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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Cali, Colombia
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Cali (SKCL / CLO)
CLO (IATA) · SKCL (ICAO)
The 3,000-metre runway at Cali clears the wide-body movements that set the pace for inflight catering across the station, from scheduled service through diverted and ad hoc rotations. Our kitchen builds the uplift to hi-loader height and boards it directly onto the aircraft, so in-flight catering here moves from sealed cart to galley door without a handoff at the foot of the stand.
3,000 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
2
FBOs on station
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 — Cali
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at Cali
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at SKCL / CLO
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Cali (CLO)
Ramp access at Cali is the constraint every loading plan here is built around, not an afterthought bolted onto the schedule. Our catering uplift moves from the sealed cart at the kitchen door to the galley on a fixed sequence, crossing the apron under escort rather than waiting at the foot of the aircraft. That sequence is what a hi-loader boarding at CLO actually buys an operator: one continuous route instead of a handoff at the stand.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Cali sit screening, an escort crossing and apron traffic, and the plan for each rotation is built against the worst of those three, not the average. The catering uplift is sealed at the kitchen door, logged again at the aircraft, and the chain of custody that runs between the two is signed off by one named coordinator rather than passed between crews. That signature is the same discipline a galley catering handover anywhere on the network is held to, applied here on Cali's own ramp.
One coordinator, one seal, one signature from kitchen door to galley at Cali.
Airline food supplier for Cali rotations
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at Cali, Colombia
The kitchen that provisions Cali runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to feed a wide-body rotation without splitting the uplift across sites. HACCP governs every stage of that production, from intake to the sealed cart that leaves for the ramp. Airport catering at SKCL is planned against that single kitchen, which is what keeps airport catering in Colombia consistent from one rotation at Cali to the next.
The team that handles government flight catering at Cali is the same named crew every rotation: security clearance on file, on the access list, and trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects. That continuity matters more than headcount on a station with a single wide-body stand, because the same people carry the chain of custody from the kitchen door to the aircraft steps. Catering at SKCL for this segment is staffed to be repeatable, not improvised per flight.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at CLO
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at SKCL / CLO
Menus at Cali are written to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted for season, drawing on the country's dairy, orchard fruit and fish where the route allows local sourcing. Every specification travels the same route into the aircraft: built at the kitchen, checked against the passenger list, then sealed for boarding. Inflight catering at CLO is documented at the level of the individual passenger, so allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are labelled per seat and per cabin rather than bulk-loaded. That documentation is what a multi-class rotation through this station is built to carry without a mismatch at the door.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Cali are plated to a written specification rather than to a fixed menu card, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order so a repeat rotation through SKCL boards to the same standard each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at CLO run multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boxed as tray sets rather than plated individually. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the duty roster, so crew meals at Cali never share a tray with the passenger service.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at SKCL, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering in Cali produces these on a separate line and seals them before they leave the kitchen, so a dietary set never crosses the general production run.
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
Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at Cali (CLO)
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.
Aviation catering delivered to the stand at Cali airport
Cali's single wide-body reference code sets the terms for everything routed through it: a rotation here is planned as one movement on one runway rather than spread across parallel stands, which turns airline catering at Cali into a scheduling exercise as much as a production one. Inflight catering in Colombia at this station has to absorb a delegation, a peak wave or a repeat charter on the same limited ramp footprint, so documentation and sequencing carry as much weight as volume.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the aircraft by hi-loader, boarded to galley height rather than staged at the foot of the steps, with ground handling on the apron coordinating the crossing. Aviation catering in Cali is planned against that single route, and in-flight catering in Colombia follows the same sequence on every rotation regardless of segment.
On every movement through this station we commit one named coordinator, sealed carts from kitchen door to galley, and a signed handover at the aircraft; airport catering at Cali is built around that single accountable chain rather than a rotating crew.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at Cali, Colombia
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Government and state flight catering at SKCL
On Cali's single wide-body stand, a delegation movement is planned as its own sequence rather than folded into the general schedule, because there is no second stand to absorb an overlap. Government flight catering at this station covers state visits and official delegations, with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the loading crew, and the uplift for any head of state movement sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at CLO
A private airliner working Cali's one wide-body stand has to be sequenced around whatever else is booked that day, which is the constraint every royal or VVIP loading plan here is built to absorb rather than fight. Royal flight catering at this station covers BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP aircraft, held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other royal household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Cali
3,000 metres of runway, and that length is what admits the wide-body charter and ACMI traffic this card exists for onto Cali's single stand. Charter flight catering at Cali covers wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering at CLO built as a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SKCL
A wide-body aircraft diverting into Cali is boarded from the same kitchen that runs the scheduled programme, because the station's single reference code sets one uplift standard rather than a separate one for irregular operations. Ad hoc airline catering at CLO covers outstation catering for carriers that base a rotation here, diversion catering when a flight lands unplanned, and technical stop catering across a multi-leg pattern, with crew meals in Cali boxed to the same duty roster whichever case applies.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at CLO
Our kitchen builds to the same 3,000-metre-runway standard for the GA side of the field as it does for the wide-body stand, so private jet catering at SKCL is not a smaller version of the airline uplift, just a smaller aircraft. Delivery runs to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with business aviation catering and business jet catering both handled by the dedicated private-jet branch of the kitchen.
Private jets →
FBOs at Cali
aerosupport fbo
caribbean support & flight services sas
Inflight catering rated by operators at CLO
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Cali
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our sports movement through Cali (CLO/SKCL) required sports team flight meals on a tight schedule. The order included different meal types and snacks, but the cabin crew could identify everything immediately. We would book them again for another team movement. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Alain — Freighter Operations Coordinator
“Our flight through Cali (CLO/SKCL) required military charter catering with limited preparation time. The meals were practical, clearly packed, and easy for the crew to distribute during the flight. Strong support for a demanding operation. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Federico — Dispatch Support Coordinator
“We used the team at Cali (CLO/SKCL) for freighter crew meals on a night operation. The order was simple, filling, clearly labeled, and delivered in a format the crew could load without delay. Simple, efficient, and on time. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Viktor — Airline Operations Manager
Outstation catering data for Cali (SKCL / CLO)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | SKCL |
Business jet catering questions at CLO
Diversion catering and ramp questions at CLO
What operations gets asked every week about Cali.
Ask operations directly →Is there a minimum lead time for an order into Cali, and how late can the specification change?
Our coordinator works to a lead time set at booking and will still take a specification change close to departure where the kitchen run allows it; how far in advance you confirm the cabin count is what protects that flexibility, and last minute airline catering is handled through the same desk rather than a separate process.
Which flights does CLO cater under VIP, VVIP or government protocol?
The loader and the sealed cart run the same route for every case, but VIP flight catering and government flight catering movements carry an added protocol file, documented per passenger, that a standard rotation does not.
Where are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced for flights through SKCL?
A logged production line separate from the general kitchen run produces halal and kosher sets and the full range of SPML codes, and each set is documented against the passenger it is boxed for.
How does airline catering reach the aircraft airside at Cali?
Cali's uplift is boarded by hi-loader to galley height, with airside delivery running on a fixed route from the kitchen door to the stand rather than a drop at the foot of the aircraft.
When can private jet catering be delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Cali?
As soon as a booking is confirmed with the GA terminal or the ramp handler, FBO catering is scheduled on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, timed to the aircraft's own slot.
What does airline catering cost at CLO?
We quote against the cabin count, the specification and the loading window for each booking, since airline catering cost is not fixed to a published list and depends on what the rotation actually needs.
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Charter flight catering quote for Cali airport
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Cali (CLO / SKCL)
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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 Cali (CLO)