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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Asunción, Paraguay
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Asunción (SGAS / ASU)
ASU (IATA) · SGAS (ICAO)
The single wide-body-rated runway at Asunción, stretching 3352 metres, clears the aircraft types our galleys are built to feed, from multi-class widebodies to VIP and charter movements. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering off one ops desk here, boarding by hi-loader to galley height for wide-body uplift, with aviation catering routed straight from kitchen seal to cabin door.
3,352 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 — Asunción
Inflight catering at wide-body scale for Asunción, Paraguay
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at SGAS / ASU
In-flight catering, sealed cart to galley door, ASU
The loading window at Asunción is measured, not estimated, from the sealed cart leaving our kitchen to the signature at the galley door. Ramp access at SGAS is worked on our own clearance rather than a delivery left at the foot of the aircraft, so the catering uplift moves under escort the whole way across the apron. That sequence is what a multi-class rotation depends on when the schedule allows no slack.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Asunción sit screening, escort and the apron traffic that any wide-body movement generates through SGAS, and the convoy carrying the catering uplift is planned against the worst of that traffic rather than the average of it. Temperatures are logged when the cold chain is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at handover, so any gap between the two readings is caught before it reaches the galley. One coordinator signs the load at both ends, and that signature is what closes the chain of custody on galley catering leaving for Asunción, not a verbal handover on the ramp.
One seal, one signature, one coordinator from kitchen to galley door at Asunción.
Pilot meals prepared for Asunción (ASU) rotations
Cleared crews behind government flight catering at SGAS
Airport catering at Asunción runs from a facility holding hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, built to HACCP standards rather than assembled around a single order. Airport catering in Asunción depends on that structure staying constant between a scheduled rotation and an ad hoc diversion, since both draw on the same cold chain and the same tray sets. The flight kitchen at ASU is the single point that production passes through before any cart reaches the ramp.
The team handling government flight catering at Asunción is the same named crew on every rotation, carrying security clearance on file and standing on the access list rather than rotating in ad hoc. That crew is trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects, and to the paperwork a sealed uplift has to carry with it across the apron. Continuity of personnel, not a larger roster, is what a repeat state or household movement through SGAS is given.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Asunción, Paraguay
VIP flight catering, specified per passenger at Asunción airport
Inflight catering in Asunción is written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a single fixed list, drawing on the country's dairy, river fish and orchard fruit where the season allows it. A First or VVIP rotation is plated to a written specification with à-la-carte service available on request, while Business and main cabin move on tray sets and meal boxes sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Every set carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical information, labelled by passenger and by cabin rather than left to a verbal briefing. That labelling is what lets a mixed rotation board without a mismatch reaching the wrong seat.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Asunción receive VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single sitting. The presentation is filed against the standing order at SGAS so a repeat rotation is served to the same standard each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins out of Asunción run on multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, oven-ready in formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals and pilot meals are boxed to the roster in the same production run, with cabin crew meals kept to a separate tray set from the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at ASU are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes produced on a separate line before sealing. Inflight catering built to a household or religious specification leaves the kitchen on that same documented basis, never assembled at the last stand.
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 SGAS
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 Asunción
Asunción carries a single wide-body-rated runway of 3352 metres, a reference code that clears wide-body movements rather than a narrow-body-only field, and that combination means a diplomatic delegation, a charter peak and a repeat scheduled rotation can all be worked through the same stand without a change of kitchen. A delegation brings a documentation load rather than a volume load, a charter peak is a capacity question against the loading sheet, and a repeat rotation is a question of holding the same specification week after week.
The route from our kitchen to the aircraft at SGAS runs through ground handling on the apron, with airside delivery carried the last distance under escort rather than left at the foot of the stairs. Aviation catering at Asunción is boarded by hi-loader to galley height, and airline catering in Paraguay is planned stand by stand rather than assumed to be uniform across the field.
