Aviation catering — Guiria, Venezuela

VIP flight catering, airline catering and private jet catering at Guiria (SVGI / GUI)

GUI (IATA) · SVGI (ICAO)

One runway of 2007 metres and a narrow-body reference code set the ceiling on what Guiria boards, and inflight catering here is planned around that ceiling rather than against it. Uplift moves from a sealed kitchen to the galley door by hi-loader wherever the aircraft type allows it, and in-flight catering for wide-body diversions routes through the same ramp discipline as any scheduled rotation.

A catering hi-loader raised to the forward galley door of a wide-body on stand, the platform level with the doorway and the truck squared up beneath it.
2,007 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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Runways
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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
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VIP at any volume
8 First covers or 400 passengers across three cabins, same execution
03
24/7 order desk
Ad hoc, AOG and same-day uplift answered around the clock
04
Multi-leg coordination
One loading sheet, every leg of your rotation
A catering hi-loader raised to the aft galley door of a wide-body on stand, its platform level with the doorway and a second truck waiting below.

On the apron — Guiria

Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at SVGI / GUI

Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.

Inflight catering order window for Guiria (GUI) departures

Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at SVGI

The loading window at Guiria runs from the sealed cart leaving our kitchen to the signature taken at the galley door, and ramp access is what decides how that window holds. Every catering uplift here is scheduled against the apron sequence rather than against the clock alone, because a narrow-body stand shares its apron with other movements through SVGI. That sequencing is fixed before the cart leaves the kitchen, not adjusted once it is already on the tarmac.

Four branded catering carts latched side by side in an aircraft galley, each door closed on a coloured seal.

Between our kitchen and the stand at Guiria sit screening, an escort through the checkpoint, and whatever apron traffic is working the narrow-body stand that day. We plan the galley catering run against the busiest version of that route, not the easiest one, so the catering uplift never depends on a clear apron to arrive on time. Chain of custody is held from the seal at the kitchen door to the signature at the aircraft, with nothing handed off unescorted in between. Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed and logged again at the galley, and both readings travel with the load.

One coordinator owns the load from the kitchen seal to the aircraft signature.

Crew meals and pilot meals for GUI departures

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Airline food supplier crews cleared for Guiria airport

The flight kitchen behind Guiria runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to feed a narrow-body rotation rather than a wide-body wave. Airport catering at this scale means one kitchen covering every cabin on the airframe, so a scheduled departure and a charter movement draw from the same larder on the same day. HACCP governs every stage of that production, from intake to the sealed cart, and airport catering at GUI is audited against that standard on every rotation, not on a sample of them.

The team that handles government flight catering at Guiria is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assigned on the day. Each member carries a security clearance on file and sits on the access list before a cart is ever sealed for the ramp. That same crew is trained to royal household standards and to the chain-of-custody paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift, so catering at GUI answers to one procedure whichever desk places the order.

Halal airline meals and special meals at SVGI / GUI

Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Guiria (GUI)

Menus at Guiria are built to the cabin fitted on the airframe and to the mission flying that day, not to a fixed printed card. Local sourcing draws on Venezuela's coast and orchard produce where the season allows it, worked into a specification rather than a fixed dish list. From passenger meal boxes to VVIP sets, inflight catering in Guiria follows the cabin, the mission and the season rather than a single standing menu. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled before the cart is sealed and carried with the load to the aircraft.

Slices of pink duck breast fanned over a sweep of squash purée with a berry reduction and tenderstem broccoli.

First & VVIP cabins

First and VVIP work at Guiria is plated to a written specification rather than a fixed card, with à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for the rotation, so a repeat movement is served to the same standard as the first.

A complete tray set on a black tray: sliced beef fillet in gravy with piped mash and vegetables, a seeded roll with herb butter and a berry dessert in a glass.

Business cabins

Business cabins out of Guiria run on multi-choice hot service, boxed to a galley-ready format sized to the airframe fitted that day. Crew meals in Guiria and crew meals at GUI travel in the same tray sets, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately to the roster.

Diet.

Protocol & dietary

Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger before departure from Guiria, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full IATA special meal code list. Inflight catering in Venezuela at this level is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line.

The three books

A tray set on a stainless steel bench: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a bread roll with herb butter, and a berry dessert in a glass.

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Royal & Government Flights

Royal households · government · state operations

  • Plated service · First to main cabin
  • Protocol handling · security clearance
Chefs plating a long line of identical main courses under heat lamps, with loaded catering trolleys waiting at the end of the line.

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Charter & Commercial

Charter · ACMI · group · scheduled · ad hoc

  • 400 passengers · one uplift
  • HACCP cold chain, logged to the galley door
A business jet cabin credenza laid with chilled sparkling wine in a bucket, bottled drinks, a nut dish and folded napkins on a silver tray, beside a single passenger seat.

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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 Guiria airport

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 GUI

Guiria works a narrow-body traffic profile off a single runway, and that mix keeps the ramp planning tight rather than layered: one stand, one sequence, no wave to stagger around. A repeat rotation through GUI is treated as a repetition problem before it is treated as a menu problem, because the same airframe returning on the same day needs the same loading order held twice, not reinvented.

The uplift reaches the aircraft from our kitchen by sealed cart, escorted to the stand and boarded through the galley door rather than left at the foot of the steps. Airline catering in Venezuela at this station means airside delivery held to the apron sequence, with our own crew on the ramp rather than a handover partway there. Aviation catering at SVGI, in-flight catering in Guiria and inflight catering at SVGI all run off that one route, whichever desk placed the order.

