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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées, France
Wide-body airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées (LFBT / LDE)
LDE (IATA) · LFBT (ICAO)
A single wide-body reference code at Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées means the aircraft this field is built around can be boarded here without compromise, hi-loader to galley height, on the same apron as a scheduled rotation. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering from one ops desk at LFBT, with wide-body uplift staged airside and loaded through the galley door rather than left at the foot of the aircraft.
3,000 m
Longest runway
Wide-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 — Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées
Aviation catering boarded by hi-loader at LDE
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Airport catering order window at LFBT / LDE
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, LFBT / LDE
Ramp access at Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées is held on our own clearance rather than requested trip by trip, which is what lets a catering uplift move on the same clock as the rest of the turnaround. The apron sequence runs from the sealed cart at the kitchen to the hi-loader at the aircraft, each stage logged as it happens. Nothing about that sequence is estimated after the fact; it is recorded as it is worked.
Between our kitchen and the stand at LFBT sit screening, an escort onto the apron and the ordinary traffic of a working ramp, and the plan for a catering uplift is built against the worst of those, not the best. A convoy carries more risk than a galley ever does, so the route, the escort and the timing are fixed before the cart leaves the door. Galley catering is sealed at departure, temperature logged at that seal and again at handover, and the chain of custody closes with a signature at the aircraft rather than a note on a sheet.
One coordinator owns the load from sealed cart to signed handover, start to finish.
Pilot meals and cabin service produced for LFBT / LDE
Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at LFBT / LDE
Airport catering at Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées runs from one facility built to serve the traffic this field takes, hot production, pastry and a cold larder held under the same roof as the protocol line that handles sealed uplift. Airport catering of this kind depends on having every stage close enough together that nothing waits on a delivery between them. Production follows a HACCP standard from intake to seal, which is what lets a scheduled tray run and a protocol order move through the same kitchen on the same morning.
The team behind government flight catering at Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées is a named crew, not a rotating shift, security clearance held on file and each member kept on the access list for sealed movements. They are trained to the household and protocol standards that a state or royal booking requires, and to the paperwork that has to travel with the load rather than follow it. That is the same team on every rotation of this kind, not a crew assembled for the booking.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at LDE
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at LFBT / LDE
Menus at Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées are written to the cabin they board and the mission they serve, from a full VIP flight menu at the front to a charter flight menu built for volume further back. Where the facts allow it, produce draws on the region around Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées and the wider country, dairy, orchard fruit and fish worked into a set specification rather than a fixed dish. Inflight catering here is planned as a written specification per cabin, not a shared trolley, so a change to one class does not touch another. Allergen, halal, kosher and medical sets are documented per passenger and labelled per cabin before the load is sealed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at LFBT are plated to a written specification rather than a shared trolley, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request and filed against the standing order for the account. VIP flight catering of this kind is produced on its own line, sealed separately, and boarded to the forward galley first.
Business cabins
Business cabins from LDE run a multi-choice hot service built to cabin specification, oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the aircraft rather than a generic tray. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so the flight deck set never shares a cart with the cabin load.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées are documented per passenger rather than batched, household and religious needs alongside medical ones on the same specification sheet. Halal and kosher sets, and the full range of IATA special meal codes, are produced on a separate line and sealed before that cart leaves the kitchen, which is what inflight catering of this kind depends on.
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 LFBT / LDE
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 Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées airport
A single wide-body reference code at Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées sets the shape of everything worked on this field, from a scheduled rotation to a government movement using the same stand on another day. That mix means a protocol booking is treated as a documentation problem first, a peak departure wave as a capacity problem, and a repeat charter rotation as a question of holding the same specification twice without drift.
The uplift reaches the aircraft from our kitchen by sealed cart, escorted onto the apron and boarded by hi-loader at the wide-body stand rather than handed off at ground level. Airside delivery to that stand is worked on our own clearance, coordinated with the ramp handler on shift rather than requested fresh each time. Airline catering in France carries the same loading discipline at every field we work, and this station is no exception.
