Aviation catering — Auxerre, France

Airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Auxerre (LFLA / AUF)

AUF (IATA) · LFLA (ICAO)

Auxerre works a single 1650 m runway, and that fixed dimension sets the aircraft mix our kitchen plans against on every rotation. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and hi-loader uplift for scheduled, charter, VIP and government flights, boarding wide-body and narrow-body cabins alike from ramp to galley door, airside, without a foot-of-aircraft handoff.

A catering hi-loader box raised level with the open galley door of a wide-body, its platform bridged to the doorway.
1,650 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
01
Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
02
VIP at any volume
8 First covers or 400 passengers across three cabins, same execution
03
24/7 order desk
Ad hoc, AOG and same-day uplift answered around the clock
04
Multi-leg coordination
One loading sheet, every leg of your rotation
A catering hi-loader raised to the aft galley door of a wide-body on stand, its platform level with the doorway and a second truck waiting below.

On the apron — Auxerre

Commercial aviation catering at wide-body scale, Auxerre, France

Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.

Inflight catering order window at Auxerre (AUF)

Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Auxerre (AUF)

Auxerre runs a single runway, which keeps the rotation pattern predictable and lets our catering uplift move on a fixed sequence rather than a guess. Ramp access is held on our own badges rather than a visitor escort, so the cart clears the apron on the same clock every time. From sealed kitchen output to galley door, the window is walked and timed, not estimated after the fact.

Four branded catering carts latched side by side in an aircraft galley, each door closed on a coloured seal.

Between our kitchen and the stand at AUF sit screening, an escort through the apron traffic, and the handover itself, and we plan the catering uplift against the worst case of all three rather than the average one. Chain of custody starts at the kitchen door, where each cart is sealed and the seal number logged against the load. Temperature is read at sealing and read again at handover, and the galley catering only changes hands against a signature that closes the loading sheet.

One sealed cart, one signature, from our kitchen door to the galley.

Crew meals and pilot meals for Auxerre, France departures

Several hundred identical salad bowls lined up in rows across a stainless bench, each closed with its own dressing pot, a cook portioning at the far end.

Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Auxerre, France

The flight kitchen at AUF runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, all built to HACCP procedure from intake to sealed cart. Airport catering at Auxerre is worked on that single site rather than split across satellite units, which keeps the cold chain unbroken between production and the stand. That single-site model is what lets airport catering here move from oven to cart to hi-loader without a second handling point.

The team that handles government flight catering at Auxerre is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in for the day. Each member carries a current security clearance, sits on the access list held for this field, and is trained to the household service standard that royal and state work requires. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first, and it is what stays constant here between movements.

Halal airline meals and special meals at AUF

Royal flight catering standards per cabin at LFLA / AUF

Menus at Auxerre are written to the cabin and the mission first, then adjusted for season, and never plated to a fixed weekly cycle regardless of what is flying. French sourcing runs through the specification wherever the mission allows it, drawing on regional dairy, orchard fruit and cheese rather than a single named dish. Inflight catering at LFLA is built this way for scheduled, charter, VIP and government departures alike, with the same written brief behind every tray. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed, not worked out on the ramp.

Smoked salmon and cucumber ribbons piled on a herb rösti with soft cheese and capers, herb oil dotted around the rim.

First & VVIP cabins

First and VVIP cabins at Auxerre are plated to a written specification held on file between movements, with à-la-carte and tray options available on request. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so presentation is repeatable rather than reinvented on each rotation.

A complete tray set on a black tray: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a seeded roll with herb butter and a berry dessert in a glass.

Business cabins

Business cabins move on multi-choice hot service, built to cabin specification and boxed in oven-ready formats sized to the fitted galley. Crew meals at Auxerre, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in their own boxed sets, tracked separately from the passenger load and matched to the roster.

Diet.

Protocol & dietary

Protocol and dietary requirements are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets produced on a dedicated line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen. Inflight catering at Auxerre carries halal and kosher sets built to the full range of IATA special meal codes, each one labelled to the passenger it serves.

The three books

A tray set on a stainless steel bench: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a bread roll with herb butter, and a berry dessert in a glass.

01

Royal & Government Flights

Royal households · government · state operations

  • Plated service · First to main cabin
  • Protocol handling · security clearance
Chefs plating a long line of identical main courses under heat lamps, with loaded catering trolleys waiting at the end of the line.

02

Charter & Commercial

Charter · ACMI · group · scheduled · ad hoc

  • 400 passengers · one uplift
  • HACCP cold chain, logged to the galley door
A business jet cabin credenza laid with chilled sparkling wine in a bucket, bottled drinks, a nut dish and folded napkins on a silver tray, beside a single passenger seat.

03

Private Jet

Business jet · VVIP charter · flight departments

  • From 8 covers · plated forward
  • Reheat sequence specified per dish

Compliance

HACCP standards for aviation catering at Auxerre

HACCP
HACCP cold chain
Produced in our own certified kitchens, temperature logged end to end.
Clearance
Cleared personnel
Security-cleared staff, badged airside vehicles, escorted where the stand requires it.
Custody
Sealed chain of custody
Carts sealed at the kitchen, seals verified and handovers signed at the aircraft.
Allergens
Documented allergen sets
Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements documented per uplift and per passenger.

