Catering to your aircraft in Agno.
Agno is quiet most of the time and tight when a few jets arrive together. Private jet catering for LSZA is built for the crew who plate it, from Ticino polenta to chilled boards, with crew meals boxed apart.
We know the galley, the diet card and the 5 a.m. re-plate — because we lived them. So we built the caterer we always wished we could call.
Fourteen years on VIP and head-of-state cabins. Can plate for twelve in a G650 galley and still land it hot.
The one who reads every diet card twice. If it says no cross-contact, it means no cross-contact.
Answers at 5 a.m. when the leg moved overnight. Same-day swaps are her love language.
Ticino cooking leans Lombard rather than Swiss-German, and that suits a galley: polenta, risotto, braised meats and cured platters all travel well. For a private jet menu out of Lugano we build the inflight menu from private jet food that is genuinely local to Ticino: Merlot-braised dishes, luganighe sausage, formaggella and Gorgonzola-style cheeses, and chestnut desserts in autumn. Our private jet platters carry cured meats and cheeses from the valleys, the gourmet inflight meals finish in your oven, and private jet snacks run to amaretti and Ticino biscuits. These local specialities of Ticino are packed sauce apart so the plate looks cooked at altitude, not reheated.
Lugano is the Italian-speaking corner of Switzerland, and the food says so. A private jet menu for Agno draws on Ticino: risotto, polenta, vitello tonnato and lake fish from the region. The inflight menu keeps hot dishes simple to finish and cold dishes ready on the plate. Private jet food here means local specialities with a clear service note, private jet platters for sharing, gourmet inflight meals for the main course, and private jet snacks for the leg home. Ticino lemon and chestnut turn up in the desserts.
Tail, pax, diets, timing. One message — no portal, no quote form. Answered at any hour, by a flight attendant.
Leak-proof boxes, marked by guest and restriction, with reheating times written on the lid.
Two minutes out of the drawer. Whatever you ordered for the crew comes in the same delivery, and one clean invoice follows.
Agno is a small field with a short stand time, so what leaves the galley drawer has to work first time. Our private jet catering for Lugano covers inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering for business aviation catering and executive jet catering flights, diplomatic flight catering for official movements, and cabin crew meals boxed separately for the people flying the aircraft.
A business jet arriving at Agno has been told what the valley eats, so the menu follows. Corporate jet catering and business jet catering for Lugano cover charter flight catering and VIP flight catering, with luxury inflight catering written by a private jet chef as a bespoke menu around what is in season in Ticino.
Government flight catering at Lugano is run through protocol, not the kitchen: head of state flight catering and state visit aircraft catering are cleared before anything is cooked. VIP aviation catering means named staff, traceable ingredients and discretion at the aircraft.
Ticino cooking leans on dairy, wheat flour and cured pork, so allergens hide in risotto stock, polenta finishes and sausage fillings. Kosher, halal, vegan, gluten free, allergen free, kids meals and other special meals are handled as a procedure in the kitchen: separate board, separate box, seat number on the lid.
A sheet per guest. Separate boards, separate boxes.
Sealed, certificate in the same box.
Their own menu, nothing to cut at altitude.
Vegan, low-carb, light — composed, never compromised.
At Lugano the pilots' boxes are an extra you ask for, and they appear on the same invoice as the guest menu. Flight crew meals and pilot meals are packed as crew meal boxes, labelled CREW, so cockpit meals stay apart from the guest trays. Crew catering can include different meals for pilots when the operator's policy asks for it, and cabin crew meals are boxed for a short stand time.
FBO catering at Lugano is handed over at the general aviation terminal or on the apron. Catering delivery to the FBO goes through your handling agent, and ground handling catering is coordinated so the galley is loaded on your slot. Handling agent catering is simply a short call.
Larger aircraft that call at Lugano need the galley loaded differently from a light jet. The aircraft type sets the door height, whether a high loader comes to the stand, and how much goes in the galley and the carts. Galley catering is planned from the type and the layout, airside catering delivery goes through your handling agent, and aircraft provisioning is staged so nothing waits in the sun on the apron.
Mention it when you orderCertified, inspected, with cold-chain records filed against your trip.
Whichever terminal you park at, handover is at the aircraft, on your slot.
Allergen sheet per guest, halal and kosher on request, sealed and labelled.
Itemised and trip-report ready, sent after the leg.
LSZA sits on flat ground west of Lugano's lake, in the Italian-speaking corner of Switzerland, and handles business jets alongside scheduled flights. General aviation and FBO services share the field, and airport catering for private jets is handed over at the general aviation terminal, with ground handling services arranged through your handling agent.
Lugano is a business aviation hub in miniature: private jets arrive for lakeside stays, and the ramp is small. Executive jet catering and business aviation catering are written for stand times that do not forgive a second pass. Inflight catering and in-flight catering follow the Ticino season, aviation catering draws on valley suppliers, diplomatic flight catering is cleared through protocol, and cabin crew meals and crew meals travel boxed apart from the guest trays.
Swiss customs apply at Lugano: animal products and some fresh produce brought in from abroad can be stopped at the border. For airport catering, that means ordering locally where possible, declaring any unused items on arrival, and letting your handling agent and ground handling services know what is on board.
Average rating from the cabin crew and pilots we cater for.
“A request for grilled salmon with a lemon dressing, 3 passengers, and limited fridge space: that was our brief for the departure at Lugano Airport. With several people involved, The Galley Girls kept the breakfast portions and delivery arrangements together in a concise order update. I want an inflight catering company to understand packing arrangement, and this order gave us a useful starting point. We could account for the sauces before passing the boxes to the cabin team, without a lengthy unpacking exercise.”
“Timing and organisation mattered at LSZA, where our order of a seafood starter and warm vegetable sides for 5 people involved limited fridge space. When comparing inflight catering companies, I would look closely at meal organisation after this experience. After a final adjustment to the starters, The Galley Girls gave us one revised order summary to work from. We checked the side dishes against the same summary, keeping the cabin team and the handling contact aligned.”
“Packing vegetarian wraps and colourful salads for 4 passengers at LUG needed careful thought, especially given a revised passenger count. For in-flight catering services, that attention to crew briefing made the order noticeably easier to manage. I asked The Galley Girls to review the sauces quantities against the passenger brief, and the proposed portions made sense. It was useful to see the fruit plates listed separately when checking how much space the complete order would require.”
Think about what each dish needs. Fish from the lake costs more than a cheese plate; a nut-free dessert needs its own preparation. That is why private jet catering at Agno is quoted after you tell us the diets and the menu, not before.
If the aircraft turns round at Lugano, the way back is ordered here and delivered at the FBO. Lead time is easier when Customs is clear and the produce is in season; late requests are handled.
Customs is why local preparation matters for a halal dinner at Lugano. Switzerland controls animal products at the border, so a meal made abroad risks refusal. Cooking here avoids that, and your crew should declare any unused catering.
Leftovers from another country may be declared or refused at Swiss customs, so planning the return leg here is usually cleaner. Can you bring food into Lugano? You can, but meat and dairy are the items most likely to be stopped.
Catering sits outside a private jet charter. For Lugano, you order the menu and any diets yourself, and it is billed as its own order.
Tail, pax and diets — a flight attendant takes it from there, day or night.
