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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Tours, France
Airline catering, VIP and private jet catering at Tours (LFOT / TUF)
TUF (IATA) · LFOT (ICAO)
A single runway and a narrow-body reference code set the sequencing here: every rotation is planned one at a time, with no parallel stand to absorb a delay, so the loading plan for inflight catering has to hold from the first cart to the last. AERO GOURMET runs in-flight catering at Tours from a kitchen staged against that rhythm, boarding by hi-loader to galley height so wide-body-style uplift discipline reaches narrow-body cabins without a stand-side handoff.
2,404 m
Longest runway
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
1
Runways
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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 — Tours
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at Tours airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Aviation catering timeline, order to boarding, at LFOT
Aviation catering from sealed cart to galley door at Tours
With a single runway and one narrow-body stand in play, the catering uplift at this station has no second slot to fall back on if the sequence slips. We hold ramp access on our own schedule against the turn, so the cart is staged, escorted and cleared before the aircraft blocks in. Every load crossing the apron here follows the same fixed order, kitchen to galley door, whatever the mission on the tail.
Between our kitchen and the single stand at Tours sit screening, an escort across the apron and whatever traffic is working the field that hour, and none of it is left to chance on a one-runway rotation. We plan the galley catering uplift against the tightest of those constraints rather than the average one, because a delay here has no parallel stand to hide behind. The convoy itself carries the risk, not the food: temperatures are logged when the load is sealed at the kitchen and logged again at handover, and a signature closes the chain of custody before the cart reaches the aircraft.
One sealed cart, one signature, from our kitchen door to the galley door.
Crew meals from the kitchen serving Tours airport
Cleared crews behind government flight catering at TUF
The flight kitchen provisioning this station is built to serve a single narrow-body rotation cleanly rather than spread across several: hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, all timed to one turn rather than staggered across parallel stands. Airport catering at this scale is about precision on one sequence, not volume across many, and the same HACCP-run production line covers scheduled, charter and VIP movements alike. Airport catering in France carries the same standard at every station we work, and at TUF that standard is applied to a single, tightly sequenced rotation.
Government flight catering at this station is handled by the same named crew every time, not a rotating pool: security clearance on file, access-listed for the ramp, and trained to the household standards a royal or state movement expects. That continuity matters more on a single-stand field than on a large one, because there is no second team to fall back on if a movement lands without notice. Every uplift at LFOT that carries protocol weight goes through that same cleared group, cart sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at Tours (TUF)
VVIP catering written per mission at LFOT
Menus at this station are built to the cabin fitted and the mission flown, not to a fixed template, because a narrow-body reference code means the same aircraft can carry a scheduled sector one day and a VVIP movement the next. We draw on regional produce where the season allows it, dairy, orchard fruit and fish sourced close to Tours rather than shipped in, and the tray set is built around what that produce gives us that week. Every set travels with its documentation: allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements are logged per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed. Inflight catering in Tours is planned this way on every rotation, whether the flight is a single sector or the first leg of a longer one.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Tours are plated to a written specification rather than a fixed set list, with caviar and à-la-carte service available on request and every course filed against the standing order before it is sealed. VIP flight catering here follows the same protocol whether the tail is on a single scheduled sector or a private movement.
Business cabins
Business cabins at LFOT run a multi-choice hot service built to the galley fitted to the airframe, in oven-ready tray sets sized for a narrow-body turn. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so the loading crew never has to sort them on the ramp.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Tours are documented per passenger before the cart is sealed, covering halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering built to religious or medical requirement is produced on a separate line from the main run, kept apart until it is loaded.
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
Cold chain and HACCP for aircraft catering at Tours
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 LFOT / TUF
Tours turns scheduled, charter and government traffic across a single runway and one narrow-body stand, which means every movement is planned on its own rather than folded into a wave. A delegation here is a documentation problem before it is a volume one, and a repeat charter rotation is a repetition problem: the same tray set has to reproduce cleanly turn after turn with no second stand to spread the load across.
The uplift reaches the aircraft by a fixed route from our kitchen to the ramp, sealed cart to galley door, boarded by hi-loader where the airframe calls for it and staged to airside delivery timings held against that single stand. Airline catering at TUF runs off one coordinator's schedule rather than several parallel ones, which keeps in-flight catering at TUF and aviation catering in Tours predictable even when the field itself is small.