What we commit to at this station is one coordinator named on the load, sealed carts leaving the kitchen, and a signed handover recorded at the aircraft before airport catering in Paraguay is considered complete.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Asunción, Paraguay
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Government and state flight catering at Asunción
A wide-body reference code at SGAS means a delegation aircraft is handled on the same stand infrastructure as a scheduled widebody, so government flight catering here is built around documentation rather than around a separate ramp. Protocol is filed per passenger, staff carry security clearance on file, and a head of state movement is sealed before the cart leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at SGAS
A wide-body reference code at Asunción allows private airliners, BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations to use the same stand infrastructure as a scheduled service. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced against that same record rather than reconstructed on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at ASU
Our kitchen at Asunción runs a full three-cabin uplift on the wide-body stands for ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, counted against the loading sheet rather than estimated. Charter flight catering staged in the order the galleys are laid out means a multi-leg charter rotation boards on schedule, and charter flight catering repeated week to week draws on the same tray sets each time.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Asunción
On the single wide-body-rated runway at SGAS, carriers running Asunción as an outstation are worked to the same duty roster as a home base. Ad hoc airline catering covers diversions and AOG, outstation catering and technical stop catering are boarded off one file, and crew meals in Asunción move with them across a multi-leg rotation without a change of specification.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at SGAS
The 3352 m runway at Asunción brings business aviation onto the same field as the wide-body traffic our kitchen already provisions. Private jet catering here reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with business aviation catering and business jet catering worked off the identical FBO catering file.
Private jets →
FBOs at Asunción
aero centro
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at SGAS / ASU
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Asunción (ASU)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“For a last-minute requirement at Asunción (ASU/SGAS), we contacted them as our airline catering partner. They coordinated locally, sent useful updates, and kept the final uplift aligned with our revised schedule. A good partner to have when the usual supplier is not available. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Ethan — Special Missions Coordinator
“We booked private jet catering in Asunción for a flight operating through ASU/SGAS. Communication was responsive and the team handled a late timing change without any issue. Good local support for a VIP operation. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Amelia — Charter Services Manager
“I requested special meals for passengers departing Asunción (ASU/SGAS) and the labeling was excellent. All requirements were followed and the cabin crew could see immediately which meal belonged to which passenger. We were happy with the accuracy of the order. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Mark — Freighter Operations Coordinator
Asunción (SGAS / ASU): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,352 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | SGAS |
Business jet catering questions at Asunción, Paraguay
Crew meals, lead times and access at Asunción, Paraguay
What operations gets asked every week about Asunción.
Ask operations directly →Where can I find out how much airline catering costs at ASU?
The record that governs cost is the specification filed against your cabin count, menu tier and loading window; we do not publish a fixed price list because a scheduled rotation and a diplomatic uplift are costed differently. Send the rotation detail to our desk and a quotation is returned against that specification.
When can airline catering be delivered airside at SGAS?
Once the aircraft is on stand and ramp access has been cleared through our own badges, the sealed cart moves under escort straight to the galley door by hi-loader rather than waiting at the foot of the stairs. Airside delivery at SGAS is worked to that sequence on every rotation, scheduled or ad hoc.
At what point does a specification lock in for a flight out of Asunción?
The first step is placing the order against the loading window so kitchen production can be scheduled; how far in advance that happens depends on the mission, but a specification can still be amended closer to departure than a fixed menu allows. Last-minute airline catering is handled through the same desk, worked against whatever loading window remains.
Who documents halal, kosher and SPML requirements at Asunción airport?
Across every cabin, halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes are documented per passenger and produced on a separate line before sealing. That record travels with the uplift rather than being reconstructed at the stand.
Does private jet catering reach the FBOs and the GA terminal at ASU?
Every FBO on the field and the GA terminal are provisioned on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering worked off the identical specification file. No aircraft on the field is left outside that same chain of custody.
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Charter flight catering quote for Asunción
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Asunción (ASU / SGAS)
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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 Asunción (ASU)