Catering to your aircraft in Ibagué.
Perales Airport is where the Tolima Department meets business aviation: short stops, small galleys, long days. We pack for that, and we hand it over at the aircraft.
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.
Ibagué calls itself the musical capital of Colombia, and the Tolima Department table is as distinctive as its festivals. Our private jet menu draws on local specialities: tamal tolimense, lechona tolimense, arepas and fresh fruit from the surrounding valleys. Each dish is built as private jet food that survives a galley: the tamal wrapped in its leaf and served warm from the oven, the lechona sliced and plated cold or reheated, the sauce apart. The inflight menu can be shaped around the passengers' tastes, with private jet platters for sharing, gourmet inflight meals for a seated service, and private jet snacks for a quick stop. Coffee from the Tolima hills is a natural closer, brewed in the galley or packed ready to pour. Anything not on the page can be written as a bespoke item for the Tolima Department, in Ibagué or beyond.
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.
Perales Airport sits at 2,999 ft in the Tolima Department, and its apron is a regional stop, not a hub. Private jet catering here is built around that: a short rotation, a small galley, a menu that travels well. We handle inflight catering and in-flight catering for every kind of visit, from aviation catering for corporate runs to business aviation catering and executive jet catering for owners, plus diplomatic flight catering and cabin crew meals on request, all handed over at the FBO.
Corporate jet catering at SKIB is usually built for one cabin and one galley. Business jet catering for Ibagué can include VIP flight catering, charter flight catering and luxury inflight catering with local dishes. A private jet chef writes a bespoke menu once we know who is on board.
When an official party lands in Ibagué, government flight catering is arranged through protocol, not the kitchen. Head of state flight catering, VIP aviation catering and state visit aircraft catering share one rule: names and restrictions are known before the first dish is prepared.
Ibagué cooking leans on corn, cassava, pork and cheese, so allergens hide in arepas, tamales and fried sides. Special meals here follow a procedure: kosher, halal, vegan, gluten free and allergen free plates are prepared and sealed separately, and kids meals are written for the age on board. You send the restrictions and the seat plan, we send back a card per tray.
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 SKIB, crew meals are a line on the order, on request and invoiced. Pilots at Perales get flight crew meals and pilot meals packed as cockpit meals in crew meal boxes, one box per seat, stamped CREW so nobody mistakes them for the cabin trays. Crew catering follows the rotation, and we can write different meals for pilots when the operator asks for it.
FBO catering at Perales means catering delivery to the FBO at the general aviation terminal, then to the aircraft. Ground handling catering and handling agent catering are coordinated so the order is received on the apron at your slot.
Perales Airport handles regional and business jets, so the aircraft decides how the order is loaded. Galley catering for a light jet fits one cart through the main door; a larger cabin may need airside catering delivery with a high loader through the FBO. We ask for the type and the galley layout, then confirm aircraft provisioning with your handling agent so everything reaches the cabin intact.
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.
Airport catering at SKIB serves a field used mostly by general aviation and regional business jets. FBO services and ground handling services are available, making Perales a quiet business aviation hub for central Colombia.
Business aviation catering at Ibagué covers the usual range: inflight catering for regional jets, in-flight catering for charters, aviation catering for crews, executive jet catering for owners, and diplomatic flight catering for official parties. Cabin crew meals can be added.
International flights arriving at SKIB must respect Colombian food import rules, especially for animal and plant products. Ordering from us keeps the galley compliant without clearing food at customs.
Average rating from the cabin crew and pilots we cater for.
“The 4 passenger portions of a breakfast basket with individual preserves were the easy part; managing a late menu amendment at Perales Airport took more planning. With several people involved, The Galley Girls kept the main courses and delivery arrangements together in a concise order update. We could account for the starters before passing the boxes to the cabin team, without a lengthy unpacking exercise. I want a private jet catering company to understand crew briefing, and this order gave us a useful starting point.”
“Breakfast was already sorted; at SKIB, the next request was poached fish with steamed rice for 11 guests, with a revised passenger count to work around. We described our serving sequence to The Galley Girls and asked for the fruit plates to be packed accordingly. When comparing private jet catering companies, I would look closely at storage requirements after this experience. The snack boxes were reserved for the next stage, so the worktop stayed clear while we prepared the initial dishes.”
“Our priority at IBE was avocado toast components and breakfast fruit for 3 passengers, with a late menu amendment shaping the service plan. My search for "private jet catering near me" led to a practical conversation about catering handover. The confirmation from The Galley Girls showed the canapés clearly enough for us to check the planned service quantities. There was enough information about the breakfast portions to brief the crew without making assumptions about what had been ordered.”
A short repositioning flight with an empty cabin is the cheapest case: usually crew meals and a few snacks, nothing close to a full service. How much does private jet catering cost then? It depends on how many people board and whether hot dishes are needed. Ibagué produce such as tamal and fresh fruit stay modest.
Official visits to Ibagué need a menu cleared before anything is cooked, so lead time is set by the approval step. We handle last-minute orders once names, dietary restrictions and security notes are confirmed.
Colombian import rules on animal and plant products apply to anything that arrives on board. A tight slot at Perales leaves little room to clear it, so ordering locally is simpler.
Outside food can go on board, but Colombian customs and galley size both set limits. Ordering from us avoids the paperwork and fits the aircraft's real capacity.
A night departure from Ibagué still means a separate order and a separate invoice, because catering is not part of a private jet charter. We hand over at the FBO to suit the slot.
Tail, pax and diets — a flight attendant takes it from there, day or night.
