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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Tabatinga, Brazil
Airline catering, VIP and private jet catering at Tabatinga (SBTT / TBT)
TBT (IATA) · SBTT (ICAO)
The narrow-body reference code held at Tabatinga sets the loading plan: one runway, one ramp sequence, no second stand to fall back on if a rotation slips. Every uplift here is staged as a hi-loader boarding straight to galley height, so inflight catering and in-flight catering move as one sealed operation from our kitchen to the aircraft door.
2,150 m
Longest runway
Narrow-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 — Tabatinga
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at Tabatinga
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at TBT
In-flight catering, sealed cart to galley door, Tabatinga airport
Ramp access at Tabatinga is where a loading plan either holds or slips, because the single runway leaves no parallel stand to absorb a delay. Every catering uplift here is timed from the seal at our kitchen to the signature at the apron, not estimated after the fact. That measured sequence is what lets us commit to a boarding slot instead of a rough window.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Tabatinga sit screening, an escort through the airside checkpoint and whatever apron traffic the single runway is running that hour; we plan the catering uplift against the busiest of those, not the average. Chain of custody is held cart by cart: each seal is logged when the galley catering leaves the kitchen and checked again at the aircraft, so nothing changes hands without a name against it. Temperature is read at both ends of that same route, and the handover is closed with a signature before the loader pulls back from the fuselage.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature: the load is accounted for door to door.
Airline food supplier for SBTT / TBT rotations
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at Tabatinga (TBT)
The flight kitchen that provisions Tabatinga keeps hot production, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, run to a documented HACCP standard from intake to seal. Airport catering at Tabatinga is planned against the runway's own limits, so the cold chain that leaves the kitchen is built to survive a longer ramp wait than a two-runway field would ever ask of it. That single production line is what lets airport catering here answer a scheduled departure and an ad hoc call with the same discipline.
The team that handles government flight catering at Tabatinga is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in for one movement. Each member carries a current security clearance, sits on the access list held for this station, and is trained to the household and protocol paperwork that travels sealed with the load. That continuity is what a protocol officer is actually checking when the file is reviewed before departure.
VIP flight catering menus for Tabatinga departures
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Tabatinga, Brazil
From passenger meal boxes to VVIP menus, the specification followed at Tabatinga is written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a fixed catalogue. Inflight catering at TBT draws on regional produce where the route allows it, kept general — dairy, fish, orchard fruit — and never fixed to a single dish or supplier. Every plate is built against a written brief agreed before the rotation, then held constant across repeat movements. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and produced against that same written record rather than a verbal note at the gate.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Tabatinga are plated to a written specification held on file between rotations, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is checked against that same document at handover, not improvised on the day.
Business cabins
Business cabins at TBT run multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets sized to the fitted aircraft, boarded as one block with the forward cabin. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster and loaded on the same cart run.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Tabatinga are documented per passenger, covering halal, kosher and the full set of IATA special meal codes, and produced on a separate line before sealing. Inflight catering built to a religious or medical code follows the same chain of custody as the main cabin trays.
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 Tabatinga (TBT)
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 SBTT
Tabatinga carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single runway, which turns a delegation movement into a documentation problem before it becomes a capacity one: there is no second stand to hold a late load, so the protocol file has to be complete before the aircraft blocks in. Inflight catering in Tabatinga is planned against that same limit, with airport catering in Tabatinga staged to reach the stand within one ramp cycle rather than a loose window.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the apron by sealed cart, then onto the aircraft by hi-loader through the galley door, with a single coordinator holding the route from seal to signature. Airline catering in Tabatinga and aviation catering at Tabatinga run off the same duty roster, so a scheduled departure and an ad hoc charter share the identical ramp sequence rather than two separate systems.
On this station we commit to one named coordinator per rotation, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover before the loader clears the fuselage.
