kitchen serving Macaé
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Macaé, Brazil
Airport catering at Macaé is provisioned from a kitchen built to run hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, so a single site carries the full range a narrow-body rotation needs. That consolidation is what lets airport catering in Macaé hold HACCP standards across every line without splitting responsibility between separate units. The same cold chain runs from that kitchen to the flight kitchen at MEA without a handoff to a third site.
The staff who handle government flight catering at Macaé are the same named team on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in for the occasion. Security clearance is held on file, access to the ramp is granted by name, and the crew is trained on the paperwork that has to travel with a sealed uplift. That continuity is what a protocol desk checks first, and it is fixed here rather than assembled per flight.
Inflight catering menus and special meals at MEA
VIP flight catering, specified per passenger at SBME / MEA
Menus at Macaé are written to the cabin fitted and the mission flown, not to a fixed catalogue repeated regardless of aircraft. Brazil's produce lines run through the specification in general terms — dairy, fish, tropical fruit, coffee — worked into the plan rather than named as a dish. Inflight catering at SBME covers scheduled, charter and offshore-support work from the same kitchen, with the tray standard held constant even as the cycle moves week to week. Every allergen, halal, kosher and medical set is documented per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP work at Macaé is plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte and tray options held ready for the aircraft actually on the stand. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, not improvised against the schedule.
Business cabins
Business cabins at SBME run on multi-choice hot service, boxed to a galley-ready format sized to the aircraft on the stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are packed to the roster alongside the passenger load, not as an afterthought to it.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at MEA, with halal and kosher sets produced on a separate line and sealed before they leave it. The full range of IATA special meal codes is available, and inflight catering in Brazil is planned around that documentation rather than around it being missing.
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
HACCP-compliant aircraft catering at SBME / MEA
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 Macaé airport
With one narrow-body runway at 1,200 metres and a single working stand, Macaé is worked as an outstation rather than a hub, and each movement is sequenced rather than run in parallel. That single-stand reality turns airline catering in Macaé into a scheduling exercise first: every rotation gets its own slot rather than sharing capacity across several bays at once.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the stand by sealed cart, boarded to the galley door under our own ramp access rather than handed to a third party at the gate. In-flight catering at MEA and aviation catering at SBME run off the same route, escorted the short distance from kitchen to aircraft with nothing set down between the two.
Inflight catering in Macaé closes on one coordinator per rotation, a sealed cart and a signed handover, so responsibility for the load never splits between hands; airport catering in Brazil is committed to that same discipline wherever the aircraft is narrow-body and the stand is single.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at SBME
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Government and state flight catering at MEA
Our kitchen holds the same protocol line for a head of state movement through Macaé as for any scheduled rotation, working within the constraint of a single narrow-body stand rather than a dedicated terminal. Government flight catering at SBME is documented per passenger, staffed by security-cleared crew, and sealed before the cart leaves the kitchen for the short ramp run to the aircraft.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at MEA
A 1,200 metre runway is the working limit for every private airliner through Macaé, and it is within that limit that BBJ, ACJ and other wide-body VIP movements are planned rather than assumed. Royal flight catering at SBME is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and household requirements produced on request against the same cold chain as any other uplift.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Macaé
Narrow-body aircraft are what the reference code at Macaé lets us board, and within that limit ACMI, wet-lease and group movements are staged with the same discipline as a scheduled rotation. Charter flight catering at MEA covers special missions and group charters with a full cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering in Macaé is staged in the order the galleys are laid out rather than loaded on arrival.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SBME
A single runway of 1,200 metres and one working stand mean every rotation through Macaé is sequenced rather than parallel, which is exactly the discipline outstation work demands. Carriers running MEA as an outstation get ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, with crew meals in Brazil boarded on the same rotation and ad hoc catering at MEA held to the same tray standard as a scheduled cycle.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at MEA
Within the single narrow-body stand available at Macaé, business aviation is worked on the same ramp access and the same sequencing as any scheduled movement rather than on a separate track. Private jet catering at MEA reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering held to the standard the rest of the field already runs.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at SBME / MEA
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Macaé
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“For a team flight from Macaé (MEA/SBME), we booked sports team charter catering with several dietary requests. The order included different meal types and snacks, but the cabin crew could identify everything immediately. Very practical for team and group charter work. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Diana — Flight Planning Manager
“Our flight through Macaé (MEA/SBME) required troop flight catering with limited preparation time. They kept the menu simple, respected the special requirements, and delivered exactly when the aircraft was ready to receive it. We appreciated the flexibility. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Adam — Crew Services Coordinator
“Our freighter crew needed freighter crew meals at Macaé (MEA/SBME) during a short turnaround. The order was simple, filling, clearly labeled, and delivered in a format the crew could load without delay. Simple, efficient, and on time. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Sofia — Handling Manager
Outstation catering data for Macaé (SBME / MEA)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 1,200 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | SBME |
Business jet catering questions at MEA
Diversion catering and ramp questions at MEA
What operations gets asked every week about Macaé.
Ask operations directly →Do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at SBME?
Yes, by reaching every FBO on the field and the GA terminal directly, with FBO catering run on the same cold chain and paperwork as any airline uplift.
How late can airline catering be delivered airside for a flight out of Macaé?
Airside delivery is held to the clearance our own ramp access carries, with the load boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft.
Can Macaé Airport produce halal, kosher and the full set of IATA special meal codes?
Yes, halal and kosher sets are produced on a separate line and every SPML code is documented per passenger before the cart is sealed.
MEA: how much does airline catering cost for a rotation through the station?
A sealed cart is costed against the cabin count, the specification and the loading window agreed for that rotation, and our desk returns a quotation rather than a fixed price list.
Given the single stand at SBME, do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights under protocol here?
There is a named, security-cleared crew for every VIP flight catering and government flight catering movement, working under the same protocol whatever the aircraft on the stand.
How far in advance does Macaé need an order, and how late can the specification still change?
Macaé works to a lead time set at booking, with last minute airline catering handled as diversion or technical stop work when the schedule forces it.
Commercial aviation catering near Macaé
CAW / SBCP
Campos dos Goytacazes
Brazil · 86 km from Macaé
Airline & VIP flight catering →
SDU / SBRJ
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil · 157 km from Macaé
Airline & VIP flight catering →
GIG / SBGL
Rio De Janeiro
Brazil · 161 km from Macaé
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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