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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Cannes, France
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Cannes (LFMD / CEQ)
CEQ (IATA) · LFMD (ICAO)
Two runways and a narrow-body reference code let us stage inflight catering here for scheduled and charter movements through Cannes, with ramp crews sequenced to each rotation rather than to a single wide-body slot. In-flight catering at CEQ runs on the same hi-loader boarding and airside uplift discipline as our wide-body stations, sealed at the kitchen and cleared straight to the galley door.
1,540 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
2
Runways
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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 — Cannes
Hi-loader aviation catering on the CEQ apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window for Cannes departures
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at Cannes, France
Ramp access, not the food, decides how fast a catering uplift clears the apron at Cannes. Each cart is sealed at our kitchen, escorted onto the apron under our own badges, and boarded by hi-loader straight to the galley door rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft. That sequence, not a promised duration, is what a loading window at CEQ actually measures.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Cannes sit screening, an escort onto the apron, and the ordinary traffic of a working ramp; we plan every catering uplift against the busiest version of that route, never the quietest. Chain of custody runs from the seal at the kitchen door to the signature at the galley, with nothing handed off in between. Temperature is logged when the cart is sealed and logged again at handover, so the galley catering that boards matches, cart for cart, what left the kitchen.
One sealed cart, one signature, from our kitchen door to the galley.
Airline food supplier for CEQ rotations
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at LFMD / CEQ
Airport catering at CEQ is produced under one roof rather than split across contractors: hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line, all held to the same HACCP standard from intake to seal. Airport catering in Cannes runs on that single line whatever the mission on the ramp, because a delegation and a scheduled rotation are worked from the same cold chain, not two different kitchens. Flight kitchen output for Cannes departures is sealed before it leaves the building, never at the aircraft.
Government flight catering at Cannes is handled by the same named team every rotation, not by whoever is on shift: security clearance on file, listed on the access list, and trained to the household standards a protocol movement requires. That team carries the paperwork with the load, from the seal at the kitchen to the signature at the aircraft, and it does not change between one rotation and the next. Catering at LFMD for this kind of movement is staffed, not rostered, for exactly that reason.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at LFMD
VVIP catering to a written specification at Cannes
Menus at Cannes are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a fixed catalogue, adjusted by season and by the length of the sector ahead. Inflight catering at LFMD draws on regional produce where the mission allows it — dairy, fish and orchard fruit sourced through the ordinary channels of the country, never a single named grower or dish. Every set is built from a standing specification rather than improvised at the kitchen bench, so a repeat rotation sees the same standard twice. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, labelled and sealed before the cart leaves the kitchen.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins departing Cannes take VIP flight catering plated to a written specification rather than to a fixed menu, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request. Every course is checked against the standing order before it is sealed, so the presentation on board matches the file on record.
Business cabins
Business cabins out of CEQ take multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the aircraft's own galley, boarded as tray sets rather than plated individually. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster supplied, so pilot meals never share a tray with the cabin service.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements for movements through Cannes are documented per passenger before production starts, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside halal and kosher meals and the full range of IATA special meal codes. Every one of them is produced on its own line and sealed there, ahead of the inflight catering that boards the main cabins.
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
Aircraft catering under HACCP control at Cannes, France
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.
Flight catering airside delivery at Cannes (CEQ)
Two runways and a narrow-body reference code set the traffic profile at Cannes: scheduled and charter movements alongside government and VIP rotations, each one a documentation task as much as a loading task, since a protocol file has to be right before a single tray is boarded. Inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering at Cannes are planned to that mix rather than to one dominant customer type, so a delegation and a repeat charter are worked from the same kitchen without either one waiting on the other.
Airline catering at Cannes moves from our kitchen to the apron under escort, sealed, then boarded by hi-loader straight to the galley door rather than staged at the foot of the aircraft. Our own crews hold the ramp badges for that route, so the handover from convoy to aircraft stays inside one chain of custody. Airport catering in Cannes is planned stand by stand for that reason, never batched across rotations.
What we commit to on this station is one coordinator per movement, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover at the galley door.
Royal flight catering and scheduled uplifts at LFMD / CEQ
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Government and state flight catering at CEQ
A narrow-body reference code keeps every movement at Cannes on a single class of stand, which means a head of state aircraft is sequenced into the same ramp flow as the rotation before it rather than isolated on its own apron. Government flight catering here documents the protocol file per passenger, with security-cleared staff and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Cannes
Narrow-body is the reference code held at Cannes, and it governs private airliners on this ramp the same way it governs a scheduled service: one class of stand, one loading sequence. Royal flight catering at CEQ holds household standards across repeat rotations, from a written specification kept on file between movements, covering BBJ and ACJ types with halal and household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LFMD
Our kitchen works the narrow-body reference code held at Cannes into a single loading sequence for charter airlines, ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions alike. Charter flight catering in Cannes and charter flight catering at Cannes both mean a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order, whatever the season behind the mission.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at CEQ
With two runways and a narrow-body reference code, Cannes takes scheduled short-haul rotations and the ad hoc airline catering that comes with irregular operations, rather than one dominant carrier's fixed programme. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering run off the same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, while crew meals in France and crew meals in Cannes are boxed to the roster rather than the cabin manifest.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Cannes
The 1540 m runway at Cannes sets the class of business aviation this field takes, and it is worked by our dedicated private-jet branch rather than folded into the airline programme. Private jet catering at Cannes is delivered to 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 handled on request.
Private jets →
FBOs at Cannes
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Charter flight catering reviewed at LFMD
Flight departments on jet catering at CEQ
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“For our departure from Cannes (CEQ/LFMD), we specifically needed airline meal boxes. The trays and boxes were organized logically, which saved the cabin crew time before passengers arrived. Good attention to the operational side of catering. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Fernando — Flight Support Executive
“Our operation through Cannes (CEQ/LFMD) included an outstation request at short notice. The team stayed in contact with operations, adjusted to the new timing, and kept the aircraft handover simple. Good support for a changing flight schedule. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Scheduled airline
Giorgio — Outstation Manager
“I needed reliable private jet menu at Cannes (CEQ/LFMD) for a same-day departure. The team was responsive to a late change and the final order still arrived looking polished. Exactly what I want from a private aviation caterer. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Simon — Private Flight Coordinator
Airport catering facts for Cannes (LFMD / CEQ)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,540 m |
| Runways | 2 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | LFMD |
Aircraft catering questions at Cannes (CEQ)
Diversion catering and ramp questions at LFMD
What operations gets asked every week about Cannes.
Ask operations directly →At what point does airline catering cost get fixed for a movement through LFMD?
It is fixed once cabin count, specification and loading window are confirmed with our desk, since airline catering cost depends on those three rather than on a published rate; the desk returns a quotation once they are set.
Do you take last-minute orders for a rotation through Cannes?
Yes, by working to a lead time set from confirmation to the loading window rather than a fixed calendar date; how far in advance an order is placed decides how much of the specification can still change, and last minute airline catering is worked against whatever window remains.
Given the household and religious sets a protocol movement can carry, are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced at Cannes Mandelieu?
There is a dedicated line for halal, kosher and the full set of SPML codes, each documented per passenger and sealed separately before it joins the main uplift.
Who boards the aircraft once the cart clears security at CEQ?
For every movement through this station, airline catering is boarded by hi-loader straight to the galley door, with airside delivery handled end to end by our own crews under escort rather than handed off at the foot of the aircraft.
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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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 Cannes (CEQ)