Aviation catering — Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Ribeirão Preto (SBRP / RAO): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering

RAO (IATA) · SBRP (ICAO)

Off the single 2100 m runway at Ribeirão Preto, narrow-body traffic still boards to a wide-body standard: sealed inflight catering staged for uplift the moment the galley door opens. AERO GOURMET runs in-flight catering here on the same hi-loader method used on our larger stations, so scheduled, charter and VIP movements clear the ramp on one documented sequence.

A catering hi-loader box raised level with the open galley door of a wide-body, its platform bridged to the doorway.
2,100 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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Runways
1
FBO on station
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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 — Ribeirão Preto

Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at SBRP

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

Aircraft catering lead times at SBRP / RAO

Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Ribeirão Preto (RAO)

Your rotation through Ribeirão Preto is worked on one measured sequence, from the sealed cart leaving our kitchen to the signature at the galley door. Ramp access here is held on our own clearance, not negotiated stand by stand, so the catering uplift moves on the same apron path every time. That consistency is what a single-runway field with narrow-body volume actually needs: fewer variables between the seal and the door.

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

Between our kitchen and the stand at Ribeirão Preto sit screening, an escort across the apron, and the general traffic a single runway concentrates into a narrower window. We plan the catering uplift against the worst of that sequence rather than the average of it, so a delay upstream never becomes a delay at the galley. Temperature is logged at sealing and logged again at handover, and the galley catering only leaves our chain of custody once a name is signed against it at the door.

One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the door, nothing in between left unrecorded.

Flight kitchen and crew meals for Ribeirão Preto (RAO)

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Airline food supplier crews cleared for Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Airport catering at Ribeirão Preto runs from a flight kitchen built around hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, held to HACCP throughout. The cold chain carries from that production floor to the apron without a break, which matters more at a single-runway station than at a hub, where a missed handover has less time to be absorbed. Airport catering at RAO is built on that discipline: one facility, one standard, no stand left to a different rule.

The team behind government flight catering at Ribeirão Preto is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in for one movement. Security clearance is held on file, access is limited to a fixed list, and household service standards are trained rather than briefed on the day. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first, well before the tray count.

VIP flight catering menus for RAO departures

Royal flight catering standards per cabin at SBRP / RAO

Menus at Ribeirão Preto are written to the cabin and the mission, not to a single fixed standard applied across every seat. Local dairy, fish and orchard produce from the surrounding region sit alongside a rotating seasonal frame, adjusted rotation by rotation rather than fixed for the year. Every dietary and religious set is documented per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen, so nothing reaches the aircraft undocumented. From forward-cabin plating to inflight catering built for a full charter load, the same specification governs the tray, whatever the mission behind it.

An identical plated starter repeated down a service line, the front plate standing on a stack of a dozen more ready for the pass.

First & VVIP cabins

First and VVIP cabins at SBRP are plated to a written specification held on file between movements, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request rather than fixed by default. VIP flight catering here follows that same document every time, so the presentation on the tray matches what was filed against the standing order.

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.

Business cabins

Business cabins at RAO run on multi-choice hot service, boxed to galley-ready formats sized to the aircraft fitted for that rotation. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in the same tray sets, boxed separately and matched against the roster rather than the passenger count.

Diet.

Protocol & dietary

Protocol and dietary requirements at Ribeirão Preto are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Produced on a separate line and sealed before it joins the main load, this inflight catering keeps household, religious and medical requirements traceable from kitchen to cabin.

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

Airline catering services under HACCP at SBRP

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 Ribeirão Preto airport

Ribeirão Preto works a single 2100 m runway carrying narrow-body traffic, which means every movement shares the same ramp sequence rather than splitting across parallel stands. That mix turns a delegation into a documentation problem before it becomes a capacity one, and a repeat rotation into a question of consistency rather than volume.

The uplift reaches the aircraft from our kitchen by sealed cart, escorted across the apron and boarded to galley height wherever the aircraft type allows hi-loader access, with our own crew on the ramp for the handover. Airline catering at SBRP and airport catering at SBRP both run off that single route, with no second path for a different mission type.

