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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Biarritz, France
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Biarritz (LFBZ / BIQ)
BIQ (IATA) · LFBZ (ICAO)
A 2250 m runway sets the limit at Biarritz, and inflight catering here is planned inside that limit rather than around it: wide-body-format uplift, hi-loader boarding to galley height, one ops desk. In-flight catering leaves the kitchen sealed and reaches the aircraft airside, without a hand-off at the foot of the steps.
2,250 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
1
FBO on station
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VIP at any volume
8 First covers or 400 passengers across three cabins, same execution
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24/7 order desk
Ad hoc, AOG and same-day uplift answered around the clock
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Multi-leg coordination
One loading sheet, every leg of your rotation
On the apron — Biarritz
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at Biarritz airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Biarritz (BIQ)
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Biarritz, France
Ramp access at Biarritz governs the loading window more than any clock does: the sealed cart leaves our kitchen, crosses the apron and reaches the galley door on a single measured run. Catering uplift is timed from that seal to the signature at handover, not from an estimate written the day before. Every rotation at LFBZ is worked to the same sequence, so the window holds even when the apron is busy.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Biarritz sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and the convoy is the part of the operation we plan against, not the food. Galley catering is sealed before it leaves the kitchen, carried under chain of custody on a fixed route, and opened only at the aircraft. Catering uplift is logged twice: once at sealing, once at the galley door, with a signature closing the load at each end.
The convoy is measured the same way every time it crosses this apron.
Crew meals and pilot meals for Biarritz, France departures
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at LFBZ / BIQ
Airport catering at Biarritz runs from a kitchen built to feed the ramp rather than a dining room: hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof. Airport catering here holds its cold chain from the moment a tray is packed to the moment it clears the galley door, checked against HACCP procedure at each stage. That structure is what lets flight kitchen output at LFBZ move from sealed cart to aircraft without a break in temperature or in custody.
Government flight catering at Biarritz is handled by the same named team on every rotation, not a rotating pool: security clearance on file, on the access list, and trained to the paperwork a sealed uplift carries with it. That team also carries royal household standards where a movement calls for them, and the same access list applies whether the flight is a state visit or a standing charter. Catering at LFBZ is signed off by a named person, not a shift.
VIP flight catering menus for LFBZ departures
Commercial aviation catering written per cabin at Biarritz
Menus at Biarritz are built to the cabin and the mission first, and to the season second: produce drawn from the surrounding Landes and Basque country, dairy, fish and orchard fruit worked into a specification rather than a fixed dish list. Inflight catering here moves between plated First-cabin service and volume tray sets on the same production line, without either standard compromising the other. A charter flight menu and a VIP flight menu are built from the same cold larder, only the format and the plating change. Every set carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical codes, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it is sealed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Biarritz are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request and filed against the standing order. VIP flight catering here is produced on its own line, kept apart from the volume tray-set run so timing and presentation are never shared with a bigger rotation.
Business cabins
Business cabins at LFBZ get multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets, sized to the aircraft's fitted galley before the hi-loader ever leaves the kitchen. Cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in the same load, boxed separately and logged against the crew roster, alongside the cabin crew meals sequence and the standard crew meals count.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements for Biarritz departures are documented per passenger before production starts: household, religious and medical requirements, halal and kosher sets, and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering of this kind is produced on a separate line and sealed there, never mixed with the standard cabin run before it leaves the kitchen.
The three books
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Royal & Government Flights
Royal households · government · state operations
- Plated service · First to main cabin
- Protocol handling · security clearance
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Charter & Commercial
Charter · ACMI · group · scheduled · ad hoc
- 400 passengers · one uplift
- HACCP cold chain, logged to the galley door
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Private Jet
Business jet · VVIP charter · flight departments
- From 8 covers · plated forward
- Reheat sequence specified per dish
Compliance
Food safety and cold chain for aviation catering at Biarritz
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.
Airside airport catering at Biarritz (BIQ)
Biarritz carries scheduled, charter, VIP and government traffic across a single narrow-body-rated stand, which turns every rotation into a documentation and sequencing exercise rather than a volume one: each movement is worked as its own file, cleared and loaded on its own schedule. Airline catering and aviation catering at BIQ share the same ramp routing because there is no second stand to split them onto.
