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Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Charlevoix, Canada
Airline catering, VIP flight catering and private jet catering — Charlevoix (CYML / YML)
YML (IATA) · CYML (ICAO)
The single runway at Charlevoix, 1372 metres, sets a narrow-body reference code and a compact ramp where every uplift is planned to the minute rather than to a wide margin. AERO GOURMET runs inflight catering, in-flight catering and wide-body-grade discipline through this station on a narrow-body footprint, with hi-loader boarding staged tight to the stand for scheduled, charter, VIP and government movements alike.
1,372 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 — Charlevoix
Commercial aviation catering at wide-body scale, Charlevoix airport
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at YML
Flight catering sealed and logged to the stand at CYML
Every catering uplift into Charlevoix is planned against the single runway and the narrow-body reference code that govern the ramp here, which leaves no spare stand to absorb a late cart. Ramp access is held on our own badges rather than requested on the day, so the convoy clears the apron on a route agreed before the aircraft blocks in. The sequence runs kitchen, seal, escort, stand — in that order, every rotation.
Between our kitchen and the single stand at Charlevoix sit screening, escort and whatever else is moving on the apron that hour, and a one-runway field gives none of it room to slip. We plan the galley catering delivery against the worst of that traffic rather than the average of it, because the narrow-body reference code here means one late convoy holds the whole rotation. Every catering uplift is logged at the seal and again at the galley door, with the temperature read at both ends and a signature closing the load. Chain of custody runs unbroken from the kitchen to the aircraft, carried by the same escort the whole way.
One coordinator, one sealed cart, one signature: the load is accountable end to end.
Airline food supplier for Charlevoix, Canada rotations
Crew meals and passenger sets from one kitchen at Charlevoix airport
The flight kitchen behind Charlevoix runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to serve a field whose narrow-body reference code keeps every rotation to a single aircraft rather than a bank of wide-bodies. HACCP governs the cold chain from intake to seal, and airport catering here means that standard travels intact from the production line to the galley door. Airport catering at this scale still carries the full range: tray sets, passenger meal boxes and a protocol cell working the same shift as the ovens.
The team that handles government flight catering at Charlevoix is the same named crew every rotation, not a roster drawn fresh each time a delegation is booked. Security clearance is held on file, each member sits on the access list, and training runs to royal household standards as well as state protocol, so the same hands close a sealed uplift whichever desk requested it. That continuity matters more at a single-runway field than at a hub, because one crew carries the whole record of catering at CYML between movements.
Halal airline meals and special meals at CYML / YML
VVIP catering to a written specification at Charlevoix (YML)
Menus here are written to the cabin and the mission rather than to a fixed cycle, adjusted for a narrow-body reference code that puts First, Business and main cabin on one aircraft rather than spread across a wide-body fleet. Charlevoix sits in a region known for dairy, orchard fruit and freshwater fish, and the seasonal produce of that country finds its way onto trays without naming a single supplier or a dish. Inflight catering at CYML documents allergen, halal, kosher and medical requirements per passenger and per cabin, filed against the standing specification rather than reconstructed on the day. VIP flight menus, charter flight menus and scheduled tray sets all run off the same kitchen, the same clearance and the same paperwork.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Charlevoix are plated to a written specification, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request rather than fixed to a single fitted menu. VIP flight catering here is filed against the standing order, so the same presentation repeats whichever crew closes the cart at YML.
Business cabins
Business cabins at CYML take multi-choice hot service built to a galley-ready tray set sized for a narrow-body fitment. Cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so crew meals never share a cart with the passenger load bound for Charlevoix.
Protocol & dietary
Protocol and dietary requirements at Charlevoix are documented per passenger rather than assumed from the manifest, covering household and religious sets alongside medical restrictions. Inflight catering here produces halal, kosher and the full range of IATA special meal codes on a separate line, sealed before it leaves that line for CYML.
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
Food safety and cold chain for aviation catering at Charlevoix (YML)
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.
Aircraft catering delivered airside at YML
Charlevoix works to a single runway and a narrow-body aerodrome reference code, which keeps the traffic to one aircraft occupying the stand at a time rather than a bank of simultaneous wide-body arrivals. That profile turns every delegation into a documentation exercise rather than a capacity one, and every repeat rotation into a question of consistency: the same tray set, the same specification, movement after movement.
The uplift reaches the aircraft here by hi-loader to galley height, staged from our kitchen on a route agreed before the aircraft blocks in, with our own crew holding the ramp position from seal to signature. Airport catering in Canada rarely gets simpler ramp geometry than a single-stand field, and airline catering at Charlevoix is planned around exactly that: one stand, one convoy, one sequence.