We commit to one coordinator per rotation at Ribeirão Preto, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover that closes the load: in-flight catering at Ribeirão Preto and aviation catering in Ribeirão Preto answer to that same document, whatever the aircraft on the stand.

VVIP catering and commercial flights at Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

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Government and state flight catering at RAO
One 2100 m runway means a delegation movement holds the field to itself rather than sharing it with parallel traffic, which is exactly the control a state visit needs. Government flight catering at Ribeirão Preto is built on that: the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the ramp, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen for any head of state movement routed through here.
Government & state flights →
Royal vvip food.
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Ribeirão Preto
We hold this narrow-body field to the same household specification we run at wide-body stations, kept on file between movements rather than rebuilt for each one. Our crews board private airliners here, BBJ and ACJ types among them, on royal flight catering terms that carry halal and household requirements on request, with catering at SBRP logged against that one document.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at SBRP
A narrow-body reference code governs every stand at Ribeirão Preto, so a charter movement boards on the same sequence as scheduled traffic rather than a separate one. Charter flight catering at Ribeirão Preto covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering in Ribeirão Preto counted against the loading sheet and staged to match the galley layout.
Wide-body charter →
A complete tray set on a black tray: sliced beef fillet in gravy with piped mash 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 RAO
A single 2100 m runway leaves no room for a second approach path, so every arrival at Ribeirão Preto is sequenced through one ramp routine rather than split across parallel stands. Carriers running this station as an outstation draw on ad hoc airline catering the same way: outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, with crew meals in Brazil boxed to the same roster across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Ribeirão Preto
Business jets working this narrow-body field board from the same single runway as scheduled traffic, which keeps FBO delivery on one ramp routine rather than a separate one. Private jet catering at SBRP reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal through our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
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FBOs at Ribeirão Preto

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Inflight catering trusted by operators at Ribeirão Preto airport

Operators on commercial aviation catering at Ribeirão Preto

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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 Ribeirão Preto (RAO/SBRP) 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. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”

★★★★☆

Government flight department

Grace — VIP Government Flight Coordinator

“We used the team for tech stop at Ribeirão Preto (RAO/SBRP) during a tight turnaround. Communication between dispatch, handling, and catering was clear throughout. We appreciated how easy the coordination was. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”

★★★★☆

Charter operator

Ryan — Charter Operations Executive

“We used the team for business jet catering at Ribeirão Preto (RAO/SBRP) on a VIP trip. The team was responsive to a late change and the final order still arrived looking polished. Reliable, responsive, and easy to work with. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”

★★★★★

Charter operator

Maria — Air Cargo Operations Manager

Ribeirão Preto (SBRP / RAO): airport catering data

DatumValue
Longest runway2,100 m
Runways1
Aerodrome reference codenarrow-body
ICAOSBRP

Business jet catering questions at RAO

Pilot meals and loading questions at RAO

What operations gets asked every week about Ribeirão Preto.

Ask operations directly →
Are we able to get private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at SBRP?

Our coordinator routes every order to the FBOs on the field and to the GA terminal directly, so FBO catering follows the same sealed sequence as an airline uplift.

Where can VIP, VVIP and government flights be catered at Ribeirão Preto, and under what protocol?

The protocol file travels with the load itself, documented per passenger before it leaves the kitchen, and governs VIP flight catering and government flight catering the same way on every rotation.

Does Ribeirão Preto airport produce halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes, and how are they documented?

Every SPML code, including halal and kosher, is produced on a separate line and logged per passenger before it joins the sealed load.

When can we get a firm figure for airline catering cost at RAO?

Once cabin count, specification and loading window are confirmed, our desk returns a quotation against that rotation rather than a published price list.

Aviation catering across the Ribeirão Preto region

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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Ribeirão Preto (RAO / SBRP)

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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

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Contact

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

Uplift at Ribeirão Preto (RAO)