Aviation catering — Beaver Creek, Canada

Airline catering, VIP & private jet catering at Beaver Creek (CYXQ / YXQ)

YXQ (IATA) · CYXQ (ICAO)

Beaver Creek carries a narrow-body reference code, and that single figure sets everything a crew can board here: one class of aircraft, one loading plan, no wide-body volume to plan around. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and aviation catering off that reference code, with hi-loader access to the galley door and uplift staged airside from kitchen to stand.

A catering hi-loader box raised level with the open galley door of a wide-body, its platform bridged to the doorway.
Narrow-body
Largest aircraft handled
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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
02
VIP at any volume
8 First covers or 400 passengers across three cabins, same execution
03
24/7 order desk
Ad hoc, AOG and same-day uplift answered around the clock
04
Multi-leg coordination
One loading sheet, every leg of your rotation
A catering hi-loader raised to the aft galley door of a wide-body on stand, its platform level with the doorway and a second truck waiting below.

On the apron — Beaver Creek

Aviation catering with ramp access at Beaver Creek (YXQ)

Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.

Airport catering order window at CYXQ / YXQ

Inflight catering tracked kitchen to aircraft at Beaver Creek (YXQ)

The narrow-body reference code held at Beaver Creek fixes a single cabin sequence, so the loading window is built around one galley door rather than several. Ramp access is agreed before the cart leaves the kitchen, and the route across the apron is fixed to that single stand rather than re-planned on the day. Catering uplift here is a sealed, timed movement from kitchen to galley door, not an estimate offered at booking.

Four branded catering carts latched side by side in an aircraft galley, each door closed on a coloured seal.

Between our kitchen and the stand at CYXQ sit screening, an escort and the ordinary traffic of a working apron, and the loading plan is built against the worst of that, not the best. Chain of custody runs from the seal placed at the kitchen to the signature taken at the galley, with nothing off camera in between. Galley catering is logged twice: once when the cart is sealed, once when it is handed over, and the catering uplift record travels with the load rather than staying in the kitchen file.

One coordinator carries the load from the kitchen seal to the aircraft signature.

Pilot meals and cabin service produced for CYXQ / YXQ

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Cargo crew meals produced to the same standard at Beaver Creek, Canada

The flight kitchen serving Beaver Creek is built to the narrow-body reference code the field holds, which keeps production sized to one class of aircraft rather than a mixed wide-body programme. Hot production, a cold larder and a protocol line sit under one roof, run to HACCP standards from intake to sealing, with the cold chain held from that seal to the moment the cart reaches the ramp. Airport catering at Beaver Creek and airport catering for the movements that route through it are worked from that same kitchen, on the same cold chain.

The team that handles government flight catering at Beaver Creek is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, listed on the access list, and trained against household service standards for the movements that call for them. Chain of custody runs with them from the kitchen to the aircraft door, not just on paper. Catering at CYXQ is worked by that fixed team, never a rotating pool assembled for the day.

VIP flight catering and dietary sets at YXQ

Royal flight catering standards per cabin at CYXQ / YXQ

The menu cycle at Beaver Creek follows the narrow-body cabin the reference code sets, so the specification is written to one class of seat rather than split across several. Inflight catering here draws on regional produce in general terms, dairy, fish and orchard fruit from the wider Canadian supply chain, adapted to season rather than fixed to a single list. Halal, kosher, allergen and medical sets are documented per passenger and per cabin, filed against the standing specification rather than reconstructed on the day. The cabin card, the crew card and the protocol card below carry that specification through to what actually boards.

Hand-cut beef tartare under a mound of shaved horseradish and caviar pearls, a toasted baguette slice laid alongside on white china.

First & VVIP cabins

Forward-cabin service at Beaver Creek is plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte options available on request rather than fixed to one fixed tray. VIP flight catering here is filed against that specification between rotations, so the standard holds even when the passenger list changes.

A complete tray set on a black tray: a hot egg and ham dish, cut fruit, breads, a pastry, a set yoghurt and a portion of preserve.

Business cabins

Business cabins at CYXQ take a multi-choice hot service built to the galley fitted on the narrow-body cabin, boxed in oven-ready formats sized to that same galley. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately against the roster, so pilot meals never share a tray with the cabin service.

Diet.

Protocol & dietary

Household, religious and medical requirements at Beaver Creek are documented per passenger rather than assumed from a general list, covering halal and kosher sets against the full range of IATA special meal codes. Inflight catering for these sets is produced on a separate line and sealed before it leaves that line, kept apart from the general cabin service throughout.

The three books

A tray set on a stainless steel bench: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a bread roll with herb butter, and a berry dessert in a glass.

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Royal & Government Flights

Royal households · government · state operations

  • Plated service · First to main cabin
  • Protocol handling · security clearance
Chefs plating a long line of identical main courses under heat lamps, with loaded catering trolleys waiting at the end of the line.

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Charter & Commercial

Charter · ACMI · group · scheduled · ad hoc

  • 400 passengers · one uplift
  • HACCP cold chain, logged to the galley door
A business jet cabin credenza laid with chilled sparkling wine in a bucket, bottled drinks, a nut dish and folded napkins on a silver tray, beside a single passenger seat.

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Private Jet

Business jet · VVIP charter · flight departments

  • From 8 covers · plated forward
  • Reheat sequence specified per dish

Compliance

HACCP-compliant aircraft catering at CYXQ

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 Beaver Creek airport

Beaver Creek holds a narrow-body reference code, which means every rotation through it is planned to one cabin size rather than a mixed wide-body programme, and that single fact governs the whole ground plan. A scheduled service, a charter or a government movement here is a documentation and sequencing exercise first, because the stand takes one class of aircraft at a time rather than a rolling wave of wide-bodies.