The sealed cart leaves our kitchen, crosses the apron under escort and reaches the aircraft by hi-loader to galley height; our own coordinator walks the load to the stand rather than handing it to a general ramp queue. Inflight catering and in-flight catering in France both depend on that same fixed route between kitchen and galley door, and airport catering at Biarritz is planned against it rotation by rotation.
On every movement here we commit to one named coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover at the galley door.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at LFBZ / BIQ
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Government and state flight catering at LFBZ
Into a station rated for narrow-body movements, a head of state aircraft still lands on the same single stand as any scheduled arrival, and government flight catering here is planned around that shared ramp rather than a dedicated one. Delegations and official movements get a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and an uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at BIQ
Working a single narrow-body stand means sequencing a royal or VVIP movement ahead of the rotation around it, not alongside it, and that sequencing is fixed before the aircraft blocks in. Royal flight catering at Biarritz is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, covering private airliners, BBJ and ACJ formats, with halal and other household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Biarritz
2250 metres of runway, and that is what clears a charter-configured wide-body for a full uplift on this ramp rather than a reduced one. Charter flight catering in Biarritz covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering at LFBZ staged in the order the galleys are laid out and counted against the loading sheet before departure.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at LFBZ
A narrow-body reference code at Biarritz still boards a full cabin set on schedule, and it is what lets a carrier run this station as an outstation without adjusting its standard specification. Ad hoc airline catering covers diversions and technical stop catering as they land, outstation catering for the operators based here, and AOG cover across a multi-leg rotation, all worked off one duty roster.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at BIQ
Our kitchen works the same 2250 m ramp for business aviation as it does for scheduled traffic, delivering private jet catering at LFBZ to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal. FBO catering here runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, whether it is business aviation catering or a single business jet catering order.
Private jets →
FBOs at Biarritz
aeroport biarritz/onet executive
Charter flight catering trusted by operators at Biarritz (BIQ)
Flight departments on jet catering at BIQ
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We arranged presidential flight catering at Biarritz (BIQ/LFBZ) for a sensitive movement. Special meals and crew items were clearly separated, and the aircraft-side handover was smooth. A professional service for movements where discretion matters. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Giovanni — Mission Operations Manager
“We ordered ACJ catering for our aircraft at Biarritz (BIQ/LFBZ) and the result was very good. Everything arrived neatly packed, easy to identify in the galley, and consistent with the presentation we requested. A very smooth experience for the cabin team. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Sophie — Ad Hoc Operations Manager
“For a high-volume passenger flight at Biarritz (BIQ/LFBZ), we needed reliable umrah flight catering. Packaging was practical for the cabin and the uplift arrived in good order for departure. We would use the service again for a similar charter. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Diana — Air Cargo Operations Manager
Station data for aviation catering at Biarritz (LFBZ / BIQ)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,250 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | LFBZ |
Aircraft catering questions at LFBZ / BIQ
Technical stop catering questions at LFBZ
What operations gets asked every week about Biarritz.
Ask operations directly →What FBO catering options do you offer at BIQ?
We deliver private jet catering to every FBO on the field and to the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Can you tell me what airline catering costs at LFBZ?
A quotation turns on cabin count, specification and loading window rather than a fixed price list; the desk comes back with a figure once those three are set.
Which halal, kosher and special meal codes can you produce for Biarritz departures?
The sealed cart carries halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA SPML codes, each one documented per passenger and produced on a separate line before it reaches the aircraft.
When does an order need to be placed for Biarritz Airport, and how late can it change?
Once the loading window is confirmed, cabin counts can still move up to the cut-off the desk sets per rotation, though the base specification is best fixed well ahead of that.
Do you deliver airline catering airside at BIQ?
Yes, by hi-loader from a sealed cart straight to the galley door, with airside delivery handled by our own coordinator rather than a general ramp queue.
How do you handle VIP, VVIP and government flight catering at LFBZ?
LFBZ movements of this kind run under the same protocol file every time: security-cleared staff, a sealed uplift, and government flight catering documented per passenger before it leaves the kitchen.
Outstation catering near Biarritz
EAS / LESO
Hondarribia
Spain · 25 km from Biarritz
Airline & VIP flight catering →
PNA / LEPP
Pamplona
Spain · 78 km from Biarritz
Airline & VIP flight catering →
PUF / LFBP
Pau/Pyrénées
France · 90 km from Biarritz
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Biarritz (BIQ / LFBZ)
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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
Uplift at Biarritz (BIQ)