We commit to the same standard here as everywhere on the network: one named coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover at the aircraft, whatever the mission on the tail.
Commercial aviation catering and VVIP missions at Tours airport
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Government and state flight catering at TUF
Our kitchen holds a 2,404-metre runway's worth of scheduling margin in reserve for movements that arrive without warning, which is what a head of state aircraft or an official delegation typically does. Government flight catering at Tours is built on that margin: protocol documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the ramp, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at Tours
The 2,404-metre runway at this station takes the private airliners a royal household typically flies, BBJ and ACJ types among them, without the aircraft needing a longer field elsewhere. Royal flight catering here holds household standards across repeat rotations, from a written specification kept on file between movements, with halal and other household requirements produced on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at LFOT
A narrow-body reference code lets this station board the ACMI and wet-lease aircraft that group charters and special missions typically fly, without the field needing a wide-body-rated stand. Charter flight catering at TUF covers those group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift, counted against the loading sheet and staged in the order the galleys are laid out; charter flight catering at Tours runs the same way whatever the season.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at TUF
A 2,404-metre runway sets the aircraft this station turns, and it is enough to keep a narrow-body outstation rotation on a workable schedule even without a second stand to fall back on. Ad hoc airline catering at TUF covers outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG uplift included, with crew meals at Tours boxed the same way whether the leg is scheduled or last-minute, and crew meals at LFOT held to the same tray standard across a multi-leg rotation.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at Tours
On a field built around a single narrow-body stand, business aviation shares the same ramp sequencing as everything else that lands here. Private jet catering in Tours is handled by our dedicated branch, delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and the same paperwork as an airline uplift.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at Tours (TUF)
Flight departments on jet catering at Tours airport
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
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Scheduled airline
“A short-notice movement brought us into Tours (TUF/LFOT), so we needed reliable technical stop catering. Communication was fast and practical, which made a difficult turnaround much easier for our crew. Good support when timing is the main pressure point. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Charter operator
Enzo — Duty Operations Manager
“We used the service at Tours (TUF/LFOT) for off-station catering on a station where we do not have our usual suppliers. The crew received exactly what was ordered, with clear labels and no last-minute chasing from operations. A solid solution for outstation operations. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Bastien — Airport Services Manager
“We requested an airline catering cost for Tours (TUF/LFOT) and appreciated how clear the pricing was. Pricing, delivery timing, and packaging were all explained upfront, which helped us approve the uplift quickly. Good option when you need a fast and transparent answer. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Bianca — Client Services Manager
Airport catering facts for Tours (LFOT / TUF)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 2,404 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | LFOT |
Business jet catering questions at Tours (TUF)
Pilot meals and loading questions at Tours (TUF)
What operations gets asked every week about Tours.
Ask operations directly →Tours: how far in advance must an order be placed, and how late can the specification still change?
The cart loading plan is locked once the sequence is confirmed for a rotation, but lead time is set case by case; talk to the ops desk about how far in advance your mission needs to book, and we will confirm how late a change of specification can still be worked in, whether that is standard notice or last minute airline catering.
How far does TUF go in producing halal, kosher and IATA special meal sets?
HACCP-run production covers halal and kosher sets alongside the full range of SPML codes, each one documented per passenger and produced on a separate line before it is sealed for loading.
At which point does private jet catering reach the FBOs and the GA terminal at LFOT?
The cart is sealed at our kitchen before it ever leaves for the ramp, then delivered to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal under FBO catering terms, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.
Does Tours publish a fixed airline catering cost?
Every quotation depends on the cabin count, the specification and the loading window for that rotation, so we do not publish a price list; the desk comes back with a figure once those three are confirmed.
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Inflight catering quote for LFOT / TUF
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Tours (TUF / LFOT)
Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Tours, not a brochure.
orders@aerogourmet.com · operations desk, 24/7
Four steps
Flight
Aircraft · stand · local time
Offloading
Return leg, if any
Order
Counts · menus · files
Contact
Who we come back to
Uplift at Tours (TUF)