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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Macas, Ecuador
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Macas (SEMC / XMS)
XMS (IATA) · SEMC (ICAO)
A 2,500 metre runway at Macas carries wide-body movements onto stands built for hi-loader boarding, so the uplift goes straight to galley height instead of waiting on a belt loader below the door. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering from this reference-code field with one airside desk handling every rotation, ad hoc or scheduled.
2,500 m
Longest runway
Wide-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 — Macas
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at Macas
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at Macas (XMS)
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at SEMC
Ramp access is what decides the loading window at Macas: the cart leaves the kitchen sealed and moves straight to the apron without a stop at the foot of the aircraft. Every catering uplift here follows the same order, from seal to hi-loader to galley door, whatever the mission behind it. That order is what a wide-body reference code at a single-runway field actually buys an operator.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Macas sit screening, an escort through the ramp and the ordinary traffic of a single-runway apron, and we plan every catering uplift against the busiest version of that route rather than the easiest. A sealed cart carries its own chain of custody from the moment it leaves the galley catering line, logged again at the door, so the record never depends on memory. The same sequence holds whether the rotation is scheduled, charter or government, because the risk sits in the convoy and not in the tray.
The convoy is the risk we plan against, not the tray inside it.
Airline food supplier for Macas, Ecuador rotations
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at Macas airport
The flight kitchen at XMS runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP standard from intake to seal. Airport catering in Macas is provisioned from that single site rather than split across suppliers, which keeps the cold chain unbroken from the walk-in to the hi-loader. Airport catering in Ecuador on this scale depends on that one-site model holding for every rotation, not just the busy ones.
The team behind government flight catering here is the same named crew every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access list, and trained to the household standards a protocol officer expects before a seal is broken. That continuity is what a royal household or a state office checks first, ahead of any menu. Nobody outside that roster touches a sealed uplift between the kitchen and the aircraft.
Halal airline meals and special meals at SEMC / XMS
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at Macas (XMS)
Every cabin at this station is served from a shared kitchen but a separate specification, written to the class, the mission and the season rather than to one fixed inflight catering menu. Ecuador's produce sets the frame where the facts allow it: dairy, orchard fruit and fish from the region feature where a route calls for local sourcing, never a named dish or a named supplier. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, filed against the standing order before the seal goes on. That documentation travels with the cart, not with the memory of the crew that packed it.
First & VVIP cabins
First & VVIP cabins at Macas are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to one script. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so the same presentation returns on the next rotation, not a close approximation of it.
Business cabins
Business cabins at XMS take multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, packed as tray sets and meal boxes rather than plated by hand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in the same load, boxed to the roster so nothing is counted twice at the door.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements at Macas are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes rather than a fixed shortlist. Inflight catering in Ecuador at this level is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, so cross-contact is designed out rather than checked for afterwards.
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 under HACCP control at Macas (XMS)
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 XMS
Macas carries scheduled, charter and government traffic across one wide-body reference code and a single runway, which means every rotation is planned as an event rather than absorbed into a general schedule: a delegation brings a documentation load, a charter brings a full-cabin count, and a technical stop brings neither warning nor slack. Airline catering at XMS is worked stand by stand against that mix, not against a generic timetable.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader from a sealed cart, run from our kitchen to the stand under ramp access held on our own badges, with a coordinator on the apron for every load. In-flight catering at Macas and aviation catering at XMS run off that same route regardless of the customer behind the booking, because splitting the method by segment is where errors get introduced.
What we commit to at this station is one named coordinator per rotation, sealed carts from kitchen to stand, and a signed handover at the aircraft door, which is the same commitment airport catering at Macas carries on its quietest day and its busiest.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Macas
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Government and state flight catering at XMS
On the wide-body reference-code stand at Macas, a head of state aircraft is worked to the same ramp routing as any other movement, with the protocol file documented per passenger ahead of arrival. Government flight catering here runs on security-cleared staff and an uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen, with catering at XMS logged at every handover rather than only at departure.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Macas
Sequencing a private airliner into a single-runway rotation means the galley loading order is fixed before the aircraft is on stand, because there is no second stand to absorb a delay. Royal flight catering at this station holds a written household specification on file between movements, covering BBJ, ACJ and other wide-body VIP types, with halal and household dietary requirements built in on request rather than added afterwards.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at SEMC
The runway here runs to 2,500 metres, which sets the load and range a charter operator plans against before the uplift is even discussed. Charter flight catering at XMS for ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions is staged as a full three-cabin uplift, counted against the loading sheet and matched to the order the galleys are laid out; charter flight catering in Ecuador at this scale runs on that same sheet every time.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at XMS
A wide-body aircraft on the single reference-code stand at Macas can take a full ad hoc airline catering uplift without a second stand being freed first, which is what lets an outstation rotation run on the same footing as a scheduled one. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering here follow one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg day; crew meals in Macas and crew meals in Ecuador move with the same load rather than a separate one.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Macas
With 2,500 metres of runway to work against, our kitchen sizes a business aviation load the same way it sizes a wide-body one, then routes it to the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field rather than to a second procedure. Private jet catering at Macas moves on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering all drawing on that one kitchen.
Private jets →
Aviation catering trusted by operators at XMS
Protocol officers on government flight catering at Macas, Ecuador
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We arranged tour operator charter catering for the group at Macas (XMS/SEMC) after a late schedule update. The order included different meal types and snacks, but the cabin crew could identify everything immediately. Very practical for team and group charter work. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Mohamed — Station Performance Manager
“Our flight through Macas (XMS/SEMC) required humanitarian flight catering with limited preparation time. The team understood that reliability mattered more than complexity and stayed flexible until uplift. We appreciated the flexibility. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Akira — Executive Aviation Coordinator
“We ordered freighter crew meals for a cargo rotation through Macas (XMS/SEMC). Meals arrived on time and were packed practically for a working crew rather than over-presented. Simple, efficient, and on time. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Amine — Protocol Operations Officer
Airport catering profile for Macas (SEMC / XMS)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,500 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | SEMC |
Outstation catering questions at SEMC / XMS
Diversion catering and ramp questions at SEMC / XMS
What operations gets asked every week about Macas.
Ask operations directly →How is halal and kosher inflight catering documented for flights out of Macas?
Macas orders are logged by passenger and by cabin, covering halal, kosher and the full set of IATA special meal codes (SPML) before the cart is sealed. Each special meal is produced on its own line and matched to the seat it is destined for.
Given the single-runway field, what does airline catering cost at Macas airport?
There is no fixed price list: a quotation depends on cabin count, specification and the loading window booked for the rotation. The desk at Macas confirms an airline catering cost once those three are known.
XMS: can airline catering be delivered airside, straight to the aircraft?
The hi-loader carries every sealed cart from our kitchen to galley height, so airline catering at XMS is an airside delivery rather than a handoff at the foot of the aircraft. The same loader serves scheduled, charter and government movements alike.
What lead time does SEMC need before a rotation, and how late can the specification change?
We ask for the order early enough to build the specification and clear the crew, and we take late changes up to the loading window wherever the cabin count allows it. Last minute airline catering is handled through the same duty roster as a scheduled order, not a separate one.
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Uplift at Macas (XMS)