What we commit to on this station is one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts from kitchen to stand, and a signed handover at the aircraft, so airport catering in Venezuela stays accountable to a single name from seal to signature.

VVIP catering and commercial flights at Guiria airport

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Government and state flight catering at SVGI
Our kitchen runs government flight catering at Guiria against the same narrow-body constraint that governs every other movement through GUI, so a delegation flight is boarded on the identical stand and sequence as a scheduled one. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff working the load are security-cleared, and every head of state movement is sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at GUI
A 2007 metre runway sets what can land at Guiria for royal household work, and within that limit VVIP and royal flight catering runs to a written specification kept on file between movements. Private airliners sized to a narrow-body class, halal sets and household dietary requirements are produced on request, with the same cleared crew handling the uplift each time.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Guiria
A narrow-body airframe is what charter and ACMI operators fly through Guiria, and that reference code is what lets a full cabin uplift board here on schedule. Charter flight catering in Venezuela and charter flight catering at SVGI cover group movements and special missions counted against the loading sheet and staged to the galley layout of that airframe.
Wide-body charter →
A complete tray set on a black tray: a hot egg and ham dish, cut fruit, breads, a pastry, a set yoghurt and a portion of preserve.
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Airline and ad hoc catering at SVGI
A 2007 metre runway holds Guiria to narrow-body operations, so ad hoc airline catering here is built around one airframe class rather than a mixed wide-body programme. Carriers running this station as an outstation draw on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off the same duty roster, with AOG covered on the same footing across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at GUI
On the same narrow-body stands that take a scheduled rotation, business aviation traffic through Guiria is handled by our dedicated private jet catering at SVGI branch. Delivery reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →

Charter flight catering reviewed at Guiria (GUI)

Operators on commercial aviation catering at Guiria, Venezuela

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Government flight department

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Royal household

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Charter operator

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Scheduled airline

“For a last-minute requirement at Guiria (GUI/SVGI), we contacted them as our airline catering partner. One contact handled the order from confirmation through delivery, which saved our dispatch team a lot of follow-up. It made the station much easier to manage. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”

★★★★★

Government flight department

Sebastian — Mission Operations Manager

“Our team needed airline catering in Guiria for a short-notice flight at GUI/SVGI. The order was confirmed quickly, delivered on time, and packed exactly as requested for the aircraft. We had a smooth experience from order to delivery. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”

★★★★☆

Charter operator

Kamil — Crew Operations Coordinator

“For our flight from Guiria (GUI/SVGI), the cabin order included multiple halal airline meals. Each item was clearly identified, separated from the standard meals, and easy to check before boarding. A good experience with complex dietary requests. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”

★★★★★

Charter operator

Alain — Cargo Network Controller

Station data for airport catering at Guiria (SVGI / GUI)

DatumValue
Longest runway2,007 m
Runways1
Aerodrome reference codenarrow-body
ICAOSVGI

Business jet catering questions at SVGI / GUI

Diversion catering and ramp questions at SVGI / GUI

What operations gets asked every week about Guiria.

Ask operations directly →
At what point does Guiria need the catering order placed, and how late can the specification still change?

The kitchen locks its production schedule first, working back from the loading window; lead time and how far in advance an order is placed both depend on the cabin count and the specification, and last minute airline catering requests are worked against whatever slot is left on that schedule.

Are VIP, VVIP and government flights catered at GUI, and under what protocol?

The same named coordinator who runs a scheduled rotation also runs VIP flight catering and government flight catering at this station, with protocol documented per passenger and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.

When does airline catering reach the aircraft at SVGI, and how does the uplift get on board?

Once the cart is sealed and escorted to the stand, airside delivery is made by hi-loader to the galley door on airframes fitted for it, so the load never sits at the foot of the aircraft.

Where can an operator see what airline catering costs at Guiria?

The figure that proves a quotation is the specification sheet itself, since cabin count, menu tier and loading window all move the number; our desk returns a written quote rather than a published price list.

Does Guiria airport support private jet catering delivery to the FBOs and the GA terminal on the field?

Every FBO on the field and the GA terminal itself receive the same sealed cart and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering handled by the same crew that boards a scheduled flight.

Who documents halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes at GUI, and how are they tracked?

Across every cabin boarded here, halal and kosher sets and the full SPML list are produced on a separate line, labelled per passenger and sealed before the cart joins the main load.

Commercial aviation catering near Guiria

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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Inflight catering quote for Guiria (GUI)

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Guiria (GUI / SVGI)

Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Guiria, not a brochure.

orders@aerogourmet.com · operations desk, 24/7

Four steps

Flight

Aircraft · stand · local time

Offloading

Return leg, if any

Order

Counts · menus · files

Contact

Who we come back to

Step 1 of 4 · Flight

Flight

The airport is already filled in. Change it if the uplift boards elsewhere.

Search by city, IATA or ICAO.
Local time at the airport of delivery.
Hi-loader required
Offloading

One question. Answer no and the step closes itself.

Offloading required
Order

What goes on board, and for how many. Attach a loading sheet if you hold one.

Order from one of the three menu books

Give the detail per cabin if there is one.
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Contact

One name, one desk. We reply to it and nowhere else.

Uplift at Guiria (GUI)