Francisco Manglona Borja / Tinian International · PGWT / TIQ · Northern Mariana Islands

Private jet catering at Francisco Manglona Borja / Tinian International Airport (PGWT / TIQ), Tinian Island

Catering to your aircraft in Tinian Island.

A jet on the ramp at PGWT usually means a short stop between Guam, Saipan and onward, so the order is built to be re-plated from the drawer. We do the cooking and packing; you do the serving.

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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

Local specialities from Tinian Island for your inflight catering

Tinian is the smallest of the three inhabited Northern Mariana islands, and its table is local before it is anything else. The private jet menu for Tinian Island leans on what the island and the wider Marianas give: red rice coloured with achote, kelaguen made with grilled chicken or fish and lemon and coconut, and fresh tropical fruit. For an inflight menu these travel well as cold items, chilled and sealed, with the sauce in its own pot.

Private jet food built around local specialities means kelaguen on a platter, a tray of red rice for the crew, and sliced mango, papaya and coconut. Private jet platters here are cold by design because the galley on most aircraft stopping at PGWT has an oven and little else. Gourmet inflight meals can be finished in the oven, and private jet snacks such as banana chips and cut fruit ride in the drawer until service.

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Chicken kelaguen and red rice, local specialities for a private jet menu on Tinian Island

01Chicken kelaguenGrilled chicken, lemon, coconut; served chilled

02Red rice with achoteRe-plates from the oven

03Grilled reef fishSauce apart

04Tropical fruit boardMango, papaya, pineapple; chilled

05Coconut dessert cupChilled until service

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 · Tinian IslandFrancisco Manglona Borja / Tinian International Airport · PGWT

The three founders, former VIP cabin crew, on a business jet airstair — private jet catering at Francisco Manglona Borja / Tinian International Airport (PGWT)

Tinian Island has no deep supply chain on the ramp, so a plan made before wheels-up matters more than at a big hub. Private jet catering at PGWT/TIQ means we cook, pack and label for your aircraft and hand it over at the FBO or through your handling agent. In-flight catering for guests, aviation catering for the crew and executive jet catering for owners flying through the Northern Mariana Islands all run from the same order, day or night.

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 on the ramp at PGWT, ready for private jet catering on Tinian Island

Business aviationOur core

Corporate and VIP jet catering at Francisco Manglona Borja / Tinian International Airport (TIQ)

Most business jet catering at Tinian serves a small group on a casino charter or a repositioning leg. Corporate jet catering here means compact cold platters, VIP flight catering for the cabin and charter flight catering that suits a single oven. A private jet chef writes a bespoke menu around the aircraft, the seat plan and the local produce. Luxury inflight catering at this field is about getting the details right without a deep local supplier.

Executive aircraft at Tinian International (TIQ) prepared for a government or VIP flight

State & royalDiscretion, protocol

State visit and VIP aviation catering at Francisco Manglona Borja / Tinian International Airport

Government flight catering for state or official travel through the Marianas is handled with protocol first and the kitchen second. Head of state flight catering needs a named team, a traced supply and strict discretion. VIP aviation catering and state visit aircraft catering are cleared with your protocol office before anything is cooked.

Menu highlights for private jet catering at *Francisco Manglona Borja / Tinian International Airport*Or write your own, we cook it

Chilled tropical fruit board and private jet platters packed for a flight from Tinian (TIQ)

Cold galley

No oven · served in four minutes

Private jet platters: chicken kelaguen with coconut and lemonChilled

Tropical fruit board with mango, papaya and pineappleChilled

Private jet snacks: banana chips and roasted nutsRe-plate cold

Poke-style tuna bowl with sesame and scallionSauce apart

Hot gourmet inflight meals of grilled reef fish and red rice for PGWT, Northern Mariana Islands

Hot service

One oven · re-plated in twelve minutes

Gourmet inflight meals: grilled reef fish with ginger riceSauce apart

Red rice with achote and roast porkOven

Chicken tinaktak in coconut milkOven

Steamed vegetables 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

Allergen free special meals and aviation catering at Francisco Manglona Borja / Tinian International Airport (PGWT)

On a small island, special meals depend on what is brought in and what is cooked from scratch, so we plan the diet and the kitchen together. Kosher, halal, vegan, gluten free and allergen free requests are packed in their own sealed container, since local dishes lean on soy sauce, coconut and shellfish. Kids meals and other special meals are marked by seat number on the lid.

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 meals for pilots and cabin crew at Francisco Manglona Borja / Tinian International Airport (TIQ)

Crew meals at Tinian are ordered on request and invoiced like the rest of the catering. Flight crew meals can be hot or cold, and pilot meals are packed so they can be eaten with one hand at the controls. Crew catering for a long rotation includes different meals for pilots on request. Cockpit meals travel in crew meal boxes marked CREW so no guest tray is opened by mistake, and cabin crew meals follow the same label.

