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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Chambéry, France
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Chambéry (LFLB / CMF)
CMF (IATA) · LFLB (ICAO)
A single narrow-body runway of 2020 metres sets the traffic this station handles, and it is worked from one ops desk rather than a scattered roster. Inflight catering here means one coordinator, sealed carts and hi-loader boarding to galley height, with in-flight catering staged for scheduled, charter, VIP and government movements alike, wide-body uplift included where the rotation calls for it.
2,020 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 — Chambéry
Wide-body aviation catering at Chambéry airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at Chambéry airport
Aircraft catering sealed from kitchen to galley at CMF
Ramp access at Chambéry decides how a catering uplift reaches the aircraft, and the route is fixed before the cart ever leaves the kitchen. Each load crosses one stretch of apron under escort, sealed at departure and checked again at the galley door, so the timing is set by procedure rather than by traffic on the day. Nothing about the window changes with the size of the order, only its length.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Chambéry sit screening, an escort and apron traffic, and the convoy is the part of a catering uplift that carries the risk, not the food on it. We plan the route against the worst case those three present, not the average one, so a delay on the ramp never becomes a delay on the galley catering itself. Temperature is logged when the load is sealed and logged again at handover, and the chain of custody closes with a signature at the galley, not before.
The convoy is the risk on every uplift; the food inside it is already accounted for.
Airline food supplier for Chambéry (CMF) rotations
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for LFLB
The flight kitchen that provisions Chambéry runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP standard from the first stage to the last. Cold chain is held from the moment a tray leaves production to the moment it is sealed for the ramp, with no gap between the two. Airport catering at CMF and airport catering at Chambéry both run off that single production line, whatever the size of the rotation on the day.
Government flight catering at this station is handled by the same named team on every rotation, not a rotating pool drawn in for the day. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, they sit on a standing access list, and they are trained to household service standards before they ever touch a sealed load. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first, and it does not change between one movement and the next.
In-flight catering menus by cabin at Chambéry, France
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at Chambéry airport
Menus at Chambéry are written to the cabin and the mission, then adjusted for the season rather than fixed to a single sheet all year. Produce drawn from the surrounding region of France sits alongside a wider inflight catering range, with cheese, orchard fruit and dairy used where the season allows rather than named as a single dish. Every set is planned against the cabin it boards, from a plated forward-cabin service to a multi-choice hot tray in the rear. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and travel with the load rather than being handled apart from it.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Chambéry are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed set list, with à-la-carte and caviar service available where the mission calls for it. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order for the rotation, so the presentation is checked against a record rather than memory alone.
Business cabins
Business cabins at CMF run a multi-choice hot service, boxed to a galley-ready format sized to the aircraft on the stand. Crew meals at LFLB and crew meals at Chambéry are boxed separately, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals kept apart on the roster so each set matches the duty it is issued to.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements are documented per passenger at Chambéry, with halal and kosher sets produced on a separate line before they are sealed for the ramp. The full range of IATA special meal codes is worked from that line, so inflight catering in Chambéry covers a dietary set without moving it through the main production run.
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
Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at Chambéry
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 Chambéry
Chambéry runs a narrow-body reference code on its single runway, and that mix sets what a catering plan has to cover: a delegation is a documentation problem before it is a volume one, and a repeat rotation is a repetition problem that a standing menu cycle is built to absorb. Airline catering at CMF is planned around that profile rather than against a fixed peak.
Uplift moves from our flight kitchen to the stand under ramp access held on our own badges, with ground handling on the apron picking up the load at the agreed point. Aviation catering in Chambéry and inflight catering in France both run off the same route once the cart clears the checkpoint, with airport catering at LFLB handled stand by stand rather than terminal by terminal.
One coordinator carries the rotation from seal to signature, so the handover at the aircraft closes the same file that opened at the kitchen.