Airline, charter and VVIP catering at Tabatinga
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Government and state flight catering at Tabatinga
Our kitchen runs a 2150 m ramp cycle at Tabatinga into every government movement it provisions, holding the same sealed sequence whether the aircraft is a head of state flight or a routine delegation transfer. Government flight catering here carries protocol documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the access list, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at SBTT
The 2150 m runway at Tabatinga governs every private airliner movement it takes, holding one ramp sequence regardless of aircraft size. Royal flight catering here serves BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal sets and other household dietary requirements produced against that same standing record on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at TBT
A wide-body charter movement is one this narrow-body reference code does not carry, so the aircraft this station boards for group and special-mission work stays within the same category as its scheduled traffic. Charter flight catering at Tabatinga serves ACMI and wet-lease operators and group movements with a full multi-class uplift staged in galley order, and charter flight catering at TBT is counted against the loading sheet before the cart leaves the kitchen.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Tabatinga
A 2150 m runway at Tabatinga, and that single length sets what a narrow-body operator can plan against on short notice. Ad hoc airline catering here covers outstation catering for carriers using SBTT as a stop, diversion catering when a rotation is forced down unplanned, and technical stop catering across a multi-leg pattern, with crew meals in Tabatinga boxed to the same roster and crew meals at SBTT loaded on the identical cart run as the cabin trays.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at SBTT
On the same single-runway field that carries Tabatinga's scheduled and charter traffic, business aviation is worked through the GA terminal and the FBOs on the ramp rather than a separate campus. Private jet catering in Tabatinga reaches those positions on the identical cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering handled by the same coordinator who runs the wide-body loading sheet.
Private jets →
Airline catering services reviewed at Tabatinga, Brazil
Protocol officers on government flight catering at SBTT / TBT
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our team used the service at Tabatinga (TBT/SBTT) for head of state aircraft catering with strict timing and handling requirements. Communication was discreet, changes were handled calmly, and the delivery was coordinated exactly within the agreed window. Reliable, discreet, and easy to work with. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Elias — Flight Services Manager
“I handled the cabin order for a flight from Tabatinga (TBT/SBTT) and needed wide body VIP aircraft catering. They followed our plating notes closely and made the final setup easy for the cabin crew. A very smooth experience for the cabin team. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Naomi — Ground Services Manager
“For a high-volume passenger flight at Tabatinga (TBT/SBTT), we needed reliable umrah flight catering. Meal counts were accurate, halal requirements were clearly managed, and the delivery was organized for a quick uplift. The operation ran smoothly from order to uplift. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Sarah — Executive Flight Manager
Airport catering profile for Tabatinga (SBTT / TBT)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,150 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | SBTT |
Business jet catering questions at Tabatinga
Pilot meals and loading questions at Tabatinga
What operations gets asked every week about Tabatinga.
Ask operations directly →Can Tabatinga airport produce halal and kosher meals with documented special meal codes?
Yes, halal and kosher sets are produced against the full IATA SPML list and documented per passenger before sealing, so the paperwork travels with the tray rather than being confirmed separately at the gate.
TBT — how much does airline catering cost for a rotation through this station?
The hi-loader run and the cabin specification set the price, not a fixed list, because a single-cabin diversion and a full multi-class charter load the ramp differently. Send the cabin count and mission and the desk returns a quotation against the loading window.
How far in advance does a rotation through SBTT need to place its order, and how late can the specification still change?
Tabatinga's single-runway ramp cycle means lead time is set by that ramp sequence rather than a fixed calendar cut-off, so earlier orders hold the loading window more securely. Specification changes are still taken close to departure through the same ops desk, logged against the sealed cart rather than a new order.
How far does airline catering reach past the terminal apron at Tabatinga, and how is the uplift delivered to the aircraft?
A documented HACCP standard governs the whole route, from sealed cart at the kitchen to hi-loader boarding at the galley door, with airside delivery covering the full distance to the stand. No portion of the uplift changes hands outside that logged chain.
Do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Tabatinga airport?
Yes, delivered to every FBO on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering coordinated through the same ops desk that runs the wide-body loading sheet.
Commercial aviation catering near Tabatinga
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Leticia
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
IQT / SPQT
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
TRQ / SBTK
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
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Uplift at Tabatinga (TBT)