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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Palmas, Brazil
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Palmas (SBPJ / PMW)
PMW (IATA) · SBPJ (ICAO)
Wide-body is the reference code held at Palmas, which puts multi-class widebodies on the same stands as ad hoc and charter traffic. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering off one ops desk here, boarding by hi-loader to galley height so uplift moves onto the aircraft rather than waiting kerbside for a crew to carry it up.
2,500 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Palmas
Commercial aviation catering at wide-body scale, Palmas airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at Palmas (PMW)
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at SBPJ
Ramp access is what makes the catering uplift at Palmas a measured sequence rather than a guess: sealed carts leave our kitchen, cross the apron under escort, and reach the galley door on a schedule fixed against the stand assignment. Nothing in that sequence depends on the aircraft type once the reference code is wide-body. What changes stand by stand is timing against pushback, not the method.
Between the kitchen and the stand at Palmas sit screening, an escort crew and apron traffic that our own drivers work around rather than wait out. The chain of custody is unbroken from the moment a cart is sealed at the flight kitchen to the moment it clears the galley catering handover, with a name against every stage. Every catering uplift that leaves our kitchen carries a temperature log opened at sealing and closed again at the aircraft, and the closing signature is the one an operator can ask to see.
One coordinator, one seal, one signature — from our kitchen to the galley door.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for Palmas, Brazil
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Palmas airport
The flight kitchen behind airport catering at PMW runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, holding the cold chain from plate-up to sealing. HACCP governs every stage of that production, and it is the same standard whether the load is a scheduled rotation or a single ad hoc uplift. Airport catering in Palmas is built around that one kitchen rather than around a network of subcontracted lines, which keeps the specification consistent across a full multi-leg schedule.
The team behind government flight catering at Palmas is the same named crew every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in per movement. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, access is limited to a fixed list, and every member is trained to royal household standards as well as to standard airline protocol. That continuity is what lets a sealed uplift travel through screening without a new name to clear each time.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at SBPJ / PMW
VVIP catering to a written specification at Palmas (PMW)
Menus written for Palmas move from First and Business through the main cabin without dropping the specification that governs plating and portioning. Local sourcing draws on the produce of the surrounding Brazilian region — orchard fruit, dairy, river fish — worked into a seasonal frame rather than a fixed set of dishes. Inflight catering at Palmas is documented per passenger for allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements, labelled by cabin so nothing crosses at the boarding stage. That documentation travels with the load, not separately from it.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Palmas are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single set menu. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order so a repeat rotation sees the same presentation each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at SBPJ take multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets, sized to the fitted galley rather than to a generic format. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, keeping flight-deck sets apart from the cabin service.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at PMW are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering produced against those codes runs on a separate line and is sealed there before it joins the rest of the uplift.
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
Aircraft catering compliance at PMW
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 PMW
Palmas carries scheduled, charter and government movements across a single wide-body stand, which makes documentation the constraint rather than volume: a delegation needs its protocol file matched to the manifest, and a charter rotation needs the same tray standard repeated leg after leg. Airline catering at PMW is planned against that stand assignment rather than against a generic turnaround window.
Uplift leaves our flight kitchen sealed and travels by ramp vehicle to the stand, where it is boarded by hi-loader to galley height under our own escort rather than handed off at the aircraft steps. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering all run off that same route, with our loading crew working the galley door directly rather than through a third party on the apron.
Airport catering at SBPJ carries one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover that closes the load.
Aviation catering for five mission types at Palmas (PMW)
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Government and state flight catering at Palmas
A 2500 m runway carries the movements that bring a head of state aircraft onto this field alongside scheduled traffic. Government flight catering at Palmas documents the protocol file per passenger, keeps security-cleared staff on a fixed access list, and seals the uplift at the kitchen before it ever reaches the stand.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at SBPJ
A private airliner — BBJ, ACJ or wide-body VIP configuration — clears the same 2500 m runway that Palmas holds for its scheduled traffic, and boards to the same wide-body stand. Royal flight catering here runs to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at PMW
On the wide-body stand that Palmas carries for its widest traffic, a charter, ACMI or wet-lease rotation boards the same full three-cabin uplift as a scheduled service. Charter flight catering at Palmas is counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order, and charter flight catering at SBPJ covers group movements and special missions on that basis.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Palmas
The wide-body reference code carried at Palmas means our kitchen builds every load to a multi-class specification, whether the operator flies a scheduled rotation or a single unplanned leg. We run ad hoc airline catering for carriers using this station as an outstation, covering outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster across a multi-leg schedule.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at SBPJ
Sequencing around the single wide-body stand at Palmas is what governs when a business aviation movement can be worked, since the same ramp and hi-loader access serve both traffic types. Private jet catering in Brazil from this kitchen reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at Palmas, Brazil
Protocol teams on VVIP catering at Palmas, Brazil
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We requested tray set catering airline at Palmas (PMW/SBPJ) and the packaging worked very well onboard. The trays and boxes were organized logically, which saved the cabin crew time before passengers arrived. Very cabin-friendly catering. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Fiona — VIP Trip Manager
“Our operation through Palmas (PMW/SBPJ) included an ad hoc catering request at short notice. The uplift was organized around our revised departure and reached the aircraft without delaying the turn. Good support for a changing flight schedule. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Lea — Presidential Flight Coordinator
“I needed reliable business jet catering at Palmas (PMW/SBPJ) for a same-day departure. The food arrived fresh and well presented, with clear labels and packaging that actually worked in our galley. Reliable, responsive, and easy to work with. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Sebastian — Flight Operations Coordinator
Airport catering data for Palmas (SBPJ / PMW)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,500 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | SBPJ |
Business jet catering questions at SBPJ / PMW
Pilot meals and loading questions at SBPJ / PMW
What operations gets asked every week about Palmas.
Ask operations directly →Does SBPJ take airside delivery of airline catering direct to the aircraft?
Every load leaving our kitchen is boarded airside by hi-loader to galley height, so airline catering reaches the door rather than the foot of the steps.
Palmas — are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced here?
Each hi-loader cart can carry a segregated run for halal, kosher and SPML-coded special meals, produced on a separate line and sealed before boarding.
At which point does Palmas Airport take on VIP, VVIP and government flight catering under protocol?
Clearance of the crew comes first: security-cleared staff are confirmed against the access list before VIP flight catering or government flight catering is prepared, and the load is sealed at the kitchen ahead of any movement to the stand.
How far in advance can PMW take a private jet catering order to the FBOs on the field?
The standard that governs an airline uplift also governs FBO catering here, so an order for the GA terminal or any FBO on the field runs on the same notice window as a scheduled rotation.
Whose specification sets the airline catering cost at SBPJ?
For every quotation, the cost is set by cabin count, the meal specification chosen and the loading window required, and our desk returns pricing against those three factors rather than a published list.
Inflight catering at other airports near Palmas
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
Charter flight catering quote for PMW
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Palmas (PMW / SBPJ)
Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Palmas, 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
Uplift at Palmas (PMW)