Meal passPGWT

Cabin crew

Box

Marked crew

Galley

Oven 6 min

Order

On request

Marked crew

Meal passPGWT

Pilots

Box

CPT ≠ F/O

Galley

Cold or hot

Order

On request

Two dishes

Runway and apron at Francisco Manglona Borja / Tinian International Airport, Oceania

To the steps, on your slot.

Airside · plane-side · day or night

DeliveryEvery FBO

FBO delivery and FBO catering at Francisco Manglona Borja / Tinian International Airport (TIQ)

FBO catering at Tinian means the food reaches the aircraft through the general aviation terminal. Catering delivery to the FBO is coordinated with your handling agent, who knows the gate and the ramp. Ground handling catering and handling agent catering are one chain, so tell us the tail and the slot and the box arrives where the aircraft stands.

FBOHandling agentGround handlerGA terminal

High loaderLarge cabins, bizliners

Galley-door delivery and aviation catering at Francisco Manglona Borja / Tinian International Airport (TIQ)

Tinian's apron is open and uncluttered, and larger aircraft can park without much squeeze, but galley catering still follows the cabin door and the type. We check door height and whether a high loader is needed, then plan airside catering delivery with your handling agent. Aircraft provisioning for a bigger bizjet or VIP airliner is loaded trolley by trolley, so nothing waits on the ramp.

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 airportPGWT / TIQ

Airport catering at Francisco Manglona Borja / Tinian International Airport (PGWT)

Tinian International sits on the island's flat limestone plateau, a former wartime airfield with a long runway out of proportion to today's traffic. Airport catering here is a custom job, not a standing service. General aviation is the daily business: FBO services and ground handling services keep a handful of arrivals running.

Business aviation

Business aviation at Tinian is a niche: a business aviation hub in miniature, serving charters to the casino, island repositioning and the occasional diplomatic flight. Executive jet catering, inflight catering and in-flight catering for these trips are planned around the season. Aviation catering and business aviation catering share one order, diplomatic flight catering is cleared ahead, and cabin crew meals ride with the rest.

Customs & food import

The Northern Mariana Islands follow US federal customs and agricultural rules. Meat, fresh fruit and dairy arriving from abroad can be inspected or refused, so we use locally sourced items where we can. Declare any food you carry, and ask us what clears easily.

ReviewsFrom the crews we cater for

5.0 / 5

★★★★★

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

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★★★★★VIP AIRLINER

“Several practical details needed attention at PGWT, with vegetable tartlets and a dessert selection requested for 6 guests and a family lunch request to accommodate. For airport catering, that attention to crew briefing made the order noticeably easier to manage. I asked The Galley Girls to review the sandwiches quantities against the passenger brief, and the proposed portions made sense. We also checked the snack boxes before approval, which helped avoid a second round of questions later in the preparation.”

Gabriel I. | Chief cabin officer — BBJ

BBJ 2

★★★★★BUSINESS JET

“Packing a cold lunch with cheese and fruit for 2 passengers at TIQ needed careful thought, especially given two separate meal services. For our team, the strongest part of their inflight catering was how they handled catering handover. The Galley Girls kept the starters separate from the finishing elements, which gave us control over the final presentation. It made a difference to have the side dishes ready without cluttering the galley work area during preparation.”

Adam H. | VIP flight attendant

Falcon 8X

★★★★★CHARTER

“Menu approval at Francisco Manglona Borja / Tinian International Airport covered mini sandwiches and individual desserts for 2 guests, leaving us to organise the service around different crew meal preferences. I wanted clear identification on the starters; The Galley Girls made the packing arrangement easy to compare with the order. I found the canapés without searching through every box, a small detail that mattered during the final cabin checks. For in-flight catering, that attention to galley preparation made the order noticeably easier to manage.”

Ines X. | Charter operator

Challenger 350

Questions crews ask about Tinian IslandAsked by crews

How much does private jet catering cost for a flight into Tinian, and what do customs rules change?+

Cost starts with where the ingredients come from. Because US customs and agricultural rules apply on Tinian, a tray of imported cheese or cured meat can be held, while locally sourced kelaguen and fruit clear without drama. Private jet catering is priced per menu, so we work from your seat count and your preferences.

What is the lead time for a business jet with a small galley at Tinian?+

What shapes lead time is the galley, not the calendar. A turboprop or light jet landing at PGWT often has little storage, so we pack compact and cold; a bigger aircraft takes platters and hot trays. Last-minute orders are handled whatever the cabin.

What should crews know about customs and the weather window at Tinian?+

Check the weather first, customs second. A typhoon or heavy rain band can reshape a departure from PGWT, and food that was ready must be re-planned. US customs apply to anything arriving from abroad; locally prepared food goes straight to the aircraft.

Can you bring food on board for the return leg from Tinian?+

A flight leaving Tinian often needs a full second menu for the return sector. We prepare it here, sealed and labelled, so the cabin is ready on departure. Bringing food from outside is allowed in principle, but destination customs decide what can land.

Is catering part of a charter flying out of Tinian at night or very early?+

No. You order catering on its own and it is billed on its own. An early departure from Tinian only affects when we meet your handling agent, not how the order is paid. We are available 24/7 by phone and email.