VVIP catering alongside scheduled flights at LFLB
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Government and state flight catering at LFLB
The 2020 metre runway at Chambéry takes the aircraft that state and delegation movements typically use into this field, and government flight catering here is built around that access rather than around volume. A head of state aircraft is handled with the protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and the uplift sealed at the kitchen before catering at LFLB ever reaches the ramp.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at CMF
A private airliner sized to this runway can be boarded at Chambéry without a change of method, and that is what royal flight catering here is built on. BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP movements are held to a written household specification kept on file between rotations, with royal household standards, halal sets and other VVIP dietary requirements produced on request rather than assembled on the day.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Chambéry
On the single runway at Chambéry, the narrow-body reference code becomes the frame a charter rotation is planned against, not a limit on the mission itself. Charter flight catering at CMF for ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions runs a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering at Chambéry is staged in the order the galleys are laid out on the day.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at LFLB
A single narrow-body runway at Chambéry means every rotation is worked to one reference code rather than split across parallel stands, so ad hoc airline catering here runs off one duty roster rather than a shifting one. Carriers running outstation catering, diversion catering or technical stop catering draw on the same sealed stock, AOG included, across a multi-leg schedule; crew meals at CMF and crew meals in France are boxed to the same standard on every leg.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at CMF
A single narrow-body stand at Chambéry means business aviation and airline rotations are sequenced through the same ramp access rather than a separate one, and that sequencing is what a loading plan is built around. Private jet catering at Chambéry 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, run through our dedicated private-jet branch.
Private jets →
FBOs at Chambéry
chambery savoie business aviation
Airline catering services reviewed at Chambéry airport
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Chambéry (CMF)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We arranged group charter catering for the group at Chambéry (CMF/LFLB) after a late schedule update. The order included different meal types and snacks, but the cabin crew could identify everything immediately. The crew was happy with the organization. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Andrea — Government Aviation Coordinator
“We needed repatriation flight catering at Chambéry (CMF/LFLB) for a time-sensitive operation. Communication with operations was efficient and the order was adapted quickly when our timings moved. A good experience under difficult timing conditions. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Maya — Charter Operations Manager
“We used the team at Chambéry (CMF/LFLB) for freighter crew meals on a night operation. Meals arrived on time and were packed practically for a working crew rather than over-presented. We would use them again for another cargo sector. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
David — Cargo Operations Manager
Inflight catering station profile for Chambéry (LFLB / CMF)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,020 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | LFLB |
Business jet catering questions at Chambéry, France
Diversion catering and ramp questions at Chambéry, France
What operations gets asked every week about Chambéry.
Ask operations directly →Is private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Chambéry?
Our coordinator routes every order to the FBOs on the field and to the GA terminal, running FBO catering on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Who sets the lead time for an order at Chambéry Airport, and how late can the specification still change?
For a standard rotation the desk confirms the lead time on booking, and how far in advance a change is raised decides how close to departure it can still be worked in.
Where is VIP, VVIP and government flight catering handled under protocol at CMF?
The protocol file documented per passenger travels with the load from the kitchen, and it is what proves VIP flight catering and government flight catering were handled to the household or state specification on file.
When does the desk confirm what airline catering costs at LFLB?
Once the cabin count, the specification and the loading window are set, the desk returns a quotation built on those three rather than a published price list.
Which route does airside delivery follow once airline catering leaves the kitchen at Chambéry?
The hi-loader carries the sealed cart from the kitchen to the galley door, and that same route is used whether the load is a full rotation or a single ad hoc uplift.
Does Chambéry Airport produce halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes?
Every halal and kosher set is produced on a separate line and sealed before it joins the main load, and each special meal code is documented against the passenger it was ordered for.
Inflight catering at other airports near Chambéry
NCY / LFLP
Annecy
France · 37 km from Chambéry
Airline & VIP flight catering →
GNB / LFLS
Grenoble
France · 53 km from Chambéry
Airline & VIP flight catering →
LYS / LFLL
Colombier-Saugnieu
France · 62 km from Chambéry
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Charter flight catering quote for Chambéry
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Chambéry (CMF / LFLB)
Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Chambéry, 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 Chambéry (CMF)