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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Rochefort/Saint-Agnant, France
Wide-body airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering at Rochefort/Saint-Agnant (LFDN / RCO)
RCO (IATA) · LFDN (ICAO)
The 2280 m runway at Rochefort/Saint-Agnant is what lets a wide-body operator route through this narrow-body-referenced field for scheduled, charter and government work. AERO GOURMET provides inflight catering and in-flight catering here by hi-loader, boarded to galley height rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with an uplift sequenced to the loading window at Rochefort/Saint-Agnant.
2,280 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 — Rochefort/Saint-Agnant
Inflight catering with hi-loader boarding at LFDN / RCO
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at LFDN / RCO
Airport catering, one seal from kitchen to cabin at LFDN / RCO
The loading window at Rochefort/Saint-Agnant is measured, not estimated: a sealed cart leaves our flight kitchen, crosses the apron under ramp access we hold on our own badges, and reaches the galley door at the stand. Every catering uplift here follows the same sequence regardless of the mission on the tail. The airport name, LFDN and RCO all describe the one route we plan against.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Rochefort/Saint-Agnant sit screening, an escort across the apron and the ordinary traffic of a working field, and we plan the catering uplift against the busiest of them rather than the average. Chain of custody runs from the seal at the kitchen to the signature at the galley, with nothing handed off in between. Temperatures are logged when the load is sealed and logged again at handover, so the galley catering record at RCO ties directly to the cart that left our door at LFDN.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the galley door.
Flight kitchen and crew meals for RCO
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for LFDN / RCO
The flight kitchen that provisions Rochefort/Saint-Agnant runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, holding the cold chain from the moment a tray is built. Airport catering at LFDN follows one HACCP standard through every stage, and airport catering at RCO is planned against the same production schedule regardless of the aircraft on the stand. The flight kitchen at RCO is where the sealed cart begins its route to the apron.
The team that handles government flight catering at Rochefort/Saint-Agnant is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance held on file, each member on the access list, trained to the household standard that a royal or state movement requires. That consistency is what a protocol officer checks before anything else, ahead of the menu itself. Catering at LFDN for this tier is staffed to that standard whether the movement is scheduled months out or called in with short notice.
Aviation catering menus and special meals for LFDN
VVIP catering to a written specification at Rochefort/Saint-Agnant
Menus at Rochefort/Saint-Agnant are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to one fixed list, drawing on the produce of the surrounding region — dairy, orchard fruit and fish worked into a specification rather than a fixed dish. Inflight catering at RCO moves from a plated first-class tray through a multi-choice business set to a galley ready meal boxed for the main cabin, each built to the same written standard. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, not bundled into one generic count. The result is a menu range that scales from a single VIP sector to a full charter rotation without changing the standard it is judged against.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at LFDN receive VIP flight catering plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte service available on request rather than fixed to one set course. The presentation is filed against the standing order so the same standard repeats on the next rotation through Rochefort/Saint-Agnant.
Business cabins
Business cabins at RCO take a multi-choice hot service sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft, boarded in oven-ready tray sets rather than plated individually. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately and matched to the roster for the sector out of Rochefort/Saint-Agnant.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Rochefort/Saint-Agnant are documented per passenger, covering household, religious and medical sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering for these sets is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves the kitchen, keeping halal, kosher and other coded meals apart from the general run.
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
Aircraft catering under HACCP control at LFDN
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.
Airport catering delivered airside at Rochefort/Saint-Agnant (RCO)
Rochefort/Saint-Agnant holds a single 2280 m runway against a narrow-body reference code, a combination that keeps its scheduled, charter and government traffic on one rhythm rather than several overlapping ones. That profile turns catering into a repetition problem more than a capacity one: the same rotation returns often enough that the tray standard has to hold steady from one week to the next.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by sealed cart from our flight kitchen, escorted across the apron and loaded at the stand rather than left at the foot of the aircraft. Airline catering at RCO runs off that one route, and in-flight catering at Rochefort/Saint-Agnant follows the same sequence whether the flight is scheduled or called in ad hoc.
