Aviation catering — San Carlos del Zulia, Venezuela

San Carlos del Zulia (SVSZ / STB): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering

STB (IATA) · SVSZ (ICAO)

With a 2693-metre runway and a wide-body reference code, San Carlos del Zulia takes multi-class aircraft on the single stand this field operates, and that single wide-body posture governs every uplift we plan here. In-flight catering moves by hi-loader to galley height rather than to the foot of the aircraft, so inflight catering at this station stays a boarding operation, not a kerbside handover, from the first cart to the last.

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.
2,693 m
Longest runway
Wide-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 — San Carlos del Zulia

Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at SVSZ / STB

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

Catering uplift timing at SVSZ

Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at San Carlos del Zulia

Per rotation, the loading window at San Carlos del Zulia is measured from the sealed cart leaving our kitchen to the moment the galley door closes at SVSZ. Ramp access is held on our own clearance rather than negotiated stand by stand, which keeps the apron crossing inside one continuous, timed movement. Nothing in that sequence is estimated: it is the same measured path on every rotation worked here.

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 San Carlos del Zulia sit screening, an escort across the apron, and the ordinary traffic of a single wide-body stand working multiple movements. We plan every catering uplift against the worst of those three, not the average of them, so a delay upstream never becomes a delay at the galley door. Chain of custody runs on a sealed cart from the kitchen, with temperature logged at sealing and logged again at handover to the loading crew. The galley catering that reaches SVSZ carries both readings and a signature, so the record closes exactly where the movement does.

One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the aircraft: nothing moves unrecorded between them.

Airline food supplier kitchen serving San Carlos del Zulia airport

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Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at STB

The flight kitchen provisioning San Carlos del Zulia runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built around the single wide-body stand this station operates rather than a general-purpose galley. HACCP governs every stage of that production, from intake to sealing, and the cold chain is held continuously from the larder to the cart. Airport catering at STB and airport catering at SVSZ both draw on the same kitchen, so a scheduled rotation and a government movement are provisioned from one facility, not two.

The team assigned to government flight catering and household rotations at this station is the same named crew on every movement, not a rotating pool drawn from general staff. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, access to the kitchen and the ramp is controlled by a fixed list, and each is trained on the paperwork that has to travel with a sealed uplift. That continuity is the point: the desk that signs off a delegation's meal specification this month is the desk that signs off the next one.

VIP flight catering and dietary sets at San Carlos del Zulia (STB)

Royal flight catering standards per cabin at SVSZ

Menus at San Carlos del Zulia are written to the cabin and to the mission, not to a single fixed list run across every departure. A VIP flight menu and a charter flight menu are built from the same kitchen but to different specifications, adjusted for season and for what the region supplies through the year, from dairy and orchard fruit to fresh fish, without naming a single supplier on the sheet. Inflight catering at SVSZ carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements labelled to the individual passenger and to the cabin they are seated in, so a mixed manifest never travels on a single undifferentiated tray set. Cabin counts and specification sheets are confirmed before the kitchen begins production, and nothing leaves sealed without that sign-off attached.

A small stack of sliced rare beef with a blistered pepper and diced tomato set off centre on a wide white plate.

First & VVIP cabins

First and VVIP cabins at San Carlos del Zulia are plated to a written specification rather than to a standing menu, with à-la-carte and VIP flight catering options built in on request. Presentation is filed against that specification before service, so a repeat rotation is checked against its own record rather than against memory.

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.

Business cabins

Business cabins at STB run multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets sized to the aircraft's fitted galley, with crew meals boarded alongside the cabin load. Cabin crew meals and pilot meals at San Carlos del Zulia are boxed separately and coded to the roster, so neither set is confused with passenger service at handover.

Diet.

Protocol & dietary

Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger for movements through San Carlos del Zulia, with halal and kosher sets produced on a dedicated line and sealed before they leave it. The full range of IATA special meal codes is available on request, and inflight catering here carries each code against the passenger it was ordered for, cabin by cabin.

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

HACCP standards for aviation catering at SVSZ

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 SVSZ / STB

A single wide-body stand handles scheduled, charter and government traffic through San Carlos del Zulia, and that concentration is itself the operating fact: a delegation on the same stand as a scheduled rotation is a documentation problem before it is a capacity one, and a repeat movement is a repetition problem, checked against its own record rather than run from memory. The 2693-metre runway and the wide-body reference code fix what this field can turn around, and every plan for airline catering in San Carlos del Zulia is built inside that ceiling rather than around it.

The uplift moves from our kitchen to the stand by sealed cart, escorted across the apron, and boarded by hi-loader to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. Ground handling on this stand is coordinated with our own airside clearance, so aircraft provisioning and the ramp handler's turnaround work run to the same clock rather than to two separate ones. In-flight catering at San Carlos del Zulia and aviation catering across Venezuela both run off that same ops desk, and airport catering at STB is planned stand by stand rather than assumed from a general schedule.

