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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Rioja, Peru
VIP flight catering, airline catering and private jet catering at Rioja (SPJA / RIJ)
RIJ (IATA) · SPJA (ICAO)
A single narrow-body stand sets the sequencing at Rioja: everything staged, hi-loader ready, before the aircraft blocks in, because there is no second position to fall back on. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and wide-body uplift disciplines into that one slot, boarding scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet flights straight to galley height, airside.
1,880 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Rioja
Hi-loader aviation catering on the Rioja apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering lead times at SPJA
Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at Rioja
Ramp access at Rioja is the constraint that shapes the whole sequence: one stand, one apron slot, no margin to hold a cart back and rework it. The loading window here is planned from the sealed cart at our kitchen to the galley door itself, boarding by hi-loader rather than handed off at the foot of the aircraft. Every catering uplift on this stand is timed against that single path, not against an average drawn from a busier field.
Between our kitchen and the single stand at Rioja sit screening, an escort where the ramp calls for one, and whatever apron movement is running that hour; we plan the galley catering routine against the worst case those present, not the best. Temperature is logged at the moment a cart is sealed and logged again at handover on the stand, so the record runs unbroken from kitchen to aircraft. The chain of custody closes with a signature at the galley door, and that signature is what makes the catering uplift complete, not the departure of the truck.
One stand, one sequence: the cart is sealed before it is trusted to move.
Airline food supplier for Rioja airport rotations
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for RIJ
With one narrow-body stand to provision, airport catering at Rioja runs on discipline rather than scale: hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line share a single roof so nothing waits on a second kitchen. HACCP governs every stage that food moves through before it reaches a sealed cart, and the cold chain is held from that point until the cart is opened at the galley door. Airport catering at SPJA and the flight kitchen at RIJ are, in practice, the same short walk to the ramp.
The team assigned to government flight catering at Rioja is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating roster drawn from the wider kitchen. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, access to the ramp is granted against a fixed list, and training covers the paperwork a sealed uplift carries as much as the service itself. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first, and it does not change between movements.
Halal airline meals and special meals at Rioja (RIJ)
VVIP catering written per mission at SPJA
Menus for Rioja are written to the cabin and the mission rather than issued from one fixed book, so a VIP flight menu and a charter flight menu draw on the same kitchen but never the same brief. Produce from the surrounding region, dairy, fish and orchard fruit among it, sits alongside inflight catering built for multi-leg rotations and seasonal cycles that turn month to month. Every set is adjusted for the season the flight actually departs in, not a generic year-round list. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin before the tray sets are closed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Rioja are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed menu book, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request against that standing order. VIP flight catering here is filed and repeated exactly, movement after movement, so the presentation on the stand matches what protocol signed off.
Business cabins
Business cabins at SPJA run multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets sized to the aircraft on the stand that day. Cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately against the roster, and crew meals generally are counted and sealed with the same discipline as the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Rioja are documented per passenger before production starts, covering household and religious needs alongside medical restrictions. Halal and kosher sets, and the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed before that line closes, which is how inflight catering here keeps a mixed cabin correct without slowing the rest of the load.
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 Rioja (RIJ)
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 SPJA / RIJ
Rioja works a narrow-body reference code and a single runway, so every arrival uses the same stand and the same sequence rather than a choice of positions; a delegation here is a documentation problem to plan for, and a repeat rotation is a repetition problem to hold steady. Both are worked the same way, against the same fixed slot.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to that one stand by sealed cart, boarding by hi-loader to galley height rather than being set down at the foot of the aircraft; a loading crew stays on the ramp for the whole cycle, coordinating directly with the ground handling already working that turnaround. Airline catering at Rioja, inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering more broadly, all run off that same route and the same crew.
One coordinator owns the rotation from seal to signature, and airport catering at Rioja closes on a signed handover at the stand, every time.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at RIJ
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Government and state flight catering at SPJA
Our kitchen provisions the single stand at Rioja for delegations, state visits and official movements with the same protocol file used on every rotation of this kind: passenger detail documented in advance, security-cleared staff assigned by name, the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen. Government flight catering here extends to any head of state aircraft that uses the stand, on the same chain of custody as a scheduled load.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at RIJ
A 1880 m runway takes private airliners built to a wide-body VIP standard, including BBJ and ACJ types, onto the same stand that Rioja works every rotation. Royal flight catering here is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request rather than assumed.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Rioja
Narrow-body aircraft chartered for group movements or special missions board here on the same stand as scheduled traffic, the reference code at Rioja setting what that stand can take. Charter flight catering in Rioja covers ACMI and wet-lease operators and season group work, with charter flight catering at SPJA counted against the loading sheet and staged to the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SPJA
A 1880 m runway keeps Rioja working narrow-body movements only, so the single stand carries scheduled rotations and ad hoc uplifts on the same sequence rather than splitting them across positions. Carriers running this field as an outstation draw on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with ad hoc airline catering at Rioja covering a multi-leg rotation and crew meals at SPJA and RIJ boxed to the same roster as the passenger load.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at RIJ
Alongside the scheduled and charter traffic on Rioja's single narrow-body stand, business aviation is handled by a dedicated branch that delivers private jet catering in Peru 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 →
Charter flight catering trusted at RIJ
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Rioja airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our ops team used the service at Rioja (RIJ/SPJA) as an airline catering broker. 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. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Mohamed — Mission Operations Manager
“We booked airline catering in Rioja for a flight operating through RIJ/SPJA. The order was confirmed quickly, delivered on time, and packed exactly as requested for the aircraft. 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
Tariq — Charter Operations Manager
“We had several special meals on our order at Rioja (RIJ/SPJA) and everything was handled correctly. The order arrived complete and the special requests were handled with the same presentation as the regular meals. That attention to detail makes a big difference onboard. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Rita — Airline Cargo Coordinator
Rioja (SPJA / RIJ): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,880 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | SPJA |
Business jet catering questions at Rioja (RIJ)
Crew meals, lead times and access at Rioja (RIJ)
What operations gets asked every week about Rioja.
Ask operations directly →How do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at RIJ?
RIJ is worked from the same kitchen as our airline uplifts, so FBO catering and GA terminal orders travel on the same cold chain and the same sealed handover, whichever apron they are delivered to.
Do you publish airline catering cost for SPJA?
Yes, by quotation: airline catering cost at SPJA depends on cabin count, the specification chosen and the loading window the rotation needs, and the desk returns a figure once those are known.
Which lead time applies for an order out of Rioja?
The sealed cart and the hi-loader slot are booked once the order is confirmed, so lead time depends on how far in advance the desk is told; late changes to a specification are taken up to the point the cart is sealed, which is as close to last minute airline catering as the kitchen allows.
Given one narrow-body stand, is airline catering delivered airside at Rioja Airport?
There is a single stand at Rioja Airport, and airline catering reaches it by hi-loader to galley height rather than being set down at the foot of the aircraft, so airside delivery is the only method used here.
What special meal codes does SPJA produce?
We produce halal, kosher and the full set of IATA SPML codes on a separate line, documented per passenger and sealed before that line closes.
Can you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights through SPJA under protocol?
One stand and one kitchen carry every movement through SPJA, so VIP flight catering, government flight catering and VVIP work all run under the same protocol file: security clearance on record, the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Outstation catering near Rioja
CHH / SPPY
Chachapoyas
Peru · 78 km from Rioja
Airline & VIP flight catering →
TPP / SPST
Tarapoto
Peru · 100 km from Rioja
Airline & VIP flight catering →
YMS / SPMS
Yurimaguas
Peru · 117 km from Rioja
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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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 Rioja (RIJ)