01
Wide-body & private jet
From a light jet to a full 777, one caterer, one standard
Aviation catering — Digby, Canada
VIP flight catering, airline catering and private jet catering at Digby (CYID / YDG)
YDG (IATA) · CYID (ICAO)
One runway of 1204 metres sets the working envelope at Digby, and a narrow-body reference code fixes the class of hi-loader an uplift can use against the galley door here. Inflight catering and in-flight catering both run on that constraint: aviation catering scheduled to the stand, wide-body flexibility kept for the rare rotation that needs it, and every tray moved by hi-loader rather than left at the foot of the aircraft.
1,204 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
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
On the apron — Digby
Hi-loader boarding for inflight catering at CYID / YDG
Everything below is what we measure at this station — distances, windows, who signs what.
Inflight catering order window at Digby
Aircraft catering handover at the galley door, Digby (YDG)
Ramp access at CYID is what decides the loading window, not a printed schedule: the cart clears security, crosses the apron and reaches the galley door under escort. Digby's single runway keeps the sequencing simple, so the catering uplift is staged to one stand rather than juggled across several. The window is held from seal to signature, and it is the same window whatever the mission on the tail.
Between our kitchen and the stand at Digby sit screening, an escort across the apron and the ordinary traffic of a single-runway field, and we plan the catering uplift against the worst of those, not the average. Chain of custody starts at the seal on the cart and does not break until a name is signed against it at the galley. Temperatures are logged twice: once when the load leaves the kitchen sealed, and again at handover, so a government flight catering rotation and a scheduled one are held to the identical galley catering standard at Digby.
One coordinator carries the seal from our kitchen to the signature at the galley door.
Airline food supplier kitchen serving Digby
Pilot meals and cleared production crews for Digby, Canada
The flight kitchen that provisions CYID runs hot production, pastry, a cold larder and a protocol line under one roof, built to HACCP standard from first cut to final seal. Airport catering at Digby moves off that single site rather than a network of subcontractors, which keeps the cold chain unbroken from chiller to cart. Airport catering here is one production line answering to one schedule, not several kitchens coordinating around each other.
The team that handles government flight catering at YDG is the same named crew on every rotation: security clearance on file, on the access list, and trained to the household standards a royal or protocol movement is held to. That continuity matters more at a single-runway field than at a hub, because catering at Digby has no second crew to fall back on if the paperwork is wrong. Chain of custody is carried by name, not by shift.
VIP flight catering and dietary sets at YDG
Royal flight catering standards per cabin at CYID / YDG
Menus for Digby departures are written to the cabin fitted and the mission flown, not to a single house style repeated regardless of either. Canadian sourcing runs through the specification where the season allows it — dairy, orchard fruit, cold-water fish — worked into a fixed tray or a plated course as the cabin requires. Inflight catering at YDG covers scheduled, charter, VIP and government movements from the same kitchen, with the cycle changing week to week rather than the standard behind it. Every dietary and allergen set is documented per passenger and per cabin before the cart is sealed.
First & VVIP cabins
First and VVIP cabins at Digby are plated to a written specification held on file, with à-la-carte and caviar service available on request rather than fixed to a single set course. VIP flight catering here is measured against that specification on every rotation, not reinterpreted each time.
Business cabins
Business cabins at CYID run on multi-choice hot service in oven-ready formats sized to the galley fitted to the airframe on the stand. Crew meals, cabin crew meals and pilot meals are boxed separately to the roster, so cabin crew meals and pilot meals never share a cart with the passenger load.
Protocol & dietary
Halal and kosher sets, the full range of IATA special meal codes and religious or medical requirements are documented per passenger at Digby and produced on a line kept apart from the main menu run. Inflight catering in Canada is held to the same SPML standard here as on any larger station, sealed before it leaves that separate line.
The three books
01
Royal & Government Flights
Royal households · government · state operations
- Plated service · First to main cabin
- Protocol handling · security clearance
02
Charter & Commercial
Charter · ACMI · group · scheduled · ad hoc
- 400 passengers · one uplift
- HACCP cold chain, logged to the galley door
03
Private Jet
Business jet · VVIP charter · flight departments
- From 8 covers · plated forward
- Reheat sequence specified per dish
Compliance
Food safety records for aviation catering at Digby airport
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 Digby airport
A single runway of 1204 metres and a narrow-body reference code define Digby as a station built for scheduled and charter turnarounds rather than heavy wide-body scale, which makes documentation and repetition the two variables that matter most: a protocol movement is a paperwork exercise here, and a repeat charter rotation is a question of holding the same tray standard week after week.
The uplift travels from our kitchen to the apron and is loaded by hi-loader to galley height rather than set down at the foot of the aircraft, with our own crew on the ramp for the handover. Aviation catering at Digby runs off that single route rather than several parallel ones, which keeps the chain of custody short and easy to audit.
Inflight catering, in-flight catering in Canada and airport catering in Digby all run off one ops desk here, with airline catering in Digby committed to one coordinator, sealed carts and a signed handover on every stand.