On every rotation worked here, one coordinator owns the load from seal to signature, and the handover record closes only once both are on file.

VVIP catering and commercial flights at STB

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Government and state flight catering at San Carlos del Zulia
The station's wide-body reference code means a head of state aircraft is worked to the same load standard as any scheduled wide-body, not to an improvised one built for the occasion. Government flight catering at San Carlos del Zulia covers state visits and official delegations with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff throughout, and catering at STB sealed before it ever leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
Royal vvip food.
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at San Carlos del Zulia
We hold household standards across repeat rotations at this station, working from a written specification kept on file between movements rather than rebuilt each time. Royal flight catering at San Carlos del Zulia covers private airliners including BBJ and ACJ types alongside wide-body VVIP configurations, with halal sets and other household dietary requirements produced on request against that same standing file.
Royal & VVIP flights →
Charter flight catering first.
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at SVSZ
The wide-body reference code held at this station lets a full three-cabin charter board on the same stand used for scheduled service, without a separate handling standard for the occasion. Charter flight catering in San Carlos del Zulia serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions with charter flight catering at STB counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
A complete tray set on a black tray: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a seeded roll with herb butter and a berry dessert in a glass.
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Airline and ad hoc catering at San Carlos del Zulia
A 2693-metre runway sets what carriers can turn around at San Carlos del Zulia without holding for a longer field, and that ceiling shapes every ad hoc airline catering plan built here. Outstation catering at STB covers carriers running this field as a regular stop, with diversion catering and technical stop catering held ready off the same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation; crew meals in San Carlos del Zulia and crew meals in Venezuela travel on the same ad hoc catering at STB desk that plans the passenger load.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at San Carlos del Zulia
Business jets sized to this field's wide-body-rated stand are worked through the same GA terminal and the FBOs based here, on the reference code this station holds rather than on a separate light-aircraft standard. Private jet catering in San Carlos del Zulia is delivered to those FBOs by our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, so business aviation catering and business jet catering both close on a signed handover.
Private jets →

Inflight catering rated by operators at San Carlos del Zulia

Operators on commercial aviation catering at San Carlos del Zulia (STB)

4.5.25 1.

Government flight department

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Royal household

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Charter operator

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Scheduled airline

“We used the team at San Carlos del Zulia (STB/SVSZ) for diversion catering after an unexpected operational change. Even with the late change, the meals were packed correctly and delivered within the revised window. A dependable option for irregular operations. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”

★★★★★

Scheduled airline

Haris — Ground Operations Manager

“For an operation away from our normal base, we arranged catering for airlines without flight kitchen at San Carlos del Zulia (STB/SVSZ). The team confirmed everything clearly, handled the local coordination, and delivered the order ready for loading. Reliable and easy to manage from the ops desk. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”

★★★★★

Private jet operator

Esther — Private Jet Operations Manager

“We requested an airline catering cost for San Carlos del Zulia (STB/SVSZ) and appreciated how clear the pricing was. They answered our questions without overcomplicating the process and kept the final cost aligned with the confirmation. Good option when you need a fast and transparent answer. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”

★★★★★

Government flight department

Robert — State Aviation Manager

Airport catering facts for San Carlos del Zulia (SVSZ / STB)

DatumValue
Longest runway2,693 m
Runways1
Aerodrome reference codewide-body
ICAOSVSZ

Aircraft catering questions for San Carlos del Zulia (STB)

Technical stop catering questions at San Carlos del Zulia (STB)

What operations gets asked every week about San Carlos del Zulia.

Ask operations directly →
Do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights through San Carlos del Zulia?

Yes, under a documented protocol that covers VIP flight catering, government flight catering and household movements alike, with the file checked before the kitchen begins production.

How are halal, kosher and special meal codes produced at San Carlos del Zulia Airport?

San Carlos del Zulia Airport runs a dedicated line for halal and kosher sets, and the full range of IATA SPML codes is available, each one documented against the passenger it was ordered for.

STB, can you deliver airline catering airside and get it onto the aircraft?

The hi-loader carries every uplift to galley height rather than leaving it at the foot of the aircraft, so airside delivery at STB is a boarding operation from the sealed cart onward.

With one wide-body stand at SVSZ, how much does airline catering cost?

There is a quotation built from cabin count, specification and the loading window rather than a published price list, and our desk returns one once those three are confirmed for SVSZ.

Jet catering at airports near San Carlos del Zulia

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El Vigía
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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La Fria
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
MRD / SVMD
Mérida
Venezuela · 96 km from San Carlos del Zulia
Airline & VIP flight catering →

Charter flight catering quote for SVSZ / STB

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San Carlos del Zulia (STB / SVSZ)

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Four steps

Flight

Aircraft · stand · local time

Offloading

Return leg, if any

Order

Counts · menus · files

Contact

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Step 1 of 4 · Flight

Flight

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Uplift at San Carlos del Zulia (STB)