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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Merville, France
Merville (LFQT / HZB): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
HZB (IATA) · LFQT (ICAO)
On the single 1840 m runway at Merville, narrow-body rotations still need galleys boarded to schedule, and that is where our hi-loader work begins at hi-loader height rather than at the foot of the aircraft. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and wide-body-grade uplift discipline for HZB, so a scheduled, charter or private jet movement through Merville, France, boards on the same sealed standard.
1,840 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 — Merville
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at Merville (HZB)
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at HZB
In-flight catering, sealed cart to galley door, LFQT / HZB
The loading window at Merville is planned around ramp access rather than around a fixed slot, because a single-runway field moves traffic in bursts and a catering uplift has to be ready before the gap opens. Every cart that crosses the apron at LFQT is logged against that plan, from seal to signature, so the loading window holds even when the sequence on the stand changes. Ramp access is confirmed before the hi-loader moves, never after.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Merville sit screening, an escort requirement and apron traffic that a single-runway field concentrates into short windows, and we plan the catering uplift against the worst of those, not the average. The chain of custody starts when the cart is sealed and does not open again until a handler signs for it at the galley. Every load carries a temperature log stamped at sealing and stamped again at handover, so galley catering at HZB is provable, not simply promised. That record travels with the aircraft, not with the invoice.
One coordinator owns the seal at the kitchen and the signature at the aircraft.
Cargo crew meals and passenger uplifts for LFQT
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Merville
Airport catering at Merville runs from one facility rather than a chain of subcontractors, which matters on a field with a single 1840 m runway and a single reference code to plan against. Hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line sit under one roof, held to HACCP throughout, so a scheduled rotation and a diplomatic movement are worked from the same cold chain rather than two separate ones. That single-site model is what lets airport catering at LFQT hold its standard whether the order is a routine tray count or a sealed household uplift.
The team that handles government flight catering at catering at HZB is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool assigned by whoever is free that day. Each member carries a security clearance on file, sits on the access list for the airside route between kitchen and stand, and is trained to the household and protocol paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift. Continuity, not headcount, is the point: the desk that signs off a delegation movement this month is the desk that signs off the next one.
VIP flight catering menus for Merville airport departures
VVIP catering to a written specification at HZB
Menus at Merville are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a fixed cycle, so a narrow-body scheduled sector, a charter group and a VVIP movement each draw from a different specification even when they board the same afternoon. Inflight catering here can draw on regional produce from northern France in general terms, dairy and orchard fruit worked into a seasonal rotation, without naming a single supplier. Every set is written down before it is cooked, so the tray a passenger receives matches the line the coordinator signed off. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and produced against that record rather than against memory.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at LFQT receive VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, held on file between movements rather than rebuilt each time. Presentation, portioning and service sequence are filed against the standing order, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request.
Business cabins
Business cabins at Merville run on multi-choice hot service built to a cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel boxed to the roster, tray sets and passenger meal boxes counted against the same loading sheet.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary sets at HZB cover household, religious and medical requirements documented per passenger, from halal and kosher production to 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 here carries its own paper trail onto 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 records for aviation catering at HZB
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 Merville, France
Merville carries scheduled, charter and government-linked traffic across a single 1840 m runway, which turns any delegation movement into a documentation exercise as much as a loading one, and turns a charter peak into a capacity question worked stand by stand rather than gate by gate. Airline catering at LFQT is planned around that single-runway rhythm, not against a fixed slot grid, because gaps between movements are shorter and less predictable than at a multi-runway field.
The uplift travels a fixed route from our kitchen to the apron, sealed at departure and logged again at the stand, with the loading crew working directly against the airside delivery plan rather than against a generic schedule. Aviation catering at Merville and inflight catering at HZB run off the same ops desk, so a scheduled sector and a charter movement share one coordination point rather than two.
Airport catering at HZB commits to one named coordinator per rotation, sealed carts from kitchen to stand, and a signed handover at the aircraft door.