The uplift travels from our kitchen to the ramp by sealed cart, boarded through the cabin door under airside delivery rather than left at the foot of the aircraft, with the loading crew working to the one stand this reference code assigns. Airline catering in Canada, run this way, keeps the route short between kitchen and cabin door rather than routed through a wider apron.

One coordinator carries the load for the whole rotation, from the seal placed in the kitchen to the signature taken at handover, so in-flight catering at YXQ and airport catering at YXQ answer to the same named responsibility rather than a shift pattern. Aviation catering at CYXQ is committed on that basis: one stand, one route, one coordinator.

VVIP catering and commercial flights at Beaver Creek, Canada

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Government and state flight catering at Beaver Creek
At a station holding a single narrow-body reference code, a delegation movement is worked to that one stand rather than dispersed across several, which keeps the protocol file tight from arrival to departure. Government flight catering at Beaver Creek covers state visits and official delegations with the protocol documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the load, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen; a head of state aircraft is worked to that same standing file rather than a one drawn up on the day.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at CYXQ
Sequencing a single galley door means every VVIP movement through Beaver Creek is planned around one loading slot rather than several competing ones, so the household file is fixed before the cart is sealed. Royal flight catering at Beaver Creek is held to a written household specification kept on file between movements, covering private airliners such as BBJ and ACJ configurations, with halal and other royal household requirements produced against that same file on request.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at YXQ
Narrow-body, the reference code reads, and that single word fixes the cabin count a charter operator can plan against before the loading sheet is drawn up. Charter flight catering at CYXQ serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions with a full cabin uplift counted against that loading sheet, and charter flight catering at Beaver Creek is staged in the order the galleys are laid out on each multi-leg rotation.
Wide-body charter →
A complete tray set on a black tray: a plated fish fillet with rice and vegetables, a seeded roll with herb butter and a berry dessert in a glass.
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Beaver Creek
A narrow-body movement into Beaver Creek boards from the single stand the field's reference code assigns, and that stand is worked for scheduled, ad hoc and diversion traffic alike. Carriers running this station as an outstation draw on ad hoc airline catering and outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering off one duty roster, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation, with crew meals in Beaver Creek and crew meals in Canada boxed to the same roster as the cabin service, ad hoc catering at YXQ following that same duty pattern.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at CYXQ
Our kitchen works the same narrow-body reference code for business aviation as it does for scheduled traffic, and that shared plan is what lets private jet catering at CYXQ move without a separate ground process. We deliver 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 handled by the same coordinator who carries the rest of the rotation.
Private jets →

Charter flight catering reviewed at Beaver Creek, Canada

Charter operators on flight catering at Beaver Creek

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Government flight department

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Royal household

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Charter operator

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Scheduled airline

“I asked for airline catering IATA standards at Beaver Creek (YXQ/CYXQ) because we had limited time to reset the galley. Everything was labeled, compact, and easy to place directly into the aircraft without repacking on the ramp. Very cabin-friendly catering. Updates were timely and the final delivery matched the confirmation we had from operations.”

★★★★★

Private jet operator

Chloe — Private Flight Coordinator

“We had an ad hoc catering requirement at Beaver Creek (YXQ/CYXQ) and the coordination was very smooth. They understood the operational language and did not need every change explained twice. A very useful service for ad hoc flying. The final handover was simple and there was nothing for the crew to correct before departure.”

★★★★★

Government flight department

Florian — Mission Planning Officer

“I needed reliable private jet menu at Beaver Creek (YXQ/CYXQ) for a same-day departure. Everything was easy to check and load, and the passenger requests were prepared exactly as ordered. Exactly what I want from a private aviation caterer. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”

★★★★★

Charter operator

Pablo — Flight Services Coordinator

Aviation catering data for Beaver Creek (CYXQ / YXQ)

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Business jet catering questions at YXQ

Diversion catering and ramp questions at YXQ

What operations gets asked every week about Beaver Creek.

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How does airline catering reach the aircraft airside at CYXQ?

CYXQ boards its single stand by hi-loader, cabin door to galley door, with airside delivery run on a sealed cart from our kitchen straight to that stand.

When can private jet catering be delivered to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Beaver Creek?

Once a loading slot is confirmed, private jet catering is worked to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift.

Which protocol covers VIP, VVIP and government flight catering at Beaver Creek Airport?

The sealed cart and coordinator route used for every rotation also carries VIP flight catering and government flight catering, with the household or delegation file fixed before the cart leaves the kitchen.

Is there a fixed lead time for changing an order at YXQ?

The coordinator who carries the rotation keeps the specification open as late as the loading window allows, so how far in advance an order is placed matters less than how close to boarding a change is confirmed; last minute airline catering is worked against that same window.

What does airline catering cost at CYXQ?

We price against cabin count, specification and the loading window rather than publish a list, so the desk returns a quotation once those three points are confirmed.

Commercial aviation catering near Beaver Creek

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Airline & VIP flight catering →
YDA / CYDA
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Airline & VIP flight catering →

Inflight catering quote for CYXQ

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Beaver Creek (YXQ / CYXQ)

Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Beaver Creek, not a brochure.

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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

Step 1 of 4 · Flight

Flight

The airport is already filled in. Change it if the uplift boards elsewhere.

Search by city, IATA or ICAO.
Local time at the airport of delivery.
Hi-loader required
Offloading

One question. Answer no and the step closes itself.

Offloading required
Order

What goes on board, and for how many. Attach a loading sheet if you hold one.

Order from one of the three menu books

Give the detail per cabin if there is one.
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Contact

One name, one desk. We reply to it and nowhere else.

Uplift at Beaver Creek (YXQ)