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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Bordeaux, France
VIP & private jet catering with airline catering at Bordeaux (LFBD / BOD)
BOD (IATA) · LFBD (ICAO)
At Bordeaux (LFBD), a 3100 m runway carries wide-body arrivals through to a stand ready for boarding, and inflight catering here starts on the ramp rather than at a passenger door. AERO GOURMET runs in-flight catering and inflight catering for scheduled, charter, VIP, government and private jet flights through hi-loader boarding straight to galley height, wide-body volume handled without the uplift ever waiting on the tarmac.
3,100 m
Longest runway
Wide-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
Runways
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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 — Bordeaux
Commercial aviation catering at wide-body scale, Bordeaux, France
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at LFBD / BOD
Aircraft catering sealed from kitchen to galley at Bordeaux (BOD)
Ramp access is what separates a delivered pallet from a catering uplift actually boarded, and at this station that access is worked through our own badges rather than a curbside handover. The route runs from a sealed kitchen dispatch, across the apron, to the galley door, each leg timed against the wide-body rotation it serves. Nothing about that route is estimated: it is logged at departure and checked again at arrival.
Between our kitchen and the stand at LFBD sit screening, an escort through airside, and apron traffic that a wide-body rotation has to share with everything else moving that hour. We plan the galley catering run against the worst version of that convoy, not the average one, because the aircraft does not wait for the convoy to catch up. Every catering uplift is logged at sealing and checked again at handover, and the crew who signs it closes the load under their own name, not a stamp.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the aircraft.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for LFBD
Airline food supplier crews cleared for Bordeaux, France
The flight kitchen behind Bordeaux runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, so a wide-body rotation is not waiting on three separate suppliers to align. Every line in that kitchen works to HACCP, which is the standard a food-safety desk checks before anything else on this page. Airport catering at Bordeaux and airport catering at LFBD both draw from that same kitchen, which keeps the flight kitchen at BOD answerable to one set of procedures rather than several.
The team that handles government flight catering at this station is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assigned on the day. Security clearance sits on file for each of them, alongside a place on the access list that airside movement depends on. That same crew is trained to royal household standards and carries the paperwork a sealed uplift needs at catering at BOD, so protocol and production never wait on each other.
VIP flight catering menus for BOD departures
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at LFBD / BOD
Menus at this station are written to the cabin and the mission first, and only then to the season, so a First-cabin rotation and a group charter never run off the same sheet. Local sourcing draws on the produce of south-west France, orchard fruit, dairy and river fish worked into a tray set rather than a fixed dish, and inflight catering at BOD adjusts that sourcing rotation by rotation rather than by a fixed seasonal calendar. Special meals, halal, kosher and medical sets are logged per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed. Nothing about the specification travels loose: it is documented before it leaves the kitchen, matching what is boarded to what was ordered.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Bordeaux are plated to a written specification held on file, not improvised on the day, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. VIP flight catering at LFBD keeps that specification fixed across a repeat rotation, so a returning aircraft finds the same standard waiting.
Business cabins
Business cabins at BOD run multi-choice hot service to a cabin specification, boxed into oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals at Bordeaux and crew meals at BOD travel in the same tray sets, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately against the roster.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Bordeaux are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets on the same file as the rest of the order. Halal and kosher sets, plus the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed before inflight catering at Bordeaux leaves that line for the aircraft.
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
HACCP control for flight catering at LFBD
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.
Aviation catering delivered to the stand at Bordeaux airport
Bordeaux runs scheduled, charter and government traffic across two runways feeding wide-body stands, and that mix turns catering into three separate problems on the same afternoon: a delegation is a documentation exercise, a charter wave is a capacity exercise, and a repeat rotation is a repetition exercise that has to look identical every time.
The uplift moves from our kitchen to the ramp under airside delivery, escorted across the apron and boarded by hi-loader rather than handed over at the aircraft steps, with ground handling on the stand coordinating the timing. Aviation catering at LFBD, airline catering at BOD, airport catering at BOD, inflight catering at LFBD and in-flight catering at LFBD all run off that same single ops desk rather than separate lines per segment.