We commit one coordinator per rotation, a sealed cart at every stage and a signed handover at the galley door, the same commitment that inflight catering and aviation catering in Rochefort/Saint-Agnant are built on regardless of the mission on the tail.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at RCO
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Government and state flight catering at LFDN
At Rochefort/Saint-Agnant, the narrow-body reference code still allows the protocol file for a head of state movement to be worked to the same discipline as any other rotation. Government flight catering here covers state visits and official delegations, with the protocol documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and the uplift sealed at RCO before it ever leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at RCO
Loading a royal or VVIP movement at Rochefort/Saint-Agnant has to be sequenced around the same narrow-body reference code that governs every other rotation here, which keeps the household file on a fixed cart order rather than an improvised one. Royal flight catering at LFDN is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, covering private airliners — BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VIP configurations — with halal and other household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Rochefort/Saint-Agnant
The runway at Rochefort/Saint-Agnant runs to 2280 m, long enough to keep charter, ACMI and wet-lease movements on the same stand rotation as scheduled traffic rather than a separate one. Charter flight catering in France at this field, and charter flight catering at Rochefort/Saint-Agnant specifically, covers group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet and staged in galley order.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at LFDN
A narrow-body reference code at Rochefort/Saint-Agnant still supports carriers that run this field as a working outstation, which is why ad hoc airline catering at RCO sits alongside a standing schedule rather than replacing it. Outstation catering at Rochefort/Saint-Agnant, diversion catering and technical stop catering all run off the same duty roster, with crew meals at RCO and crew meals at Rochefort/Saint-Agnant boxed to the flight crew list across a multi-leg rotation, ad hoc catering at RCO included whenever a tail arrives unplanned.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at RCO
Our crews work the same 2280 m runway at Rochefort/Saint-Agnant to reach business aviation traffic on the field, delivering private jet catering at LFDN to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering held to the identical loading standard.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Rochefort/Saint-Agnant
Charter operators on flight catering at RCO
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“We arranged state visit aircraft catering at Rochefort/Saint-Agnant (RCO/LFDN) for a sensitive movement. They followed the instructions carefully and kept communication limited to the operational contacts involved. A professional service for movements where discretion matters. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Valentina — Station Services Coordinator
“I handled the cabin order for a flight from Rochefort/Saint-Agnant (RCO/LFDN) and needed ACJ catering. They followed our plating notes closely and made the final setup easy for the cabin crew. Good quality and very practical for onboard service. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Private jet operator
Anthony — VIP Charter Manager
“We booked pilgrim flight catering at Rochefort/Saint-Agnant (RCO/LFDN) for a large group departure. Despite the large order, communication stayed simple and final quantities were confirmed without confusion. We would use the service again for a similar charter. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Chloe — State Aviation Manager
Outstation catering data for Rochefort/Saint-Agnant (LFDN / RCO)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,280 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | LFDN |
Business jet catering questions at LFDN
Diversion catering and ramp questions at LFDN
What operations gets asked every week about Rochefort/Saint-Agnant.
Ask operations directly →Do you deliver airline catering airside at Rochefort/Saint-Agnant?
Yes, by hi-loader straight to the galley door rather than to the foot of the aircraft, with airside delivery cleared through our own ramp badges for every rotation.
When does an order need to reach the kitchen serving Rochefort/Saint-Agnant Airport?
When a rotation is confirmed we ask for the lead time this station runs to; once it is filed the specification can still change up to the airside cut-off, which is how we handle last minute airline catering requests without breaking the loading sheet.
Which special meals can be produced for a flight departing RCO?
Along a separate production line we run halal, kosher and the full set of IATA SPML codes, each documented per passenger before it reaches the sealed cart.
Can you tell me what airline catering costs at LFDN?
The figure turns on cabin count, specification and the loading window requested, so there is no published airline catering cost; our desk returns a quotation once those three are set.
What do you deliver for private jet catering around Rochefort/Saint-Agnant?
We reach every FBO on the field and the GA terminal with FBO catering built to the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, so a business jet crew gets the identical standard.
How is VIP flight catering handled at Rochefort/Saint-Agnant Airport?
Rochefort/Saint-Agnant Airport routes VIP flight catering and government flight catering through the same cleared team, working to a written protocol that covers security clearance, chain of custody and household documentation on every movement.
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Airline & VIP flight catering →
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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 Rochefort/Saint-Agnant (RCO)