On this station we commit to one coordinator per rotation, carts sealed at the kitchen door and a signed handover at the aircraft, whether the movement is inflight catering for a scheduled service or in-flight catering for a one-off charter, aviation catering and airport catering at Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées run to that same standard.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at LDE
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Government and state flight catering at LFBT
A wide-body reference code held at this field means a delegation aircraft is worked on the same stand and to the same loading plan as any other movement of that size, which keeps a protocol booking from becoming a special case on the ramp. Government flight catering for a head of state aircraft or a state visit is documented per passenger, produced by security-cleared staff, and sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at LDE
Aerodrome reference code wide-body, held at this field, is what allows a private airliner the size of a BBJ or ACJ to be worked to the same wide-body standard as a scheduled service rather than a smaller-aircraft routine. Royal flight catering and VVIP work here follow a written household specification kept on file between movements, with halal and household dietary requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées
We load a full three-cabin uplift against the same wide-body reference code this field is rated to, whether the operator is running a scheduled charter or an ACMI and wet-lease rotation on someone else's livery. Charter flight catering here covers group movements and special missions, staged in the order the galleys are laid out and counted against the loading sheet before the hi-loader moves; charter flight catering at Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées carries the same tray standard on every leg of a multi-leg programme.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at LFBT
At a field rated to a wide-body reference code, the aircraft this station is built around drives the loading plan for every carrier that treats it as an outstation. Ad hoc airline catering covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, with crew meals boxed separately across a multi-leg rotation and ad hoc catering turned around on short notice rather than a standing schedule.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at LDE
The 3000 m runway at this field takes the same aircraft that private and business operators route through the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field, not a shorter strip built for light traffic alone. Private jet catering here reaches those FBOs directly, FBO catering and business aviation catering handled on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as a business jet catering order from an airline account.
Private jets →
FBOs at Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées
aeroport tarbes lourdes (gat)
Charter flight catering reviewed at LFBT
Flight departments on jet catering at Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“Our ops team used the service at Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées (LDE/LFBT) as an airline catering partner. They understood airline operations and kept communication short, clear, and useful. It made the station much easier to manage. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Government flight department
Maja — Special Air Mission Coordinator
“We booked private jet catering in Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées for a flight operating through LDE/LFBT. Communication was responsive and the team handled a late timing change without any issue. 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
Amelia — Charter Dispatch Manager
“We had several special meal codes on our order at Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées (LDE/LFBT) and everything was handled correctly. The team confirmed the dietary details carefully and there was no confusion when the order arrived. That attention to detail makes a big difference onboard. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Stefan — Cargo Network Controller
Aviation catering data for Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées (LFBT / LDE)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 3,000 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | wide-body |
| ICAO | LFBT |
Airline catering services FAQ for LDE
Crew meals, lead times and access at LDE
What operations gets asked every week about Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées.
Ask operations directly →Can Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées take airline catering delivered airside, and how does it reach the aircraft?
The full loading window runs airside, from the sealed cart at our kitchen to airside delivery at the stand, boarded by hi-loader straight to the galley door rather than left at the foot of the aircraft.
What protocol governs VIP, VVIP and government flight catering at Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées Airport?
We produce government flight catering and VIP flight catering on a separate line, security-cleared staff only, with the load sealed and documented per passenger before it leaves the kitchen.
How is airline catering cost worked out at LDE?
LDE quotations turn on cabin count, the specification chosen for each class and the loading window requested, so the desk comes back with a figure rather than publishing a fixed rate.
Which route does private jet catering take to reach the field at LFBT?
The same sealed cart and escorted route used for a scheduled uplift also serves private jet catering, delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal under FBO catering terms.
Where is the order recorded once a lead time is agreed for Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées?
The confirmed specification and its loading window sit on one standing order held on file, so the lead time and how far in advance a change can be made are both fixed in that record rather than argued at the ramp.
When are halal, kosher and IATA special meal codes produced for flights through Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées Airport?
Once a special meal code is confirmed on the passenger manifest, halal, kosher and other SPML sets are produced on their own line and sealed separately before joining the rest of the load.
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Four steps
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Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
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Uplift at Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées (LDE)