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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Charmeil, France
Airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Charmeil (LFLV / VHY)
VHY (IATA) · LFLV (ICAO)
A 2200 metre runway at Charmeil clears wide-body movements onto the single narrow-body-rated stand, which is where our hi-loader takes the uplift straight to galley height rather than to the foot of the aircraft. That access is what turns inflight catering here into a boarding operation and not a delivery: in-flight catering for scheduled, charter, VIP and government flights moves off one ramp, one desk, one seal.
2,200 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Charmeil
Aviation catering with ramp access at Charmeil, France
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aircraft catering lead times at Charmeil
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Charmeil, France
Ramp access at Charmeil is what makes the loading window a measured interval rather than an estimate, because the cart never waits at the foot of the aircraft. From the seal at our kitchen to the galley door on the apron, the catering uplift is tracked leg by leg against the narrow-body stand it is assigned to. Every stage of that route is logged before the aircraft is released.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Charmeil sit screening, an escort through the airside gate, and whatever apron traffic the single runway is running that hour. We plan the galley catering uplift against the worst of those three, not the best, so the window holds on a busy rotation as well as a quiet one. That is the chain of custody the section is built to prove.
Temperature is logged twice: once when the load is sealed at the kitchen, and again when the galley hands it back at the aircraft. The signature that closes the load is the same name that opened it.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the galley door.
Pilot meals prepared for VHY rotations
Airline food supplier crews cleared for LFLV / VHY
Within HACCP, our production kitchen behind Charmeil runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, so airport catering here is not split across separate premises. That single roof is what keeps the cold chain intact from the first tray to the last cart loaded for VHY. Airport catering at LFLV is planned from that one kitchen, never from a satellite unit brought in for the rotation.
The team behind government flight catering at Charmeil is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, on the access list, and trained to the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift. Nobody joins that roster for a single flight, and nobody outside it touches a sealed cart bound for catering at LFLV. Continuity is the control, not an extra one layered on top of it.
Kosher inflight catering and dietary sets at LFLV
VVIP catering to a written specification at Charmeil
Menus at Charmeil are written to the cabin and the mission first, and only then to the season: a VIP flight menu reads differently from a charter flight menu run for a group movement, even where both board from the same kitchen. Local sourcing draws on the dairy, orchard fruit and produce of the wider Auvergne region, worked into the specification rather than named dish by dish. Inflight catering at Charmeil is documented per passenger before it is loaded, not adjusted after boarding. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are labelled per passenger and per cabin, and filed against the same specification the kitchen worked from.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Charmeil are plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single fixed course order. VIP flight catering is filed against that same specification between rotations, so a repeat movement is served to the standard already on record, not reworked from a blank sheet.
Business cabins
Business cabins at VHY run a multi-choice hot service built to oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft type, with tray sets and meal boxes staged in boarding order. Crew meals and cabin crew meals board in the same sequence, with pilot meals boxed separately to the roster held for that rotation.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at LFLV are documented per passenger, covering halal and kosher sets and the full range of IATA special meal codes rather than a fixed shortlist. Inflight catering produced against those codes runs on a separate line inside the kitchen and is sealed before it leaves it, so a household or medical requirement never shares a tray run with the standard cabin service.
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 and sealed transfer for aircraft catering at LFLV
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 Charmeil (VHY)
Charmeil's traffic profile sits on a single narrow-body-rated stand governed by the field's own reference code, which means every rotation is planned against that one stand rather than spread across several. A delegation movement here is a documentation problem before it is a loading problem, and a peak wave is a sequencing problem, because there is no second stand to absorb an overlap.
The route from our kitchen runs airside to that stand, with the uplift carried by hi-loader to galley height rather than set down at the foot of the aircraft. Ground handling on the ramp coordinates with our own loading crew so the cart never queues behind another aircraft's turnaround. Airport catering in Charmeil is worked stand by stand for exactly that reason.
On every rotation we commit to one named coordinator, a sealed cart from kitchen to stand, and a signed handover at the galley door. Airline catering at LFLV, in-flight catering at LFLV and aviation catering at Charmeil all run off that same single commitment, whatever the segment behind the booking.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at LFLV / VHY
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Government and state flight catering at VHY
At the single stand governing Charmeil, a head of state aircraft is worked to the same reference code as any other wide-body movement, which keeps the protocol file separate from the ramp planning rather than tangled into it. Government flight catering here documents that 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 Charmeil
A single narrow-body-rated stand forces every private airliner movement into one sequence rather than several, which is what our royal flight catering plan is built to hold. Private airliners, including BBJ and ACJ types, are worked to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LFLV
A runway of 2200 metres is what lets a wide-body charter operate into Charmeil at all, and that figure is what governs the loading sheet for every group movement worked from it. Charter flight catering here covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with a full three-cabin uplift counted against that sheet and staged in galley order.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at VHY
A narrow-body-rated stand at Charmeil is what a diverted or delayed aircraft actually needs on short notice, and it is the reference code our ad hoc airline catering runs against for any carrier working this field as an outstation. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering are each worked off the same duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation without a change of kitchen.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Charmeil
We work the 2200 metre runway at Charmeil for business aviation exactly as we do for the wide-body traffic beside it, delivering to the FBOs on the field and to the GA terminal rather than routing that volume through a separate line. Private jet catering at VHY runs on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Airline catering trusted by operators at LFLV / VHY
Ops desks rating airline catering services at VHY
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our team used the service at Charmeil (VHY/LFLV) for presidential flight catering with strict timing and handling requirements. The team understood the need for confidentiality and kept the order organized despite late passenger and dietary changes. We were very satisfied with the level of coordination. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Ali — Aviation Services Coordinator
“We ordered ACJ catering for our aircraft at Charmeil (VHY/LFLV) and the result was very good. They followed our plating notes closely and made the final setup easy for the cabin crew. I would happily use them again on a VIP rotation. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Agnes — Airline Dispatch Manager
“We arranged umrah flight catering for a group movement through Charmeil (VHY/LFLV). Packaging was practical for the cabin and the uplift arrived in good order for departure. Good coordination for a high-volume movement. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Simon — Private Aviation Manager
Flight catering station reference for Charmeil (LFLV / VHY)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,200 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | LFLV |
Business jet catering questions at LFLV
Crew meals, lead times and access at LFLV
What operations gets asked every week about Charmeil.
Ask operations directly →Where is VIP flight catering and government flight catering handled for flights through Charmeil?
Every VIP flight catering and government flight catering order is worked from our own kitchen behind Charmeil, under a written protocol file kept on record between movements.
Who sets the lead time for an order placed against Charmeil?
For a standard rotation the lead time follows our published booking window, but a last minute airline catering request is still worked once the loading window and cabin count are confirmed; how far in advance you can leave it depends on how far the specification has to change.
Does VHY produce halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes?
Every special meal ordered under an SPML code, including halal and kosher sets, is produced on a separate line inside the kitchen and documented per passenger before it boards.
Is private jet catering delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at LFLV?
The same coordinator who runs an airline uplift also covers FBO catering on this field, delivering to every FBO and to the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same sealed paperwork.
Airport catering near Charmeil
CFE / LFLC
Clermont-Ferrand
France · 46 km from Charmeil
Airline & VIP flight catering →
RNE / LFLO
Saint-Léger-sur-Roanne
France · 48 km from Charmeil
Airline & VIP flight catering →
SYT / LFLN
L'Hôpital-le-Mercier
France · 54 km from Charmeil
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at Charmeil (VHY)