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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Nantes, France
Nantes (LFRS / NTE): airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering
NTE (IATA) · LFRS (ICAO)
Off a wide-body reference code at Nantes, AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering and in-flight catering for scheduled, charter, government and private movements, boarding by hi-loader straight to galley height rather than to the foot of the aircraft. That single ramp step covers the uplift for every mission flown through this field, airside, around the clock.
2,900 m
Longest runway
Wide-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 — Nantes
Hi-loader aviation catering on the NTE apron
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at Nantes
Aircraft catering sealed from kitchen to galley at Nantes, France
Your uplift at Nantes moves on a measured sequence, not an estimate: sealed at the kitchen, held on the apron, boarded through the galley door. Ramp access is what governs the timing here, since the hi-loader can only close on the aircraft once the stand is clear and the escort has cleared it through. Every catering uplift on this field is planned against that window rather than against a fixed clock.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Nantes sit screening, an escort and the ordinary traffic of the apron, and the chain of custody for the load is built to survive all three. We plan each catering uplift against the slowest of those steps rather than the fastest, so the galley catering never arrives against a schedule it cannot keep. Temperature is logged when the load is sealed and logged again at handover, and the cart is signed for at both ends, not just one.
One team owns the load from the kitchen seal to the aircraft signature.
Pilot meals and crew meals prepared for Nantes airport
Airline food supplier crews cleared for LFRS / NTE
The flight kitchen that provisions Nantes runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP standards from intake to cart. That single site is what lets airport catering here hold its cold chain from the first tray to the last, instead of assembling airline catering across separate stops. It is the same production floor whether the order is a scheduled rotation or an ad hoc uplift called in against the loading window.
The team that handles government flight catering at Nantes is the same named crew on every rotation, not a rotating pool pulled in as volume rises. Each member carries a current security clearance, sits on the access list for the sealed areas, and is trained to household service standards for the paperwork that travels with a sealed uplift. That continuity is what a protocol desk checks first, before it checks anything on the tray.
Kosher inflight catering and dietary sets at LFRS
VVIP catering written per mission at Nantes
AERO GOURMET writes its menus to the cabin and the mission rather than to a single fixed card, adjusting portioning and service style between a scheduled sector and a VVIP rotation through Nantes. Produce sourced from the surrounding region of France finds its way onto the tray sets in season, alongside the classic formats a long-haul cabin expects. Every plate leaving the kitchen is checked against the standing specification before it is sealed for boarding, so inflight catering at NTE reads the same on the second rotation as it did on the first. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are documented per passenger and per cabin, and produced against that record rather than from memory.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Nantes are plated to a written specification, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to a single set card. Every element of that VIP flight catering is checked against the standing order before it leaves the kitchen, so the presentation matches the file on the second rotation as well as the first.
Business cabins
Business cabins at LFRS run on multi-choice hot service built to a cabin specification, in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted on the aircraft. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals travel in their own boxed sets against the roster, tray sets and meal boxes kept separate from the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Household, religious and medical requirements at Nantes are documented per passenger rather than assumed from a general list. Halal and kosher sets, along with the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed there before they join the rest of the inflight catering for boarding.
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 Nantes, 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 Nantes (NTE)
Nantes carries scheduled, charter and government movements across its wide-body reference code, and that mix sets three different problems for the kitchen: a delegation is a documentation exercise, a charter wave is a capacity exercise, and a repeat scheduled rotation is a repetition exercise that has to read the same every time. Airline catering in Nantes is planned around whichever of those three is on the stand that day, not against a single generic routine.
The uplift travels sealed from our kitchen to the ramp and boards by hi-loader to galley height, with our own escorted crew carrying it the last stretch rather than handing it off at the foot of the aircraft. Aviation catering at Nantes and the airport catering at Nantes we run both depend on that same short, escorted run holding under pressure, whatever the mission on the stand.