Aircraft catering delivered airside at Auxerre airport

Auxerre works scheduled and ad hoc movements off a single narrow-body reference code, which keeps every rotation planned against the same stand and the same approach pattern rather than a shifting mix of aircraft sizes. That consistency turns each booking into a repeatable sequence: the same documentation checks, the same loading order, the same handling steps worked stand by stand.

Uplift moves from our kitchen to the apron by sealed cart, cleared airside on our own badges, and boarded by the loading method matched to the aircraft on stand that day. Airline catering at LFLA, in-flight catering and aviation catering at Auxerre run off one ops desk rather than three separate lines, so a change to cabin count or timing is confirmed once and actioned once.

Our commitment on this station is a single named coordinator per rotation, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover that closes the loading sheet, with airport catering in France held to the same written procedure whichever mission is on the ramp.

Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at Auxerre airport

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Government and state flight catering at LFLA
At Auxerre, a head of state aircraft is worked to the same reference code as any other movement on the field, which keeps the ramp routine even when the cargo is not. Government flight catering here means protocol documented per passenger, security-cleared staff, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
Royal vvip food.
02
Royal and VVIP flight catering at AUF
A single narrow-body stand means a royal household movement is sequenced against whatever else is on the ramp that day, and the loading plan is built around that constraint rather than around the aircraft alone. Royal flight catering at Auxerre serves private airliners, BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations, held to a written household specification kept on file between movements.
Royal & VVIP flights →
Charter flight catering first.
03
Charter and ACMI flight catering at Auxerre
1650 metres of runway, which sets the aircraft classes this ramp works and the pace at which a charter rotation turns around. Charter flight catering at Auxerre serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering staged as a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet.
Wide-body charter →
A complete tray set on a black tray: sliced beef fillet in gravy with piped mash and vegetables, a seeded roll with herb butter and a berry dessert in a glass.
04
Airline and ad hoc catering at LFLA
A narrow-body aircraft diverted or holding an outstation rotation through Auxerre boards from the same kitchen and the same duty roster as a scheduled service, because the reference code held here governs both. Ad hoc airline catering covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering, AOG included, across a multi-leg pattern without a change of supplier mid-rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at AUF
We run the same 1650 m field for business aviation as for scheduled traffic, delivering private jet catering in Auxerre to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on request. FBO catering here follows the same cold chain, the same sealed cart and the same signed handover as an airline uplift, with no separate paperwork track.
Private jets →

Charter flight catering reviewed at LFLA / AUF

Operators on commercial aviation catering at Auxerre

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Government flight department

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Royal household

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Charter operator

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Scheduled airline

“I asked for aviation catering packaging at Auxerre (AUF/LFLA) because we had limited time to reset the galley. The trays and boxes were organized logically, which saved the cabin crew time before passengers arrived. Exactly what we need for a quick galley setup. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”

★★★★☆

Scheduled airline

Jasmine — Trip Planning Manager

“For a changing schedule at Auxerre (AUF/LFLA), we needed flexible ACMI. They understood the operational language and did not need every change explained twice. We appreciated how easy the coordination was. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”

★★★★★

Scheduled airline

Elif — Airport Services Manager

“For our business jet at Auxerre (AUF/LFLA), I arranged business jet catering with a few passenger-specific requests. Everything was easy to check and load, and the passenger requests were prepared exactly as ordered. A very good experience from a flight attendant perspective. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”

★★★★★

Private jet operator

Julien — VIP Account Manager

Airport catering profile for Auxerre (LFLA / AUF)

DatumValue
Longest runway1,650 m
Runways1
Aerodrome reference codenarrow-body
ICAOLFLA

Business jet catering questions at AUF

Diversion catering and ramp questions at AUF

What operations gets asked every week about Auxerre.

Ask operations directly →
When can you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Auxerre?

When a slot is confirmed, our crews deliver FBO catering directly to the FBOs on the field or the GA terminal, on the same cold chain used for an airline uplift.

How does airline catering reach the aircraft airside at AUF?

AUF is worked entirely airside: the load leaves our kitchen sealed, clears the ramp on our own badges, and boards by hi-loader to galley height rather than being set down at the foot of the aircraft.

Are there fixed windows for how far in advance an order must be placed at LFLA?

Our coordinator confirms the lead time against the mission type at booking; a scheduled rotation is planned days ahead, while a diversion or AOG call is worked to whatever notice is actually available, including last minute airline catering.

What does airline catering cost for a flight through Auxerre?

We quote against cabin count, specification and loading window rather than publishing a price list, so the airline catering cost is confirmed once the mission details reach the desk.

Which flights get VIP flight catering, government flight catering or protocol handling at Auxerre?

The sealed cart and its logged handover apply equally across VIP flight catering, government flight catering and any mission carrying a formal protocol requirement, with no separate loading method for one over another.

Where are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes recorded for orders through AUF?

The production log records halal, kosher and every SPML code against the passenger it was built for, sealed on its own line before the cart leaves the kitchen.

Flight catering at airports near Auxerre

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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →

Aviation catering quote for Auxerre airport

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Auxerre (AUF / LFLA)

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Four steps

Flight

Aircraft · stand · local time

Offloading

Return leg, if any

Order

Counts · menus · files

Contact

Who we come back to

Step 1 of 4 · Flight

Flight

The airport is already filled in. Change it if the uplift boards elsewhere.

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Local time at the airport of delivery.
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Offloading

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Offloading required
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Uplift at Auxerre (AUF)