MUCA / AVI · Máximo Gómez · Ciego de Ávila Province

Private jet catering at Máximo Gómez Airport (MUCA / AVI), Ciro Redondo

Catering to your aircraft in Ciro Redondo.

Ciego de Ávila Province brings heat, humidity and a lot of cay-bound traffic through MUCA; we cook and label for your galley and hand it to the handling agent.

Menu & order Download the menu

10 hours

ideal notice, last-minute handled

Plane-side

handover at the steps

Flight deck

crew and pilot dishes, on request

24/7

a flight attendant on the line

Three of us. All ex VIP cabin crew.

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.

Camille

Menu & galley logistics

Fourteen years on VIP and head-of-state cabins. Can plate for twelve in a G650 galley and still land it hot.

Inès

Dietary & labelling

The one who reads every diet card twice. If it says no cross-contact, it means no cross-contact.

Sofia

The 24/7 line

Answers at 5 a.m. when the leg moved overnight. Same-day swaps are her love language.

The local tableCooked so it travels

Ciro Redondo on the plate: local specialities for in-flight catering at AVI

Ciego de Ávila Province is citrus and sugar country, and that shapes the private jet menu we write for Máximo Gómez Airport. The inflight menu leans on what the plain produces: pineapple and grapefruit, sweet plantain, root vegetables, and slow-roast pork in the Cuban manner. Private jet food from this region travels well when it is planned for it. Roast pork is packed sliced, with the mojo sauce in a separate pot, so the cabin crew can re-plate without a mess in the galley. Black beans and rice go in a lidded dish for the oven; tostones are packed apart so they stay crisp. Local specialities that are fried or served cold, such as yuca with garlic sauce or fresh fruit plates, are packed chilled. Private jet platters of tropical fruit, cheese and cured ham work as snacks between the apron and the first cruise. Private jet snacks from the province include plantain chips and small guava pastries. Gourmet inflight meals built around lobster and grilled fish are possible for the cays-bound flights, packed raw or fully cooked depending on what your galley can finish. Ask us for the Ciego de Ávila Province version of any dish and we pack it for your oven, not ours.

For Ciro Redondo and the rest of Ciego de Ávila Province, the private jet menu is built on three things the region does well: pork, citrus and seafood. Inflight menu choices here are simple to brief. Pork roasted with sour orange arrives sliced and chilled or ready for the oven, with the sauce apart. Private jet food with a Cuban accent includes congrí, cassava, and a plain ropa vieja that holds well for a re-plate. Gourmet inflight meals can be composed around grilled snapper or lobster tail, with the lemon and herb butter in its own pot. Private jet platters of mango, papaya, guava and local white cheese are a cold option that needs no oven at all. Private jet snacks can include cassava chips, small coconut sweets and fresh fruit cups. Local specialities that do not suit a cabin, such as soups served very hot, are replaced with something that finishes well in a galley oven. Tell us the type and the crew, and we adjust the Ciego de Ávila menu to your galley.

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Local specialities of Ciego de Ávila Province: roast pork, congrí and tropical fruit for a private jet menu at AVI

01Slow-roast pork, sour orange mojoSliced and packed for the oven, mojo in its own pot

02Congrí (rice and black beans)Lidded dish, finished in your galley oven

03Tostones and yucaPacked apart so the crust survives to the re-plate

04Tropical fruit platterPineapple, mango, papaya and guava, chilled, no oven needed

05Grilled snapper or lobster tailCooked and packed, lemon-herb butter apart

06Guava and white cheese pastrySmall, cold, easy to hand out in the cabin

How it works

Three steps, one message

You message us

Tail, pax, diets, timing. One message — no portal, no quote form. Answered at any hour, by a flight attendant.

We cook & pack for a galley

Leak-proof boxes, marked by guest and restriction, with reheating times written on the lid.

You re-plate and serve

Two minutes out of the drawer. Whatever you ordered for the crew comes in the same delivery, and one clean invoice follows.

At a glance · Ciro RedondoMáximo Gómez Airport · MUCA

The three founders, former VIP cabin crew, on a business jet airstair — private jet catering at Máximo Gómez Airport (MUCA)

Máximo Gómez Airport sits on a flat, hot plain in Ciego de Ávila Province, and the galley question here is mostly about heat and humidity on the apron. Private jet catering at MUCA is packed with that in mind: cold items sealed and chilled, hot items finished in your oven, sauces in their own pot. Inflight catering for a stop at AVI, in-flight catering for the onward leg to the cays, aviation catering for a long Caribbean rotation, business aviation catering for corporate groups, executive jet catering for a short positioning flight, diplomatic flight catering for delegations and cabin crew meals for the people serving them: each is briefed by former VIP flight attendants who know what a tight Cuban turnaround does to a galley.

