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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — La Rochelle, France
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at La Rochelle (LFBH / LRH)
LRH (IATA) · LFBH (ICAO)
A single 2255 m runway sets a narrow-body reference code for this field, and it is what governs every rotation boarded through it: multi-class or single-class, the aircraft is loaded on its own line. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and hi-loader boarding here, hoisting uplift straight to galley height on the wide-body-rated equipment we bring airside for scheduled, charter and VIP movements alike.
2,255 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
1
FBO on station
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 Rochelle
Inflight catering at wide-body scale for LRH
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at LFBH / LRH
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at La Rochelle (LRH)
Ramp access at La Rochelle is the constraint every loading plan here is built around, not an afterthought bolted onto the schedule. Each catering uplift is sequenced against the same checkpoint and the same apron crossing, so the cart that leaves our kitchen arrives at the galley door in the order the stand actually calls it. Nothing about that sequence is estimated: it is logged, cart by cart, against the aircraft it is loaded onto.
The convoy is the risk here, not the food. Between our kitchen and the stand at La Rochelle sit a security checkpoint, an escort and the apron traffic that a single-runway field still carries at peak movements, and the loading plan is built against the worst of those three, not the average. Each catering uplift is logged at sealing and again at the galley catering handover, temperature checked both times, sealed the whole distance between, with a signature closing the load at the aircraft. Chain of custody runs from the kitchen door to that signature, unbroken, and the galley itself is only opened once the seal is checked against it.
One seal, one signature, one aircraft: the load is accountable end to end.
Airline food supplier kitchen serving La Rochelle
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at La Rochelle, France
Airport catering at La Rochelle is provisioned from a flight kitchen running hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to hold cold-chain temperature from the moment a tray is packed to the moment it clears the galley door. HACCP governs every stage of that build, logged rather than assumed, so a passenger meal box leaving the line carries the same documented history whether it boards a scheduled service or a single ad hoc uplift. That structure is what lets airport catering here answer a delegation and a charter rotation from the same production day without either compromising the other.
The staff who handle government flight catering at La Rochelle are the same named team on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in for the day. Each holds a security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the airside route between kitchen and stand, and works to a written household service standard rather than an improvised one. That continuity is what a protocol desk is actually buying when it books catering at LFBH: the same hands, the same paperwork, every time.
Aviation catering menus and special meals for LRH
VVIP catering written per mission at LFBH / LRH
Menus at La Rochelle are drawn up by cabin and by mission rather than issued from one fixed book, so a charter flight menu and a VIP flight menu leaving the same kitchen on the same day carry different plating, different pacing, different service format. Ingredients draw where possible on the produce of this coastal region of France — dairy, shellfish, orchard fruit — set against a wider seasonal list that shifts through the year. Inflight catering here is never generic: every tray, box or plated course is written against the cabin it is boarding and the length of the sector ahead of it. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, filed against the order rather than left to memory.
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First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins departing La Rochelle are plated to a written specification rather than a standard tray, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request for VIP flight catering movements. Presentation is filed against the standing order for that cabin, so a repeat rotation is served the same way twice.
Business cabins
Business cabins at LFBH receive multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, packed as tray sets rather than a single fixed menu. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately against the roster, so the flight deck and the cabin crew each draw their own set at handover.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at La Rochelle are documented per passenger before the tray is built, covering halal, kosher, vegan and gluten-free sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Each set is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, so inflight catering for one dietary code never crosses paths with another on the way to 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
Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at La Rochelle, 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 La Rochelle airport
La Rochelle carries scheduled, charter, government and general aviation movements across a single runway, which makes documentation the constraint here rather than sheer volume: a delegation or a VIP rotation has to be planned around the same reference code and the same ramp footprint as everything else moving that day. Airline catering at La Rochelle is scheduled against that mixed profile rather than a fixed peak.
Uplift leaves our kitchen and reaches the aircraft by hi-loader, boarded to galley height on the wide-body-rated platform we bring to the stand ourselves rather than left at the foot of the steps. Aviation catering in La Rochelle runs on that same ramp routing whatever the mission behind the tail number, with our own crew working the apron crossing under escort where the field requires it. Airport catering in La Rochelle is planned stand by stand, in-flight catering in La Rochelle included, so a technical stop and a scheduled departure are never queued on the same cart.