What we commit to on this stand is one coordinator, sealed carts, and a signed handover that closes the load under one name.
VVIP catering and commercial flights at Bordeaux, France
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Government and state flight catering at BOD
Two runways at Bordeaux carry both scheduled traffic and unscheduled movements, which means a head of state aircraft can land with no advance notice on the public schedule and still be met by a cleared process. Government flight catering at this station documents the protocol file per passenger, with security-cleared staff sealing the uplift before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Bordeaux
Our kitchen holds a wide-body reference code specification on file for private airliners, which is what lets a BBJ, an ACJ or a wide-body VIP aircraft return to Bordeaux and find the same household standard waiting rather than a rebuilt one. Royal flight catering here keeps that written specification current between movements, with halal and household dietary requirements confirmed on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LFBD
Wide-body stands at this reference-code airport take a full three-cabin uplift in one loading pass, staged to the order the galleys are laid out rather than to a generic pallet count. Charter flight catering at Bordeaux serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and multi-leg special missions, and charter flight catering in France is counted against the loading sheet before the cart ever reaches the ramp.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at BOD
A 3100 m runway sets no limit on the wide-body rotations this station takes, which means ad hoc airline catering at BOD has to be planned around traffic density rather than around aircraft size. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all run off the same duty roster, with ad hoc airline catering in France covering AOG and multi-leg rotations without a separate booking process for either.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Bordeaux
A business jet on a wide-body-capable field still parks on the general aviation apron, and that is where our dedicated private-jet branch delivers rather than at the wide-body stands. Private jet catering at Bordeaux reaches the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering and business aviation catering following one specification and business jet catering booked through the same desk.
Private jets →
Aviation catering trusted by operators at BOD
Flight departments on jet catering at Bordeaux
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our ops team used the service at Bordeaux (BOD/LFBD) as an airline catering partner. One contact handled the order from confirmation through delivery, which saved our dispatch team a lot of follow-up. A good partner to have when the usual supplier is not available. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Giovanni — Airport Services Coordinator
“Our team needed private jet catering in Bordeaux for a short-notice flight at BOD/LFBD. Everything arrived fresh, well presented, and easy for the cabin crew to organize before boarding. Good local support for a VIP operation. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Sarah — Station Operations Manager
“For our flight from Bordeaux (BOD/LFBD), the cabin order included multiple kosher airline meals. The team confirmed the dietary details carefully and there was no confusion when the order arrived. Very reassuring for the cabin crew. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
David — Private Aviation Manager
Outstation catering data for Bordeaux (LFBD / BOD)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 3,100 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LFBD |
Aircraft catering questions at Bordeaux airport
Diversion catering and ramp questions at BOD
What operations gets asked every week about Bordeaux.
Ask operations directly →How does airline catering reach the aircraft airside at Bordeaux?
Airline catering here moves by airside delivery from our sealed kitchen dispatch, across the apron and onto the aircraft by hi-loader straight to galley height, with no handover at the foot of the steps.
When can you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Bordeaux Airport?
Once an order is confirmed, private jet catering runs to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same schedule as a scheduled rotation, with FBO catering following the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Which protocol governs VIP, VVIP and government flight catering at BOD?
The hi-loader and sealed-cart route that boards every wide-body rotation here also carries VIP flight catering and government flight catering, run under the same documented protocol file per passenger rather than a separate process.
Is there a fixed lead time for placing or changing an order at LFBD?
The coordinator on duty confirms how far in advance an order should be placed and how late a specification can still change, and last minute airline catering is worked case by case against the loading window rather than refused outright.
Inflight catering at other airports near Bordeaux
RYN / LFCY
Royan/Médis
France · 91 km from Bordeaux
Airline & VIP flight catering →
EGC / LFBE
Bergerac
France · 97 km from Bordeaux
Airline & VIP flight catering →
CNG / LFBG
Cognac/Châteaubernard
France · 97 km from Bordeaux
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Charter flight catering quote for Bordeaux airport
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Bordeaux (BOD / LFBD)
Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Bordeaux, not a brochure.
orders@aerogourmet.com · operations desk, 24/7
Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Bordeaux (BOD)