Restaurant cuisine, cooked on the ground
Fresh and local produce
Labelled by seat, diet and reheat
Aviation-ready packaging
High loader for large cabins
HACCP certified kitchens

Who we fly forTwo cabins, one standard

Business jet cabin ready for business jet catering at MUCA, Ciego de Ávila Province

Business aviationOur core

Corporate and VIP jet catering at Máximo Gómez Airport (AVI)

A business jet catering brief at MUCA usually starts with a short Caribbean rotation: corporate jet catering for a small group, charter flight catering for a longer party, and VIP flight catering when the passengers are particular. Luxury inflight catering here means citrus, seafood and roast pork done well, written by a private jet chef who knows what a warm apron does to a plate. Each bespoke menu is built around the galley fitted to your aircraft.

Government flight catering handover for a delegation at Máximo Gómez Airport, Cuba

State & royalDiscretion, protocol

Diplomatic and state visit aviation catering in Ciro Redondo (MUCA)

When an official party lands at Máximo Gómez Airport, the food is a protocol matter first. Government flight catering, head of state flight catering, VIP aviation catering and state visit aircraft catering are prepared under the same discipline: traceable, sealed, handed over discreetly at the aircraft.

The jet catering menu at *Máximo Gómez Airport* (AVI)Or write your own, we cook it

Chilled private jet platters and fruit for private jet snacks at Máximo Gómez Airport, Ciro Redondo

Cold galley

No oven · served in four minutes

Tropical fruit platter: pineapple, mango, papaya, guavaChilled

Local white cheese with guava pasteChilled

Yuca with garlic-citrus dressingSauce apart

Cured ham and cheese private jet plattersRe-plate cold

Plantain chips and cassava chips, private jet snacksChilled

Gourmet inflight meals: poached lobster salad with avocadoChilled

Hot dishes for gourmet inflight meals, roast pork and congrí, packed for a galley at MUCA

Hot service

One oven · re-plated in twelve minutes

Slow-roast pork with sour orange mojoSauce apart

Congrí, rice and black beansOven

Ropa vieja with white riceOven

Grilled snapper with herb butterSauce apart

Tostones, packed for the galleyOven

Gourmet inflight meals: lobster tail with garlic butterOven

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A dish sealed and labelled for one guest's diet

PrincipalSealed

Nut-free · gluten-freeChecked by two people

Special meals

Special meals and allergen free inflight catering at Máximo Gómez Airport

At Máximo Gómez Airport the diet question is mostly about what hides in a Cuban kitchen: pork fat in beans, wheat in croquette coatings, shellfish in a rice dish, dairy in desserts. Special meals are handled as a procedure, not a promise: kosher, halal, vegan, gluten free, allergen free and kids meals each get their own board and their own sealed box, marked by seat number and restriction so nobody opens the wrong tray in the cabin. Tell us the restriction and the seat, and the dish is built around it rather than adapted at the last moment.

Allergens

A sheet per guest. Separate boards, separate boxes.

ii.

Halal & kosher

Sealed, certificate in the same box.

iii.

Children

Their own menu, nothing to cut at altitude.

iv.

Plant-based & wellness

Vegan, low-carb, light — composed, never compromised.

Crew & pilot mealsOn request

Crew meal boxes and crew meals at Máximo Gómez Airport

Ciro Redondo is a short stop for most crews, so crew meals here are built to be eaten on the move. Flight crew meals and pilot meals sit in crew meal boxes; cockpit meals are packed for one hand; crew catering is ordered and invoiced on request. Different meals for pilots are prepared when policy asks for it, and cabin crew meals have their own box.

Meal passMUCA

Cabin crew

Box

Marked crew

Galley

Oven 6 min

Order

On request

Marked crew

Meal passMUCA

Pilots

Box

CPT ≠ F/O

Galley

Cold or hot

Order

On request

Two dishes

Máximo Gómez Airport terminal and apron at Ciro Redondo, Ciego de Ávila Province, Cuba

To the steps, on your slot.

Airside · plane-side · day or night

DeliveryEvery FBO

FBO delivery and FBO catering at Máximo Gómez Airport (AVI)

FBO catering at Máximo Gómez Airport means catering delivery to the FBO: we hand it to your handling agent at the general aviation terminal, who takes it airside. Ground handling catering is planned around your slot, and handling agent catering is simple once we have the tail and the headcount.

FBOHandling agentGround handlerGA terminal

High loaderLarge cabins, bizliners

High loader and aircraft provisioning: aviation catering at Máximo Gómez Airport

Aircraft type decides how food leaves the truck at MUCA. A light jet takes its trays by hand through the door, while a larger cabin may need a high loader at the sill and galley catering carried up in sealed carts. Airside catering delivery here is coordinated with your handling agent, and aircraft provisioning is planned around the galley fitted to your tail: one oven, a drawer, or a full service area. Give us the type and the seat plan and we pack to the aircraft you actually fly.