What we commit to on this station is one coordinator named to the rotation, carts sealed at the kitchen door, and a signed handover at the aircraft closing the load.
Government, royal and charter flight catering at La Rochelle, France
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Government and state flight catering at La Rochelle
A narrow-body reference code means a delegation movement here is sequenced around the same single-runway slot as every other flight that day, so the protocol file has to be locked well ahead of the loading window rather than adjusted on the ramp. Government flight catering at La Rochelle covers state visits and official delegations: protocol documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the access list, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen for any head of state movement routed through this field.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at LFBH
The field's reference code is narrow-body, which fixes the loading equipment used on every household rotation through it, whatever the airframe behind the request. Royal flight catering and VVIP catering at La Rochelle run to a written household specification kept on file between movements, covering private airliners, BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations, with halal and other royal household dietary requirements produced on request against that same standing file.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LRH
We work every charter rotation through La Rochelle against the narrow-body reference code the field holds, staging trays in the order the galleys open rather than by arrival sequence. Charter flight catering at La Rochelle covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet; charter flight catering at LFBH runs to that same count whatever the airframe on the stand.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at La Rochelle
At a field holding a 2255 m runway, the narrow-body reference code sets the loading plan every carrier using La Rochelle as an outstation works within. Ad hoc airline catering here covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, with crew meals in France and outstation catering in France run against the same standard as a scheduled departure, and ad hoc catering at LRH held to the same cold chain whether it is booked weeks ahead or the same morning; ad hoc airline catering in La Rochelle and crew meals in La Rochelle sit on that one roster, and diversion catering at LRH is worked the same way.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at LFBH
The 2255 m runway at La Rochelle also carries the business aviation movements worked from the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field, alongside the scheduled and charter traffic using the same slot. Private jet catering in France is delivered there by our dedicated branch on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering handled off the identical kitchen line.
Private jets →
FBOs at La Rochelle
aviavip
Charter flight catering reviewed at LFBH / LRH
Protocol officers on government flight catering at La Rochelle
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“Our ops team used the service at La Rochelle (LRH/LFBH) as an airline ops catering supplier. They understood airline operations and kept communication short, clear, and useful. We would use the service again without hesitation. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Rania — Mission Operations Manager
“We booked airline catering in La Rochelle for a flight operating through LRH/LFBH. The order was confirmed quickly, delivered on time, and packed exactly as requested for the aircraft. We had a smooth experience from order to delivery. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Dimitri — Flight Dispatch Coordinator
“We had several kosher airline meals on our order at La Rochelle (LRH/LFBH) and everything was handled correctly. The order arrived complete and the special requests were handled with the same presentation as the regular meals. A good experience with complex dietary requests. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Martin — Cargo Station Manager
Aircraft catering station data for La Rochelle (LFBH / LRH)
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 2,255 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | LFBH |
Business jet catering questions at LRH
Diversion catering and ramp questions at LRH
What operations gets asked every week about La Rochelle.
Ask operations directly →What halal, kosher and special meal codes does La Rochelle produce, and how are they documented?
We produce halal, kosher and the full range of IATA SPML sets on separate lines, with each code logged per passenger against the order before it is sealed for boarding.
Do you publish what airline catering costs at La Rochelle?
Yes, by quotation rather than a fixed list, priced against cabin count, the specification chosen and the loading window booked for the rotation.
How does private jet catering reach the FBOs and the GA terminal at LRH?
LRH traffic outside the main terminal is served by our dedicated branch, delivering FBO catering to the GA terminal and every FBO on the field on the same cold chain as an airline uplift.
Is airline catering delivered airside at LFBH, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
There is a hi-loader route from our kitchen straight to the galley door at LFBH, with every catering load boarded from the ramp rather than left at the foot of the steps.
Which lead time does La Rochelle need for a new order, and how late can the specification still change?
The loader and the cart route are booked once the order is confirmed, and while standing lead times are set by rotation, last minute airline catering changes are taken up to the loading window itself wherever the specification allows it.
Outstation catering near La Rochelle
RCO / LFDN
Rochefort/Saint-Agnant
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
EDM / LFRI
La Roche-sur-Yon
France · 60 km from La Rochelle
Airline & VIP flight catering →
NIT / LFBN
Niort/Souché
France · 63 km from La Rochelle
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Uplift at La Rochelle (LRH)