Aviation catering at CYML and the wider run of inflight catering and in-flight catering across this operation commit to one coordinator per rotation, sealed carts and a signed handover, whatever the segment.
Charter flight catering and state missions at Charlevoix airport
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Government and state flight catering at Charlevoix
The 1372 m runway at Charlevoix sets a narrow-body ceiling on what lands here, which is exactly the profile a head of state aircraft or a smaller state delegation flies into a field like this one. Government flight catering runs to a protocol file documented per passenger, security-cleared staff on the ramp, and the uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen for CYML.
Government & state flights →
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Royal and VVIP flight catering at CYML
A private airliner sized to the 1372 m runway at Charlevoix — a narrow-body VIP conversion rather than a wide-body BBJ or ACJ — is exactly the aircraft this field is built to take. 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 at YML.
Royal & VVIP flights →
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Charter and ACMI flight catering at YML
Across the single stand at Charlevoix, the narrow-body reference code shapes every charter rotation into a full-cabin load rather than a partial one. Charter flight catering here serves ACMI and wet-lease operators, group movements and special missions with a complete cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, in Charlevoix and across Canada alike.
Wide-body charter →
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Airline and ad hoc catering at Charlevoix
With a single runway and a narrow-body reference code, we schedule every rotation through Charlevoix as one stand occupied by one aircraft, never a queue of wide-bodies competing for the same slot. Ad hoc airline catering runs off that same desk for carriers using YML as an outstation: outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering, AOG included, across a multi-leg rotation into Canada.
Commercial airlines →
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Private jet and FBO catering at CYML
A narrow-body reference code limits the stand geometry business aviation can use at Charlevoix, so private jet catering here is sequenced around the same single ramp position as the scheduled traffic. Delivery runs to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal, on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, covering business aviation catering and business jet catering alike.
Private jets →
Inflight catering trusted by operators at YML
Protocol officers on government flight catering at Charlevoix, Canada
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“A short-notice movement brought us into Charlevoix (YML/CYML), so we needed reliable contingency catering. They reacted quickly to revised timings and passenger numbers, and the handover was straightforward. Good support when timing is the main pressure point. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Ali — Ad Hoc Operations Manager
“We needed airline catering at small airports for a flight through Charlevoix (YML/CYML) and the process was much easier than expected. The team confirmed everything clearly, handled the local coordination, and delivered the order ready for loading. A solid solution for outstation operations. That made the turnaround easier for both the flight crew and the team on the ground.”
★★★★★Scheduled airline
Oscar — Station Performance Manager
“The operations team needed an airline catering cost per meal for Charlevoix (YML/CYML) with very little time to decide. The quote was detailed enough for operations and accounting, but still quick to review. The clear communication made the booking easy. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Marie — Executive Charter Coordinator
Station data for airport catering at Charlevoix (CYML / YML)
| Datum | Value |
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| Longest runway | 1,372 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | CYML |
Business jet catering questions at CYML / YML
Diversion catering and ramp questions at CYML / YML
What operations gets asked every week about Charlevoix.
Ask operations directly →Do you deliver airline catering airside at Charlevoix?
Yes, by hi-loader straight to the galley door, with airside delivery staged from our kitchen on a route cleared before the aircraft blocks in.
When does an order need to be placed for YML, and how late can the specification change?
When a rotation is confirmed we ask for the standing lead time upfront, and once it is on file the specification can still be adjusted right up to the loading window; last minute airline catering is worked case by case against that same window.
Which special meal sets does CYML produce, and how are they documented?
The sealed cart route out of our kitchen carries halal, kosher and the full set of IATA SPML codes, each one logged per passenger before it leaves for the stand.
Can you tell me what airline catering costs at Charlevoix?
The cabin count, the specification and the loading window all move the figure, so no price list is published and every quotation comes back from the desk against those three inputs.
What do you deliver for private jet catering at Charlevoix?
We deliver to the FBOs on the field and the GA terminal on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering handled by the same crew that runs the ramp.
Aviation catering at airports near Charlevoix
YRI / CYRI
Rivière-du-Loup
Canada · 51 km from Charlevoix
Airline & VIP flight catering →
YBG / CYBG
Saguenay
Canada · 100 km from Charlevoix
Airline & VIP flight catering →
YQB / CYQB
Quebec
Canada · 126 km from Charlevoix
Airline & VIP flight catering →
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Charlevoix (YML / CYML)
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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 Charlevoix (YML)