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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — La Roche-sur-Yon, France
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at La Roche-sur-Yon (LFRI / EDM)
EDM (IATA) · LFRI (ICAO)
The 1550 m runway at La Roche-sur-Yon governs what boards here, and the wide-body reference code held on the ramp determines the equipment we bring to the stand. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering out of one flight kitchen, boarding hi-loader carts direct to galley height for scheduled, charter, VIP and government uplift without a hand-off at the foot of the aircraft.
1,550 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
02
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 — La Roche-sur-Yon
Wide-body inflight catering at La Roche-sur-Yon airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
In-flight catering loading window at La Roche-sur-Yon airport
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, EDM
Ramp access at La Roche-sur-Yon is what a delivered-to-the-tarmac model cannot offer: the cart clears the apron and is boarded through the galley door rather than left at the aircraft's foot. Every catering uplift here is timed from the seal at the kitchen to the signature at handover, not guessed at from a schedule. That measured interval, not a general promise, is what a rotation through LFRI is actually planned against.
Between our kitchen and the stand at La Roche-sur-Yon sit screening, an escort through the airside gate, and whatever apron traffic the rotation brings, and the chain of custody is planned against the worst of that traffic rather than the average of it. Every catering uplift carries a temperature log opened at sealing and closed again at the galley, so the two readings sit either side of the same cart. The galley catering handover closes on a signature, not a delivery note left with a driver, because the responsibility for that load has to sit with one named person until the door shuts.
One sealed cart, one named handler, from our kitchen to the galley door.
Pilot meals prepared for La Roche-sur-Yon (EDM) rotations
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at LFRI
The flight kitchen behind LFRI holds hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol cell under one roof, so a scheduled tray run and a sealed VIP uplift move off the same floor rather than two separate sites. Airport catering built this way keeps the cold chain unbroken from the larder to the cart, and it is the reason airport catering at La Roche-sur-Yon can take a diversion without reworking the whole production plan. The kitchen runs to HACCP standard on every line it operates, cold or hot, scheduled or ad hoc.
The team assigned to government flight catering at this station is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating roster drawn from general staff. Each of them carries security clearance on file and sits on the access list before a delegation's aircraft is ever on the ground. They are trained to the household service standards a royal or state movement expects, and to the paperwork that has to travel, sealed, with the uplift itself.
VIP flight catering menus for La Roche-sur-Yon, France departures
VVIP catering to a written specification at La Roche-sur-Yon airport
Menus at EDM are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed cycle, so a scheduled rotation and a state movement leave the same kitchen on different specifications. Inflight catering here draws on regional produce where the route allows it, dairy, orchard fruit and fish worked into a seasonal plan rather than a fixed list repeated year round. Cycles turn with the season and the sector length, holding to a written specification rather than to improvisation on the night. Every tray carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical information, labelled per passenger and matched to the cabin it boards.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at La Roche-sur-Yon are plated to a written specification rather than to a general standard, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request against the standing order filed with us. VIP flight catering here is checked against that same document at sealing, so the tray that leaves the kitchen matches the one the desk approved.
Business cabins
Business cabins at EDM run a multi-choice hot service sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft, oven-ready and boarded in tray sets rather than plated by hand at altitude. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, keeping flight crew provisioning apart from the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at La Roche-sur-Yon, household, religious and medical, are documented per passenger rather than assumed from a general list. Halal and kosher sets, and the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line from the main cabin run and sealed before that line closes, which is how inflight catering here keeps a religious or medical set apart from everything else boarding 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
Food safety and cold chain for aviation catering at La Roche-sur-Yon
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.
Aircraft catering delivered airside at La Roche-sur-Yon
La Roche-sur-Yon operates to a narrow-body reference code on its single runway, and that code sets the loading plan for every rotation the field takes: a state delegation arrives as a documentation task, a charter wave as a volume task, a repeat rotation as a task of holding the same specification twice running. Airline catering and inflight catering both answer to that same code rather than to two separate plans.
The uplift reaches the aircraft from our kitchen by hi-loader to the galley door, with ground handling and airside delivery to the stand covering the last stretch across the apron. Aviation catering at La Roche-sur-Yon is worked stand by stand rather than against a general schedule, and airport catering here is planned the same way, ramp access held on our own cleared badges rather than borrowed at the gate.