Scheduled, charter and VVIP catering at CYID / YDG
01
Government and state flight catering at Digby
Our kitchen provisions the narrow-body reference code held at Digby with the same protocol file used on any state movement passing through. Government flight catering here documents each head of state passenger individually, with security-cleared staff and an uplift sealed before it leaves the kitchen, whatever terminal the movement is routed through.
Government & state flights →
02
Royal and VVIP flight catering at CYID
A narrow-body reference code still supports a private airliner on a royal or VVIP rotation through Digby, provided the mission is worked to the household specification kept on file between movements. Royal flight catering here covers BBJ, ACJ and wide-body VVIP movements alike, with halal and other household dietary requirements produced on request rather than assumed.
Royal & VVIP flights →
03
Charter and ACMI flight catering at YDG
An ACMI or wet-lease aircraft boards at Digby under the same narrow-body reference code that governs every scheduled movement here, which is what lets a group charter or a special mission be staged without disrupting the regular rotation. Charter flight catering in Digby covers group movements and special missions with a full three-cabin uplift counted against the loading sheet, and charter flight catering in Canada is staged in the order the galleys are laid out.
Wide-body charter →
04
Airline and ad hoc catering at Digby
A 1204 metre runway, and the narrow-body reference code it sets, keeps the ramp routing at Digby to a single sequence rather than several competing ones. Ad hoc airline catering at CYID covers carriers running this station as an outstation, with outstation catering, diversion catering and technical stop catering worked off one duty roster; crew meals in Digby and crew meals in Canada travel on the same roster, and ad hoc catering at YDG holds across a multi-leg rotation, with diversion catering at YDG worked to the same tray standard.
Commercial airlines →
05
Private jet and FBO catering at CYID
On the same narrow-body reference code that governs the main apron, business aviation traffic at Digby is worked from the GA terminal and the FBOs on the field rather than a separate facility. Private jet catering at Digby runs on the same cold chain and paperwork as an airline uplift, with FBO catering, business aviation catering and business jet catering all delivered from one kitchen.
Private jets →
Charter flight catering reviewed at CYID / YDG
Operators on commercial aviation catering at Digby
Government flight department
Royal household
Charter operator
Scheduled airline
“I asked for HACCP at Digby (YDG/CYID) because we had limited time to reset the galley. Presentation stayed good while the setup remained practical for a fast aircraft turnaround. Very cabin-friendly catering. The order was complete on arrival and easy for us to check before closing the doors. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★★Private jet operator
Naomi — VIP Operations Controller
“Our operation through Digby (YDG/CYID) included an ACMI request at short notice. The team stayed in contact with operations, adjusted to the new timing, and kept the aircraft handover simple. 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
Chloe — Air Transport Operations Officer
“I needed reliable FBO catering at Digby (YDG/CYID) for a same-day departure. The team was responsive to a late change and the final order still arrived looking polished. Reliable, responsive, and easy to work with. From an operational point of view, the service was easy to manage and required very little follow-up.”
★★★★☆Charter operator
Ivan — Charter Services Manager
Digby (CYID / YDG): airport catering data
| Datum | Value |
|---|---|
| Longest runway | 1,204 m |
| Runways | 1 |
| Aerodrome reference code | narrow-body |
| ICAO | CYID |
Aircraft catering questions for YDG
Diversion catering and ramp questions at YDG
What operations gets asked every week about Digby.
Ask operations directly →At what point do you deliver private jet catering to the FBOs and the GA terminal at Digby?
The load leaves our kitchen sealed and is delivered directly to the GA terminal or the FBOs on the field, so FBO catering reaches the aircraft on the same schedule as an airline uplift rather than waiting behind it.
Is airline catering at YDG delivered airside, and how does it reach the aircraft?
Our coordinator runs the load across the apron under escort and boards it by hi-loader to galley height, so airside delivery never stops at the foot of the aircraft the way a kerbside handover would.
How far in advance are halal, kosher and special meal codes confirmed at CYID?
Confirmation rests on the SPML standard filed at booking, and once halal, kosher or another IATA special meal code is confirmed it is produced on a separate line and documented per passenger before sealing.
Who signs off VIP, VVIP and government flight catering movements through Digby?
For every VIP flight catering or government flight catering movement, a named, security-cleared coordinator carries the protocol file from the kitchen to the aircraft, and that person's signature closes the handover.
Does airline catering have a published cost at Digby?
Every quotation is built against the cabin count, the specification chosen and the loading window requested, so airline catering cost at Digby is confirmed by the desk against those three factors rather than published as a fixed rate.
Jet catering at airports near Digby
YZX / CYZX
Greenwood
Canada · 84 km from Digby
Airline & VIP flight catering →
YQI / CYQI
Yarmouth
Canada · 84 km from Digby
Airline & VIP flight catering →
YSJ / CYSJ
Saint John
Canada · 86 km from Digby
Airline & VIP flight catering →
Aviation catering quote for Digby airport
Request a quote
Send us your catering needs for YDG
Digby (YDG / CYID)
Give us the aircraft and what goes on board. A coordinator comes back with a quote for Digby, 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 Digby (YDG)