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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Valera, Venezuela
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Valera (SVVL / VLV)
VLV (IATA) · SVVL (ICAO)
The single narrow-body-rated runway at Valera sets the frame every rotation here is planned inside, and the aircraft working it are boarded to galley height by hi-loader rather than left at the foot of the stairs. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering off one ops desk at this field, with the wide-body uplift discipline carried down to every airside movement.
2,070 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
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 — Valera
Inflight catering loaded to galley height at VLV
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at Valera (VLV)
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at SVVL
Ramp access is what actually decides the loading window at this station, not a printed lead time: our crews clear the apron gate, cross to the stand and work the hi-loader straight to galley height. Each catering uplift is sealed at the kitchen and logged again the moment it is handed over at the aircraft door, so the interval is a measured fact rather than an estimate offered to a broker. That discipline holds whether the tail is a scheduled service, a charter or a state movement through Valera.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Valera sit screening, an escort through the apron gate and whatever traffic is moving on the ramp that hour, and we plan the catering uplift against the worst of those rather than the average. The chain of custody runs unbroken from the sealed cart to the signature at the galley catering handover, with nobody handling the load outside that sequence. Temperature is logged at sealing and logged again at the aircraft, so the record shows the cold hold from kitchen to galley rather than a single reading taken on departure.
One coordinator owns the load from the kitchen seal to the signature at the galley.
Crew meals from the kitchen serving Valera, Venezuela
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Valera airport
Airport catering at Valera runs from a single production kitchen that keeps hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to work against the narrow-body reference code this field holds rather than a wide-body volume it does not see. HACCP governs every line in that kitchen, and the cold chain is unbroken from the larder to the sealed cart. That structure lets airport catering at VLV cover a scheduled rotation and a state movement from the same production floor without either one waiting on the other.
The team that handles government flight catering at SVVL is the same named crew every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access list, and trained to the household standards a royal or state movement requires. Nothing on that list changes between one delegation and the next, and no order departs the kitchen without the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift. That continuity is what lets catering at SVVL take a state visit on the same desk as a scheduled service.
Halal airline meals and special meals at SVVL / VLV
VVIP catering to a written specification at Valera (VLV)
From the sealed cart to the galley door, the inflight catering leaving this kitchen for Valera is written to the cabin, the mission and the season rather than to a single fixed cycle. Menus draw on the country's dairy, orchard fruit and fish where a rotation calls for local sourcing, plated or boxed to the class it is built for. Every set carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical codes, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen. A VIP flight menu and a charter flight menu can run the same week from the same production line without either one compromising the other.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins routed through Valera take VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request. The presentation is filed against the standing order for the operator, so the same cabin can be repeated rotation after rotation without redrafting it.
Business cabins
Business cabins worked at SVVL get multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets, sized to the aircraft type on the stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in the same load, boxed separately and matched to the roster for that sector at VLV.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger for every departure this kitchen provisions, with halal and kosher sets built to the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each set is produced on a separate line and sealed before it joins the main inflight catering load leaving Valera.
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-compliant aircraft catering at Valera, Venezuela
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 VLV
Valera works to a single narrow-body-rated runway, so the traffic here runs as scheduled service, charter and occasional government movement rather than a wide-body wave, and every one of those puts a documentation and repetition load on the kitchen rather than a raw capacity load. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering are planned against that mix on one ops desk, with a delegation flagged for its paperwork the moment it is booked.
The uplift leaves our kitchen sealed and travels by escorted cart to the stand, where it is loaded through the aircraft's own galley door under our crew's supervision rather than handed off at the foot of the steps. Airport catering at Valera is planned stand by stand, with ramp access held on our own badges rather than borrowed for the day.
One coordinator carries the rotation from kitchen seal to signed handover, whatever the mission behind the tail number.
Commercial aviation catering for every mission at Valera airport
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Government and state flight catering at Valera
The narrow-body reference code held at this field shapes every state movement it takes, since the stand and the ramp routing are worked to that class rather than to a wide-body plan. Government flight catering here covers delegations and official movements with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and every head of state uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Valera
One narrow-body-rated runway, and every royal household movement through it is worked to that same reference code rather than to a wide-body assumption. Royal flight catering at Valera covers private airliners on the BBJ and ACJ scale, held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Valera
We work every charter, ACMI and wet-lease rotation through Valera against the same single narrow-body-rated runway that governs the rest of the field's traffic. Charter flight catering in Valera covers group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, staged in the order the galleys are laid out for charter flight catering at Valera.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Valera
Against the single narrow-body-rated runway at SVVL, carriers running this field as an outstation get the same discipline as a home-base rotation. Ad hoc airline catering, outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all run off one duty roster, with AOG covered across a multi-leg pattern and crew meals in Venezuela boxed to the roster the same day.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Valera
The single narrow-body-rated runway at Valera also carries the business aviation movements that route through this field, worked from the same GA apron as the scheduled traffic. Private jet catering at Valera reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, through our dedicated private-jet branch and its FBO catering and business jet catering desk, alongside business aviation catering more broadly.
Private jets →
Inflight catering rated by operators at SVVL
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Valera, Venezuela
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We arranged delegation flight catering at Valera (VLV/SVVL) for a sensitive movement. Communication was discreet, changes were handled calmly, and the delivery was coordinated exactly within the agreed window. A professional service for movements where discretion matters. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Robert — Station Operations Manager
“We had a larger VIP aircraft at Valera (VLV/SVVL) and booked private airliner catering for the sector. The portions, packaging, and labeling worked well for the cabin, and the timing was spot on. Exactly the level of detail we expect for VIP flying. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Lucas — Executive Flight Manager
“We booked umrah flight catering at Valera (VLV/SVVL) for a large group departure. The team handled the volume well and kept the boxes clearly identified by flight and service. A dependable choice for group charter operations. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Government flight department
Valentina — State Flight Coordinator
Airport catering reference for Valera (SVVL / VLV)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,070 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | SVVL |
Business jet catering questions at SVVL / VLV
Diversion catering and ramp questions at SVVL / VLV
What operations gets asked every week about Valera.
Ask operations directly →What does airline catering at SVVL look like on the ramp?
We deliver airline catering airside at SVVL, boarding through the galley door by hi-loader rather than leaving trays at the foot of the aircraft. That covers scheduled, ad hoc and diversion uplifts on the same duty roster.
Which factors set the airline catering cost for a rotation through Valera?
The loader, the cart and the route to the stand set the base of the job, then cabin count, specification and the loading window on the day move the airline catering cost from there. Our desk comes back with a quotation once those are known, since we publish no fixed price list.
Where does private jet catering reach on the field at Valera Airport?
The chain-of-custody record shows every load logged from kitchen seal to handover, whichever apron it is delivered to. Private jet catering reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, with FBO catering run on the same paperwork as a scheduled uplift.
When is VIP flight catering at VLV run under a protocol file rather than a standard order?
When a movement is flagged as government, royal or VVIP, VIP flight catering and government flight catering both move onto a documented protocol file, with security-cleared staff on the load. Once that flag is set it stays on file for every later rotation from the same desk.
Is halal, kosher and special meal coding produced for flights through SVVL?
The coordinator on duty confirms halal, kosher and the full set of SPML special meal codes are produced on a separate line and sealed before joining the main load. Every set is documented per passenger before departure.
Does Valera take last minute airline catering changes to a confirmed order?
Every confirmed load can still take a specification change up to the loading window agreed with our desk, and we ask for as much notice as the rotation allows so the kitchen can resequence. How far in advance the order is placed decides how much of the menu can still move.
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Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
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Uplift at Valera (VLV)