Charter flight catering and state missions at Merville
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Government and state flight catering at LFQT
One reference code governs every stand at Merville, and government flight catering here is planned inside that same single-runway constraint rather than around a dedicated apron. Delegations and official movements travel with a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and a head of state movement handled to the same sealed-uplift standard as any other cleared rotation.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at HZB
Our kitchen holds a written household specification on file between movements, which matters most on a narrow-body field where a private airliner arrives less often than a scheduled service. Royal flight catering at Merville, alongside broader VVIP catering for BBJ, ACJ and other private airliners, follows that same file each time, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced against it on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Merville
The narrow-body reference code held at HZB sets the loading pattern for every charter movement here, one stand and one sequence rather than a spread of gates. Charter flight catering at Merville covers ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and staged to the order the galleys are laid out, and charter flight catering at LFQT holds that count whichever operator is flying the leg.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at LFQT
A single 1840 m runway leaves little slack for a delayed rotation, so ad hoc airline catering at HZB is built to close a gap fast rather than to wait for a standing order. Carriers running this field as an outstation draw on outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, sequenced across a multi-leg pattern without a change in the tray standard.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at HZB
A business jet working Merville's single runway still lands on the same narrow-body reference code that governs the scheduled traffic here, which is why private jet catering at HZB runs to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the identical cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, handled through our dedicated private-jet branch rather than a separate arrangement.
Private jets →
Inflight catering rated by operators at Merville, France
Flight departments on jet catering at LFQT
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“I asked for galley ready meals at Merville (HZB/LFQT) because we had limited time to reset the galley. Presentation stayed good while the setup remained practical for a fast aircraft turnaround. Exactly what we need for a quick galley setup. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Maya — FBO Services Manager
“Our operation through Merville (HZB/LFQT) included an outstation request at short notice. They understood the operational language and did not need every change explained twice. That operational understanding was the biggest advantage. Responses were quick whenever we had a question, which helped us keep the flight on schedule. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Fabio — Station Performance Manager
“For our business jet at Merville (HZB/LFQT), I arranged business jet catering with a few passenger-specific requests. The team was responsive to a late change and the final order still arrived looking polished. Exactly what I want from a private aviation caterer. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Elena — VIP Account Manager
Outstation catering data for Merville (LFQT / HZB)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,840 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | LFQT |
Business jet catering questions at Merville airport
Crew meals, lead times and access at Merville airport
What operations gets asked every week about Merville.
Ask operations directly →How does airline catering reach the aircraft airside at LFQT?
Every load leaves our kitchen sealed and travels by ramp vehicle to the stand, where it is boarded by hi-loader directly to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. Airside delivery is logged from seal to signature, so the airline catering record matches the loading sheet.
Is there a fixed lead time for an order out of Merville, and how late can the specification change?
The coordinator holds each rotation against its own loading window rather than a single fixed cut-off, so how far in advance an order needs placing depends on the cabin count and the mission. Last minute airline catering is worked when it lands inside that window, with the specification confirmed before the cart is sealed.
When can private jet catering be delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Merville?
Once a movement is confirmed on the ramp schedule, FBO catering is boarded to the same cold chain and paperwork as any airline uplift, delivered to whichever FBO or the GA terminal the aircraft is parked at. No separate process runs for business aviation here.
Where are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes documented for a flight through HZB?
The specification sheet filed at sealing records every halal, kosher and SPML code against the passenger it is produced for, and that sheet travels with the cart. Special meals are produced on a separate line before they are added to the load.
What does airline catering cost at LFQT?
We price each rotation against cabin count, specification and loading window rather than a published rate, since a single-sector charter and a multi-leg schedule draw very different resources. The desk returns a quotation once those details are confirmed.
Which protocol governs VIP, VVIP and government flight catering at Merville?
The sealed cart and the security-cleared loading crew that handle a scheduled rotation also handle VIP flight catering, VVIP movements and government flight catering, with the protocol file documented per passenger before the load leaves the kitchen. The same chain of custody applies whichever category is flying.
Commercial aviation catering near Merville
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Aircraft catering quote for Merville, France
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Merville (HZB / LFQT)
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Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
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Uplift at Merville (HZB)