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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Le Castellet, France
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Le Castellet (LFMQ / CTT)
CTT (IATA) · LFMQ (ICAO)
AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering built around the narrow-body reference code held at Le Castellet, which sets the aircraft this ramp boards and the specification we plan against for every rotation. Our kitchen delivers in-flight catering to galley height by hi-loader, sealed airside and staged for uplift ahead of scheduled, charter, VIP and government departures.
1,545 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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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 — Le Castellet
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at Le Castellet (CTT)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Le Castellet, France
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Le Castellet, France
The loading window at Le Castellet runs on the narrow-body reference code that governs this field, which fixes the galley height our hi-loader clears on every rotation. Ramp access is held on our own credentials rather than requested stand by stand, so the sealed cart moves straight from the kitchen van to the apron without a second handover. Each catering uplift is timed from that seal to the signature at the aircraft door, and the window is measured, not estimated.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Le Castellet sit screening, an escort onto the apron and the ordinary traffic of a single-runway field, and we plan the galley catering against the busiest of those, not the average one. The chain of custody starts the moment the cart is sealed, continues through the escort, and closes only when the receiving crew signs for it at the galley door. Every catering uplift carries a temperature log opened at sealing and closed again at handover, so the record travels with the load rather than sitting in an office.
One seal at the kitchen, one signature at the aircraft: nothing changes hands unrecorded in between.
Crew meals from the flight kitchen serving LFMQ / CTT
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for LFMQ / CTT
Provisioning airport catering at Le Castellet runs from a flight kitchen built for a single-runway field: hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, closer to the apron than a shared outstation kitchen typically sits. HACCP governs every stage from intake to sealing, and the cold chain is unbroken between the larder and the cart that leaves for the stand. That combination is what lets us run airport catering at LFMQ and flight kitchen work at CTT off the same production floor, without a second facility on standby.
The team that handles government flight catering at Le Castellet is the same named crew on every rotation, never a rotating pool drawn in for a single movement. Security clearance is held on file for each of them, their names sit on the access list for the airside route, and they train against royal household service standards as well as the standing government specification. That continuity is what a protocol officer checks first, and at LFMQ it does not change between bookings.
In-flight catering menus by cabin at LFMQ
VVIP catering to a written specification at Le Castellet
Menus at Le Castellet are written to the cabin and the mission, not to a single fixed cycle: First and VVIP service plated to a specification, Business built around multi-choice hot service, and main cabin run in galley-ready formats sized to the aircraft. Inflight catering here draws on regional produce where the season allows it, kept to dairy, orchard fruit and other general categories rather than a named dish. Every set carries documented allergen, halal, kosher and medical codes, labelled per passenger and per cabin before it leaves the kitchen. Charter flight menus follow the same specification discipline as a scheduled rotation, adjusted only for group size and mission length.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Le Castellet are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single cycle. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so a repeat rotation is served to the same standard each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at CTT run on multi-choice hot service in galley-ready tray sets, sized to the fitted galley rather than a generic format. Crew meals travel in the same load, with cabin crew meals and pilot meals boxed separately and matched to the roster at Le Castellet.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Le Castellet are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside halal and kosher production. The full range of IATA special meal codes is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, and inflight catering here is planned around those codes rather than around a fixed general menu.
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 CTT
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 Le Castellet (CTT)
Le Castellet works a single runway of 1545 metres, which keeps the field to narrow-body and business aviation traffic and turns every delegation or peak movement into a documentation and sequencing question rather than a bulk-capacity one. Airline catering at Le Castellet is planned rotation by rotation for that reason, with the loading sheet fixed before the cart ever leaves the kitchen.
Uplift reaches the aircraft here by hi-loader straight to the galley door, following a fixed route from our kitchen across the apron with our own crew on the ramp for the whole movement. Aviation catering in Le Castellet does not pass through a stand-side transfer point: the sealed cart goes from kitchen van to hi-loader to galley in one continuous chain, and inflight catering at LFMQ is coordinated from a single ops desk rather than split across shifts.
What we commit to on this station is one named coordinator per rotation, carts sealed at the kitchen and a signed handover at the aircraft, whatever the mission behind it.
Government, royal and charter flight catering at LFMQ / CTT
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Government and state flight catering at CTT
A narrow-body movement carrying an official delegation still boards to the specification this field holds, so state visits and official flights are catered under that same reference rather than an exception. Government flight catering at Le Castellet documents the protocol file per passenger, keeps security-cleared staff on the load, and seals the uplift before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Le Castellet
Within the narrow-body limit this field holds, the 1545 metre runway still takes the private airliners that carry royal and VVIP movements, from BBJ to ACJ formats. Royal flight catering at CTT runs to a written household specification kept on file between rotations, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request rather than assembled last minute.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LFMQ
A single-runway field forces every charter movement into one clear sequence, since there is no second stand to stage a parallel load against. Charter flight catering at Le Castellet is planned rotation by rotation for ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with charter flight catering at LFMQ counted against the loading sheet before the hi-loader ever reaches the aircraft.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at CTT
The narrow-body reference code held at Le Castellet sets the aircraft an ad hoc uplift can serve here, and that ceiling shapes every rotation booked outside a standing schedule. Outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering all run off the same duty roster, AOG included, with crew meals boxed separately across a multi-leg routing through LFMQ.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Le Castellet
The runway here runs to 1545 metres, which keeps this field to business aviation and narrow-body movements and puts every private jet uplift within a short run of the same kitchen that serves the airline side. Private jet catering at LFMQ is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline rotation, through business aviation catering and FBO catering worked from one desk rather than a separate branch.
Private jets →
FBOs at Le Castellet
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Aviation catering reviews from operators at Le Castellet, France
Flight departments on jet catering at CTT
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We arranged government flight catering at Le Castellet (CTT/LFMQ) for a sensitive movement. Communication was discreet, changes were handled calmly, and the delivery was coordinated exactly within the agreed window. We were very satisfied with the level of coordination. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Dimitri — State Aviation Manager
“For a VIP rotation through Le Castellet (CTT/LFMQ), we used the team for BBJ catering. 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. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Federico — Network Operations Coordinator
“For a high-volume passenger flight at Le Castellet (CTT/LFMQ), we needed reliable umrah flight catering. Despite the large order, communication stayed simple and final quantities were confirmed without confusion. We would use the service again for a similar charter. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Sofia — Cargo Operations Manager
Airport catering data for Le Castellet (LFMQ / CTT)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,545 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | LFMQ |
Airline catering services FAQ for LFMQ
Diversion catering and ramp questions at LFMQ
What operations gets asked every week about Le Castellet.
Ask operations directly →Can we arrange VIP flight catering and government flight catering at Le Castellet, and under what protocol?
The narrow-body specification held at this field covers both: VIP flight catering runs to a plated standard, and government flight catering adds a documented protocol file per passenger with security-cleared staff on the load.
Which lead time does Aéroport du Castellet need for an order, and how late can the specification still change?
The sealed cart leaves the kitchen only once the loading sheet is locked, so the standard lead time covers cabin count and specification, with last minute airline catering handled as a diversion or technical stop case rather than a routine booking.
How does private jet catering reach the FBOs and the GA terminal at CTT?
CTT routes every private jet uplift through the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain as an airline load, so FBO catering here carries the same paperwork and the same seal.
Given the single runway at LFMQ, is airline catering delivered airside, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
There is a fixed hi-loader route from our kitchen across the apron to the stand, so airline catering at LFMQ moves by airside delivery straight to galley height rather than through a stand-side transfer.
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