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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Teresina, Brazil
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Teresina (SBTE / THE)
THE (IATA) · SBTE (ICAO)
The 2200-metre runway at Teresina sets the aircraft this station boards, and it defines the tray count, the cabin split and the covers our kitchen plans against each rotation. From that fixed reference we run in-flight catering, inflight catering and aviation catering across scheduled, charter, VIP and government movements, with hi-loader boarding to galley height wherever the wide-body stand allows and an uplift that reaches the aircraft rather than waiting at its foot.
2,200 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 — Teresina
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at Teresina, Brazil
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at SBTE / THE
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Teresina, Brazil
Ramp access, not kerbside delivery, is what the loading window at Teresina actually measures: the sealed cart clears the apron and reaches the galley door under our own escort. Every load is logged from the moment it leaves our kitchen to the signature that closes the handover at the aircraft, with the catering uplift timed against the same duty roster on every rotation. The city, the airport name and both codes point to one ramp routine, worked the same way whichever gate is assigned.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Teresina sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and the convoy is where a rotation actually loses time, not the galley catering itself. We plan every catering uplift against the worst of those three, holding a margin on the schedule rather than on the specification, so the chain of custody never depends on how busy the ramp is that day. Temperature is logged at sealing and again at handover, and the paperwork that closes the load carries a signature at both ends. Nothing leaves the kitchen without that pair of readings on file, and nothing reaches the galley door without an escort who can account for every minute the cart spent airside.
One coordinator owns the seal at the kitchen and the signature at the aircraft.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for Teresina
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at SBTE / THE
Airport catering in Brazil answers to one standard wherever the runway is short or long, and at Teresina that standard runs from a production kitchen built to HACCP through to the cart that clears the apron. Hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line sit under one roof, which is what lets airport catering at THE move from a single manifest change to a sealed tray set without a second kitchen involved. The flight kitchen at THE plans its own cold chain from the first tray packed to the last one loaded, so nothing waits at ambient between the two.
The team that handles government flight catering at Teresina is the same named crew every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for one movement. Security clearance is held on file, each member sits on the access list, and training runs to the household service standard that a royal or state booking expects before the first cart is packed. That same crew carries the chain of custody from the seal at the kitchen to the signature at the aircraft, so the paperwork and the people match on every leg.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at SBTE
VVIP catering to a written specification at Teresina
From passenger meal boxes to VVIP menus, the Teresina airline catering menu follows the cabin, the mission and the season rather than one fixed cycle repeated on every rotation. Menus are written to First, Business and main cabin separately, with produce drawn from the wider region where the facts allow it, described as dairy, fish and orchard fruit rather than any single dish or supplier. Inflight catering at THE closes every set with allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements labelled per passenger and per cabin, filed against the same manifest the loading sheet uses. Nothing is plated without that label confirmed first, on any of the three cabins.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Teresina: VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte service available on request against the standing order. The presentation is filed and repeated the same way on every rotation, so the cabin sees no variation between one leg and the next.
Business cabins
Business cabins at SBTE: multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets, sized to the fitted galley on each aircraft type worked here. Crew meals in Brazil, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in their own boxed sets, kept separate from the passenger load and matched to the roster.
Protocol & dietary
Halal, kosher and the full set of IATA special meal codes are produced at SBTE on a separate line, documented per passenger before the tray leaves the kitchen. Household, religious and medical requirements are logged against the manifest, sealed, and boarded on the same inflight catering standard as every other tray.
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 food safety at SBTE
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.
Airside airport catering at Teresina (THE)
Teresina works scheduled and charter traffic off a single narrow-body reference code, with one runway setting the rotation pace our kitchen plans against. That mix means a peak wave is a capacity question worked well ahead of block time, while a delegation movement is a documentation question run on its own protocol line rather than the standard tray cycle.
The uplift leaves our kitchen sealed and travels by escorted cart to the stand, cleared through the same airside checkpoint on every rotation regardless of which gate is assigned. Airline catering at THE and airport catering at Teresina are both planned stand by stand, with our own coordinator holding the ramp routing rather than handing it off partway through.
One coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover are what we commit to on every rotation here, whatever aviation catering at SBTE or in-flight catering at SBTE the manifest calls for that day.
Commercial aviation catering for every mission at SBTE / THE
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Government and state flight catering at SBTE
At Teresina, the narrow-body reference code sets the stand a head of state aircraft is worked from, and government flight catering here follows a protocol file documented per passenger rather than a standard tray cycle. Security-cleared staff seal the uplift before it leaves the kitchen, and the dedicated line stays separate from the rest of the day's production.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at THE
A narrow-body reference code sets how a private airliner is sequenced onto the stand at Teresina, which is the constraint a royal flight catering booking is planned against before anything else. Household standards are held across repeat rotations from a written specification kept on file between movements, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request for BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP airframes worked at SBTE.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Teresina
2200 metres is the runway Teresina offers, and that figure sets which charter, ACMI and wet-lease airframes can be worked here on a full three-cabin uplift. Charter flight catering at Teresina counts every tray against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering at SBTE stages each cart in the order the galleys are laid out, for group movements and special missions alike.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SBTE
A narrow-body reference code governs the stand at Teresina, and it is exactly what lets a scheduled aircraft, a diverted rotation or a technical stop board from the same kitchen without a second setup. Ad hoc airline catering in Brazil covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with crew meals in Teresina and crew meals at Teresina boxed separately, ad hoc catering at THE and diversion catering at THE run on the same tray standard across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at THE
Our kitchen plans every load against the same 2200-metre runway that sets the stand for a wide-body rotation, and that plan extends without change to the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field. Private jet catering in Brazil, business aviation catering and business jet catering reach the ramp on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering delivered under the ramp handler's own access.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at SBTE / THE
Operators on commercial aviation catering at THE
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We had a last-minute schedule change into Teresina (THE/SBTE) and needed technical stop catering. Even with the late change, the meals were packed correctly and delivered within the revised window. A dependable option for irregular operations. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
John — Airline Dispatch Manager
“We used the service at Teresina (THE/SBTE) for catering for airlines without flight kitchen on a station where we do not have our usual suppliers. It felt like working with a regular station supplier even though this was not one of our usual airports. A solid solution for outstation operations.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Zoe — VIP Flight Operations Manager
“We requested an airline catering quote for Teresina (THE/SBTE) and appreciated how clear the pricing was. The quote was detailed enough for operations and accounting, but still quick to review. The clear communication made the booking easy. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Katerina — Protocol Aviation Manager
Aircraft catering station data for Teresina (SBTE / THE)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,200 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | SBTE |
Business jet catering questions at SBTE
Diversion catering and ramp questions at SBTE
What operations gets asked every week about Teresina.
Ask operations directly →Do you deliver airline catering airside at THE?
Yes, by hi-loader straight to the galley door, with airside delivery covering the full route from our kitchen to the wide-body stand.
Can airline catering cost be quoted before the specification is final at SBTE?
A quotation turns on cabin count, tray specification and the loading window booked for that rotation, so the desk comes back with a figure once those three are confirmed.
When does an order need to be placed for a rotation through Teresina?
Once the lead time on file is confirmed with the desk, the specification can still change up to the loading window itself; how far in advance a booking is made only sets how much of that window stays open.
How is protocol handled for VIP flight catering and government flight catering at Teresina airport?
Teresina airport works both under the same protocol file, with security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift documented per passenger before it leaves the kitchen.
Which special meal sets are produced for a rotation through THE?
The separate production line runs halal, kosher and the full set of IATA SPML codes, each documented per passenger and sealed before the cart clears the kitchen.
What do you deliver to the FBOs and the GA terminal at SBTE?
We run private jet catering to every FBO on the field and to the GA terminal, with FBO catering held on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Inflight catering at other airports near Teresina
PHB / SBPB
Parnaíba
Brazil · 270 km from Teresina
Airline & VIP flight catering →
SLZ / SBSL
São Luís
Brazil · 317 km from Teresina
Airline & VIP flight catering →
JJD / SBJE
Cruz
Brazil · 364 km from Teresina
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Aviation catering quote for Teresina (THE)
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Teresina (THE / SBTE)
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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
Uplift at Teresina (THE)