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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Brazil
VIP flight catering, airline catering and private jet catering at São Gabriel da Cachoeira (SBUA / SJL)
SJL (IATA) · SBUA (ICAO)
A single 2,600-metre runway rated to wide-body reference code sets the working envelope at São Gabriel da Cachoeira: one movement worked cleanly rather than several worked at once, which is what lets a hi-loader crew take a full uplift straight to galley height instead of staging it at the foot of the aircraft. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering from that single stand, boarding wide-body cabins airside on our own schedule.
2,600 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
02
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 — São Gabriel da Cachoeira
Wide-body aviation catering at SBUA
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering lead times at São Gabriel da Cachoeira
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at SBUA / SJL
The catering uplift at São Gabriel da Cachoeira moves in a fixed order: sealed carts leave our kitchen, cross the apron under ramp access held on our own badges, and reach the galley door at the one wide-body-rated stand the field operates. Nothing about that order is improvised, because a single stand means a single sequence to protect. What changes from rotation to rotation is timing, not method, and the method is the same for a scheduled service or a one-off charter.
Between our kitchen and the stand at São Gabriel da Cachoeira, the risk sits in the convoy rather than in the food: screening, an escort across the apron, and whatever traffic is working the single runway at that hour. We plan the catering uplift around the worst of those delays rather than the best case, because a wide-body reference code stand gives us one window and no second approach. Chain of custody runs from the seal at the kitchen to the signature at the galley door, with temperature logged at both ends and again at handover, so a delayed convoy is a documented one, not a disputed one. That discipline is what keeps galley catering consistent whichever segment is loading that day.
One stand, one sequence, one signature — nothing about this uplift is improvised.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for SBUA / SJL
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at SBUA / SJL
The flight kitchen that provisions São Gabriel da Cachoeira runs hot production, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, working to HACCP throughout so the cold chain never breaks between the walk-in and the sealed cart. Airport catering here is built around a single wide-body-rated stand, which concentrates rather than spreads the kitchen's output: one rotation at a time, one uplift fully staged before the next begins. That concentration is what airport catering at SBUA is actually judged on, more than square footage ever would be.
The team that handles government flight catering at São Gabriel da Cachoeira is the same named crew every rotation: security clearance on file, on the access list, and trained to the household service standards that travel with a sealed uplift. Paperwork moves with the cart, not behind it, so a protocol officer can trace an uplift from kitchen seal to aircraft signature without asking twice. Nothing about that team changes for a scheduled service or a one-off movement — the clearance is standing, not arranged per flight.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at SBUA
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at São Gabriel da Cachoeira
AERO GOURMET writes menus to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a fixed catalogue, and inflight catering at São Gabriel da Cachoeira draws on the produce of the Amazon region — river fish, orchard fruit, dairy — worked into a specification rather than a fixed dish list. A scheduled rotation and a one-off charter draw from the same kitchen but a different tray set, sized to the cabin configuration on that stand. Every set is built to a written specification rather than to memory, so the same order repeats identically on the next rotation. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and produced on a line kept separate from the main run.
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First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at São Gabriel da Cachoeira are plated to a written specification rather than to a fixed menu, with caviar service and à-la-carte options available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation lands identically each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at SBUA run on multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets, sized to the fitted galley rather than a generic format. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so the flight deck and the cabin crew each receive their own set without cross-loading.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at SJL, 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 before it leaves the kitchen, keeping the documentation intact through to the galley door.
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 and sealed transfer for aircraft catering at SBUA / SJL
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 São Gabriel da Cachoeira (SJL)
São Gabriel da Cachoeira works a mixed traffic profile off one wide-body-rated stand, which turns every rotation into a sequencing question rather than a capacity one: a delegation brings a documentation load, a charter brings a cabin-configuration load, and both are worked through the same single runway before either reaches the ramp. Airline catering, inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering here are all planned against that same constraint, because there is no second stand to absorb an overlap.
