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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Manta, Ecuador
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Manta (SEMT / MEC)
MEC (IATA) · SEMT (ICAO)
The wide-body reference code at this station is worked by hi-loader boarding, taking the uplift to galley height rather than leaving it at the foot of the aircraft. Inflight catering here runs on that access: in-flight catering staged airside, sealed at the kitchen and moved straight to the door for scheduled, charter and VIP departures.
2,860 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
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Runways
1
FBO on station
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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 — Manta
Aviation catering with ramp access at Manta airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for Manta, Ecuador departures
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Manta airport
Between the sealed cart leaving our kitchen and the galley door closing on the stand, ramp access is what the loading window at Manta actually measures. Every catering uplift here moves through the same apron sequence, cleared for hi-loader boarding rather than handed off at ground level. What the timeline below shows is that sequence, not an estimate of it.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Manta sit screening, escort and apron traffic, and we plan the catering uplift against the worst of them rather than the average. Chain of custody runs unbroken from the seal at the flight kitchen to the signature at the galley: every cart is logged closed, escorted across the apron, and logged open again at handover. That same discipline governs galley catering for a scheduled service and for a single VIP movement alike, with the same paperwork travelling on both.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature — from our kitchen to the galley door.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for SEMT / MEC
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Manta (MEC)
The flight kitchen at MEC runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to feed the wide-body stands this station works. HACCP governs every stage of that output, from intake to the sealed cart, so airport catering at SEMT and airport catering in Ecuador answer to the same documented standard rather than a local variation of it. Cold chain is held from the larder to the ramp, with nothing broken in between.
The team that handles government flight catering at Manta is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in for the day. Each member carries security clearance on file, sits on the access list for this kitchen, and is trained to royal household standards for the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first, and it is fixed here.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Manta
VVIP catering to a written specification at Manta, Ecuador
Menus at Manta are written to the cabin and the mission first, and to the season after: a First and VVIP service plated to a different brief than a full charter rotation on the same stand. Ecuador's coast supplies fish, dairy and orchard fruit that our kitchen draws on for main-cabin and premium sets alike, without naming a single dish on the standing order. Inflight catering at Manta covers the full range from passenger meal boxes to a VVIP tray set, each one built against a written specification rather than improvised on the day. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and produced on that basis every time.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Manta are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single set menu. Every dish leaving the kitchen is checked against that specification before the cart is sealed, and the record travels with the uplift to SEMT.
Business cabins
Business cabins at MEC take multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets, sized to the aircraft fitted on the stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately and matched to the roster, so the galley loads business passengers and the flight deck from the same uplift without mixing the two.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at SEMT are documented per passenger before the cart is packed, covering halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each set is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, so inflight catering here carries its own paperwork independent of the main cabin 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
HACCP and sealed transfer for aircraft catering at Manta
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 SEMT
Manta works scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single wide-body stand, which turns every arrival into a documentation exercise rather than a queue: a delegation needs its protocol file matched before wheels-down, a charter rotation needs its tray count matched before boarding starts. Airline catering in Manta and aviation catering in Manta are planned against that one stand rather than against a bank of gates, so the sequence is fixed well before the aircraft is on the ground.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by hi-loader, straight to the galley door, on a route that runs from our kitchen across the apron under escort. In-flight catering at SEMT never sits at ground level waiting for a loader crew to free up elsewhere; the cart moves once and is boarded once.
Airport catering at Manta is committed to one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover on every rotation, whatever the segment behind it.
Charter flight catering and state missions at Manta (MEC)
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Government and state flight catering at MEC
A 2860 metre runway at Manta takes the aircraft that state and diplomatic movements actually fly, which is the reason government flight catering is worked here rather than routed elsewhere. Delegations and state visits are handled against a protocol file documented per passenger, with security-cleared staff and a head of state aircraft boarded from a sealed uplift.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Manta
A private airliner — BBJ, ACJ or wide-body VIP — is what the 2860 metre runway at Manta is built to receive, and royal flight catering here is planned around that aircraft rather than a generic cabin count. VVIP and household requirements are held to a written specification kept on file between movements, with halal sets produced on request and catering at MEC sealed before the cart leaves the kitchen.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at SEMT
On the wide-body stand at Manta, a 2860 metre runway is what lets ACMI and wet-lease operators bring in group movements and special missions without a change of loading plan. Charter flight catering in Ecuador and charter flight catering at Manta both mean 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 MEC
Our kitchen at MEC runs a single wide-body reference code as its outstation standard, which is what lets ad hoc airline catering land here without a change of specification. Carriers working Manta as an outstation draw on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with crew meals boxed separately, AOG covered, across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Manta
Sequencing around one wide-body stand is the constraint any business aviation movement at Manta has to work within, since the same ramp serves scheduled and charter traffic first. Private jet catering at MEC is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Manta
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Inflight catering rated by operators at Manta (MEC)
Operators on commercial aviation catering at SEMT / MEC
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We had a last-minute schedule change into Manta (MEC/SEMT) and needed contingency catering. Even with the late change, the meals were packed correctly and delivered within the revised window. Exactly what we need when operations change with very little notice. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Lina — Flight Services Coordinator
“For an operation away from our normal base, we arranged off-station catering at Manta (MEC/SEMT). Updates were concise and the delivery timing matched our handling plan. We would be comfortable using the service there again. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Yuki — Cargo Flight Support Manager
“For our flight at Manta (MEC/SEMT), we needed a quick airline catering cost per meal before confirming the order. The quote was detailed enough for operations and accounting, but still quick to review. We appreciated the transparency. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Jacob — Ground Handling Coordinator
Airport catering facts for Manta (SEMT / MEC)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,860 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | SEMT |
Business jet catering questions at Manta
Pilot meals and loading questions at Manta
What operations gets asked every week about Manta.
Ask operations directly →Can Manta take delivery of private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?
Yes, private jet catering is delivered to every FBO on the field and to the GA terminal, with FBO catering run on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
MEC — is airline catering delivered airside, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
A hi-loader carries the sealed cart from our kitchen straight to the galley door, so airline catering here is an airside delivery rather than a ground-level handoff at the foot of the aircraft.
How are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced and documented at SEMT?
SEMT production runs a separate line for halal and kosher sets and for the full range of SPML codes, with each set documented per passenger and sealed before it leaves that line.
Do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at Manta, and under what protocol?
Yes, with the protocol file matched to each passenger before boarding: security-cleared staff handle VIP flight catering and government flight catering under the same household and state-visit standards.
How far in advance does an ad hoc order need to reach the Manta desk?
Lead time depends on the cabin count and the specification requested, so the desk confirms a firm window once those details are in, rather than quoting a fixed figure upfront.
What does an airline catering quotation at MEC actually depend on?
A quotation is built from the cabin mix, the meal specification and the loading window requested, and the desk returns a firm figure once those three are set rather than publishing a flat rate.
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Uplift at Manta (MEC)