One coordinator carries each rotation from seal to signature, and inflight catering in Nantes and the in-flight catering in Nantes we load both close on a single signed handover, whatever cabin or mission is on the stand.
Royal flight catering and scheduled uplifts at LFRS / NTE
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Government and state flight catering at NTE
A 2,900 metre runway gives Nantes the length to hold a wide-body movement on the stand, which allows a delegation aircraft to work the ramp without competing for a shorter slot. Government flight catering here covers state visits and official movements, with protocol documented per passenger, security-cleared staff, and the head of state aircraft's uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Nantes
Our kitchen builds every rotation through the field's wide-body reference code to a written household specification, kept on file between movements rather than rebuilt each time. That standard carries the royal flight catering we run for private airliners such as BBJ and ACJ types alongside wide-body VIP movements, with halal and other royal household needs produced against the file at LFRS on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LFRS
The wide-body reference code held at Nantes takes a full three-cabin load onto its stand in one pass, staged in the order the galleys are laid out. Charter flight catering at NTE serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions, and charter flight catering in Nantes is counted against the loading sheet before the hi-loader ever closes on the aircraft.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at NTE
With a single wide-body reference code and one runway of 2,900 metres, every rotation through Nantes is sequenced through that same stand rather than spread across several. Carriers running NTE as an outstation call on ad hoc airline catering at Nantes, with outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering handled off one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg pattern; crew meals at LFRS and crew meals at NTE travel boxed against the same ad hoc catering at NTE order.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Nantes
A business jet working Nantes' wide-body-rated ramp draws on the same stand infrastructure sized for larger aircraft, which leaves headroom for a GA movement handled without delay. Private jet catering at LFRS is delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal by our dedicated branch, on the same cold chain and paperwork as any airline uplift.
Private jets →
FBOs at Nantes
aviavip
Inflight catering trusted by operators at LFRS
Operators on commercial aviation catering at NTE
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“We had a last-minute schedule change into Nantes (NTE/LFRS) and needed diverted flight catering. They reacted quickly to revised timings and passenger numbers, and the handover was straightforward. A dependable option for irregular operations. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Daphne — Private Flight Coordinator
“We needed airline catering at outstations for a flight through Nantes (NTE/LFRS) and the process was much easier than expected. The crew received exactly what was ordered, with clear labels and no last-minute chasing from operations. Reliable and easy to manage from the ops desk. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Vera — Mission Planning Officer
“The operations team needed an airline catering quote for Nantes (NTE/LFRS) with very little time to decide. Pricing, delivery timing, and packaging were all explained upfront, which helped us approve the uplift quickly. Straightforward and professional from quote to delivery. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Stefan — Crew Operations Coordinator
Station data for airport catering at Nantes (LFRS / NTE)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,900 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LFRS |
Business jet catering questions at LFRS
Diversion catering and ramp questions at LFRS
What operations gets asked every week about Nantes.
Ask operations directly →Do you cater VIP, VVIP and government flights at Nantes, and under what protocol?
Yes, VIP flight catering and government flight catering both run under a documented protocol here, with security-cleared staff and a sealed uplift signed off before it leaves the kitchen.
NTE — do you deliver airline catering airside, and how does the uplift reach the aircraft?
The hi-loader carries the sealed load from the ramp to galley height, so airline catering here boards directly rather than being set down at the foot of the aircraft, with escorted airside delivery the whole way.
How are halal, kosher and the IATA special meal codes produced at LFRS?
LFRS runs halal and kosher requirements on a separate production line from the main tray sets, with every SPML and other special meal code documented per passenger before it is sealed for boarding.
With one wide-body stand carrying every rotation, how much does airline catering cost at Nantes?
There is a quotation built around your cabin count, specification and loading window rather than a published price list, and the desk returns one once those three are confirmed.
Commercial aviation catering near Nantes
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
LBY / LFRE
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
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Uplift at Nantes (NTE)