On every stand we commit to one coordinator named to the rotation, sealed carts logged at both ends, and a signed handover that closes the load.
Royal flight catering and scheduled uplifts at LFRI
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Government and state flight catering at LFRI
On the single runway at La Roche-sur-Yon, a head of state aircraft is worked to the same reference code as any other movement, which is what lets government flight catering here move without a special stand being built for it. Protocol is documented per passenger, staff are security-cleared, and the uplift is sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at EDM
A single wide-body-rated stand at this scale means a royal movement is sequenced ahead of the rotation around it rather than slotted in beside it, and royal flight catering at La Roche-sur-Yon is planned against that sequencing from the outset. Private airliners, BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VVIP alike, are held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at La Roche-sur-Yon
1550 metres of runway, and a full three-cabin uplift still boards on one stand rather than being split across two. Charter flight catering at La Roche-sur-Yon covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering staged in France to 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 LFRI
A narrow-body reference code at La Roche-sur-Yon sets what can be boarded on short notice, and that is exactly the aircraft class ad hoc airline catering here is built to serve. Outstation catering covers carriers running EDM as a scheduled stop, diversion catering and technical stop catering are held ready off the same duty roster, and AOG uplift moves across a multi-leg rotation without a change of specification.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at EDM
Our kitchen works the same 1550 m field for business aviation as for scheduled traffic, running private jet catering in France to the FBOs and the GA terminal on this apron. Business aviation catering and business jet catering here move on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, FBO catering included, whichever ramp handler takes the delivery.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering trusted at La Roche-sur-Yon (EDM)
Operators on commercial aviation catering at La Roche-sur-Yon (EDM)
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our ops team used the service at La Roche-sur-Yon (EDM/LFRI) as an airline catering broker. One contact handled the order from confirmation through delivery, which saved our dispatch team a lot of follow-up. It made the station much easier to manage. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Sebastian — Cargo Operations Manager
“We booked airline catering in La Roche-sur-Yon for a flight operating through EDM/LFRI. The menu selection was good and all special requests were clearly identified. I would use them again for another flight from La Roche-sur-Yon. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Valentina — Operations Desk Coordinator
“We had several halal airline meals on our order at La Roche-sur-Yon (EDM/LFRI) and everything was handled correctly. The order arrived complete and the special requests were handled with the same presentation as the regular meals. Very reassuring for the cabin crew. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Kamil — OCC Coordinator
La Roche-sur-Yon (LFRI / EDM): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,550 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | LFRI |
Inflight catering FAQ for LFRI / EDM
Crew meals, lead times and access at La Roche-sur-Yon, France
What operations gets asked every week about La Roche-sur-Yon.
Ask operations directly →Do you produce halal, kosher and special meals at LFRI?
Yes, by production on a separate line, with halal, kosher and the full set of IATA SPML codes documented per passenger before sealing.
Can La Roche-sur-Yon accept a last-minute change to an order?
The loading window sets how late a specification can move; ordering early gives the widest choice, and last-minute airline catering is worked against how far in advance the desk was told.
Given the single runway here, do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at La Roche-sur-Yon Airport?
There is a dedicated route from our kitchen to the GA terminal and to the FBOs on the field, FBO catering carried on the same cold chain as an airline uplift.
At which point does airline catering reach the aircraft at EDM?
The sealed cart leaves our kitchen first, clears the airside gate under escort, and is boarded by hi-loader direct to the galley door rather than left at the aircraft's foot.
LFRI: do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights, and under what protocol?
The same hi-loader cart that boards a scheduled rotation carries VIP flight catering and government flight catering here, under a protocol file documented per passenger and sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
How much does airline catering cost at La Roche-sur-Yon?
The clearance and the specification on file set the basis for a quotation, since cabin count, menu specification and loading window all move the airline catering cost, and we do not publish a fixed price list.
Jet catering at airports near La Roche-sur-Yon
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
NIT / LFBN
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
Flight catering quote for La Roche-sur-Yon
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La Roche-sur-Yon (EDM / LFRI)
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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 La Roche-sur-Yon (EDM)