Mention it when you order

HACCP kitchen

Certified, inspected, with cold-chain records filed against your trip.

All FBOs served

Whichever terminal you park at, handover is at the aircraft, on your slot.

Diets read twice

Allergen sheet per guest, halal and kosher on request, sealed and labelled.

One clean invoice

Itemised and trip-report ready, sent after the leg.

About the airportMUCA / AVI

Airport catering at Máximo Gómez Airport (MUCA)

Máximo Gómez Airport serves Ciro Redondo and Ciego de Ávila Province from a flat site at 335 ft, and airport catering here is usually tied to cay-bound corporate flights. General aviation traffic is modest but regular, and FBO services and ground handling services are what you rely on.

Business aviation

Inflight catering and in-flight catering for MUCA follow the Caribbean rhythm of weekend arrivals and cay-bound parties. Aviation catering, business aviation catering and executive jet catering suit the small cabins that call here, while diplomatic flight catering and cabin crew meals complete the picture for official traffic. Máximo Gómez is a modest business aviation hub, but the flights it serves are not simple.

Customs & food import

Cuba applies its own rules to food imported on board, and customs treats catering like any other cargo. Order locally and we label everything: what is on the aircraft is what is on the manifest. Your handling agent will tell you what the inspection needs.

ReviewsFrom the crews we cater for

4.7 / 5

★★★★★

Average rating from the cabin crew and pilots we cater for.

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★★★★☆CREW MEALS

“Clear quantities were essential at AVI: we had 12 passengers expecting mushroom risotto and a green salad and were working around a family lunch request. The Galley Girls confirmed the handover contact and identified the canapés, making the catering delivery easier for our team to track. The sandwiches went straight to the right colleague instead of circulating between several people during the turnaround. I want a private jet chef to understand storage requirements, and this order gave us a useful starting point.”

Rebecca Y. | Chief flight attendant

Citation Latitude

★★★★★BUSINESS JET

“Passenger preferences led us to a mezze selection with flatbreads at Máximo Gómez Airport; 7 portions were needed, with a small galley worktop factored into preparation. We changed the quantities of breakfast portions, and The Galley Girls reflected the request in the final packing list. This experience of in flight catering gave us a useful reference for managing galley preparation on another departure. There was no need to reconstruct the salads quantities from several messages during the final departure checks.”

Viktor C. | VIP flight attendant

Falcon 8X

★★★★★CHARTER

“Nothing about the 6 guest order at MUCA called for excess complexity: just mini sandwiches and individual desserts and sensible planning for a tight boarding window. For our team, the strongest part of their inflight catering services was how they handled catering handover. I asked The Galley Girls for the main courses in individual containers, with garnishes supplied separately for plating on board. We could finish the side dishes as each guest was ready, rather than laying everything out at once.”

Andre M. | Charter operator

Falcon 900LX

Máximo Gómez: the questionsAsked by crews

How much does private jet catering cost when the passenger count shifts late on a MUCA departure?+

Passenger counts at Máximo Gómez Airport can change when a delegation or a charter group firms up late. How much private jet catering costs then depends on whether the extra guests join the same menu or ask for something different. Extra covers of an existing dish are the cheapest change; a new dish for one seat costs more. We price the final order, line by line, once you confirm the count.

What is the lead time for a menu with local Ciego de Ávila ingredients?+

What makes an order easy here is choosing a menu the local market supports: pork, rice, beans, plantain and seasonal fruit. If you want one specific regional ingredient on the plate, say so with the slot and we tell you at once whether it is possible. Last-minute requests are handled.

Do customs rules affect a night or early-morning departure from MUCA?+

Food leaving Cuba on a private aircraft passes through the same customs process, whatever the hour. A night slot at AVI means we confirm with your handling agent that someone is there to receive and clear it. Sealed trays with a clear manifest keep that check short and uneventful.

Can you bring food on board for a government or delegation flight at AVI?+

Can you bring food? On a government or delegation flight to Máximo Gómez Airport, the answer comes from the protocol office and customs, not from us. We pack cleared, labelled catering for the galley and hand it to the FBO or handling agent. Outside food is a conversation to have before the slot, not at the aircraft.

Is catering part of a charter flight into Ciro Redondo?+

A private jet charter to Máximo Gómez Airport does not include the food. Customs and food-import rules for Cuba make it sensible to order catering locally, so it is planned for the galley and handed to your handling agent. The order is separate, with its own invoice.