The uplift leaves our kitchen in sealed carts, crosses the apron under ramp access held on our own badges, and boards through the galley door by hi-loader rather than at the foot of the aircraft. Ground handling on the ramp coordinates directly with our loading crew so the convoy and the turnaround are timed together, not separately, which matters most on the single stand this field operates.
Airport catering at SBUA commits to one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts from kitchen to galley, and a signed handover at the aircraft, whatever the segment loading that day.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at SBUA
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Government and state flight catering at São Gabriel da Cachoeira
Our kitchen holds a 2,600-metre runway and a single wide-body-rated stand as the fixed constraint behind every government flight catering rotation at São Gabriel da Cachoeira, which is why the protocol file and the loading sequence are planned together rather than in sequence. State visits and official delegations travel with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the uplift, and a head of state movement handled to the same sealed standard as any other rotation.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at São Gabriel da Cachoeira
The wide-body reference code held at this field carries a royal flight catering standard across repeat rotations, drawn from a written household specification kept on file between movements rather than rebuilt each time. Private airliners — BBJ, ACJ, wide-body VVIP configurations — board through the same galley door as any other movement, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at SBUA
A wide-body aircraft on a group charter or a special mission boards here because the field's reference code rates the single stand for exactly that class of aircraft, and charter flight catering at São Gabriel da Cachoeira is built around that one slot. ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and repatriation or humanitarian missions all receive a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, staged to the order the galleys are laid out in — the same charter flight catering standard whichever mission is flying that day.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SJL
A 2,600-metre runway, and one wide-body-rated stand behind it, means a diversion or a technical stop here is worked as a single clean event rather than squeezed between others. Ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all run off the same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals boxed to the same roster as the cabin.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at São Gabriel da Cachoeira
On the same field that rates its one stand to a wide-body reference code, business aviation is worked by our dedicated private jet catering branch, delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal rather than staged at a shared counter. FBO catering here runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, covering business aviation catering and business jet catering alike.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at São Gabriel da Cachoeira airport
Flight departments on jet catering at SJL
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We needed catering for airlines without flight kitchen for a flight through São Gabriel da Cachoeira (SJL/SBUA) and the process was much easier than expected. It felt like working with a regular station supplier even though this was not one of our usual airports. We would be comfortable using the service there again.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Anas — Client Services Manager
“Our flight changed at short notice and we arranged technical stop catering at São Gabriel da Cachoeira (SJL/SBUA). Communication was fast and practical, which made a difficult turnaround much easier for our crew. Good support when timing is the main pressure point. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Anwar — Ground Services Manager
“We compared options for São Gabriel da Cachoeira (SJL/SBUA) and asked for an airline catering cost per meal. They answered our questions without overcomplicating the process and kept the final cost aligned with the confirmation. Straightforward and professional from quote to delivery. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Jean — Network Operations Coordinator
São Gabriel da Cachoeira (SBUA / SJL): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,600 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | SBUA |
Aircraft catering questions at São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Brazil
Diversion catering and ramp questions at SBUA
What operations gets asked every week about São Gabriel da Cachoeira.
Ask operations directly →Whose protocol governs VIP flight catering at SBUA?
For scheduled, charter, VIP, VVIP and government flight catering, the same named team works under one protocol file, security-cleared and on the access list for every movement through São Gabriel da Cachoeira.
Does airline catering cost the same for every rotation through São Gabriel da Cachoeira?
Every quotation depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window booked, since airline catering cost is never published as a flat rate; our desk returns a figure once those three are set.
São Gabriel da Cachoeira Airport — how far in advance do we need the order?
The sealed cart that carries the uplift is booked against a lead time set at order confirmation, and how far in advance that needs to happen depends on cabin count and specification; a specification can still change closer to departure than the order itself can.
How late can a special meal request change for a flight through SJL?
The clearance that governs our protocol line covers halal, kosher and the full set of IATA SPML codes, produced on a separate line and sealed before departure; requests are best placed early, but SPML changes can be worked later than a full menu change.
Commercial aviation catering near São Gabriel da Cachoeira
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at São Gabriel da Cachoeira (SJL)