Which FBOs and handlers at GIG can you deliver to?

We deliver to Lider Aviação and to any other handler or apron position holding your aircraft at GIG. If your operator has arranged handling independently, send us the handler details when you place the order and we coordinate directly.

Can you handle last-minute or same-day orders at GIG?

Yes — same-day requests at Rio Galeão are routine. Send us your departure time and passenger count and we confirm feasibility and a menu within 10 minutes. Lead time requirements vary by menu complexity, so early contact always gives you more options.

How are crew meals handled at Rio De Janeiro?

Crew meals for GIG rotations are ordered alongside the main uplift and priced separately for operators. They are portioned for working crew, clearly labelled, and loaded with the passenger order. For recurring crew cycles through SBGL, we can set a standing brief.

Do you cater halal, kosher, vegetarian and allergy requirements?

Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and halal options are available on every order at GIG. Kosher catering requires a minimum of 24 hours' notice and confirmation of the certifying authority required. Note all dietary requirements when placing your request — not as an afterthought.

How do I place an order for a GIG departure?

Send your request — departure date, aircraft type, passenger count, any dietary notes, and your handler or FBO at GIG — through the Altitude Dining request form or directly to your coordinator. You receive confirmation in under 10 minutes. Changes are managed through the same single contact.

What does catering at GIG cost?

Pricing is per order and depends on menu selection, passenger count, lead time, and any specialist dietary requirements. We send a full quote within 10 minutes of your request — no rate card, no ambiguity.

Private Aviation Catering

Private Jet Catering at Rio De Janeiro (GIG)

Q: Who provides private jet catering at Rio De Janeiro?

Altitude Dining coordinates inflight catering at GIG through a local kitchen-and-delivery network operating 24/7. One coordinator manages your order from confirmation through to planeside delivery — no handoffs, one invoice.

Rio De Janeiro · Brazil · ICAO SBGL

Rio Galeão handles the intercontinental traffic that defines this city's aviation calendar — wide-body movements, government delegations, and private charters arriving from every continent. Altitude Dining coordinates fresh, restaurant-grade catering delivered planeside at GIG, confirmed within 10 minutes of your request, 24 hours a day.

Request for GIG View the menu

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Reply Guaranteed

A coordinator responds within 10 minutes — any hour, any time zone.

Single Contact

One coordinator handles your order from brief to delivery.

High Loader Ready

Full high-loader capability for wide-body and VVIP aircraft.

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Fresh & Local

Sourced from local markets — prepared the same day, loaded galley-ready.

Private Jet, Government & Event Catering

Private Jet & Aviation Catering at Rio De Janeiro

Private Aviation

Private Jet Catering

VIP menus composed around your principal's preferences, packed galley-ready and delivered to the FBO or the aircraft. Crew meals load with the main order.

State & Diplomatic

Government Flight Catering

Delegation and state flight catering handled with discretion: one confirmed channel, precise timing, complete documentation for every uplift.

On the Ground

Event Catering

Hangar receptions, product launches and aviation events, served to the same standard we deliver on the ramp.

High Loader Capability

Wide-body and VVIP ready at Rio De Janeiro

Certified high-loader equipment and trained crews on standby — full capability for large-cabin and head-of-state aircraft, at any hour.

High-loader service

Crew Meals · Rio De Janeiro

Crew meals at Rio De Janeiro

Dedicated crew catering for departures from Rio De Janeiro — ordered and packaged separately from the cabin, balanced and labelled for long duty days. Available for every flight, 24/7.

Rio De Janeiro · FBOs & Ground Handling

Every handler on the field

We deliver planeside to whichever FBO or handler holds your aircraft at GIG — no prior account, no collection counter. Confirm the handler and stand at order; our driver manages airside access.

Lider Aviacao

Estrada das Canarias 1862, Ilha do Governador, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-900, Brazil

1 fixed-base operator on the field · all served · handler-agnostic delivery

What flight crews say · BUSINESS AVIATION CATERING

Trusted by flight crews and operations teams

Premium presentation

Our catering in Brazil delivered at Sao Paulo Congonhas (CGH) was beautifully presented. The order was simple to place and the quality was excellent.

Valentina · VIP Flight Attendant

Great coordination

For our charter flight in Brazil from Rio Santos Dumont, everything was handled efficiently. Quick replies and dependable execution.

Julian · Charter Operations Agent

Outstanding support

Trusted catering support in Brazil from SBGR - Guarulhos. Everything was organized clearly and delivered exactly as requested.

Nathan · Government Flight Department

VIP Inflight Catering · Rio De Janeiro

Rio De Janeiro private jet catering menu

A short, working selection — not the full carte. This is what the kitchen boards most often for a Rio De Janeiro departure: classics that travel, plated for cabin altitude, sourced the same morning.

The Altitude Dining kitchenBrazil

Morning

Pão de queijo & tropical fruit plate

Warm Minas Gerais cheese bread alongside sliced papaya and maracujá, sourced through Rio's daily wholesale market.

To start

Pirarucu fillet, tucupi dressing

Cold-sliced farmed Amazonian pirarucu with a light tucupi and fresh herb vinaigrette, portioned for cabin service.

Cold main

Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá

Traditional salt cod preparation with potato, egg, and Taggiasca olives — composed cold, galley-ready in individual portions.

Hot main

Slow-braised black bean feijoada, white rice

Rio's definitive dish, portioned individually, made with pork from the Serra Gaúcha and black beans from Paraná.

Pâtisserie

Quindim

Dense coconut and egg-yolk custard from a Rio confeitaria, set in individual moulds, allergen-clean beyond egg.

Cold main

Ceviche carioca, caju leche de tigre

Fresh Atlantic fish cured in citrus with cashew-based tiger's milk and thinly sliced caju — Rio's coastal pantry, cabin-portioned.

Priced on request · quoted in BRL — a coordinator responds within 10 minutesSee the full menu →

Order Private Jet Catering · Rio De Janeiro

Catering for your next departure from GIG

Build your order or send a request in one step — a coordinator responds within 10 minutes with menu, allergen sheet and pricing. Loading coordinated airside at your FBO.

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A coordinator responds within 10 minutes · 24/7

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Inflight Catering · Rio De Janeiro

Private jet catering in Rio De Janeiro

Rio sits between the Atlantic and the Serra do Mar, and that geography shows on the plate. Carioca cooking pulls from both: dense with seafood from Guanabara Bay and the coast beyond, grounded in the black beans and slow-cooked pork of feijoada, and lifted by tropical fruit — maracujá, caju, goiaba — grown within a few hours of the field. These are ingredients with a genuine address, not decorative exotica. The city's market infrastructure supports short sourcing windows. Ceasa Rio, the main wholesale hub, moves produce daily, which means a departure from SBGL can board fruit harvested that morning, fish landed the previous night, and pastries from the traditional padarias that supply Rio's hotels and restaurants. We translate that availability into cabin-ready formats — portioned, chilled, correctly packaged for the galley configuration.

Regional Catering Menu · Rio De Janeiro

Fresh catering for Rio De Janeiro flights

For private jet catering departing GIG, we draw on what the region actually does best. Pirarucu, the Amazonian river fish now farmed and sold through Rio's better fishmongers, holds up beautifully served at cabin temperature as a cold fillet with a tucupi and herb dressing. Bacalhau preparations — a Portuguese inheritance that has become entirely Brazilian — work well as a composed cold starter. Pão de queijo from Minas Gerais travels an hour to Rio's wholesale network and boards warm; it has become a reliable cabin piece precisely because it is universally liked and requires nothing from the galley. For dessert, a quindim — the dense egg-yolk and coconut custard made by Rio's confeitarias — presents cleanly in individual portions and carries no allergens beyond egg.

Locally Sourced Catering

Rooted in Rio De Janeiro

Business Aviation Catering · Rio De Janeiro

Private jet catering at GIG

Catering is logistics before it is cuisine. The figures below shape how, when and what we board at GIG — every one verified, none generic.

Elevation

28 ft

9 m AMSL — accounted for in plating and pressurisation.

Longest runway

4,000 m

13,123 ft — accepts ultra-long-range & VVIP wide-bodies.

Field status

Active

In service — our order desk operates 24/7 for this field.

Coordinates

22.81°S

43.25°W — handler routing confirmed at order.

10 / 284,000 m · 13,123 ftPrimary

15 / 333,180 m · 10,433 ftSecondary

Why it matters for your order. With a 4,000 m runway, Rio De Janeiro handles the long-haul, wide-body and government traffic that needs high-loader delivery — and we plan timing around exactly these constraints, not a template.

Private Jet Catering FAQ · Rio De Janeiro

Frequently asked

Altitude Dining coordinates inflight catering at GIG through a local kitchen-and-delivery network operating 24/7. One coordinator manages your order from confirmation through to planeside delivery — no handoffs, one invoice.